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Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Staff Akil Boston David Brown Kay Carter Mickey Collazo Bill Cole Steve Cross Terri Davis Linda Estep William Fox III JD Fuller Cleon Gillespie Sherman Hager Kathy Helms Sonja Lucas Troy McCoy Joe McKinney John Meighan Shay Merritt Anthony Morgan Marcus Morris Toni Morris Pat Nero Matt Nooe Linda Petros Cathy Radford Vonda Richey Delilah Roseborough Gracie Seegars Eric Worthington
IT and Direct Mail Kids Cafe / Backpack Programs Executive Director Driver Driver Food Drives / Volunteers Agency Monitoring Administrative Assistant Warehouse Assistant Manager of Warehouse Operations Driver Administrative Assistant Manager of Agency Services & Programs Agency Relations Warehouse Assistant Warehouse Supervisor Transportation Coordinator Volunteers / Grants & Hunger Education Processing Distribution Floor Food Drives & Special Events Receptionist Graphic Design / Photography Warehouse Assistant Transportation Coordinator Finance Director Communications / Special Events Processing Driver
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Staff - Pee Dee Branch Trudy Peterson Russell Bogans
Branch Coordinator Branch Assistant
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Staff - Dallas & Catawba Steve Renner Habslee Hernandez
Branch Coordinator Branch Assistant
Board of Directors OFFICERS Cliff Hemingway Dan Harris Tommy Franklin Kiley Rawlins Gale Pendergraph
Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Immediate Past Chair
ADVISORY MEMBERS Rick Anicetti Rod Antolock Rob Ferentz Riley Fields
Peter Fulton Steve Hall Ben Hawfield Ward Maresca
Governor James Martin Calvin Rash Dr. T Hayes Woollen, Jr.
WORKING MEMBERS Rich Ashlin Patrick Brady Warren Brown Eric Chapman Patricia DelBello Betty DeWitt
George Hechtel Kevin Hyrams Sylvester Johnson Vivian Lavaty Steve Marlier Karin McGinnis
Greg Morris Tressa Pearson Debra Pierce Christy Philips-Brown Sascha Struckmeyer Mark Teague
DIRECTORS EMERITUS (* Charter Members) Ken Cameron * Frank Timberlake * Theodore Coe Heyward (1915-1995) Ward Peacock * Glenn D. Hunt (1924 - 2010) * Herbert S. Hitch (1910 - 2003)
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Kay’s Message As a na&ve Carolinian, I have to confess that I am proud of our area. I love living here, I love working here, I love the people and I cannot imagine living anywhere else. I believe when most na&ve Carolinians think about our two states, they think of all the good things. They think about beau&ful mountains and beau&ful beaches, great colleges and universi&es, booming technology and banking centers. Intertwined with everything good about the Carolinas are some pre?y harsh reali&es. I suspect that as a rule people try not to dwell on these reali&es. At the Food Bank we are in the unique posi&on of being confronted by these reali&es on a daily basis. Part of our responsibility is to help others in the community understand that for many of our neighbors, the reality can be pre?y grim. The Food Research and Ac&on Council is one of the most respected organiza&ons when it comes to the collec&on of valid sta&s&cal informa&on on hunger and poverty. They recently released their 2010 Food Hardship in America Report. This report focuses on a very simple ques&on and that is how many people in America at one or more points during the past 12 months did not have enough money to provide food for their families. The results are absolutely staggering. South Carolina had the 4th highest rate of food hardship and North Carolina did not fare much be?er with the 6th highest rate. The average rate of food hardship in the two Carolinas was 23.9%. Imagine that almost 1 in every 4 people in our two states reported having been unable to pay for food for their family at some point in the last 12 months. When you drill the data down to consider the effect the economy is having on our children, it breaks my heart and it should break everyone’s heart. North and South Carolina both rank in the 10 worst states in the % of children who are lacking food on a regular basis. North Carolina (along with Louisiana) leads the na&on with the highest % of children under 5 years of age who are food insecure on a regular basis. One in every four children under 5 years of age is at high risk of hunger on a regular basis. I do not have enough space in this message to expound on what that means for the future of these children and the future of the Carolinas. The long term effects of hunger on small children are devasta&ng and when I reflect on these sta&s&cs, I suddenly become less proud. I also become more determined than ever to make a difference for as many of these children as I possibly can. Summer is headed our way and children will lack access to school meals. This heightens the risk and makes your support more important than ever. Imagine how proud we would all be if every child had enough eat every single day. Please help us help them – they are coun&ng on us.
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CHEF’S BEST WOLFGANG PUCK HEADLINES 22ND ANNUAL CHEF’S BEST EVENT Thanks to Harris Teeter, Campbell Soup Company and Chef Wolfgang Puck, the 22nd annual Chef’s Best Dinner raised a record amount of money for the Food B a n k ’ s C o m m u n i t y F o o d R e s c u e Program. Chef Puck headlined the sold out March 25th event at the Crown Ballroom at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The event also featured Chef Gene Briggs from Blue, Chef Tom Condron from The Liberty and Chef Jim Noble from The King’s Kitchen. The recepNon was provided by The Art InsNtute. Chef Puck prepared the main course and the evening was topped off with a great live aucNon hosted by Ernest Perry. O t h e r s p e c i a l t h a n k s g o t o Maureen O’ Boyle and CRVA, our hosts for the evening. The event raised over $168,000 for Community Food Rescue. This program annually rescues over 4 million pounds of food that would otherwise be thrown away and redirects the food to agencies that feed on site including soup kitchens and homeless shelters. Thanks to everyone for making this our biggest event ever!
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Retail
STEVE & SUSIE MARLIER JOHN & PEGGY SCHUG
SALEM PRODUCE STEELFAB
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EV E NT SPOTLIGHT CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY AND CHEF WOLFGANG PUCK DONATE OVER 36,000 POUNDS OF SOUP TO SECOND HARVEST On March 2 5 t h , Campbell’s arrived at the Food Bank with a truckload of soup and special guest Chef Wolfgang Puck. The donaNon was in conjuncNon with Chef Puck’s appearance at the 22nd Annual Chef’s Best Dinner later that evening. Chef Puck kicked off the press conference and stayed to help unload the truck. The donaNon valued at almost $90,000 will be used for the Food Bank’s Backpack Programs and Senior Box Programs. Many thanks to Campbell’s and Chef Puck for their commitment to help end hunger in the Metrolina region.
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EMPTY BOWLS 11TH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS RAISES OVER $75,000 TO HELP END HUNGER Empty Bowls, sponsored by Food Lion and Charlo^e Marrio^ City Center, is one of the Food Bank’s most popular events. This year’s event was sold out with almost 600 in a^endance. At the end of the day almost $78,000 had been raised to help us end hunger in the Metrolina region. A^endees were treated to a delicious lunch prepared by the Marrio^ chefs, a beauNful handcra`ed bowl from the area’s finest po^ers and a CiNpass book. Special thanks to Maureen O’Boyle for again serving as our host and to the many sponsors and friends who provided financial support and aucNon items.
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C. DEWITT FOARD & CO. DARWIN FREIGHT GREG & LINDY MORRIS
McCULLOCH ENGLAND & ASSOCIATES M L KINGS & ASSOCIATES
NORTH
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EV E NT SPOTLIGHT NASCAR’S MARTIN TRUEX, JR. AND Each child parNcipaNng in the backpack RYAN NEWMAN TEAM UP TO SUPPORT program who has a cat or dog also SECOND HARVEST receives “pet packs” of food for their animals. This program is being piloted Thanks to two of NASCAR’s best drivers, at Troutman with plans to expand the hungry children and their pets in Iredell pet component at other backpack sites. County are being fed. The MarNn Truex, Jr. FoundaNon has provided close to On February 8, 2011, MarNn, Ryan and $50,000 to provide 200 backpacks per members of their pit crews and week to students in need at Troutman foundaNon staffs arrived at Second Elementary. Harvest to fill 1,000 backpacks. Thanks to our favorite two NASCAR drivers, we The Backpack Program is designed to are ending child hunger and pet hunger provide backpacks full of nutriNous food in Iredell County. on weekends and holidays when school meals are not available. Second Harvest Food Bank now has backpack programs at 82 different sites in 14 different counNes. The program at Troutman Elementary is unique among all our backpack sites t h a n k s t o t h e R y a n N e w m a n FoundaNon. Ryan’s foundaNon focuses on animals and thanks to their parNcipaNon, the children’s four legged family members are also being provided with special “pet packs”.
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EV E NT SPOTLIGHT IREDELL COUNTY HUNGER FACTS 13% of the popula&on in Iredell County lives at or below the poverty level. This represents almost 21,000 individuals. Almost 7,400 of those living in poverty are children. This represents 18% of the total children living in Iredell County. The Food Bank provided over 700,000 pounds of food to agencies feeding the hungry in Iredell County last year. The Food Bank’s goal is to provide over a million pounds of food to Iredell County this year.
The Ryan Newman Founda&on strives to provide philanthropic efforts that will enrich the lives of people and animals throughout the na&on. The mission of the founda&on is to educate and encourage people to spay/neuter their pets and to adopt dogs and cats from animal shelters to educate children and adults about the In it’s brief history, the Mar&n Truex Jr. importance of conserva&on so the beauty Founda&on has made a major impacted in of the great outdoors can be appreciated the lives of thousands of needy children in by future genera&ons; and to provide college scholarship funding through the New Jersey and North Carolina. Rich Vogler Scholarship program to students interested in auto racing careers. The Mar&n Truex Jr. Founda&on, created in 2007, is “hooked on helping” and dedicated to working with nonprofit charitable o r g a n i z a & o n s w i t h l i m i t e d n a m e recogni&on and limited budgets, who strive to posi&vely impact the lives of children in need.
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BOBCATS DAY OF SERVICE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS AND MICHAEL JORDAN MAKE FEEDING THE HUNGRY A TOP GOAL
From the Boys and Girls Club, Kay accompanied Michael and the players to the Men’s Shelter. There the team, Bobcats staff and Kay helped serve the The Charlo^e Bobcats recently evening meal. announced the addiNon of hunger as one of their primary areas of emphasis. “ T o h a v e t h e e n N r e B o b c a t s To show their concern the enNre staff, organizaNon including Michael Jordan coaches, players and owner Michael and the players, stand up and talk Jordan performed an enNre day of about hunger has such a tremendous service at Second Harvest Food Bank impact,” said Kay Carter, ExecuNve and two of our partner agencies on Director of Second Harvest Food Bank March 8, 2011. of Metrolina. “We are extremely pleased that the Bobcats have 45 Bobcat staff members started the expanded their relaNonship with the day at Second Harvest packing Food Bank and our partner agencies by backpacks, packing senior boxes and including hunger as a key issue in their sorNng food. Later in the day, Food community service campaign.” Bank staff joined Michael Jordan and Bobcats players Ma^ Carroll, Shaun Livingston, Stephen Jackson, Gerald Henderson, Boris Diaw, Dominic McGuire, Dante Cunningham, Kwame Brown and DeSagana Diop at two of Second Harvest’s partner agencies. First, Michael and the team helped us distribute backpacks to children at the Marsh Road Boys and Girls Clubs. Kay Carter was on hand to announce that Marsh Road would become the Food Bank’s 83rd backpack site providing 100 children a week with backpacks full of food.
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT
TARGET MEALS FOR MINDS TARGET DONATES $80,000 TO SECOND HARVEST TO IMPLEMENT MEALS FOR MINDS PROGRAM Target has always been a supporter of educaNon and of feeding the hungry. They have joined these two missions by creaNng the “Meals for Minds” Program. This program provides families at high poverty rate schools throughout the country the opportunity to receive all types of food including fresh produce during a^endance at evening school events. The program provides addiNonal food to struggling families helping to ensure that children have the right foods to maximize their learning potenNal. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina will work with Target to implement the program at Albemarle Road Elementary beginning in May 2011 and at a second high poverty rate school that will be announced in the fall of 2011. Thanks to Target for supporNng our children and families!
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GOING GREEN WAL-‐MART FOUNDATION HELPS “We must face the fact that there are SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK’S people who go hungry in this country “GOING GREEN” PROGRAM every day. These are our neighbors and people we see throughout our At a Nme when more and more daily lives,” said Margaret McKenna, families in the Metrolina region face president of the Wal-‐Mart FoundaNon. the threat of hunger, efficiency and “Every dollar these food banks can cost reducNon at the Food Bank are save on energy is another dollar they more important than ever. In January, can use to help meet the hunger needs the Wal-‐Mart FoundaNon announced a of their local communiNes.” donaNon of over $95,000 to help Second Harvest become more energy efficient. The grant was used to switch out lighNng throughout the Food Bank and to insulate coolers and freezers. The p r o j e c t e d c o s t s a v i n g s i s approximately $36,000 which will be used to provide approximately 250,000 pounds of food.
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“Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is very appreciaNve of Wal-‐Mart’s support as we seek to become more energy efficient. The green iniNaNves made possible through this grant will not only help the environment, they will also make us more efficient, saving valuable dollars that can be used to feed more people,” said Kay Carter, ExecuNve Director.
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PERRI FAMILY HOLDS OATMEAL DRIVE
LOCAL CHURCH Y O U T H G R O U P S Ben, Gabe and Elizabeth Perri wanted S U P P O R T S O U P E R to help feed hungry children. They BOWL OF CARING decided to hold a family oatmeal drive collecNng 115 pounds which were Thanks to the support of local youth donated to one of our local Kids Café groups, this year’s Souper Bowl of programs. The family also donated Caring was a huge success nekng over funds that will help us provide an $2,000 in donaNons, over 4,000 pounds addiNonal 1400 pounds of food. Thank of food and over 340 volunteer hours you for helping feed hungry children! donated. Youth Groups Collec<ng Dona<ons: Albemarle Road Presbyterian Covenant United Methodist McQueen Chapel Methodist Memorial United Methodist Mulberry Presbyterian Pleasant Grove United Methodist Providence Bap=st
COOPER HOLDS THIRD PB&J DRIVE
Quail Hollow Presbyterian
For the third straight birthday, Cooper Burris again asked friends and family to donate peanut bu^er and jelly to the Food Bank instead of bringing him presents. Cooper, age 5, raised 82 jars of peanut bu^er and 82 jars of jelly.
Youth Groups Hos=ng Food Drives:
Cooper, you are an inspiraNon to all of us at Second Harvest!
Mallard Creek Junior Op=mists
South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Berewick Elementary School Candlewyck Bap=st C.N Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Covenant United Methodist First United Methodist Gaston Chris=an School Providence Bap=st Youth Groups Par<cipa<ng in Service Blitz Through Volunteerism: Hickory Grove Bap=st Threshold Youth Providence Key Club South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Open Arms Wingate Quail Hollow Presbyterian Living Saviour Lutheran Cornerstone Presbyterian
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P ET F O O D DRIVES GIRL SCOUT TROOP 3606 HOLDS PET FOOD DRIVE On December 4th, Girl Scout Troop 3606 earned their Community Service Badge by taking part in Subaru’s “Share the Love Campaign” at PETCO in Pineville. Thanks to all of the girls in this troop there will be fewer hungry cats and dogs in our region!
MALLARD CREEK ANIMAL HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PET FOOD BANK Big thanks to the doctors, staff and clients of Mallard Creek Animal Hospital for conNnuing their support of the Pet Food Bank. During the month of December they collected over 1100 pounds of dog and cat food to help feed hungry pets in our region. Because of their efforts families who are struggling to get by will be able to keep their prized pets. Great job!
PET PARADISE RESORT COLLECTS OVER A TON OF FOOD Pet Paradise, an upscale pet boarding and daycare resort, collected over 2,000 pounds of pet food to benefit the Second Harvest Pet Food Bank. Pet Paradise is located on Boyer Street in Charlo^e and their faciliNes include spacious dog and cat boarding suites, daycare, grooming services and 24/7 staffing. Thanks to all our friends at Pet Paradise for helping feed hungry dogs and cats.
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FOOD DRIVE SPOTLIGHT THIRD ANNUAL “PINTS FOR POUNDS” CAMPAIGN RAISES ALMOST 31,000 POUNDS OF FOOD In January and February, Community Blood Center of the Carolinas donated six pounds of food to Second Harvest for every pint of blood donated, By the end of the third annual “Pints for Pounds” campaign, almost 31,000 pounds of food had been donated. Since this partnership began in 2009, Community Blood Center has been able to contribute almost 131,000 pounds of food to help feed the hungry in our community. “Our donors and sponsors are people who truly believe in the greater good,” said MarNn Grable, president and CEO of Community Blood Center of the Carolinas. “They’re not only blood donors they help eliminate hunger, all in support of community. Over the last three years they’ve rallied to make this a huge success. We can’t thank them enough.”
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“We truly value our partnership with CBCC, “said Kay Carter, execuNve director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. “Their donors do so much for our community by helping local paNents and helping to provide food through the “Pints for Pounds” campaign.”
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S P E C IA L G I FT S F R O M SPECIAL FRIENDS
NATIONWIDE EXPANDS SUPPORT OF FOOD BANKS TO INCLUDE CHARLOTTE NaNonwide has been supporNng food banks in the Feeding America network for several years. They recently added Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to the list of food banks receiving gi`s from NaNonwide. Thanks to our friends there for donaNng $10,000 which will help us provide thousands of meals to hungry children and seniors in our 19 county service region. We appreciate your support!
PRESBYTERIAN’S CARING BEYOND OUR WALLS CAMPAIGN RAISES FUNDS FOR SECOND HARVEST Thanks to employees at Presbyterian Healthcare for donaNng almost $42,000 to support the Food Bank as we work to end hunger. This is the second straight year that Presbyterian has included Second Harvest in their employee giving campaign, providing criNcal funds to help us feed hungry children and seniors.
NISOURCE GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE DONATES $10,000 TO FOOD BANK In January, NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage announced a donaNon of $10,000 to assist the food bank as we work to end hunger. “Our vision is to establish a legacy of sustained economic growth, social responsibility and environmental stewardship reflecNve of a premier energy company. We applaud Second Harvest Food Bank for its vision in addressing the sustainable needs of the Metrolina region and are pleased to partner with t h e m f o r t h e b e n e fi t o f o u r community,” said Victor M. Gaglio, senior vice president of operaNons for NiSource. NiSource has commi^ed $120,000 to local food banks within communiNes it served this past year. They believe t h a t p r o m o N n g s t r o n g s t a b l e communiNes is one step towards being a reliable steward and building sustainable value. Thanks to our friends at NiSource for their commitment to ending hunger!
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P R O G RA M U P DAT E S KID’S CAFE SECOND HARVEST CONTINUES EXPANSION OF THE KIDS CAFÉ PROGRAM YMCA STRATFORD MECKLENBURG COUNTY On December 30, 2010, the YMCA Straqord became Kids Café site number 38. Under the leadership of Site Coordinator Judith ArNs, the site will serve nutriNous meals and snacks to 80-‐100 children on a daily basis. The Straqord site, built only three years ago will also serve children in the summer months when school meals are not available.
CLEVELAND COUNTY HUNGER FACTS
HANDS ON MISSION CLEVELAND COUNTY In March, Hands on Mission in Shelby became our 39th Kids Café site and our first site in Cleveland County. Rita Scism and Glenn Walker will be coordinators at the site where they expect to ulNmately serve 40 children.
19% of the popula&on in Cleveland County lives at or below the poverty level. This represents almost 19,000 individuals. Almost 7,200 of those living in poverty are children. This represents 30% of the total children living in Cleveland County. The Food Bank provided almost 700,000 pounds of food to agencies feeding the hungry in Cleveland County last year. The Food Bank’s goal is to provide over a million pounds of food to Cleveland County this year.
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P R O G RA M U P DAT E S BACKPACK PROGRAM BACKPACK PROGRAM EXCEEDS 80 Mecklenburg County – The Marsh Road SITES Boys and Girls Club has been a Kids Café for over two years. Thanks to the Mecklenburg County – Myers Park Charlo^e Bobcats the site has added a BapNst Church has recently begun backpack program that will serve 100 sponsoring our 80th backpack program children per week. at Collinswood Elementary in Charlo^e. The program is providing approximately 20 backpacks per week to children in need.
S E R V I C E L E A G U E O F H I C K O R Y PROVIDES $10,000 DONATION
Mecklenburg County – Druid Hills Elementary School in Charlo^e became our 81 st backpack site thanks to a grant from Target. The program started in late January and with the help of our partner agency C.U.P., they are now distribuNng 50 backpacks per week to feed hungry children at the school.
The Service League of Hickory announced a $10,000 grant to conNnue their support of our Backpack Program in Catawba County. The donaNon will help Second Harvest conNnue exisNng backpack programs at Grandview Middle School, Oakwood Middle School, Northview Middle School, Viewmont Middle School and W.M Jenkins Elementary School that weekly serve 100 children.
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S P E C IA L G I FT S F R O M SPECIAL FRIENDS CRITICAL NEED RESPONSE FUND The money comes at a Nme when the AWARDS SECOND HARVEST $60,000 state’s food banks are working harder than ever to meet the needs of North Now in its third year, the CriNcal Need Carolina families hit by the economic Response Fund’s mission remains the downturn. same: addressing winter housing, food, clothing and warmth needs for those “Many people who’ve never needed affected by the economic crisis. In early their local food bank before suddenly February, the fund awarded almost do. Meanwhile, many of the families $900,000 in grants including $60,000 to and companies that typically give to Second Harvest Food Bank to provide their local food bank have had to cut food. back as well,” Cooper said. “I hope these grants can aid struggling families Thanks to the generosity of the and spur others in the community to M e t r o l i n a c o m m u n i t y , a g e n c i e s give what they can to help those in providing basic needs assistance will be need.” able to conNnue to support hundreds of thousands in need in our community. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina received over $173,000, all of which will be used to purchase addiNonal food to feed the over 410,000 people in our region who live in poverty. Special focus will be given to the 145,000 children who are included in that number.
NORTH CAROLINA FOOD BANKS RECEIVE $740,000 GRANT TO FIGHT HUNGER A ^ o r n e y G e n e r a l R o y C o o p e r announced in early February that the food banks in North Carolina would be awarded more than $740,000 of awards money recovered in a price fixing case.
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S P E C IA L G I FT S F R O M SPECIAL FRIENDS MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPECIAL GRANT TO SECOND HARVEST
MUTUAL DISTRIBUTING DONATES TO SECOND HARVEST
Thanks so much to our friends at the Marrio^ hotels here in Charlo^e for applying for a special grant on our behalf. Because of their support, Marrio^ InternaNonal has donated $2,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to help us end hunger in our community.
Special thanks to our friends at Mutual DistribuNng we are closer than ever to ending hunger in our community. Their recent gi` of $6,000 will help us feed thousands of hungry children and seniors. We appreciate your support!
WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEE USES RETIREMENT TO HELP FEED HUNGRY CHILDREN M a r g a r e t Hedrick spent 30 years of h e r l i f e working for Wells-‐Fargo. When she reNred at the end of 2010, she asked that gi`s dedicated to her be used to provide funds and peanut bu^er to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.
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Thousands of people are hungry in the Metrolina region and I’m stuck with the lady who is “never in the mood for mixed vegetables”.
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