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BLESSINGS A newsletter for the supporters of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina

SPRING 2013

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Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Staff

Kim Beal Russell Bogans Kieron Bourne David Brown Kay Carter Mickey Collazo Bill Cole Dave Coles Steve Cross Terri Davis Dick Ebert Max Enriquez Linda Estep Alice Gallagher Sherman Hager Kathy Helms Habslee Hernandez David Link Troy McCoy Joe McKinney John Meighan Shay Merritt Anthony Morgan Toni Morris Eric Mullis Matt Nooe Wendy Nyberg Trudy Peterson Linda Petros Cathy Radford Jose Ramirez Steve Renner Vonda Richey Antonio Robinson Delilah Roseborough Gracie Seegars Victor Strayhorn Dan Sullivan David Zagoya-Carmona

IT Services

Akil Boston

Food Drives and Special Events Pee Dee Branch Assistant Driver Kids Cafe / Backpack Programs Chief Executive Officer Driver Driver Driver Food Drives / Volunteers Agency Monitoring Spartanburg Branch Coordinator Warehouse Assistant Administrative Assistant Capital Campaign Assistant Administrative Assistant Manager of Agency Services & Programs Dallas & Catawba Branch Assistant Manager of Warehouse Operations Warehouse Assistant Warehouse Supervisor Transportation Coordinator Volunteers / Grants & Hunger Education Warehouse Assistant Food Drives & Special Events Driver Graphic Design / Photography Executive Assistant Pee Dee Branch Coordinator Warehouse Assistant Transportation Coordinator Driver Dallas & Catawba Branch Coordinator Chief Financial Officer Driver Communications / Special Events Processing Driver Spartanburg Branch Assistant Warehouse Assistant

Contracted

Board of Directors

OFFICERS Dan Harris Karin McGinnis Tommy Franklin Kiley Rawlins Cliff Hemingway

ADVISORY MEMBERS Rod Antolock Peter Fulton Ronny Hayes Paula Vincent

WORKING MEMBERS Rich Ashlin Eric Chapman Patricia DelBello Kevin Hyrams Vivian Lavaty Gale Pendergraph Tressa Pearson Bill Tripet

Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Immediate Past Chair

Rob Ferentz Steve Hall Governor James Martin

Riley Fields Ben Hawfield Calvin Rash

Patrick Brady Elizabeth Clagon Gabby Fritz Lois Ingland Steve Marlier Christy Phillips-Brown Michelle Swindells Lorna Wooding

Warren Brown Kieth Cockrell George Hechtel Herb Jeans Greg Morris Sascha Struckmeyer Mark Teague

500 B Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206, Phone 704-376-1785 Fax: 704-342-1601 Catawba Branch: 828-324-8030 Dallas Branch: 704-922-1399 Pee Dee Branch: 910-439-4407 Spartanburg Branch: 864-208-3443

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message from kay

LIVING YOUR LIFE AS A TESTIMONY TO HELPING OTHERS Running a non-profit provides one with the gift of meeting and getting to know some very special people. You meet the kind of person who makes your life better just by knowing them; the kind of person who tries daily to make the world a better place; the kind of person who lives their life as a testimony to helping others less fortunate.

Richard Simpson was all of these things and more. We lost Richard when he was tragically killed in a car accident on January 13th. Richard was President of Simpson’s Eggs, a fourth generation family owned business founded by his grandfather in 1925. Simpson’s Eggs, under Richard’s leadership, has been a wonderful donor to Second Harvest over the past several years.

They have donated hundreds of thousands of eggs and every one of those eggs has fed a hungry child, a hungry family or a hungry senior. Richard always donated these eggs before Easter and often arrived with the truck to make the donation in person. Richard wanted to be sure that everyone had enough to eat and he knew all too well the nutritional value of the protein packed eggs that his company donated.

Richard left behind his wife Anita and his children Lindsay, Kelly and Alex as well as his parents Leroy and Nell and brother, Bruce. His family determined to honor Richard by asking folks to donate in his name to the food bank. Richard’s friends, family and business connections made $6,400 in donations to Second Harvest in his memory. In keeping with Richard’s vision, we will use these funds to provide nutritional food to help those in need in his home county of Union, North Carolina and in the other areas we serve.

Richard, I was made better by knowing you and Second Harvest was lucky to have had you as a supporter. Our thoughts and prayers will continue to go out to you and your family.

In Memory of Richard Simpson 1951 - 2013

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empty bowls FOOD LION AND CHARLOTTE MARRIOTT CITY CENTER HOST 13TH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS One of Charlotte’s most popular events, the 13th annual Empty Bowls was a sellout again this year.

In addition to our title sponsors, the event featured Maureen O’Boyle from WBTV as our host, music by Hannoch Hickman and Charlotte GoPlaySave books for every attendee.

Raising over $75,000 to help Second Harvest feed hungry children and seniors, Empty Bowls featured the pottery of Clayworks and Jim Wolf.

These

amazing potters donated all of the bowls for this year’s event with each guest receiving a lovely handcrafted bowl to take home. The bowl serves as a reminder that somewhere in our region there is someone with an “empty bowl.”

Many thanks to our additional sponsors and to hundreds of silent auction donors. Most of all, thanks to everyone who attended for sharing our dream to end hunger in this region.

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TITLE SPONSORS

SOUP TUREEN SPONSORS

SOUP BOWL SPONSORS

SOUP LADLE SPONSORS

SOUTH

SOUP SPOON SPONSORS

NORTH

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anthony hamilton GRAMMY WINNING ENTERTAINER ANTHONY HAMILTON VISITS THE FOOD BANK

Multi-platinum recording artist and Charlotte native Anthony Hamilton hosted his annual Big Payback Week in conjunction with the 2013 CIAA Tournament. Each year Hamilton helps charities in his hometown of Charlotte including Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.

Hamilton visited Second Harvest on February 26th to donate an entire tractor trailer load of food courtesy of ConAgra to help us feed hungry children and seniors.

Says Hamilton, “Charlotte

has been my home all my life and although performing has taken me to far-off places, I can’t imagine raising my family anywhere else and feel blessed to come home to this beautiful city and everything it offers. With all it offers to its residents and the rest of the world, in these challenging times there are many families in Charlotte that need our support more than ever to get through, and working with these organizations, serving the men, women and children here, I will continue to do anything I can to help strengthen our community.”

In addition to his Second Harvest visit, Anthony also stopped by several of the food bank’s partner agencies including the Men’s Shelter, Salvation Army and A Child’s Place. Hamilton’s most recent album is the critically acclaimed Back to Love which received two Grammy nominations. He also contributed to the soundtrack for the Oscar nominated film Django Unchained, performing and writing on the well received lead song “Freedom.”

Many thanks to Anthony for his commitment to those in need in his hometown. Special thanks to Thomas Davis, of the Carolina Panthers for his surprise visit.

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CHARLOTTE BOBCATS CHARLOTTE BOBCATS MOBILE PANTRY TRUCK COMPLETES FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE In February of 2012, Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bobcats donated a new mobile pantry truck and $125,000 to purchase food to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.

The truck was

provided to help us expand our mobile pantry program.

This program delivers truckloads of food to areas in our 19 county region where poverty rates are high and resources are scarce.

The end of February 2013 marked the one year

Devonshire Elementary School

anniversary of the truck. During this first year, the truck was taken out on 101 mobile pantries in 9 different counties in our region. We estimate that almost a million pounds of food was provided on these pantries that collectively served 25,000 families.

Walter G. Byers Elementary School

In addition, within Mecklenburg County, we hosted 24 mobile pantries at high poverty rate elementary schools where the food bank has a backpack program in place. This was in keeping with our promise to use the new truck to expand our child hunger efforts.

Elementary schools

visited included Albemarle Road, Shamrock Gardens, JH Gunn, Druid Hills, Devonshire, Walter

Highland Renaissance Academy

G. Byers, Highland Renaissance and Rama Road.

Many thanks to the Bobcats for working with us as we try to end hunger in our region!

Rama Road Elementary School

SHAMROCK GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JH Gunn Elementary School

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TARGET MOBILE PANTRIES TARGET RENEWS SCHOOL PANTRY GRANTS

Two years ago Target provided a grant to Second Harvest through their Meals for Minds Program. This program is designed to provide monthly mobile pantries at high poverty rate elementary schools.

Target sponsors this program at Albemarle Road Elementary and Shamrock Gardens Elementary.

Target recently announced they will be extending this program and they will be providing us with a grant of $80,000 to continue these pantries for the 2013-2014 school year. Each month, Second Harvest hosts pantries at each school providing fresh produce, meat, dairy, dry foods and nonfood items such as toilet paper and diapers.

Thanks to Target, we have been able to provide 33 pantries serving 21,000 people so far. Families at these schools have received an estimated 360,000 pounds of food so far with more on the way, thanks to our friends at Target!

GRANT FROM ADM ADM DONATES TO SECOND HARVEST

Archer Daniels Midland Company recently announced a grant award to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina for $30,000 to sponsor a mobile distribution program. The funds provided will be used to host several mobile pantries during the 2013-2014 school year at high poverty elementary schools.

ADM will assist the food bank in identifying schools in close proximity to their location. The company will also send volunteers to help at the pantries. Many thanks to ADM for their support in helping us expand this vital program!

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new backpack CHILD HUNGER PROGRAM UPDATES

PROGRAMS

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is continuing to make ending child hunger in our 19 county region of North and South Carolina our top goal. We are excited to announce the addition of several new child hunger programs since our last issue of Blessings.

Statesville Road Elementary and Huntersville Elementary Vineyard Church in North Charlotte will be assisting Second Harvest in implementing backpack programs at both of these elementary schools.

The program will initially serve 30

children with plans to expand in the future.

Winecoff Elementary and McAllister Elementary In conjunction with our partner agency Cooperative Christian Ministries in Concord, both of these elementary schools are now being served with the backpack program.

We are

initially serving 25 children with plans to expand in the future.

Did you know Second Harvest Food Bank allows you to stuff a backpack online? We do! Visit our virtual food drive system and build a backpack for

New Kids Cafe Site opens in Ashley Park Section of Charlotte Our latest Kids Cafe site is in partnership with New Creation Youth Development in Charlotte.

This new site will feed 60-75 children daily and will also be operational during the summer months. This is critical because at risk children no longer have access to school meals in the

a hungry kid.

giveabit2.0 Food Drive System

summer.

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Did anyone notice this page answers the age-old question?

SPECIAL PROTEIN DELIVERIES HELP SERVE THOSE AT RISK OF HUNGER

SMART CHICKEN Smart Chicken was the first poultry company in the United States to use air chill technology and offers products that are both certified organic and certified humane. Many thanks to this amazing partner!

In late January, Smart Chicken again extended a helping hand to Second Harvest in our quest to end hunger in the Metrolina region. The company donated 43,000 pounds of protein packed chicken.

“Giving back to our communities to support hunger relief is core to our business,” said Jeff Glassman, Account Manager for Smart Chicken.

Since 2006, Smart Chicken has donated over 240,000 pounds of chicken to our food bank through their in-store holiday promotions.

“This significant food donation from Smart Chicken will allow us to impact lives when the need for food has never been greater,” said Kay Carter, Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. “Donations of poultry and other high protein foods are especially valuable as they allow us to provide our agencies with more healthy, nutritious options.”

EGG DONATIONS

On March 13, 2013, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. and Simpson’s Eggs donated more than 140,000 eggs to Second Harvest.

As families continue to struggle to put food on their tables this donation of protein was much appreciated.

“We’re thrilled to donate much-needed protein to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina just in time for the Easter holiday,” stated Alan Andrews, Director of Marketing for Cal-Maine. “We take pride in giving back to our community.”

This donation was part of a national effort by farmers to donate nearly 9 million eggs nationwide. This is the sixth year of support for food banks nationwide!

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legal feeding frenzy NORTH CAROLINA’S LEGAL COMMUNITY ON THE MOVE TO COMBAT HUNGER

On March 20, 2013, attorneys from Moore and Van Allen and Piedmont Natural Gas joined forces at Second Harvest Food Bank to pack 1000 backpacks for Devonshire Elementary School in Charlotte. Moore and Van Allen helped start the Devonshire backpack program in 2011 with 25 kids being served. In 2012 the firm helped the food bank increase the number of children receiving backpacks to 50, and in the new school year starting in September, 100 children will be served every week.

The attorneys also used the packing event to kick off their participation in the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2013 Legal Feeding Frenzy. This event engaged lawyers throughout the state in a competition to raise food and funds for all of the NC food banks. Moore and Van Allen helped found this event in Charlotte last year.

PNG joined in these efforts along with Moore and Van Allen. They are supporting the Devonshire program as well as the Feeding Frenzy.

Many

thanks to both of these amazing partners for helping end child hunger in our 19 county region.

CONGRATULATIONS to Moore & Van Allen, winner of the 101 + category, in the 2013 Legal Feeding Frenzy. They collected 53,285 pounds.

CONGRATULATIONS t o P i e d m o n t Natural Gas, winner of the Attorney General’s Cup. They collected 712 pounds per associate.

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NAVY JUNIOR ROTC VOLUNTEERS

I n Fe b r u a r y , 1 5 m e m b e r s o f t h e S o u t h Mecklenburg High School Navy Junior ROTC volunteered at Second Harvest.

The group worked inside and out helping us with major COOPER COLLECTS FOOD FOR SECOND HARVEST

cleaning and sorting bread. support!

Thanks for your

Cooper Downey recently collected food for Second Harvest in celebration of his birthday.

Cooper asked his family and friends to donate food instead of bringing presents.

Thanks to Cooper for collecting 154 pounds of food to help us feed hungry children.

HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER

In April, the youth group from Holy Trinity Lutheran volunteered at Second Harvest. The group spent their time with us packing 430 backpacks for Troutman Elementary School in CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS SUPPORTS SECOND HARVEST

Iredell County. Thanks for a great job!

Scouts in eight of our counties surrounding Mecklenburg collected for the second year to help our partner agencies. In 2012 the scouts collected 4,000 pounds and this year their total is over 26,000 pounds; what an incredible effort!

Thanks to the over 60 units that participated. The council is already making plans for 2014. We look forward to a long history of growing this event.

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SECOND HARVEST

PET FOOD BANK

PETCO DONATES 10,068 POUNDS TO FEED HUNGRY PETS

M A L L A R D C R E E K A N I M A L H O S P I TA L CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR PET FOOD BANK

PETCO recently selected Second Harvest’s Pet

For the third straight year Mallard Creek Animal

Food Bank to receive over 10,000 pounds of Hills Science Diet food to help families in our region

Hospital hosted a food drive to benefit Second Harvest’s Pet Food Bank. Each year they have

that are struggling to keep their pets.

increased the amount collected.

This was

made possible by our local stores who collected the most food and the Hills Company for matching

This year they

collected 2,334 pounds of pet food.

additional pounds.

To date, these amazing supporters have collected

The food included dog and cat food. Many thanks to all our friends at PETCO and the Hills Company

pets with their families. We are very grateful for your support!

5,600 pounds of cat and dog food to help us keep

for their support in feeding hungry pets!

DID YOU KNOW? You can support Second Harvest Pet Food Bank Online by visiting www.secondharvestmetrolina.org and selecting GiveABit > Donate > Pet Food Bank.

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LEGISLATIVE FOOD DRIVE NORTH CAROLINA RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION CONTINUES SUPPORT OF NC FOOD BANKS

The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA) along with North Carolina retailers recently donated over $300,000 in cash, gift cards and in-kind donations to the food banks serving North Carolina. Participating NC retailers included BiLo/C&S Wholesale, CVS Caremark, Harris Teeter, JR Discount, Lowes Food Stores, McDonalds, Rite Aid, Sheetz, Walgreens, Walmart and YUM! Brands.

The presentation to the North Carolina Association of Food Banks was made on February 6th at the Legislative Building in Raleigh. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis continued the tradition that started in 1995, speaking and announcing the legislative food drive.

NCRMA has been participating in this event for over 10 years.

The group is a non-profit trade

association organized in 1902 to assist all types and sizes of retail merchants. This year NCRMA combined its Retail Day with the annual legislative food drive to raise awareness of hunger in our state.

We truly appreciate the support of our retailers and legislators as we work to end hunger throughout the state!

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donor profile SNYDER’S-LANCE, INC.

Snyder’s-Lance champions causes related to healthy living, fighting hunger and supporting education. Since Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina does all of these things, it has been a natural fit for the company to support our efforts for well over a decade. As the company reaches the four million pound mark in product donations to the food bank, it seemed an appropriate time to profile them as a major donor.

The company manufactures and markets snack foods throughout the United States and internationally. They have led the way in producing healthy snacks that are free of trans-fats and have long supported our efforts to end hunger in this region.

Lance has its roots in Charlotte beginning when Phillip L. Lance, a local food broker secured an order of 500 pounds of raw peanuts for a customer.

When the customer backed out, he decided to roast the peanuts and sell them on Charlotte streets

DID YOU KNOW?

Joined by his son-in-law they

One in four children in the Carolinas live at or below the poverty level.

formed Lance Packing Company and incorporated in 1926. Phillip’s wife and daughter came up with

In the 19 county region served by

for a nickel a bag.

the idea of a peanut butter sandwich cracker and the rest is history.

Local employees support Second Harvest through employee giving campaigns, the company donates millions of pounds of healthy snacks, and recently the company took its support to a new level. They announced a $30,000 gift to the food bank as part of their 100 year anniversary celebration.

This gift will be used to fund the food bank’s

S e c o n d H a r v e s t Fo o d B a n k o f Metrolina, over 170,000 children live at or below the poverty level.

53% of the children in our region participate in free and reduced lunch programs.

Please join Snyder’s-Lance in helping us End Child Hunger.

backpack program, which feeds hungry children in our region.

Thanks to Snyder’s-Lance for your commitment to our community and our food bank!

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food drives UNCC STUDENT AFFAIRS HOLDS FOOD DRIVE

The Division of Student Affairs recently collected food to support the food bank’s Backpack Program.

More than 245 staff members donated over 1,350 pounds of food.

The Backpack Program supplies children at risk of hunger with food to take home on the weekends and holidays when school meals are not available.

Thanks to all our friends at UNCC for helping us feed hungry children!

Studio Movie Grill celebrated its grand opening at the EpiCentre on March 8th, with a special food drive to help Second Harvest Food Bank. The “Cans” Film Festival provided free admission to anyone bringing in two cans of food. The theater collected over 1,000 pounds to help us end hunger in the Metrolina region.

CBIZ COLLECTS FOOD FOR SECOND HARVEST

LIBERTY MUTUAL CONTINUES SUPPORT OF FOOD BANK

For the third straight year CBIZ has increased the food drive pounds collected for Second Harvest.

The company participates in a national drive each year. The goal nationally this year was to collect the equivalent of 600,000 pounds of food.

Our local office with only six employees collected enough funds to supply over 7,500 pounds of food.

We appreciate this amazing effort!

HANNOVER LIFE REASSURANCE COMPANY SUPPORTS CHILD HUNGER PROGRAMS

Employees at Hannover Life raised funds for the food bank’s child hunger programs.

The employees raised a total of $12,310 which included a company match.

Many thanks for your efforts in helping us end child hunger!

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For several years our friends at Liberty Mutual have hosted food drives for Second Harvest. Their most recent drive in March raised over 3,000 pounds to help us end hunger in our community.

Many thanks to all our friends at Liberty Mutual for their ongoing support.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Summer is right around the corner and school meals will no longer be available to children at risk of hunger. Will you consider helping our children by hosting a summer food drive? For more information, contact Toni Morris at tmorris@secondharvest.org or visit www.secondharvestmetrolina.org.

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SPECIAL GIFTS SPECIAL FRIENDS

FROM Many thanks to our friends at Abitibi Bowater for continuing to support the Food Bank. They recently donated $5,000 for our child hunger programs!

Thanks to our friends at Ally Bank for donating $5,000 in support of our Backpack Program. These funds will help send backpacks full of nutritious ready-to-eat foods home with children at risk of hunger on weekends and holidays when school meals are not available.

Thanks to everyone at the Frozen and Refrigerated Council for continuing to support our efforts with $5,000 in proceeds from their annual golf tournament.

This group has supported us for several years and we are very grateful for their help in ending child hunger!

We are very grateful to The Pampered Chef for continuing their support of the nation’s food banks with their “round up” program.

Customers can round up their order and can also support the effort through trivet and cookbook purchases.

In the last 20 years, Pampered Chef has raised over 20 million dollars for our network. Special thanks for their recent local donation of $8,439 to help us feed hungry children and seniors!

Daimler Trucks continued their support of Second Harvest with their donation of $20,000.

Daimler has supported our efforts for many years and we are very grateful for their help in ending hunger in our 19 county region!

Thanks to our friends at DriveTime who recently donated $5,000 to the food bank.

Second Harvest appreciates your support as we work to end hunger in our 19 county region!

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SPECIAL GIFTS SPECIAL FRIENDS

FROM

Darden’s Restaurant Community Grants Program is a local grants program that helps support nonprofit organizations focused on education, hunger and natural resources. Second Harvest was recently selected to receive $3,000 in grants with $1,000 each coming from Capital Grille, Longhorn Steakhouse Mallard Creek and Olive Garden in Pineville.

Many thanks to our friends at Darden for their continuing support!

Many thanks to the Charlotte Firefighters for donating $5,000 to the food bank to help us feed hungry children and seniors. Mayor Foxx was on hand with representatives from the Firefighters Association to present Second Harvest with a big check.

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

We appreciate our firefighters for what they do every day to protect us and for supporting our efforts to feed the hungry in our region!

Many thanks to all of the sponsors and walkers who made the 2012 event such a success. The 2012 walk raised over $300,000. The Charlotte walk has always been one of the largest in the nation and the funds that support Second Harvest, Crisis Assistance and Loaves and Fishes will help so many people in need here locally.

We are very grateful for your support!

Many thanks to our friends from TJX for their recent donation of $4,000 to Second Harvest.

TJX has supported the food bank for several years and also volunteer on a regular basis.

We are truly grateful for your support!

Family Dollar sponsored a four week fundraising initiative from November 26 through December 19 to benefit Second Harvest.

The in-store holiday giving campaign raised almost $2,000 to help us end hunger in our region.

“During the holiday season, many of us become acutely aware of the everyday struggles of others,” said Howard Levine, Chairman and CEO of Family Dollar. “Fortunately, there are nonprofit agencies like Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina that are helping to make a positive difference for so many in their communities.

Our customers really stepped up to raise money for this organization, and they should be proud knowing they have helped to make the holiday season brighter for many in need in the Charlotte Region.”

Many thanks to Family Dollar for their amazing support every day!

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SPOTLIGHT ON VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERING @ SECOND HARVEST

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is heavily dependent on volunteers to help us distribute almost 40 million pounds of food and other grocery items each year.

Last year volunteers donated almost 90,000 hours which was the equivalent of doubling our entire staff for the year.

Volunteers help keep our costs down, with over 97% of our budget going directly to programs and less than 3% to administrative and fundraising expenses. This means more dollars are used to feed hungry people.

Many companies plan days of service for their employees to come in and volunteer. This is a great way to help the Food Bank and is a great team building exercise. The photos to the right show groups that dedicated days of service to us recently.

Will you consider having your company, organization, place of worship or family and friends join us? Weekday daytime volunteers are in short demand and especially needed.

However, weekends and Thursday nights are also available to volunteer

For more information on how you can help email smerritt@secondharvest.org or scross@secondharvest.org

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great ideas PARTY WITH A PURPOSE

Tom and Valerie McKernan of Charlotte have been food bank donors in the past, but recently decided they wanted to make more of a difference. They decided to open their home up for a fundraiser.

Tom and Valerie hired a band, a caterer, hauled in big screen TVs and invited 90 couples to attend.

Admission to the party was a donation to Second Harvest. Their “Rock and Roll Party” ended up raising over $9,500 for the food bank and also introduced lots of their friends to Second Harvest.

What a great way to show your support and have fun all at the same time. Many thanks to Tom, Valerie and all their generous friends!

EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS FIND CREATIVE WAY TO HELP SECOND HARVEST

The Gastonia office of Express Employment recently sponsored a “Pay It Forward” campaign. They set a goal to place 100 people in jobs prior to Christmas. As a special thanks to their clients in Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties, they pledged a $10 donation to the food bank for every person placed during the campaign.

Express placed 97 clients at 24 different companies. placement goal but this was a great effort!

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They may have fallen a little short of the 100

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In April, employees from seven Charlotte architectural firms designed and built canned structures in support of the 2013 canstruction event. Participating firms included, Perkins+Will, Odell Associates, Monteith Construction, ClarkNexsen, C Design, ai Design and Wright McGraw Beyer.

Many thanks to the Charlotte Convention Center for hosting this year’s event and to Food Lion for helping to supply the food. Special thanks to Cathy Morrison from Gantt Huberman and her team for organizing the event. Collectively, the structures included 18,000 pounds of food which will be used to feed hungry people in our 19 county region.

Jurors from the UNCC School of Architecture, the UNCC Urban Institute and Habitat for Humanity helped judge the entries. Winners shown clockwise from top to bottom included: Best Meal - Hunger Games by WMBA Juror’s Favorite - Grounds to Sky by ai Design Best Use of Labels - Strike Out Hunger by Odell Structural Ingenuity - Take a Bite Out of Hunger

by Perkins + Will

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MAY 11, 2013 What can I do to Help?

1. Place non-perishable food products in a bag.

2. Leave at your mailbox on Saturday, May 11th.

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-2013

JUNE

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Agency

Benefitting Program

Dates

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina

Child Hunger Programs

April 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29

Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Marsh Road

Kids Cafe Program

May 6, 13, 20 & 27

Salvation Army Center for Hope Women and Children’s Shelter

Fresh Produce Program

June 3, 10, 17 & 24

A Child’s Place

Holiday Pantry Bag Program

July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29

YWCA

Kids Cafe & Backpack Programs

August 5, 12, 19 & 26

Walter G. Byers Elementary School

Backpack Program

September 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30

Assistance League

Operation School Bell

October 7, 14, 21 & 28

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte

Child Hunger Programs

November 4, 11, 18 & 25

Classroom Central

Nutritious School Snack Program

December 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30

Communities in Schools

Nutritious School Snack Program

January 6, 13, 20 & 27

Charlotte Family Housing

Homeless Shelter Feeding Program

February 3,10, 17 & 24

Thomasboro Elementary School

Backpack Program

March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31

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