Second Harvest North Florida Volume 3 • Issue 4 • May 2011 www.WeNourishHope.org
Feeding Hope
a newsletter for food industry donors
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Publix Super Markets, Inc. launches store donation program that will provide important food resources for the hungry said Dwaine Stevens, media and community relations manager. The Publix store donation program is also being enacted in other communities in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina – providing eight Feeding America food banks access to donations from 242 Publix stores. The company estimates it has already donated thousands of pounds of food to Feeding America food banks since the program’s pilot Photo of Dwaine, me and Allen with big check might be good here and rollout over 3 years ago. Grocery industry average donations range between 250 and 300 Second Harvest North Florida and Publix pounds of useable food each week Supermarkets, Inc., announced the roll-out of per store, including foods like milk, bread, meats, a store donation program that will generate cheeses, fruits and vegetables. thousands of pounds of important food resources annually for families experiencing need in northeast “This program is incredibly important to our mission Florida. The program provides both perishable of feeding hungry people,” said Karen Rieley, interim and nonperishable items from 69 stores in the executive director of the Second Harvest North 18-county area served by Second Harvest, the Florida. “We are grateful to Publix for providing this region’s Feeding America member food bank. invaluable community service which addresses a Second Harvest trucks have already begun making very real problem for our neighbors on the First pickups twice weekly from Publix stores – including Coast and beyond. These resources will translate 53 locations in Duval, Clay, Nassau, Flagler and St. into millions of meals for families experiencing Johns counties. hardship in north Florida.”
Donation ABCs: An alphabetical listing of the many different kinds of food industry products that can be donated.
(Letter M) Manufacturer’s Product Launch: Are you planning any new product launches that will require increased production? Do you have a plan for excess inventory after the initial push? Consider donation excess inventory to Second Harvest North Florida to help feed hungry people.
Mis-labeled Product: • What does your company do with product that is appropriately produced and is fit for human consumption, but is mis-labeled (re-label the product, dump, donate, other)? • If you re-label the product, does your line-staff ever find brites or other individual units of product that are too damaged to run through the labeling process? If so, what happens to those damaged
“We are pleased to partner and be aligned with an organization that has a substantial brand and track record of serving those in need at the grass roots level. We believe this program will allow thousands of families to receive nutritious food in a timely manner especially during a down turned economy,”
Publix also presented a $26,211 donation to Second Harvest as part of the Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger. The donation was the result of an in-store promotion where customers made point-of-sale donations in support of local charities engaged in the fight against hunger.
Sixty-nine Publix stores in north Florida are now donating perishable and nonperishable food items to Second Harvest North Florida and its agencies that serve families and individuals in need.
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Consider donating excess, mis-labeled or damaged product to Second Harvest North Florida to help feed hungry people!
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Second Harvest North Florida 4615 Philips Highway Jacksonville, FL 32207 www.WeNourishHope.org
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Food or Medicine for Your Sick Child Which Would You Choose? The mission of Second Harvest North Florida is to distribute food and grocery products to hungry people and to educate the public about the causes and possible solutions to problems of domestic hunger.
CONTACT US
1502 Jessie Street Jacksonville, FL 32206 Main: 904.353.FOOD www.WeNourishHope.org
To learn more about how to donate food:
Elliot Darkatsh, Food Procurement 904.517.5554 edarkatsh@WeNourishHope.org
To volunteer:
Jessie Sanders, Volunteer Coordinator 904.517.5560 jsanders@WeNourishHope.org
To make financial donations: Karen Rieley, CFRE 904.730.8281 krieley@WeNourishHope.org
From Farm to Fork: Second Harvest's produce initiative keeps growing a bin at a time By Kellie Carter, food procurement manager We have struck gold with our new partnership with the University of Florida IFAS farm in Hastings! The program grows vegetables and tests different aspects of farming to help develop best practices for farmers related to watering, fertilizing, pest control and soil erosion. Previously, after testing was done, the program only donated food to individual pickers. Then, while gleaning cabbage one day, I met Doug Gregella at the IFAS farm. I called him and explained our bin exchange program, in which we drop off empty bins, pick them up when they are full and leave behind empty bins. He was so excited to be able to help.
The first time out, I rode in a cabbage cart behind a tractor while two of his guys cut and threw cabbage to me. We filled up four bins that day in about an hour! Since then, the cabbage just keeps coming, and potatoes will soon follow. Presently, all seven of our bins are either in the process of being filled at the farm or going out to feed the hungry. We have been working with member agencies, such as The Sulzbacher Center, Clara White Mission, and Salvation Army, to make it possible for them take more of this fresh and nutritious produce. This is definitely a winning situation for everyone involved!
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