June 2010 Affiliate

As we bring our first year of FAM to a close, the Mon-tana Food Bank Network has been required to spend out any remaining funding for the 2009-2010 year and deliver all FAM product pur-chased with that funding by June 30th. It’s a “use it or lose it” type of scenario. As a result, we need to allocate the remaining FAM product to Partner Agencies that have participated in FAM since July 1, 2009 and deliver it to your facility by June 30th. In order to make this as seamless as possible, and to ensure that we get every penny’s worth of this fund-ing, we are asking all part-ners to work with us this month to move all FAM food out of our warehouse. Included with this notice, please find an allocation spreadsheet detailing the allocated FAM product for each agency that is actively participating in FAM. If you have not ordered or re-ceived FAM product in the

last year, you are not in-cluded on this list. The allo-cations are based on a com-bination of client activity lev-els as reported on Monthly Activity Reports and history of quantities requested. At this time we are not able to accept product de-clines. Please take a moment to review the spreadsheet and find out what you can expect to receive from FAM in June. Please order appropriately, taking into consideration the product type and quantity you will receive through this allocation. Please also note that this allocation will not affect your TEFAP delivery in June. If you have questions, please feel free to contact staff at the MFBN by calling (800) 808-4752: Megan ext. 235., Jeff ext. 232, or Michael at ext. 233. Thank you all for your cooperation with this effort. We appreciate all that you do!

All FAM Participating Partners Will Receive Allocations in June!

New “Get Help” Website: Food Assistance at a Glance

June 2010 Volume 10, Issue VI

Points of Interest: ♦ June FAM allocation

♦ MFBN moves to a 6 week delivery cycle in July

♦ Livingston Food Pantry goes above and be-yond

♦ MAR Update

♦ June Delivery Schedule

♦ June Recipe—Tomato Soup

Inside this issue:

Featured Products for June

2

MFBN Returns to a 6 week delivery cycle

2

Featured Partner—Livingston Food Pantry

2

MARs show 94,517 served this year

3

MHRF Materials Available Online

3

The Client Count Forum Topic

3

June Delivery Schedule

4-5

Upcoming Events 5

June’s Recipe — Tomato Soup

6

Based on

your

re-

sponses

to the 2010 Partner Agency Survey, the

MFBN was able to source laundry deter-

gent for partners. The powder detergent

is available in 20 lb. bags on the Inventory

Request Form as Item No. 5113. Please

don’t miss out on this great product!

As Per Your Request—Laundry Detergent Now Available

www.mfbn.org/gethelp We have created a one-stop shop for finding food assistance – both emer-gency food and public food pro-grams. The new “Get Help” site includes: ♦ Partner

agency map

♦ Free pre-screening tool to find out if you qualify for food assis-tance programs

♦ Information on applying for SNAP, WIC, and free school meals

♦ Summer Food Site map – program dates and direc-tions to free meals for kids across Montana

PLEASE HELP US ADVERTISE THIS GREAT RESOURCE TO YOUR CLIENTS! To order free brochures, contact Bernadette at 721-3825 Ext. 227 or [email protected].

The following items are available on the Inventory Request Form order sheet. All of these Items have quantity available. *I5083 Mixed Vegetables *I5085 Pears in light vanilla syrup *I5113 Hunts Crushed To-matoes *I5162 Powder Laundry Detergent 20lbs bags *I5165 Campbell’s Tomato Soup

Notice to All Partners—The MFBN is Returning to a 6 Six Week Delivery Cycle! This is a notice to all Partner Agencies that the MFBN is switching to a 6 week delivery cycle. Please note the new mailing and posting dates for Inventory Request Packets, Order Due Dates, and Delivery Date Ranges. Please contact Megan Hill at Ext. 235 or Jeff Gutierrez at Ext. 232 with questions. Thanks!

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In their community, the role of the Livingston Food Pantry of Park County is more than just distributing boxes of food out the door, according to Michael McCormick, Executive Director. As well as providing supple-mental food to their cli-ents, Michael explained that the food pantry par-ticipates in the commu-nity through unique edu-cation and nutrition pro-grams and all forms of available assistance for clients. They partnered with Farms for Families to em-phasize local, sustainable production and use part of their farm to grow fresh produce for distri-bution. In 2009 they dis-tributed 2,000 lbs. of beans, onions, eggplant, beets, and more from the farm and are expanding the project in 2010 to

include winter squash and a hardy sweet potato strain, both for distribution to clients and for sale to local food buyers and the farmer’s market. The pantry also has an in-town pantry garden with raised beds and plowed plots that are first offered to pantry cli-ents. Par-ticipating in-town gardeners grow their own food and can also sell their excess produce at the farmer’s market. Plots are also reserved for the local Big Brothers and Big Sisters clubs and for a “Children’s Garden” through the Sum-mer Lunch Program, which leads strong educational efforts with local schools to

help students understand more about the food they eat. In addition, Michael described arrangements to provide plots for the local mental health center and Counterpoint, a facility for the handicapped adults. This

includes handicap-accessible raised beds and long-handled tools for the wheelchair-bound Coun-terpoint resi-dents. To help

clients with little or no cook-ing knowledge, the Livingston Food Pantry hosts a “Crock Pot Day” at least once a quarter with collabo-ration from the MSU Exten-sion Office. Michael ex-plained that many clients “live out of cans and fast food bags,” so they chal-

Featured Partner—The Livingston Food Pantry Accesses Local Food and Provides Nutrition Education to Clients.

Featured Products for June!

Date Inventory Request Packets Will be Mailed/

Posted

Date Orders Will Be Due Back to MFBN

Delivery Date Range

July 9, 2010 July 16, 2010 July 19th – August 27th

August 20, 2010 August 27, 2010 August 30th – October 8th

October 1, 2010 October 8, 2010 October 11th – November 19th

November 12, 2010 November 19, 2010 November 22nd – Decem-ber 31st

lenged the Extension Office to create nutritious meals only using a crock pot and food available in the pantry. If one of the 35-40 families that generally attend are interested in the recipe, they are given a print out. If they don’t have cooking facilities, they are given a crock pot donated by the community. The Livingston Food Pan-try distributes around 13,000 lbs. of food to 325 clients each month, has an exten-sive resource guide to all assistance programs available in Park County, and staff that is trained to help clients find whatever they need. Through commitment and creativity, the food pantry and the community of Livingston are growing to-gether towards a sustainable future. If you would like to learn more about the Livingston Food Pantry’s programs, they can be reached at 406-222-5335. To nominate an outstanding Partner Agency for next month’s Affiliate, contact Agency Relations at extensions 232 or 235.

As we move toward the halfway mark of 2010, we wanted to remind everyone of the importance of Monthly Activity Reporting (MARs). To date, your MAR submissions have helped to ensure that the FAM program and TEFAP are running smoothly. Based on the numbers you submit to the MFBN, we submit detailed reports to the MT Department of Health and Human Services that help demonstrate that the funding received for FAM and TEFAP directly benefits your clients. Your reporting efforts are help-ing you source food to pro-vide to the hungry in your community. Please help the MFBN provide the most accurate reports by partici-pating in the MAR forum online at www.insidemfbn.org/forum or by calling Megan ext. 235 or Jeff ext.232 if you have questions about your current reporting proce-

dures. Here are a few interesting facts gathered through your MAR submissions: Total # of clients served = 94,517 Total # of individual visits to Partner Agencies = 282,559 Average # of times each client received services in the past 4 months = 3 Total # of households served = 46,540 Total # of household visits to Partner Agencies = 148,880 Average # of times each household received ser-

Monthly Activity Reports show 94, 517 individuals have been served since January 2010.

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2010 Montana Hunger Relief Forum Materials Available Online

Month

Percent of Agencies Sub-mitting On Time by MONTH

Percent of Agen-cies Sub-mitting Online by MONTH

Percent of Agen-cies Sub-mitting Accu-rately by MONTH

1 76.92% 42.66% 47.55%

2 68.53% 49.65% 51.75%

3 72.03% 48.25% 62.24%

4 68.53% 36.36% 48.25%

vices in the past 4 months = 3 Total # of households with children served = 32,652 Total # of employed households = 28,312 Total # of food boxes dis-tributed = 67,701 Total # of meals served = 445,357 Total pounds received by all Partner Agencies of the MFBN = 4,413,392 Total pounds distributed by all Partner Agencies of the MFBN = 4,434,023

We would like to thank everyone who attended this year's Montana Hunger Re-lief Forum. Each presenta-tion provided a great deal of information. If you were in attendance but did not have time to absorb all the information, or if you were unable to attend and would like to find out what we learned, please take a look at the Power Point presen-tations and handouts from each session at the forum posted at http://www.insidemfbn.org/2010MHRFMaterials. Again, thank you all for participating in a wonderful event. Every year we learn more about event planning and are grateful for your attendance and feedback. We hope that everyone was able to gather useful information and materials while also having the op-portunity to converse with other partners of the MFBN. Thank you again for your support and participa-tion in this event!

The Client Count Online Forum Topic You can now hone in on your Monthly Activity Reporting skills by participating in the monthly MAR forum at www.insidemfbn.org/forum. Each month we will post a scenario and partners will have the opportunity to complete an MAR form based on that scenario. Every partner agency that can complete the report without a single error, we will enter your name in a contest. Once all 6 scenarios have been completed we draw a winner from the pool of accurate reporters. So don’t miss this chance to win a few free goodies and master your MAR skills!

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As per previous advisement, staff from the Montana Food Bank Network will no longer be calling a day ahead

of scheduled delivery to schedule delivery times, rather, all delivery times will be published online and in the Affiliate concurrently to scheduled delivery dates. Please understand that this is part of a continuing effort to manage MFBN resources so that we can provide all Partner Agencies with the most useful and efficient services possible. If for any reason your scheduled delivery time changes from what has been published, MFBN staff will notify you immediately. Date Time City Partner Agency 8 - June 10:00-10:30 Stevensville—Pantry Partners 8 - June 10:45-11:00 Victor—House of Praise 8 - June 11:15-11:30 Hamilton—Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel 8 - June 11:45-12:00 Hamilton—Haven House, WMMHC West House 8 - June 1:30-2:00 Darby—Darby Bread Basket 10-June 10:00-10:45 Bozeman—Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Gar diner, BSYC, West Yellowstone, YSSC, Headwa ters 10-June 12:45-1:15 Helena—Helena Food Share, Helena Pre-Release, Montana Youth Homes, Elkhorn Treatment Facility, Transitional Living Facility, Rocky Mtn Development Council 10-11 June 10:45-11:00 Livingston—Livingston Food Pantry 10-11 June 12:30-1:00 White Sulphur Springs—Meagher Country Nutrition Coalition 10-11 June 3:30-4:15 Lewistown—Central Montana Community Cupboard, B/G of Lewistown, FCCOA 10-11 June 5:45-6:15 Roundup—Musselshell County Food Bank 11-June 7:15-8:00 Billings—Family Services, Alternatives/Passages 11-June 8:30-9:00 Laurel—Community Hope 11-June 9:30-9:45 Joliet—Joliet Food Pantry 11-June 10:30-11:00 Columbus—Project Hope 11-June 11:45-12:15 Big Timber—Big Timber Community Food Bank 15-June 9:00-9:30 Thompson Falls—Community Harvest, Thompson Falls Seniors, Gospel Mountain AOG 15-June 10:00-10:30 Trout Creek—Trout Creek Seniors, Open Gate Ranch Youth Group 15-June 10:45-11:30 Noxon—Community Services Fellowship, Noxon Seniors, Heron Seniors 15-June 12:15-12:45 Troy—Troy Food Pantry, Food Cupboard 15-June 1:00-1:15 Troy—Troy Community Baptist Church Food Pantry 15-June 1:45-2:30 Libby— Libby Food Pantry, Libby Seniors, Libby Christian Church, Kootenai Valley Head Start 16-June 8:30-9:00 Dillon—Beaverhead Community Food Pantry 16-June 10:30-11:00 Butte—Butte Emergency Food Bank 16-June 11:00-11:30 Butte—Butte Rescue Mission 16-June 12:15-12:45 Anaconda—Project Care, Discovery House 16-June 1:30-1:45 Maxville—Face to Face Food Pantry 17-June 8:30-9:30 Great Falls—Great Falls Community Food Bank, Salvation Army, Fish, St. Vincent DePaul 17-June 10:30-11:00 Choteau—Teton County Food Pantry 17-June 11:45-12:00 Conrad—Pondera Food Pantry 17-June 1:15-1:45 Browning—Blackfeet Food Bank 18-June 8:00-8:15 Alberton—Alberton Seniors 18-June 8:15-8:30 Alberton—Alberton Community Food Pantry 18-June 9:00-9:30 Superior—Community Food Bank of Mineral County, Superior Seniors 18-June 10:30-11:30 Plains—Plains Community Food Bank, Shekinah Kitchen, Hot Springs Food Pantry, Plains-Paradise Seniors 22-June 2:00-2:15 Hardin – Helping Hands in Hardin 22-June 2:30-3:00 Garryowen – Centerpole Foundation 23-June 7:15-8:15 Miles City – VA Warehouse, Custer County Food Bank 23-June 9:45-10:00 Glendive – Dawson County Food Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Dawson County 23-June 11:00-11:15 Sidney—Boys and Girls Club of Richland County 23-June 12:00-12:30 Culbertson—Culbertson Food Bank 23-June 1:15-1:30 Poplar—New Life Mission

June Delivery Schedule

Please join the MFBN for the monthly Partner Agency conference call on Wednesday, June 16th at 2:00 p.m.

Topic: “Summer Food Service Programs” This month the MFBN would like to hear your thoughts and questions about Summer Food Service Pro-grams. Summer Food Service provides free meals to school-age children when school is not in session, improving nutrition and overall performance of children. Please join us as we discuss the details and bene-fits of Summer Food Service Programs and how to promote them, or how to start a Summer Food Pro-gram in your area. We encourage all who can to participate.

To participate in the conference call: Dial 866.740.1260 Enter your access code: 7213855

Upcoming Events/Updates

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June Delivery Schedule continued…

Summer is just around the corner and that means the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) starting up in many towns across Montana. SFSP provides free meals and fun for kids age 18 and under during the summer months. All kids need to do is show up! It is now easier than ever to find a summer food site near you. Just go to mfbn.org/summerfoodmt to look up summer food sites by county or city. All site times, dates, locations are listed on the postings. For more information about SFSP, contact Emily Dunklee at (406)721-3825 ext. 250 or [email protected].

Find A Summer Food Site Near You!

June 16th @ 2:00 p.m.—The Network Connection

23-June 2:00-3:00 Wolf Point—Point Thrift Store & Food Bank, Wolf Point Seniors 23-June 3:00-3:15 Wolf Point—Basket of Hope 23-June 4:15-4:30 Glasgow—Valley County COA 23-June 4:30-5:00 Glasgow—Valley Community Food Bank 23-June 6:30-7:00 Malta—Malta Food Bank 24-June 8:00-8:15 Harlem—Harlem Food Pantry 24-June 8:45-9:15 Chinook—Chinook Food Pantry 24-June 9:45-10:30 Havre—Havre Food Bank, Feed My Sheep, Boys and Girls of the Hi -Line 25-June 11:00-11:30 Seeley Lake—Seeley-Swan Food Bank 29-June 8:00-8:15 St. Ignatius—St. Ignatius Seniors 29-June 8:15-8:30 St. Ignatius—Mission Valley Food Pantry 29-June 9:00-9:30 Ronan—Ronan Bread Basket 29-June 9:45-10:00 Polson—Polson Seniors 29-June 10:00-10:30 Polson—Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry 29-June 11:15-11:45 Lakeside—Westshore Food Bank 29-June 12:30-1:00 Columbia Falls—Columbia Falls Food Bank 29-June 1:30-2:00 Whitefish—North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish Four Square Church 29-June 3:00-3:45 Eureka—Tobacco Valley Food Pantry, Eureka Four Square Church, Tobacco Valley Seniors 29-June 9:30-10:30 Kalispell—Flathead Food Bank, Church 29 Food Pantry, Light house Christian Home, Samaritan House 29-June 10:45-11:00 Kalispell—N.W. MT. Veterans Stand Down 23-June TBD Missoula—Missoula agencies be gin scheduled pick ups

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO THE JUNE DELIVERY

SCHEDULE!!

Regional Meeting in Miles City—June 23rd! Please join us for a Regional Meeting in Miles City this month! The meeting will take place on Wednes-day, June 23rd at the Miles Community College. Invi-tations will be sent out next week. You can view the agenda online or call Megan Hill at Ext 235 for more information. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by June 18th! We hope to see you there!

NW MT Veterans Stand Down Food Pantry has a new location! Purchased and donated by an anonymous supporter, NW Vet’s Stand Down moved into their new location in early April. They expanded their services to in-clude a computer station, showers, elevator, and lend-ing library. The pantry has already seen an increase in new families and already has plans in mind for further utilizing their great new space.

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MISSION

Working to eliminate hunger in Montana through food acquisi-tion and distribution, education,

and advocacy.

VISION Building a unified force to address hunger in Montana.

The Montana Food Bank Network

5625 Expressway Missoula, MT 59808

Phone: 406-721-3825

800-809-4752 Fax: 406-542-3770

[email protected]

Log on to our website!

www.insidemfbn.org

Find more recipes at www.insidemfbn.org/

recipes

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sauté onion and garlic un-til onion is tender.

2. Add carrot and celery; cook 7 to 9 minutes until tender, stirring frequently. Stir in tomatoes, broth, Worcestershire sauce, salt, thyme, pepper and hot pepper sauce. Re-duce heat to low. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring frequently.

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup chopped carrot 1/4 cup chopped celery 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes (Item No. 5113) 3 1/2 cups vegetable broth

June’s Recipe - Tomato Soup

Executive Director Peggy Grimes x225 Executive Assistant Gina McCrary x239 Director of Development Mark Brennan x228 Development Manager Kathryn McCleerey x244 Development Coordinator Sarah Black x229 Development Assistant Tirzah Juskalian x252 Director of Finance Paul Tripp x224 Accountant Clark Tower x223 Director of Operations Michael Gardner x233 Transportation Manager Rob Shipley x240 Food Resource Developer James Dodge x226 Purchasing & Inventory Control Manager Bob Spencer x251 Inventory Control Coordinator Stacey Grimes x222 Agency Relations Manager Megan Hill x235 Agency Relations & Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Gutierrez x232 Warehouse Manager Randy Neel x234 Warehouse Staff Cory Simmons x237 Miles City Warehouse Laramie McMillan 874- 5625 Director of Public Policy Kate Bradford x231 Public Policy Manager Bernadette Gunn x227 SNAP Outreach Coordinator Lorianne Burhop x230 Community Outreach Coordinator Emily Dunklee x250

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1 tablespoon Worces-tershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

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Hunger is

insolent,

and will

be fed.

-- Homer