Partner Agency Newsletter May 2015 Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope www.safoodbank.org In This Issue: Golden Apple Winners 1 Agency Express 1 Year 2 Advocacy 2 Hunger in the News 2 Summer Food Program 3 Bread Delivery 3 Golden Apple Photos 4 Calendar 6 R EM EM B ER : Payments MUST be made with a credit card or check in the name of your organization. Personal checks or cash payments are NO LONGER accepted. Megan DeMers Compliance & Capability Manager 210-431-8462 [email protected] Roshunda Smith Compliance & Capability Coordinator 210-431-8339 [email protected] Thanks to the attendees at this year’s Golden Apple Awards on March 26 at the McKenna Center in New Braunfels, Texas. We had 325 attendees and a great time seeing you outside of the Food Bank. Thanks to the SAFB Community Kitchen for a delicious dinner! We heard from Tess Coody-Anders, CEO of Resolute Health on how health and poverty are directly related; a fact many of you see in your work with your clients and customers. Congratulations are in order for our 2015 Golden Apple Award winners. Check out the list and photos from the event inside the newsletter! Nutrition Partner of the Year Client Services Partner of the Year Senior Program of the Year Children’s Program of the Year Hunger Fighter of the Year Hunger Fighter Team of the Year Honorable Mention: Multi Service Agency “Best All Around Multi” Service Agency of the Year Honorable Mention: Food Pantry of the Year “Excellence” Food Pantry of the Year Jireh House Haven for Hope Kirby Senior Center Central Library Teen Services Sharon Ford - Coker UMC Christian Family Baptist Church West Avenue Compassion CRRC Faith Tabernacle: FT52 Uvalde Food Pantry Upcoming Agency Events: (Click here to RSVP for classes!) May 5 - The BIG GIVE SA - http://bit.ly/1GVqIi7 May 13 - Orientation Class - 9am-12pm May 21 - Partner Agency Networking Conference - 9am-3pm May 25 - CLOSED for Memorial Day. Order early for pickup that week. June 5 - CLOSED for SAFB Employee Training June 12 - Orientation Class - 9am-12pm June 18 - Grants Orientation Class - 2pm End of June - Look for Fiscal Year-End CLOSURES for Inventory May 2015 Page 2 Agency Express ANNIVERSARY! April 1, 2015 marked one full year of all agencies using Agency Express for our online ordering system. For those of you who have worked with us for many years, you know how exciting it is to celebrate this ONE YEAR anniversary! For those of you who are new, just be assured this is a great improvement from past ordering systems. Starting May 1, you will see a few improvements to the order system, although no major changes: the name of the company has changed to TechBridge, so you will no longer see AidMatrix but instead TechBridge; and the order of the drop down menu under the Order Options tab will change, but all choices remain the same. We continue to take suggestions so that we can improve this system. The San Antonio Food Bank has a great relationship with TechBridge and we look forward to future improvements. AE3.0 TUTORIAL VIDEO QUICK GUIDE (pdf) Advocacy The America Gives More Act (HR 644) has already passed the House, and we need the Senate to take action. This bill would expand the food donation tax deduction to farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and make it permanent, which will result in millions of pounds of nutritious food that may otherwise go to waste. Simply submit your organization's information to urge Congress to action. SIGN THE LETTER TO CONGRESS Hunger in the News VIDEO Illuminating Intersections. ARTICLE Food Pantry Allows Clients to ShopWarehouse Instead of Take Prepackaged Box. PDF Health Food Donation List. May 2015 Page 3 Summer Feeding Program The San Antonio Food Bank offers meals for organizations serving kids during the summer through our Summer Food Service Program. Please contact Kassandra Burnias, Children’s Programs Manager at 210-431-8331 for more information or fill out the online form below: Online form for Summer Food Benefits of Bread Delivery By Sharon Sadlon, King of Kings King of Kings Lutheran Church Food Pantry has been receiving a special weekly visit from the Food Bank, in addition to our weekly pickup at the Food Bank. We are now on the Bread Drop program and have been very pleased with the amount and diversity of products we are receiving for our clients. We receive the delivery the day before our pantry is open. Our pantry serves 120 families a week and we have been able to provide everyone with bread, rolls or tortillas each week. Additionally, we receive and distribute fresh vegetables and fruit from the area stores. Clients have expressed great pleasure in the additional food. In more than one instance, we have been told “it’s my birthday and now I have cake, or it’s my child’s birthday, now I can have a party.” We are very happy to sort and offer this food to our clients as a supplement to our Food Bank orders and store shopping. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO OUR WAITLIST FOR THIS PROGRAM, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR RETAIL ROUTE INFORMATION PACKET. May 2015 Page 4 Eric Cooper, CEO SAFB, welcomes guests! Keynote Speaker: Tess CoodyAnders, Resolute Health Christian Family Baptist Church Hunger Fighter Team of the Year Award Jireh House Nutrition Partner of the Year Community Recreation & Resource Center “Best All Around Multi” Service Agency of the Year May 2015 Page 5 More fun at the Golden Apples... May 2015 Page 6 May 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 7 Fri Sat 1 2 8 9 Stamp Out Hunger! 3 4 Monthly Reports DUE 5 BIG GIVE S.A. 6 10 11 12 13 Orientation 14 Class 9-12pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Agency Networking Conference #1 9am-3pm 22 23 SAFB Farmers Market 10am-1pm 24 25 CLOSED Memorial Day 26 27 28 29 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Monthly Reports DUE Tomorrow 5 CLOSED SAFB Employee Training 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Orientation 13 Class 9-12pm 14 15 16 17 18 Grants Orientation Class 2-3pm 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 SAFB Farmers Market 10am-1pm 28 29 30 31 June 2015 Sun Year-End INVENTORY Specific Dates TBD The U.S Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at [email protected].
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