SWVA Second Harvest Food Bank Spring Newsletter 09

foodSouthwestern VirginiaSecond Harvest Food Bank

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Resolute in the Hunger FigHtFood Bank partnerS Face increaSe in demand For Food aSSiStance

www.swvafoodbank.org

Hundreds of Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bankpartner agency feeding programs continue to report an increasein demand for food assistance at their pantries, soup kitchens orrescue missions. As agencies cope with that increase in need,they rely on the Food Bank, the Food Bank’s corporate partnersand the generosity of the community to see them through.

“Every month we get new people that have never been to afood pantry before. We especially saw that in November andDecember,” said Edith Osterbauer with the Radford WorshipCenter’s His Provision Food Ministry. “Some of them havebeen recently laid off and are out of work. Others are parentswho have been laid off and gotten another job, but it’s a lowerpaying job and the family cannot make ends meet.”

Businesses are also striving to cope with a slowing economyand Osterbauer says the New River Valley region, which herministry serves, has seen significant layoffs and cutbacks by

many of the major manu-factures in the area. InNovember of 08’Intermet’s RadfordFoundry announced inten-tions of cutting 140 of the160 jobs at the plant,Corning in Christiansburgcut 61 hourly positions inMarch and Volvo began aphased layoff of 650workers this spring. “It’snot just those who havecompletely lost their jobsthat we are seeing either,”said Osterbauer. “Familieswho still have a job, buthave had their hoursreduced at work arefinding it harder and

harder to have enough moneyfor food.”

Although it’s increasingly harderto meet the demand, Osterbauersays the Radford WorshipCenter’s food ministry is findingways to cope with the increasein demand. “We absolutelycould not do this ministry with-out the Second Harvest FoodBank,” said Osterbauer. “Wepull a 24 foot truck up to theFood Bank once a month andfill it with pallets of food.”

In addition to monthly pickups at the Food Bank, the Radfordministry is also one of many partner agencies that take part inthe Food Bank’s Prepared and Perishable Food Program. Theprogram gives Food Bank partners the opportunity to rescueleftover food directly from local restaurants and retailers tofeed the hungry. Participating businesses range from restau-rants like Pizza Hut and Red Lobster to retailers like Kroger,Food Lion and Food City. Prepared and Perishable participantsdonate about 100,000 pounds of food to the hungry everymonth. In Osterbauer’s case, that’s led to bread, meat, andpastries from her local Kroger and Food Lion stores. “I’m notsure what we would do without it. Meat is so expensive, so theopportunity to have that donated directly to our food ministryis such a blessing.”

In 2008 the number of individuals Osterbauer’s food ministryserved nearly doubled throughout the year, but thanks to thesupport of the community and the availability of food from theSouthwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank and itspartners, Osterbauer says the Radford Worship Center willcontinue to remain resolute in the hunger fight.

Edith Osterbauer picks up foodat the Food Bank

S p r i n g 2 0 0 9

“even as Food Banks don’thave enough” - president obama

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Board of Directors

James E. Pearman, Jr.Board PresidentFee-Only Financial Planning,LC Founding Member

Daniel BarchiBoard Vice PresidentCarilion Biomedical InstitutePresident and CEO

Neil BirkhoffBoard SecretaryWoods Rogers, Attorneys atLaw Principal Attorney

Joyce Edwards, Ph.D.Dabney S. LancasterCommunity College VicePresident - Financial &Administrative Services

Scott FeltsAdvance Auto PartsVice President - Sales

Kathy GravelyUnited Way of Roanoke ValleyLoaned Executive

Pamela IrvineSWVA Second Harvest FoodBank, President & CEO

Teresa LynchR.T. Lynch Transport &Logistics, Vice President -Operations

Donna McMannersKroger, Print AdvertisingManager

Rev. Nouhad MelkiAtkins First Church of GodSenior Pastor

Jon PainterAmerican Electric PowerHuman Resources Consultant

John F. Shoulders, Jr.New Century DevelopmentCo., LLCManaging Member

Chris ThompsonPelican Management, Inc.Principal

“They can't pay their bills. They've stopped spending money. And because they'vestopped spending money, more businesses have been forced to lay off moreworkers. In fact, local TV stations have started running public service announce-ments to tell people where to find Food Banks, even as the Food Banks don'thave enough to meet the demand.” – President Barak Obama, February 9, 2009

On February 9th of this year President Barak Obama addressedthe nation during a news conference regarding the nation’seconomy. President Obama’s opening statement to millions ofAmericans involved Food Banks and the growing number ofhungry individuals they serve.

The Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank is thelargest hunger relief organization in this region and like manyother Food Bank’s across the nation, our organization strivesevery day to keep up with the increase in need for hunger

assistance. I have been with the Food Bank for more than 26 years and amnot sure how we will continue to operate without additional food andfinancial support.

There is a growing number of people in southwestern Virginia living with theeffects of a slowing economy, fluctuating gas prices and rising food prices.Our Food Bank has increased its distribution to meet this increase in need andwe are on par to increase distribution to more than 12 million pounds of foodthis year; however, we know that we are not reaching every person in our 26county service area who needs food assistance.

As a non-profit, the Food Bank relies on community support to continue ourmission and whether that support is through financial donations, food drives,advocacy or volunteer efforts, it all has a significant impact on the FoodBank’s ability to reach those who need help.

Thank you for helping us provide nearly nine million meals to the hungry lastyear and I look forward to working with you as we all work together to meetthis increase in need.

a message f r om the president & ceo

Pamela Irvine, President & CEO

Pamela Irvine, President & CEO

Brighten aLife

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Brighten aLifeand illuminate a soul this Holiday Seasonand illuminate a soul this Holiday Season

The Food Bank’s 2008 Brighten aLife campaign gave people theopportunity to support the hungry,while honoring or rememberingtheir friends and loved ones. TheBrighten a Life campaign was ahuge success this year. Hundreds ofarea residents illuminated the soulsof the hungry by participating in thisannual holiday event. We know theholidays were especially hard formany this year and that is why theFood Bank is particularly grateful toall those who ignited hope in thelives of thousands this year byBrightening a Life this holidayseason.

The Food Bank would like to thankTracy Bud for donating the use ofher beautiful painting for the FoodBank’s Brighten a Life holidaycards. Tracy is both talented andexceptionally generous.

The Food Bank would also like torecognize some local businessesthat made our holiday events possible. Thank you Wal-Mart, RSCEquipment Rental, and Allstate. All three deserve praise for theirefforts to shed light on the issues ofhunger this past holiday season.

There are many reasons to Brightena Life and we thank each and everyperson who chose the hungry tobenefit from their giving during theholiday season.

To see all the 2008 Brighten a LifeHonorariums and Memorials visitwww.swvafoodbank.org.

The 2008 Holidays from the HeartFood Drive demonstrated the over-whelming kindness and generositythat southwestern Virginia has forthe hungry. The 08’ holiday seasonwas especially tough for residentsbattling a slowing economy. For thehungry, that downturn made analready difficult time nearly impos-sible to cope with. But thanks to theunderstanding and generosity of 249local businesses, schools, churchgroups and individuals in ourregion, the hungry benefitted fromthe Holidays from the Heart Food

2007 total

48,972 lbs

2008 total

113,016 lbs

2006 total

43,411 lbs

Drive more than ever before.Donations for the Holidays from theHeart Food Drive more than DOUBLED in 2009 thanks tocompanies foregoing holiday partiesto collect food and financialdonations and groups like Girl ScoutTroop 176 that got creative and“canstructed” a holiday scene out oftheir food donations. “This was anamazing year, and I appreciate eachand every person who participated,”said Kitty Tabor, Food Bank FoodProcurement Manager.

Holidays From tHeHeart

F o o d d r i v e

flush the format...For Food

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From I-81: Take Exit 141, followRt. 419 South for 3.5 miles. Aftercrossing Boulevard, Food Bankwill be on right, just after Libertygas station. Take the second rightinto the Food Bank entrance.(before Salem Vet Clinic)

From Downtown Roanoke: Eithertake I-581 to I-81 and followabove directions, OR: TakeCampbell Ave. West to 5th St.; turnright onto 5th go four blocks, turnleft onto Shenandoah Ave. FollowShenandoah into Salem (where itbecomes Boulevard) to intersectionwith Electric Road (Rt. 419); makeleft onto Electric. Food Bank willbe on right after Liberty gas sta-tion. Take the second right intoentrance to Food Bank.(before Salem Vet Clinic)

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Roanoke Valley Branch/

Administrative Office

1025 Electric Road Salem, VA

p o w e r S u r g edominion makes powerful gift

“This powerfulgift can providemore than260,000 poundsof food for thehungry that weserve,” saidPamela Irvine,President andCEO of theSouthwesternVirginiaSecond Harvest Food Bank. “It’s hardto describe our gratitude for such asubstantial and impactful gift. We arejust so grateful for dedicated partnersin the fight against hunger likeDominion Resources.”

In an amazingshow of supportfor the nation’shungry, Dominion

Resources donated $1 million to theFood Banks in the areas where thepower company operates.

For the Southwestern Virginia SecondHarvest Food Bank that meant anastonishing $65,000 donation to thehungry we serve.

"Dominion wants to help ourneighbors who are encountering hard-ships during the current economicdownturn," said Thomas F. Farrell II,Chairman, President and ChiefExecutive Officer of Dominion.

the Food Bank’s Jeremy Butterfieldaccepts the dominion donationfrom emmett toms, dominionexternal affairs manager

Lovable radio personalities and FoodBank supporters Danny Meyers andZack Jackson couldn’t wait to help thehungry again this past holiday season.In 07’ the duo hosted the “Last WiiBefore Christmas” drive whichbrought in nearly $15,000 dollars forthis region’s hungry. In 08’ Danny,Zack, and co-host Monica teamed upto “Flush the Format... For Food”.

For 12 hours straight Danny, Zack,Monica, and the rest of the crew atK92 all stayed on the air encouraginglisteners to call in and make adonation to the Food Bank to havetheir favorite song played on the air!“It was inspiring to hear all thosesupporters calling and pledging theirsupport for the hungry,” said AmyMilberger, Vice President of

Development at the Food Bank.Individuals, businesses and even someschool groups got into the spirit of theevent and the calls came flooding into the Danny and Zack Mornin’ Thangcrew. To keep the excitement goingthroughout the day, the hosts had toget creative, which at one point left aterrified Monica sky high in a cherrypicker and by late afternoon Zackfound himself in that very samecherry picker... only Zack wasstripped down to his boxer shorts, in30 degree weather!

The long hours and fear filled stuntswere all worth it in the end as Dannyand Zack announced the pledged totalof more than $20,000 for the hungry!

visit us at theFood Bank“The tour was truly enlighten-

ing. Never in my thoughts did I

have any idea of what you do at

that location. I only wish more

people knew how hard you work

at helping others.”

- Donna Meyerhoeffer

February 25, 2009

Join Donna and raise your

hunger awareness. Visit one

of the Food Bank’s three

distribution centers.

If heading east or west on I-64, take exit 14, Craig Ave. (hwy 154)so that you are traveling north on Craig.Travel one- half mile and turn rightonto Chestnut Avenue. Travel 2blocks and turn left onto LexingtonAvenue. Pass Covington HighSchool on left. See Food Bank onleft inside TAP building.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heading north or south on 1-81, take exit 17 onto Cummings St.,heading north.Travel approximately half a mile.Turn left onto Main St., Hwy 11.Take the third right onto Russell Rd.The Food Bank is on the right immediately past the next crossstreet.

Alleghany Highlands Branch

118 S. Lexington Ave., Covington

Appalachian Branch

126 Russell Road, Abingdon

H u n g e r S y m p o s i u mcommunity college collects for the hungryCollege is all aboutgaining an educationthat will propel youinto a successful future.This fall students, fac-ulty and staff at Dabney S.Lancaster Community Collegejoined 17 other community collegesacross the state and held a Hunger

Symposium on campus to educateeveryone in attendance about theissues of hunger in their community.

“It was very fulfilling for both thestaff and the students whoparticipated,” said Cynthia Boteler,Student Activities Coordinator. “Wewere all well aware of the downturnin the economy and we knew that ithad to be affecting so many lives inour own community. That’s why wehad someone from the Food Bankvisit the campus and talk abouthunger in our region.”

Students and staff alsoorganized two benefitChili Cook-offs. TheStudent Senateorganized one on the

college’s Clifton Forge campus,while the Culinary Arts Departmentheld another at the RockbridgeRegional Center in Buena Vista. “Itwas an event where people werecoming together to share food andso it seemed fitting to collectdonations for the hungry during theevent and in essence to share foodwith those struggling in our region,”said Boteler.

Thank you Dabney Lancasterstudents, staff, and faculty forparticipating in this year’s Hunger

Symposium and educating yourregion about the families strugglingwith hunger in the AlleghanyHighlands.

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January 14, 2009

Edd Roberts,

Southwestern

Virginia Second

Harvest Food

Bank

Development

officer accepts

$100,000 gift

from Alpha

Natural

Resources

representatives.

One of the Food Bank’s first majorgifts of 2009 came from centralappalachian’s leading coal producerAlpha Natural Resources.Supporting to local non-profits isnot uncommon for the company andthe Food Bank is so grateful to havethe opportunity to benefit from thefrom Alpha’s generosity. Afterdonating $25,000 for the generaloperation of the Food Bank and$14,000 to benefit the operations of14 Food Bank partner agencies inWashington County, Alphaannounced a $100,000 pledge tohelp secure a new Food Bankfacility in Abingdon. “In thesetough times the Food Bank is indis-pensable,” said Kevin Crutchfield,Alpha Natural Resources represen-

Alpha natural resourcesWhere generosity comes naturally

tative. “For Alpha, it’s important tobe a contributing member of thecommunity, not just a business thathappens to be located here.”

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2009 Hunger StudyDiscovering the causes and consequences of hunger

C o n t a c t u sDial (540) 342-3011 for all ext.

pamela irvine, president & ceoext. 12, [email protected]

amy milberger, v.p. of developmentext. 26, [email protected]

dave Bethel, director of operationsext. 24, [email protected]

Linda Lawrence, director of Financeext. 15, [email protected]

Becki Wildenberger, programs managerext. 17, [email protected]

kitty tabor, Food procurement managerext. 19, [email protected]

Harry vanguilder, volunteer Servicesext. 42, [email protected]

Jeremy Butterfield, communicationsext. 23, [email protected]

gary mitchell, Supervisor(276) [email protected]

edward roberts, development officer(276) [email protected]

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In our last newsletter, we told youabout the exciting news thatAmerica’s Second Harvest hadchanged its name to FeedingAmerica. That name changebrought national attention to thenationwide food bank network ofwhich we are a part of and to thestruggle that 1 in 8 Americans copewith every day... hunger.

From television advertisements, tocelebrity endorsements, to partner-ships with large corporations thelaunch of the Feeding Americabrand has been widely successfuland is continuing to bring attentionto hunger and its negative effects. Watch this spring as the Ad

Council continues to air FeedingAmerica’s 1 in 8 campaign ontelevision, radio, and in newspapersacross the United States. Isn’t it timewe all began “Feeding America”.

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In order to end hunger we mustfirst understand it. That’s why thenation’s network of Food Bank’sjoin together every four years toconduct the “Hunger Study”.

The Hunger Study is acomprehensive collectionof facts on hunger, poverty,federal nutrition programs,and the status of the FoodBank’s within the FeedingAmerica network.

Locally this involves staffand volunteers conductinghundreds of hunger surveysinside the Food Bank’svarious partner agencyfeeding programs. “Some

clients I interviewed had lost theirjobs and were seeking assistancefor the first time, others were ondisability or retired and living on afixed income,” said the FoodBank’s Pamela Irvine.

When compiled with surveys takennationwide, the Hunger Study willbe analyzed and published in theAlmanac of Hunger and Poverty inAmerica. This resource serves as auseful tool to policy makers, mediaspecialists, and anti-hungeradvocates at the national, state, andlocal levels as they seek to findanswers to complex issues facingstruggling Americans. Our FoodBank is proud to be on the cuttingedge of hunger relief in this nation.

the Food Bank’s James andrews distributesfood to indian village residents in roanoke.

dorthy & Lane epperly picking up food for Food BankFloyd, va partner agency Friends & Food calvary Baptist.

What’s on theHunger Horizon

NationalHunger Campaign

Lose Weight,

Feed America

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The Biggest Loser Couples finalemay be fast approaching but youknow what they say in showbiz...the show must go on! Don’t thinkfor one minute that afterthe Biggest Loser isannounced that youropportunity to support thehungry during the Poundfor Pound challenge willend. Notice the iconpictured to the right. Youwill be seeing a lot more of thesebox top icons popping up on avariety of General Mills productsinside your local grocer. These

small seals can pack a big punchfor the hungry. For each Pound forPound challenge icon you clip andmail in, General Mills will donate

10 cents to the FoodBank!

Thank you Biggest Loserand General Mills forexposing the nation to theissues of hunger inAmerica. There are hungry

individuals struggling every dayjust to get by... and there is some-thing as easy as mailing in a boxtop that we can all do about it!

Want to organize a Food drive?Food Drives are essential to the FoodBank’s cause. Not only do fooddrives bring in much needed non-perishable items, they also raise thehunger awareness of everyoneinvolved. Contact Kitty Tabor, FoodProcurement Manager at (540) 342-3011 ext.19 or reach Kitty by emailat [email protected]

Want to organize a Fundraiser?Did you know that for every $1.00you donate for the hungry, the FoodBank can provide $6.00 of food?That’s more than three meals for ahungry individual! As you can see,fundraisers really pay off! ContactAmy Milberger, (540) 342-3011 ext. 26 or reach Amy by email at [email protected]

all your internet searches onwww.goodsearch.com has made adifference. keep up the good work!

total Searches amount raised2188 $29.51

total in meals = 138 meals

if there’s one thing to be said aboutthe Food Bank it’s that there isalways something going on, and

Spring 2009 will be no different.

WDBJ7’s “NoEmpty Tummies”food drive runsthrough themonth of April.

Your hometown station is encour-aging all middle schools within itsviewing area to collect food fortheir local Food Bank! During themonth of April students areencouraged to collect cannedmeats. Visit the Food Bank websitefor more information about thiswonderful drive.

The 3rd annualLegal FoodFrenzy gotunderway thisspring. Lawfirms across thestate compete in

a head to head competition to seewho can collect the most food andfunds for this region’s hungry men,women, and children. The compe-tition ran March 30 - April 10.Last year participating law firms insouthwestern Virginia collectedmore than 75,000 pounds of foodto add to the statewide record totalof more than 1.3 million poundsof food!

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Want to volunteer?Volunteers donated more than 15,000hours of their time last year to helpthe hungry in southwestern Virginia.There are a variety of tasks at theFood Bank that volunteers help.Contact Harry VanGuilder, Directorof Volunteer Services at (540) 342-3011 ext. 42, or reach Harry by emailat [email protected]

May 9, 2009Stamp Out Hunger

returns for another year. TheStamp Out Hunger food drive isby far our largest food drive ofthe year. Thanks to the NationalAssociation of Letter Carriers allyou have to do to participate isplace bags of food at your mailbox on May 9 and yourletter carrier will take care of therest! That wonderful donation ofnon-perishable food goesstraight to the Food Bank and

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our MissionHunger diminishes the quality

of life. Hunger kills the humanspirit. We believe that every

person has the basic right to livea productive life and receive thenutrition necessary to keep the

human spirit alive.~

We strive to serve, at the lowest cost possible, hungrypeople - children, adults, theelderly, and the less fortunate

by any definition - by collaborating with an ever-widening network

of nonprofit and faith-basedfood distribution agenciesthroughout our 26-county service area. We seek to

improve the overall quality oflife of those whose needs we

endeavor to meet.~

Our ultimate goal is to eliminate hunger in

Southwestern Virginia.

served with a majority of those mealsand snacks. The Food Bank mustspend $9,000 every month to provideenough 100% Juice for all thosechildren and that is why we need your help!

Call Kitty Tabor, Food ProcurementManager to see how you can helpthis years Juice Drive end with a bang! (540) 342-3011 ext. 19

benefits the thousands of hungry individuals in this region!

Last year your generosity boosted theStamp Out Hunger poundage results toa record high! Residents donated204,514 pounds of food during the2008 Stamp Out Hunger food drive.That’s more than 159,777 meals for thehungry in southwestern Virginia. Weknew the residents in the Food Bank’sservice area cared about their hungryneighbors and it showed on that daylast year. Thank you to all who partici-pated in 2008 and we look forward toanother record year in 2009!

If you have any questions about thisyears event, or you are interested involunteering to help sort food the dayof, simply contact Harry VanGuilder,Director of Volunteer Services, at (540) 342-3011 ext. 42, or by [email protected] unload a mail truck loaded down with

donated food. - 2008 Stamp out Hunger

April is coming to an end, and thatmeans the 2009 Juice Drive is begin-ning to wrap up. But as you have nodoubt seen on WSLS News Channel 10there is still plenty of time to supportthe children in our region strugglingwith hunger! Next time you visit yourlocal Kroger, buy a Juice Drive icon, orpurchase 100% Juice boxes and leaveyour donation with Juice Drivesponsors Kroger, Acquisition Title &Settlement Agency, Member One orhere at the Food Bank.

Last year the Food Bank’s Kid’s Cafeprograms served more than 380,000meals and snacks to children at-risk ofhunger in our region. 100% juice was

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grateful for grantsThe Food Bank has received a numberof significant grants in support of itsprograms for the period Jan. 1, 2008 –Mar. 1, 2009 for which we are deeplygrateful. Some of these include:

$15,000 – Unrestricted Pool of Fundsof Foundation for Roanoke Valley

$9,780 – Foundation for RoanokeValley through contributions from thefollowing funds:The Spetzler Fund, The KatherineNelson Fishburn Foundation Fund;The DeVerter Charitable Fund; Mr. &Mrs. Eric T. Naschold, Jr. Fund; TheBarton W. & Margaret J. Morris Fund;

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According to the 2007 PovertyEstimates for Virginia, there are anestimated 44,816 children living in100% poverty in the areas served bythe Food Bank. In reality, there couldbe double that number, consideringmany experts feel it would take twicethe 100% poverty level ($21,200 for afamily of four) to meet their mostbasic needs. We are deeply grateful tothe supporters of our child feedingprograms, including:

$50,840 (2-year support) - Junior

League of Roanoke Valley, Virginia,

Inc. Project Development Grant for

the 9th Street Boys and Girls Club

Backpack Program

$17,987 - Charity ProjectEntertainment Fund’s “Idol GivesBack” Campaign - North TazewellElementary Backpack Program

$10,000 - Food Lion Kids CaféCapacity Building Grant

$10,000 - Edgar A. ThurmanFoundation for Children -Backpack/Kids Cafe programs

$10,000 - Speedway Children’sCharities - Backpack/Kids CafePrograms

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The Landon Fund; Dr. & Mrs. AnthonyStavola Fund; The Clifton FamilyFund.

$10,000 – Advance Auto Parts,Charitable Contributions Committee

$10,000 – MAZON – a JewishResponse to Hunger is one of thelargest privately supported philanthrop-ic organizations addressing hunger inAmerica. Funds are raised primarilythrough the Jewish community toreduce hunger, malnutrition and pover-ty through direct emergency feedingprograms and anti-hunger advocacyboth in the U.S. and abroad.

s t a f f s t o r i e sMeet your hunger relief experts

Looking for a Speaker?The Southwestern Virginia SecondHarvest Food Bank is happy to provideyour organization, club, scout troop orfaith-based group with a speaker for anarray of topics such as:

Understanding how the Food Bankworks: A guide to understanding theprocess of the Food Bank and a gener-al overview of the various programsoffered, from Kids Cafe and Backpackprograms, to safe food handling andfinancial planning courses.

Hunger Education: causes, solutions,and actions.

Volunteering: Explore unique waysthat children and adults can volunteerindividually or as a group.

Understanding Planned Giving:Maximize the size of your gift, obtainlife income from your gift, optimizethe tax-related benefits, tailor your giftto a specific need, protect yourselffrom hasty decisions, increase yourpersonal satisfaction.

Call Harry VanGuilder,

(540) 342-3011 ext.42 to explore dates

and topics of your choice.

“i was retired before i volunteeredat the Food Bank, and i liked it somuch i’m back in the workforce!”- Harry vanguilder

Like the rest of the staff atthe Southwestern VirginiaSecond Harvest Food BankHarry VanGuilder, Directorof Volunteer Services, ispassionate about thehungry.

After moving to southwestVirginia in 2005, Harrysought out volunteeropportunities around hisnew home. “Hurricane Katrina struckand there was an advertisement in thepaper to volunteer at the Food Bank tosort food for the victims of thehurricane,” said Harry. “It was a greatexperience and extremely rewarding.”

Thanks to this volunteer opportunity,Harry learned more about the missionof the Food Bank and decided hewanted to do even more volunteerwork for the hungry. He soon foundhimself assisting the former Volunteer

Coordinator with the expansion of theFood Bank’s volunteer program. “Iexpected to be rescuing or sortingfood, but because of my professionalbackground assisting with that project

just seemed to fit.”

In 2006, Harry beganvolunteering one day aweek as the Director ofVolunteer Services and asthe need for more volun-teers expanded so too didhis position. In 2008Harry came on as a part-time employee at theFood Bank.

Harry now spends his time respondingto individuals who, like he had threeand a half years ago, are searching foran opportunity to make a difference.“I respond every day to inquiriesabout volunteer opportunities. Folkscall in and recently we have been contacted more and more throughemail by people searching for volunteer opportunities online.”

Last year, volunteers donated anamazing 15,217 hours to the FoodBank. “According to state of Virginiaestimates, those volunteers saved theFood Bank more than $300,000 inman hours,” said Harry. “We justcouldn’t do what we do withoutthem.”

From volunteer, to Director ofVolunteer Services, Harry VanGuilderlooks back on his decision to getinvolved with hunger relief in south-western Virginia fondly. Calling uponhis experiences as a volunteer, Harrynow strives to treat every volunteerwith the same appreciation andrespect that he was impressed withwhen he first volunteered. “No matterwhat the task involves, I make surethat all of our volunteers leave heresmiling, because that’s exactly whatthey do for me.”

Harry vanguilder, directorof volunteer Services

Harry vanguilder, director of volunteer services overseesvolunteers rehabilitating Food Bank office space. 10

Financial audit Statementfor fiscal year 2007-2008

(From an independent financial audit prepared by anderson & reed, cpa)

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Unrestricted Net Assets:

Support

Grants $160,812 Special Events Local Municipalities Government grants $103,517 Contributions $1,154,605 In Kind $287,448 Donated food value $14,564,915

Total Support $16,271,297

Revenue

USDA Shared Maintenance $390,355 Other Shared Maintenance Contributions $740,580 Sale of Purchased Food $186,408 Miscellaneous $12,518

Total Revenue $1,329,861 Net assets released from restrictions $278,636

Total Support and Revenue $17,879,794

Expenses

Program Expenses $1,678,804 Management and general $670,161 Fundraising $434,642 Food Distributions $15,211,961

Total Expenses $17,995,568

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Alleghany Highlands BranchP.O. Box 481 118 South Lexington Ave.Covington, VA 24426(540) 962-6328

Appalachian BranchP.O. Box 2579126 Russell Rd.Abingdon, VA 24212(276) 628-9266

SWVA Second Harvest Food Bank

is a nonprofit 501(c)3 charity and

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