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sRussell Bogans ! ! ! ! Pee Dee Branch!Kieron Bourne! ! ! ! Driver!David Brown! ! ! ! Food Sourcing!Kay Carter! ! ! ! Chief Executive Officer!William Clary! ! ! ! Spartanburg Branch!Bill Cole! ! ! ! ! Driver!Dave Coles! ! ! ! Driver!Steve Cross! ! ! ! Food Drives / Volunteers!Terri Davis! ! ! ! Agency Monitoring!Max Enriquez! ! ! ! Warehouse Assistant!Linda Estep! ! ! ! Administrative Assistant!Alice Gallagher! ! ! ! Capital Campaign Assistant!Sherman Hager! ! ! ! Administrative Assistant!Kathy Helms! ! ! ! Chief Financial Officer!Habslee Hernandez!! ! ! Agency Relations!Myra Jones! ! ! ! Manager Agency Services & Programs!David Link! ! ! ! Manager of Warehouse Operations!Jeffrey Longwell! ! ! ! Driver!Todd McCorbin! ! ! ! Driver!Troy McCoy! ! ! ! Warehouse Assistant!Joe McKinney! ! ! ! Transportation & Logistics !John Meighan! ! ! ! Transportation Coordinator !Shay Merritt! ! ! ! Volunteers / Grants / Hunger Education!Anthony Morgan! ! ! ! Processing!Lisa Marie Nisely! ! ! ! Receptionist!Matt Nooe! ! ! ! Creative Development!Wendy Nyberg! ! ! ! Executive Assistant!Mike Oberle! ! ! ! Child Hunger Programs!Trudy Peterson! ! ! ! Pee Dee Branch!Linda Petros! ! ! ! Warehouse Assistant!Jose Ramirez! ! ! ! Driver!Steve Renner! ! ! ! Hickory / Dallas Branches!Hector Renteria! ! ! ! Driver!Vonda Richey! ! ! ! Chief Operations Officer!Delilah Roseborough! ! ! Donor Relations / PR!Jan Schabort! ! ! ! Inventory Control!Victor Strayhorn! ! ! ! Driver!Dan Sullivan! ! ! ! Spartanburg Branch

IT Services!Akil Boston! ! ! ! Contracted

ADVISORY MEMBERS!Rod Antolock! ! Rob Ferentz! ! Riley Fields!Peter Fulton! ! Ben Hawfield! ! Tom Marcham! !Gov. James Martin! ! Dennis Pittman! ! Calvin Rash! !Paula Vincent!!WORKING MEMBERS!Patrick Brady! ! Warren Brown! ! Elizabeth Clagon! !Kieth Cockrell! ! Gabby Fritz! ! Kevin Hyrams! !Lois Ingland! ! Herb Jeans! ! Vivian Lavaty! !Steve Marlier! ! Greg Morris! ! Tressa Pearson!Gale Pendergraph! ! Christy Phillips-Brown! Kiley Rawlins!Sascha Struckmeyer! Michelle Swindells! ! Mark Teague!Bill Tripet

OFFICERS!Dan Harris! ! ! ! ! Chair!Karin McGinnis! ! ! ! ! Vice Chair!Tommy Franklin! ! ! ! ! Secretary!George Hechtel! ! ! ! ! Treasurer!Cliff Hemingway! ! ! ! ! Immediate Past Chair

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Dear Friends,

Recently I celebrated my ten year anniversary with Second Harvest Food Bank. My parents always told me that ?me really starts to fly aAer 40 and boy were they right. It seems like only yesterday that I was listening to the Board members who hired me say “we brought you here to grow this food bank.”

And looking back to where we started ten years ago, we have definitely grown this food bank. I say “we” because this was made possible by a great Board, a great staff and great community support. If I bring any talent to the table at all, it is finding good people to help me and geLng out of their way.

There is much to celebrate but a few accomplishments really s?ck out for me. First, the growth in overall pounds distributed has been tremendous. We have gone from 7 million pounds annually ten years ago to an expected 42 million pounds this fiscal year. Especially significant in looking at pounds is our growth in produce, meat and dairy products.

These pounds are very important because these are items essen?al for a healthy diet but also items that folks in need can least afford to purchase. We expect to distribute close to 16 million pounds of these items this fiscal year.

Ending child hunger has been a primary area of emphasis for us and we now have 158 child hunger programs including Kids Café sites and Backpack Programs. These programs have grown an average of 72% per year and while this is amazing growth, we s?ll need your help in establishing addi?onal Backpack Programs.

Finally, the growth in volunteers has been very exci?ng for the Food Bank. This past year we topped 100,000 volunteer hours and this had the result of more than doubling our staff. Importantly, this saved lots of dollars that we were able to redirect towards feeding more people.

We have included in this issue of Blessings some “rewind” pages. Be on the lookout for these reflec?ons back on some of our favorite events. Let me say a personal thank you to everyone who has supported these efforts during my first ten years, you have helped so many people in need.

As we look ahead to the next ten years, I am going to need your help more than ever. The Food Bank is in desperate need of more space so that we can feed more people. We have launched a capital campaign that you will be hearing more about in the next few months. Please consider helping us as we define what our next decade together is going to look like. And remember that even though I am ten years older now and moving a li^le slower, I s?ll have the world’s best job.

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Empty Bowls

Our 14th Annual Empty Bowls was a huge success in spite of having to r e s c h e d u l e d u e t o s n o w o n Valentine’s Day. Thanks to the Marriott for rescheduling the event to March 7, 2014.!!Our turn out was amazing, and the event raised the most ever, thanks to our sponsors, those who purchased individual tickets, and our auction donors. !!Special thanks to GoPlaySave Charlotte, Clayworks, Jim Wolf, Hanoch Hickman, and our favorite host, Maureen O’Boyle.


TITLE SPONSORS!Charlotte Marriott City Center!

Food Lion!!SOUP TUREEN SPONSORS!

Charlotte GoPlaySave!Duke Energy!

Metrolina Greenhouses!Moore & Van Allen!

Perry’s Fine & Estate Jewelry!Snyder’s - Lance, Inc.!

US Airways!!SOUP BOWL SPONSORS!

Acosta!CRVA!

GM Financial!Johnson & Wales University!

Stanley Lab!Trinity Mechanical!!

SOUP LADLE SPONSORS!BB&T Insurance!

C. DeWitt Foard & Company!Darwin Freight Services!US Foodservice - North!US Foodservice - South!!

SOUP SPOON SPONSORS!Arrowpoint Capital !

Greg & Lindy Morris!Hood Hargett!

JSC Home Connection!ML Kings and Associates !!

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dunkHUNGERThanks to the Charlotte Bobcats, Walgreens and an amazing design by Odell, this year’s Dunk Hunger raised over 8,000 boxes of cereal for Second Harvest. !!In addition to the cereal that it took to build the store fronts at the “Corner of Happy and Healthy”, both the Bobcat’s and Walgreens held special drives that added 2,000 additional boxes of cereal. !!Bobcat fans donating cereal or purchasing special vouchers had a chance to win court-side seats to next year’s home opener against Chicago. Walgreens sponsored an in-store promotion at Charlotte area locations so customers could participate by purchasing boxes of cereal.

This is the 6th year that the Charlotte Bobcats have sponsored Dunk Hunger. Odell has designed the plans for every one of the six structures. To date, this event has raised over 210,000 pounds to help feed the hungry in our region. See the following page for a “rewind” of the history of Dunk Hunger.


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LEGAL FEEDING FRENZY

Volunteers from Moore & Van Allen and Piedmont Natural Gas joined forces at Second Harvest Food Bank to stuff a thousand backpacks that will provide nutritious meals to children at Devonshire Elementary on weekends when school meals are not available. !!The packing event was part of the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2014 Legal Feeding Frenzy. This challenge ran from March 10 - March 28, and as of press time for Blessings, awards had not yet been presented. Make sure and check out our next issue to see if Moore & Van Allen can repeat their top place finish in 2013 and whether Piedmont Natural Gas can repeat their win of the Attorney General’s Cup in 2013.


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Thanks to our local architectural firms, AIA, and a host of amazing venues, CANStruction has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds of food for Second Harvest in the last ten years. The photos above are a small sample of the creativity that exists in our community.



CHARLOTTE CROP WALK

The Charlotte Crop Walk has been one of the nation’s largest for decades. The 2013 event was one of the most successful ever, raising $314,000 to fight hunger in Charlotte and around the world. !!Thanks to the 6,000 people who participated in this year’s walk. Second Harvest, Crisis Assistance, and Loaves & Fishes will each receive over $25,000.

Community Blood Center of the Carolinas sponsored their 5th annual “Pints for Pounds” campaign in January and February. The annual campaign provides seven pounds of food to Second Harvest for every pint of blood donated. This year’s campaign provided 48,858 pounds of food to Second Harvest. !!Since the “Pints for Pounds” campaign began in 2009, Community Blood Center has been able to contribute 231,384 pounds of food to help feed the hungry in the community.

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On December 16th, the Drayton Florence

Kids Corner

Our friend Cooper started collecting peanut butter and jelly at his birthday parties six years ago. Cooper turned eight this year and donated 180 jars of peanut butter and jelly to Second Harvest. Thanks Cooper, you are our hero!

Holden and Connor from Cub Scout Pack 151 in Indian Trail, pictured above, were among 365 scouts who collected food for our partner agencies in Anson, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Rowan and Union counties, as part of Scouting for Food. Collectively the troops donated almost 33,000 pounds. Great job!

Thanks to JT, pictured above with his parents, for collecting $500 to help the Food Bank feed hungry kids. JT went to his family, friends, neighbors, and even to his Dad’s office collecting these funds. When JT gets a little older, there is a fundraising job waiting for him at Second Harvest.

In February, all of the second graders at Charlotte Latin collected food to help Second Harvest feed hungry children. One of the second grade classes is pictured above with their donations. !!Special thanks for the Valentine cards the children made and delivered. You rock!

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Thanks to our friends at Pet Paradise for sponsoring their fifth annual pet food drive in November and December. Pet Paradise is an upscale pet boarding facility and resort headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida that operates 18 facilities across the United States. !!This year's drive raised over 12,000 pounds for the Second Harvest Pet Food Bank. All of the food will be used to help keep families and their pets together.

On March 29, Carolina Critter Sitters and K104.7 sponsored an egg hunt and rescue event for local dogs. As part of the event, the company asked participants to bring dog food for the Second Harvest Pet Food Bank. Thanks for including us in this fun event.

Thanks to all of our friends at Mallard Creek Animal Hospital for hosting their fourth annual Pet Food Drive during the holidays. The staff and their customers collected almost 2,300 pounds of food, bringing their four year total to almost 10,000 pounds. !!We appreciate your support of our Pet Food Bank!

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ROCK!2END HUNGERParty With a Purpose Returns

On February 22, Tom and Valerie McKernan hosted their second annual Rock n Roll Party to benefit the Food Bank’s Child Hunger Programs. Close to one hundred couples were invited to the party where admission was a donation to Second Harvest.!!The 2013 party raised over $9,500. Turns out the second time was the charm with the 2014 event raising over $13,000. Thanks to Tom, Val and all their generous friends, thousands of hungry children will have enough nutritious food to eat. We cannot wait for Rock n’ Roll 3.



SPOTLIGHT ON MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM

In early 2011, one of our major food donors, Target, announced that Second Harvest had been selected to participate in their Meals for Minds program. Meals for Minds targets high-need elementary schools by providing monthly mobile pantry shopping experiences for parents struggling to feed their children. !!Target selected Albemarle Road Elementary and Shamrock Gardens Elementary as the Charlotte sites for the program. Since 2011, Second Harvest has provided staple pantry goods, fresh produce, meat and dairy, diapers, and other non-food products to parents at both schools on a monthly basis. Currently the program serves almost 900 students per month at the two schools.!!The success of the Meals for Minds program encouraged us to work with other donors including the Charlotte Bobcats, ADM, and the Will Play for Food Foundation to expand the Mobile Pantries to additional high-risk elementary schools. We have especially focused our efforts on elementary

schools, where the Food Bank already sponsors a Backpack Program. !!Thanks to these donors, we have been able to serve parents and children at Devonshire Elementary, J.H. Gunn Elementary, H i g h l a n d R e n a i s s a n c e A c a d e m y, Billingsville Elementary, Thomasboro Elementary, Reid Park Elementary, Druid H i l l s E lementary and Rama Road Elementary.!!Each time we visit one of these schools we deliver between 10,000 and 12,000 pounds of food. Our goal is to continue expanding this program with special emphasis on elementary schools with a 90% and higher free and reduced lunch rate. !!If you are interested in helping to sponsor a mobile pantry or volunteering, please c o n t a c t K a y C a r t e r a t [email protected].!!The photos on this page and the next page show a few o f our mobi le pant ry experiences.

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Bank of America Volunteers help out at !Walter G. Byers Elementary School.

Making kids happy with peanut butter and jelly at Highland Renaissance Academy.

Thanks to ADM for underwriting the cost of six mobile pantries and for volunteering at Walter G. Byers Elementary

Thanks to Will Play for Food Foundation and ACN for sponsoring a Mobile Pantry at Highland Renaissance Academy.

Michael Jordan and Fred Whitfield distribute food from the Mobile Pantry truck donated by the Bobcats. This pantry was at J.H. Gunn Elementary.



WEOUR VOLUNTEERS

April 6 - 13 was National Volunteer Week. We spent the week at the Food Bank trying to find as many ways as possible to thank the thousands of volunteers who donate their time each year at the food bank. This past year, our community donated over 100,000 volunteer hours to Second Harvest. This was the equivalent of more than doubling our entire staff.!!Everyone is welcome at the Food Bank and we would encourage you to consider volunteering. Volunteers are engaged in a wide range of activities and there is truly something for everyone. Just see the pictures below.

Volunteers from Elevation Church painted all of our Food Drive Barrels during Love Week.

We often have families volunteer together like this group at our Harvest Feast Marathon Food Drive.

Our major food donors, like Sam’s Club, pictured above, often come in and help process salvage. !!Local at torneys, p ictured at r ight , volunteered as Shoe Guys at our Wine, Women and Shoes Event.

The US Airways DoCrew volunteer at several special events, including Empty Bowls.

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Many companies hold volunteer driven food drives that raise food and funds for Second Harvest.

Volunteers march on behalf of Second Harvest in the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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The Avett Brothers have supported their hometown Food Bank for several years. We were excited to have them back in Charlotte for New Year’s Eve. The band held a raffle during their concert with proceeds benefiting Second Harvest that will help us provide almost 8,000 pounds of food. !!Pictured to the left is Chris Gorman, from Concord, NC, who won the raffle prize, a guitar signed by the band.

NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS

REWINDReceiving the 2013 award was an even greater honor considering Second Harvest had previously received the award in 2008. The rewind picture to the right shows Kay and Charles posing with the 2008 check, which was used to purchase healthy nutritious food. Thanks to Bank of America for being an amazing partner!

Second Harvest Food Bank was recently surprised with the 2013 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Award. Kay Carter is pictured at left accepting the award from Charles Bowman of Bank of America. The $200,000 award will be used to install scanning technology at the Food Bank’s main location in Charlotte.

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CHILD HUNGER !PROGRAM UPDATES

BACK PROGRAM GROWS TO 110 SITES

Thanks to the Junior League of Charlotte, Second Harvest is now able to provide sixty backpacks each week to students at Reid Park. The league members have also been assisting by volunteering to pack backpacks and help make deliveries. Thanks for helping us feed hungry children.

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Spartanburg, SC is working with the Food Bank to provide backpacks for children in need at Mary H. Wright Elementary School. Thanks to the g e n e r o s i t y o f c h u r c h m e m b e r s , approximately 70 backpacks a week are being provided. Thanks for your support.

Our friends at First Baptist Church in Wadesboro, NC located in Anson County are providing 40 backpacks each week for children at Wadesboro Primary School and Anson Middle School. Thanks for helping us feed hungry children in Anson County.

For more information on how you can become involved in feeding hungry children in our region, contact Kay Carter at [email protected]

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MORE THAN 210,000 CHILDREN

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OF

HUNGERWhat can I do to Help? 1. Place non-perishable food products in

a bag. 2. Leave at your mailbox on Saturday,

May 10th. 3. Your letter carrier will pick-up and

deliver to Second Harvest Food Bank. !OR.. 1. Donate using your inbox! 2. Go to

www.secondharvestmetrolina.org 3. Select GiveABit from the Main Menu 4. Click “ Donate now” and enter the

Food Drive ID Code below. !LETTERCARRIERS-2014

MAY 10TH

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Second Harvest Food Bank has teamed up with local science fiction author, Lady Soliloque, creator of the noted Enoch the Traveler franchise, to create

Joshua’s Apple, a one of a kind program to End Child Hunger.

Come join the cast and crew for a spectacular journey as Second

Harvest travels with Enoch! !!!Look for us at these great Sci-Fi

Conventions!!!TimeGate!

ConKasterborous!ConCarolinas!HeroesCon!

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