Pantry Paper – July 2008
Thank you Dedicated Member Congregations for the monetary and/or food donations you have given regularly for years and continue to do: Canoga Park Presbyterian Church, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, First United Methodist Church Canoga Park, Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church, Saint Martin-in-the Fields Episcopal Church, Temple Kol Tikvah, Woodland Hills United Methodist Church, Woodland Hills Christian Church, Woodland Hills Community Church, and Woodland Hills Presbyterian Church.
New Service Step On the back of this newsletter, we explain the rule for distributing government food. It is regulated by The Emergency Food Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (see usda.gov). Those wanting a training update, please call Jean Buesing (818) 884-2488, or e-mail her at buesings@aol.com. See the top of your Volunteer Schedule for shift hours.
Supermarket Food Drive Help is needed Saturday July 12 in front of Albertson’s Market at Victory and Fallbrook in two hour shifts, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Call Al Trumpler (818) 887-9384.
Thanks for an extra Supermarket Food Drive June 7th goes to five El Camino High School students and parent Cindy Ikel. The teens are: Porter Breitenfeld, Michelle Durand, Molly Ikel, Sarah Ikel, and Pryanka Kuman.
Volunteer News After three years of service, NCL Liaison Elissa Kaczorowski has passed the baton to long-time Pantry volunteer Joanne Kim. We also welcome these volunteers recently trained: Chasen Bender, Lili Gleeson, Doris Hood, and Debra and Katie Walker.
Hunger Fact: A recent UCLA report found that the average yearly Social Security income of seniors is $12,540. This is not enough to live on, yet more than 30 percent of CA seniors rely on it exclusively.
May 2008 Statistics
P.O.P. Family Rescue
Total families served 478 312
People served: adults 761 505
children 401 515
Total people served 1162 1020
The Pantry gave food to 224 people on Senior Wednesday, June 4.