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In October, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three week Colleges
Rock Hunger Food Drive and collected more than 310,000 pounds of
food through food and monetary donations!
Each college hosted campus-wide events to collect food and educate
students about hunger in San Diego. Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities, at sporting events, concerts, and at
university transport hubs.
SDSU collected an astounding 304,718 pounds of food with
UCSD and Cal State San Marcos collecting 2,000 more pounds
than last year.
A huge thank you to all of the students
who participated in the competition!
SDG&E Donates $87,000
L - R: Food Bank CEO, Jim Floros; Allison Zaragoza of
SDG&E; and Food Bank Board Member Steve Bernstein of
Wells Fargo Bank
Over the holidays, SDG&E employees collected donations
for the Food Bank on #GivingTuesday, the national day of
giving. And SDG&E matched their employees’ donations to
the Food Bank for the day of giving totaling $56,000! In
addition, SDG&E donated $31,000 to hunger-relief programs
for low-income military families, the purchase of fresh
produce for our Neighborhood Distributon Program, and for
the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program. In total,
SDG&E has donated $87,000 to the Food Bank!
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
schools’ ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for
Leaders awards luncheon on Feb. 17.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
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Coca-Cola, J. Soul Productions,
MTS, and the Ninth District PTA.
We are deeply grateful to SDG&E and its
employees for their commitment to fighting
hunger in our community.
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
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BRONZE
Aztec Shops LTD
First 5 Commission of San Diego County
NRG Energy
SDG&E/Sempra Energy
SUPPORTERS
USAA Federal Savings Bank
Foundations
WINTER 2015
SUSTAINER
Dodds Family Charitable Fund
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Religious Offering Fund
Tarbell Family Foundation
Alpert Family Foundation
Peter V. Landin Charitable Fund
The Touchstone Golf Foundation
Viejas Tribal Government
PLATINUM
Davis Love III Foundation
Douglas and Marianne Dickerson Foundation
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Morrison and Foerster Foundation
Qualcomm Charitable Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
IN THIS ISSUE
GOLD
Fieldstone Foundation
M. House Family Fund
San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation
The Country Friends
The Gilbert J. Martin Foundation
Turk Family Foundation
SILVER
Highland Street Foundation
Rivkin Family Fund
San Diego Hunger Coalition
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The David B. Gold Foundation
BRONZE
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Price Philanthropies Foundation
Walmart Foundation
SUPPORTERS
Betty Lynn Cooper Fund
Melvin Garb Foundation
Join the Food Bank’s Monthly Meals Club
Your Gift Can Help the
Food Bank
You can fight hunger every day of the year through our Monthly
Meals Club.
It costs so little to fill a hungry tummy. A monthly gift of $10 will
guarantee a hungry individual at least one healthy meal every day,
every month, for the entire year. And a monthly gift of $30 will
provide three meals a day, every month, for the entire year.
The Food Bank reliese on the generous contributions of
our donors to support our mission. For information on
ways you can donate, visit our website:
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
To join the Monthly Meals Club, please contact Kaye de Lancey
at 858-863-5129.
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“I was raised by a single mom trying to feed
three small children. She did everything she
could to pay the rent and feed us.”
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AWARDS
PLATINUM
BBVA Compass
The San Diego Chargers
General Dynamics Nassco
Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego
Jake’s Del Mar
Mission Federal Credit Union
National Pen Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
SILVER
Barona Resort and Casino
Goodwin Brown Gross & Lovelace LLP
HD Supply
Stater Bros. Charities
More than ninety San Diego County
WHY
high
schools are invited to take part in
Last year the Food Bank distributed over 22 million pounds of
food, and more than half of the houses served by the
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Adept Process Services
Alliant Insurance
Altrusa International
American General Annuity
Americover
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San Diego Chapters of APA
Wells Fargo Bank
Xerox Corporation
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Connecting Point Marketing Group
Cubic Corporation
PCL Construction Services
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San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
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Alex Padua of Associated Students; Food
Bank CEO Jim Floros; and J. Cole of
Associated Students.
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
The Food Bank would like to thank the following corporations
and foundations for their generous contributions. The list reflects
donations received October through December 2014.
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Saturday,
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Food Drive 2015
County High
Schools to
Participate in
2014 MLK, Jr.
Freedom From
Hunger Food
Drive
Martin Luther King, Jr.
High School ASB
7th Annual CHALLENGE
WHAT
San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
WHY
Last year the Food Bank distributed over 22 million pounds of
food, and more than half of the houses served by the
Food Bank have children under the age of 18.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “Why should there be hunger
and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man
has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all
mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in
human resources. The deficit is in human will.”
WHEN
To be entered in the MLK Freedom from Hunger Challenge,
the Food Drive must occur between Jan. 18 and Feb 2, 2015.
WHERE
Each High School determines the specific logistics of its
Food Drive.
AWARDS
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
school to tour its facility and to volunteer to prepare food for
delivery during the holiday season. This “hands on experience”
gives you community service hours and helps you create a
successful Food Drive for your school.
SIGN UP! Register now at sandiegofoodbank.org or contact
Robin Skale to learn more @ 858.527.1419 x33.
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
IHOP Executive and Former Food
Bank Client Gives Back
Over the holidays, Jennifer Steger, IHOP’s
Director of Human Resources, visited the
Food Bank and presented the Food Bank’s
CEO, James Floros, with a donation check
for $500 on behalf of San Diego County
IHOPs.
During the check presentation, Steger told
Floros that the last time she visited the
Food Bank was when she was teenager and
she and her mother needed food assistance.
“My father died of a drug overdose when
I was three years old. My mom wasn’t
educated. Like most people then, you got
married and raised your kids, and the man
was supposed to be the provider. Well, in
this case the man wasn’t the provider. The
man overdosed, and all of a sudden my
mom had to figure out what she was going
to do with three little children. She worked
in grocery stores. She worked for Kentucky
Fried Chicken. She did whatever she could
to feed the kids and pay the rent. So it was
my mom and three kids trying to make
ends meet, and we grew up very poor.”
explains Steger.
“There was a time when we didn’t have
food. When I was a teenager my mom got
injured at work and became completely
bedridden. During that time it was just
the two of us living in a one-bedroom
apartment in Escondido, and I was going
to San Pasqual High School. I didn’t know
what to do. I was thinking, ‘How am I
going to feed us?’ There was no food. I had
paid all the bills that I could with the little
money I had coming in from working part
time. We had electricity and a phone. We
had toothpaste and soap. But we were out
of food,” says Steger.
“I called the Food Bank and said we need
help. I said, ‘I just don’t know what to do.’
I was just a teenager in high school. It was
incredibly humbling to say that we needed
help, and to receive the help. But the people
at the Food Bank were friendly and warm
and asked me what we needed. We got help
from the Food Bank for three months.”
continued on page 3
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
“Thanks to you, the Food Bank enters 2015
from a position of strength”
Steve Bernstein – Vice Chairman
Business Banking President, Wells Fargo Bank
Harvey C. Berger, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP
Erica Fessia, Independent Consultant
James A. Floros, President & CEO,
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Annie M. Goshert, Sr. Customer Marketing Manager,
Coca-Cola
Steve Hoffman, Consultant, Energy Industry
Carlos Illingworth, Director of Public Affairs and
Government Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
Vince Kasperick, Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Richard “Dick” Kelley, President & General Manager,
NBC San Diego
Ed McGuire, Executive VP of Football
Administration/ Player Finance, San Diego Chargers
Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP Engineering, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
Clarence Shelmon, (Ret.) Coach, San Diego Chargers
& USC
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell
Bruce Hollingsworth
Stephen M. Brigandi
Kathy Davis
Doug Dawson
Bill Geppert
Ahmed Haque
Kimberley Layton
David Lloyd
Tim Ney
Honorable William C. Pate
Jennifer L. Perkins
Ed Plant
John Vingas
I would like to recognize our Holiday Food Drive partners First 5 San Diego and Wells
Fargo Bank, our supermarket partners Vons and Stater Bros., and our media partners,
FOX5 News, NBC 7, KyXy 96.5, KPRI 102.7, and the U-T San Diego who did a great
job getting the message out to the community!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Holiday Food Drive and enabled us to feed
families in need over the holidays and into the New Year!
I am excited to announce some important construction projects that we have planned
which will make the Food Bank’s warehouse a state-of-the-art facility! Thanks to
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and support from long-term
donors, below are a few major projects that will be completed this year:
• Building a 3,800 sq. ft. recycling center in our warehouse to recycle
cardboard, plastic, glass, cans and compost that will save the Food
Bank $10,000 annually in landfill disposal fees.
• Renovating 9,000 sq. ft. at the east end of our warehouse to create a
Volunteer & Events Center which will provide a safe environment for
volunteers to work and a venue for Food Bank events.
• Expanding our 72,000 cubic ft. refrigeration unit by 48,000 cubic ft.
to total 120,000 cubic ft. enabling us to procure and distribute more
healthy, fresh food.
• Installing solar panels on our roof which will save $120,000 annually
in utility costs.
In 2001, Steger’s CEO Mike Szawielenko asked her to establish a
human resources department for the company. Szawielenko paid
for Steger to attend night classes to get her Professional Human
Resources (PHR) Certification at SDSU while she worked full time.
After completing the course, Steger established the department
and has been its head for 14 years.
The evening will kick off with a reception and silent auction with
tray-passed hor d’ouevres and craft cocktails which will be followed
by dinner prepared tableside by your table’s own personal chef. The
program and live auction will follow, and the evening will finish with
live entertainment and dancing.
The Food Bank is a Four Star Charity
and Uses Your Donations Efficiently
Fundraising 4%
These exciting projects will better equip the Food Bank to be an even more efficient
agency and help ensure that every possible donor dollar will be put to work serving
our community.
The Food Bank is one of the highest rated charities in the country –
receiving four out of four stars from Charity Navigator, the nation’s
leading independent charity evaluator.
But we couldn’t do this without our supporters! Thank you again for all of
your help!
And the Food Bank is one of the most efficient charities in San Diego
County. For every dollar you donate, 94 cents goes directly to our
food programs and services – only 6 cents goes towards
administration and fundraising.
Admin 2%
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Thank you for your support!
3
Funds raised at the gala will support the Food Bank’s critical hungerrelief programs including the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program which
provides weekend backpacks of food to elementary school children
living poverty who face hunger over the weekend when free school
meals are unavailable.
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Tickets are $250 and tables start at $2,500. For information and
to purchase tickets contact, Sandy Rabourne at SRabourne@
SanDiegoFoodBank.org or 858-863-5142 or purchase tickets online at
www.SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Foodtasia
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What: The Food Bank’s Foodtasia Gala: Hail to Chefs
Where: San Diego Food Bank Warehouse
9850 Distribution Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121
When 6 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015
Chairs: Deb Devine & Jennifer Schwarz
Chef Chair: Chad Kilgore
Featuring: 40 local, celebrated chefs, personally
preparing a multi-course dinner for each table.
MTS, NCTD, Girl Scouts & Albertsons 7th Annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive Raises 22,000 Pounds of Food!
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
teamed up with the North County Transit District,
Albertsons supermarkets and the San Diego Girl
Scouts to host the seventh annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive.
The food drive was held during the first week of
December, and on Saturday, Dec. 6, over 540 Girl
Scouts volunteered at all 40 San Diego County
Albertsons and asked shoppers to donate to the
food drive on behalf of the Food Bank.
At the end of the food drive the buses drove in
a caravan to the Food Bank where they were
unloaded by military volunteers.
Thanks to our streamlined efficiency, your donation goes a
long way towards feeding hungry families and individuals in
San Diego County!
James A. Floros,
President & CEO
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The Food Bank’s gala dinner will feature 40 celebrated, local chefs who
will each host a personal table of 10 guests, and they will prepare a
multi-course dinner of their own signature, mouthwatering delicacies.
Each table will be personally styled by your chef with exquisite
centerpieces, linens and décor.
Sometimes Steger and her mother reflect on their period of
hardship. “My mom has regrets that she couldn’t provide better.
She feels like she wasn’t a good parent. She feels like she should
have done more and been able to give more. The thing that I told
my mom is that whatever we didn’t have, we always knew that
we were loved. There was a huge amount of love. My family has
had our ups and downs. For me to come out from under and on
the success side and to be able to volunteer and give back is a
blessing. It’s just a huge thing for me.”
Jennifer Steger donates $500 to the Food Bank on behalf of
San Diego County IHOPs.
Save the date for the Food Bank’s annual gala taking place at our
80,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Miramar on Saturday, May 2, 2015.
After graduating from high school, Steger got a full time job as a
hostess at IHOP, and at the age of 23 she was promoted to general
manager. Two years later she was promoted to district manger
overseeing six IHOP restaurants in San Diego County.
In addition to volunteering 20 hours a month with the San Diego
Police Department as a Crisis Interventionist, Steger also cares for
her mother. “I take care of my mom now. She’s lived with me for
the last six years.”
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The Food Bank’s Foodtasia Gala:
Hail to the Chefs Saturday, May 2, 2015
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In total, the Food Bank raised over 620,000 pounds of
food over the holidays! That’s a tremendous achievement!
And your financial contributions will mean that San
Diegans in need will be able to put food on the table.
Daniel J. Devine – Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Aimee Faucett, Exec. Vice President, Int’l & Domestic
Public Policy & Member Services,
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
“We got enough to get us by. Basic foods that I could store –
pasta, peanut butter for protein, beans – the things that your
body needs, basic nutrition,” Steger says with a smile.
Save the Date for the
Food Bank’s 2015 Gala
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Sheldon Derezin – Treasurer
Consultant (Former CFO) WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Denise Durkin, Research & Development Manager,
Jenny Craig, Inc.
“My experience with the Food Bank was positive. I just remember
being so concerned that I would be put down, but there was none
of that. Nobody made me feel like I was less because I didn’t have
what they had. The pride factor was a big deal for me,” explains
Steger.
You made our Holiday Food Drive campaign a
phenomenal success! Over 750 organizations hosted food
drives during the holiday season including businesses,
schools, civic groups, and faith-based organizations.
Larry Cleary – Chairman
Vice President, Sales, Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Bob Bolinger, Senior Vice President & Market
Manager, CBS Radio
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Thanks to you, the San Diego community, the Food Bank
enters the New Year from a position of strength.
Board of Directors
David Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista
IHOP Executive and Former Food Bank Client Gives Back
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Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
Programs and Services 94%
In total, the food drive raised over 22,000 pounds of food – 5,500 pounds more than last year! The
Food Bank extends a huge thank you to all who supported the food drive!
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9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
“Thanks to you, the Food Bank enters 2015
from a position of strength”
Steve Bernstein – Vice Chairman
Business Banking President, Wells Fargo Bank
Harvey C. Berger, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP
Erica Fessia, Independent Consultant
James A. Floros, President & CEO,
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Annie M. Goshert, Sr. Customer Marketing Manager,
Coca-Cola
Steve Hoffman, Consultant, Energy Industry
Carlos Illingworth, Director of Public Affairs and
Government Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
Vince Kasperick, Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Richard “Dick” Kelley, President & General Manager,
NBC San Diego
Ed McGuire, Executive VP of Football
Administration/ Player Finance, San Diego Chargers
Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP Engineering, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
Clarence Shelmon, (Ret.) Coach, San Diego Chargers
& USC
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell
Bruce Hollingsworth
Stephen M. Brigandi
Kathy Davis
Doug Dawson
Bill Geppert
Ahmed Haque
Kimberley Layton
David Lloyd
Tim Ney
Honorable William C. Pate
Jennifer L. Perkins
Ed Plant
John Vingas
I would like to recognize our Holiday Food Drive partners First 5 San Diego and Wells
Fargo Bank, our supermarket partners Vons and Stater Bros., and our media partners,
FOX5 News, NBC 7, KyXy 96.5, KPRI 102.7, and the U-T San Diego who did a great
job getting the message out to the community!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Holiday Food Drive and enabled us to feed
families in need over the holidays and into the New Year!
I am excited to announce some important construction projects that we have planned
which will make the Food Bank’s warehouse a state-of-the-art facility! Thanks to
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and support from long-term
donors, below are a few major projects that will be completed this year:
• Building a 3,800 sq. ft. recycling center in our warehouse to recycle
cardboard, plastic, glass, cans and compost that will save the Food
Bank $10,000 annually in landfill disposal fees.
• Renovating 9,000 sq. ft. at the east end of our warehouse to create a
Volunteer & Events Center which will provide a safe environment for
volunteers to work and a venue for Food Bank events.
• Expanding our 72,000 cubic ft. refrigeration unit by 48,000 cubic ft.
to total 120,000 cubic ft. enabling us to procure and distribute more
healthy, fresh food.
• Installing solar panels on our roof which will save $120,000 annually
in utility costs.
In 2001, Steger’s CEO Mike Szawielenko asked her to establish a
human resources department for the company. Szawielenko paid
for Steger to attend night classes to get her Professional Human
Resources (PHR) Certification at SDSU while she worked full time.
After completing the course, Steger established the department
and has been its head for 14 years.
The evening will kick off with a reception and silent auction with
tray-passed hor d’ouevres and craft cocktails which will be followed
by dinner prepared tableside by your table’s own personal chef. The
program and live auction will follow, and the evening will finish with
live entertainment and dancing.
The Food Bank is a Four Star Charity
and Uses Your Donations Efficiently
Fundraising 4%
These exciting projects will better equip the Food Bank to be an even more efficient
agency and help ensure that every possible donor dollar will be put to work serving
our community.
The Food Bank is one of the highest rated charities in the country –
receiving four out of four stars from Charity Navigator, the nation’s
leading independent charity evaluator.
But we couldn’t do this without our supporters! Thank you again for all of
your help!
And the Food Bank is one of the most efficient charities in San Diego
County. For every dollar you donate, 94 cents goes directly to our
food programs and services – only 6 cents goes towards
administration and fundraising.
Admin 2%
2
Thank you for your support!
3
Funds raised at the gala will support the Food Bank’s critical hungerrelief programs including the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program which
provides weekend backpacks of food to elementary school children
living poverty who face hunger over the weekend when free school
meals are unavailable.
HailtoChefsLogo_New.indd 1
Tickets are $250 and tables start at $2,500. For information and
to purchase tickets contact, Sandy Rabourne at SRabourne@
SanDiegoFoodBank.org or 858-863-5142 or purchase tickets online at
www.SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Foodtasia
a
H
:
i l t o t he C
M ay
2, 2 015
What: The Food Bank’s Foodtasia Gala: Hail to Chefs
Where: San Diego Food Bank Warehouse
9850 Distribution Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121
When 6 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015
Chairs: Deb Devine & Jennifer Schwarz
Chef Chair: Chad Kilgore
Featuring: 40 local, celebrated chefs, personally
preparing a multi-course dinner for each table.
MTS, NCTD, Girl Scouts & Albertsons 7th Annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive Raises 22,000 Pounds of Food!
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
teamed up with the North County Transit District,
Albertsons supermarkets and the San Diego Girl
Scouts to host the seventh annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive.
The food drive was held during the first week of
December, and on Saturday, Dec. 6, over 540 Girl
Scouts volunteered at all 40 San Diego County
Albertsons and asked shoppers to donate to the
food drive on behalf of the Food Bank.
At the end of the food drive the buses drove in
a caravan to the Food Bank where they were
unloaded by military volunteers.
Thanks to our streamlined efficiency, your donation goes a
long way towards feeding hungry families and individuals in
San Diego County!
James A. Floros,
President & CEO
a
The Food Bank’s gala dinner will feature 40 celebrated, local chefs who
will each host a personal table of 10 guests, and they will prepare a
multi-course dinner of their own signature, mouthwatering delicacies.
Each table will be personally styled by your chef with exquisite
centerpieces, linens and décor.
Sometimes Steger and her mother reflect on their period of
hardship. “My mom has regrets that she couldn’t provide better.
She feels like she wasn’t a good parent. She feels like she should
have done more and been able to give more. The thing that I told
my mom is that whatever we didn’t have, we always knew that
we were loved. There was a huge amount of love. My family has
had our ups and downs. For me to come out from under and on
the success side and to be able to volunteer and give back is a
blessing. It’s just a huge thing for me.”
Jennifer Steger donates $500 to the Food Bank on behalf of
San Diego County IHOPs.
Save the date for the Food Bank’s annual gala taking place at our
80,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Miramar on Saturday, May 2, 2015.
After graduating from high school, Steger got a full time job as a
hostess at IHOP, and at the age of 23 she was promoted to general
manager. Two years later she was promoted to district manger
overseeing six IHOP restaurants in San Diego County.
In addition to volunteering 20 hours a month with the San Diego
Police Department as a Crisis Interventionist, Steger also cares for
her mother. “I take care of my mom now. She’s lived with me for
the last six years.”
***
The Food Bank’s Foodtasia Gala:
Hail to the Chefs Saturday, May 2, 2015
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In total, the Food Bank raised over 620,000 pounds of
food over the holidays! That’s a tremendous achievement!
And your financial contributions will mean that San
Diegans in need will be able to put food on the table.
Daniel J. Devine – Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Aimee Faucett, Exec. Vice President, Int’l & Domestic
Public Policy & Member Services,
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
“We got enough to get us by. Basic foods that I could store –
pasta, peanut butter for protein, beans – the things that your
body needs, basic nutrition,” Steger says with a smile.
Save the Date for the
Food Bank’s 2015 Gala
he
Sheldon Derezin – Treasurer
Consultant (Former CFO) WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Denise Durkin, Research & Development Manager,
Jenny Craig, Inc.
“My experience with the Food Bank was positive. I just remember
being so concerned that I would be put down, but there was none
of that. Nobody made me feel like I was less because I didn’t have
what they had. The pride factor was a big deal for me,” explains
Steger.
You made our Holiday Food Drive campaign a
phenomenal success! Over 750 organizations hosted food
drives during the holiday season including businesses,
schools, civic groups, and faith-based organizations.
Larry Cleary – Chairman
Vice President, Sales, Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Bob Bolinger, Senior Vice President & Market
Manager, CBS Radio
continued from page 1
Thanks to you, the San Diego community, the Food Bank
enters the New Year from a position of strength.
Board of Directors
David Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista
IHOP Executive and Former Food Bank Client Gives Back
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si
Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
Programs and Services 94%
In total, the food drive raised over 22,000 pounds of food – 5,500 pounds more than last year! The
Food Bank extends a huge thank you to all who supported the food drive!
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9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
“Thanks to you, the Food Bank enters 2015
from a position of strength”
Steve Bernstein – Vice Chairman
Business Banking President, Wells Fargo Bank
Harvey C. Berger, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP
Erica Fessia, Independent Consultant
James A. Floros, President & CEO,
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Annie M. Goshert, Sr. Customer Marketing Manager,
Coca-Cola
Steve Hoffman, Consultant, Energy Industry
Carlos Illingworth, Director of Public Affairs and
Government Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
Vince Kasperick, Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Richard “Dick” Kelley, President & General Manager,
NBC San Diego
Ed McGuire, Executive VP of Football
Administration/ Player Finance, San Diego Chargers
Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP Engineering, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
Clarence Shelmon, (Ret.) Coach, San Diego Chargers
& USC
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell
Bruce Hollingsworth
Stephen M. Brigandi
Kathy Davis
Doug Dawson
Bill Geppert
Ahmed Haque
Kimberley Layton
David Lloyd
Tim Ney
Honorable William C. Pate
Jennifer L. Perkins
Ed Plant
John Vingas
I would like to recognize our Holiday Food Drive partners First 5 San Diego and Wells
Fargo Bank, our supermarket partners Vons and Stater Bros., and our media partners,
FOX5 News, NBC 7, KyXy 96.5, KPRI 102.7, and the U-T San Diego who did a great
job getting the message out to the community!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Holiday Food Drive and enabled us to feed
families in need over the holidays and into the New Year!
I am excited to announce some important construction projects that we have planned
which will make the Food Bank’s warehouse a state-of-the-art facility! Thanks to
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and support from long-term
donors, below are a few major projects that will be completed this year:
• Building a 3,800 sq. ft. recycling center in our warehouse to recycle
cardboard, plastic, glass, cans and compost that will save the Food
Bank $10,000 annually in landfill disposal fees.
• Renovating 9,000 sq. ft. at the east end of our warehouse to create a
Volunteer & Events Center which will provide a safe environment for
volunteers to work and a venue for Food Bank events.
• Expanding our 72,000 cubic ft. refrigeration unit by 48,000 cubic ft.
to total 120,000 cubic ft. enabling us to procure and distribute more
healthy, fresh food.
• Installing solar panels on our roof which will save $120,000 annually
in utility costs.
In 2001, Steger’s CEO Mike Szawielenko asked her to establish a
human resources department for the company. Szawielenko paid
for Steger to attend night classes to get her Professional Human
Resources (PHR) Certification at SDSU while she worked full time.
After completing the course, Steger established the department
and has been its head for 14 years.
The evening will kick off with a reception and silent auction with
tray-passed hor d’ouevres and craft cocktails which will be followed
by dinner prepared tableside by your table’s own personal chef. The
program and live auction will follow, and the evening will finish with
live entertainment and dancing.
The Food Bank is a Four Star Charity
and Uses Your Donations Efficiently
Fundraising 4%
These exciting projects will better equip the Food Bank to be an even more efficient
agency and help ensure that every possible donor dollar will be put to work serving
our community.
The Food Bank is one of the highest rated charities in the country –
receiving four out of four stars from Charity Navigator, the nation’s
leading independent charity evaluator.
But we couldn’t do this without our supporters! Thank you again for all of
your help!
And the Food Bank is one of the most efficient charities in San Diego
County. For every dollar you donate, 94 cents goes directly to our
food programs and services – only 6 cents goes towards
administration and fundraising.
Admin 2%
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Thank you for your support!
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Funds raised at the gala will support the Food Bank’s critical hungerrelief programs including the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program which
provides weekend backpacks of food to elementary school children
living poverty who face hunger over the weekend when free school
meals are unavailable.
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Tickets are $250 and tables start at $2,500. For information and
to purchase tickets contact, Sandy Rabourne at SRabourne@
SanDiegoFoodBank.org or 858-863-5142 or purchase tickets online at
www.SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Foodtasia
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Where: San Diego Food Bank Warehouse
9850 Distribution Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121
When 6 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015
Chairs: Deb Devine & Jennifer Schwarz
Chef Chair: Chad Kilgore
Featuring: 40 local, celebrated chefs, personally
preparing a multi-course dinner for each table.
MTS, NCTD, Girl Scouts & Albertsons 7th Annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive Raises 22,000 Pounds of Food!
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
teamed up with the North County Transit District,
Albertsons supermarkets and the San Diego Girl
Scouts to host the seventh annual ‘Stuff the Bus’
Food Drive.
The food drive was held during the first week of
December, and on Saturday, Dec. 6, over 540 Girl
Scouts volunteered at all 40 San Diego County
Albertsons and asked shoppers to donate to the
food drive on behalf of the Food Bank.
At the end of the food drive the buses drove in
a caravan to the Food Bank where they were
unloaded by military volunteers.
Thanks to our streamlined efficiency, your donation goes a
long way towards feeding hungry families and individuals in
San Diego County!
James A. Floros,
President & CEO
a
The Food Bank’s gala dinner will feature 40 celebrated, local chefs who
will each host a personal table of 10 guests, and they will prepare a
multi-course dinner of their own signature, mouthwatering delicacies.
Each table will be personally styled by your chef with exquisite
centerpieces, linens and décor.
Sometimes Steger and her mother reflect on their period of
hardship. “My mom has regrets that she couldn’t provide better.
She feels like she wasn’t a good parent. She feels like she should
have done more and been able to give more. The thing that I told
my mom is that whatever we didn’t have, we always knew that
we were loved. There was a huge amount of love. My family has
had our ups and downs. For me to come out from under and on
the success side and to be able to volunteer and give back is a
blessing. It’s just a huge thing for me.”
Jennifer Steger donates $500 to the Food Bank on behalf of
San Diego County IHOPs.
Save the date for the Food Bank’s annual gala taking place at our
80,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Miramar on Saturday, May 2, 2015.
After graduating from high school, Steger got a full time job as a
hostess at IHOP, and at the age of 23 she was promoted to general
manager. Two years later she was promoted to district manger
overseeing six IHOP restaurants in San Diego County.
In addition to volunteering 20 hours a month with the San Diego
Police Department as a Crisis Interventionist, Steger also cares for
her mother. “I take care of my mom now. She’s lived with me for
the last six years.”
***
The Food Bank’s Foodtasia Gala:
Hail to the Chefs Saturday, May 2, 2015
al a
fs G
In total, the Food Bank raised over 620,000 pounds of
food over the holidays! That’s a tremendous achievement!
And your financial contributions will mean that San
Diegans in need will be able to put food on the table.
Daniel J. Devine – Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Aimee Faucett, Exec. Vice President, Int’l & Domestic
Public Policy & Member Services,
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
“We got enough to get us by. Basic foods that I could store –
pasta, peanut butter for protein, beans – the things that your
body needs, basic nutrition,” Steger says with a smile.
Save the Date for the
Food Bank’s 2015 Gala
he
Sheldon Derezin – Treasurer
Consultant (Former CFO) WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Denise Durkin, Research & Development Manager,
Jenny Craig, Inc.
“My experience with the Food Bank was positive. I just remember
being so concerned that I would be put down, but there was none
of that. Nobody made me feel like I was less because I didn’t have
what they had. The pride factor was a big deal for me,” explains
Steger.
You made our Holiday Food Drive campaign a
phenomenal success! Over 750 organizations hosted food
drives during the holiday season including businesses,
schools, civic groups, and faith-based organizations.
Larry Cleary – Chairman
Vice President, Sales, Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Bob Bolinger, Senior Vice President & Market
Manager, CBS Radio
continued from page 1
Thanks to you, the San Diego community, the Food Bank
enters the New Year from a position of strength.
Board of Directors
David Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista
IHOP Executive and Former Food Bank Client Gives Back
Foodta
si
Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
Programs and Services 94%
In total, the food drive raised over 22,000 pounds of food – 5,500 pounds more than last year! The
Food Bank extends a huge thank you to all who supported the food drive!
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Seventh Annual Colleges Rock Hunger Food
Drive Raises Over 310,000 Pounds!
SDG&E Donates $87,000
GOLD
Connecting Point Marketing Group
Cubic Corporation
PCL Construction Services
Wedbush
More than ninety San Diego County
WHY
high
schools are invited to take part in
Last year the Food Bank distributed over 22 million pounds of
food, and more than half of the houses served by the
the
fourth
annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Food Bank have children under the age of 18.
Freedom
From
Food
Drive
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.Hunger
said: “Why should
there
be hungerthat
and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man
will
run
from
Jan.
18
to
Feb.
2.
has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all
mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in
human resources. The deficit is in human will.”
L - R: Food Bank CEO, Jim Floros; Allison Zaragoza of
SDG&E; and Food Bank Board Member Steve Bernstein of
Wells Fargo Bank
Fourteen
schools participated in the food
WHEN
To be entered
in the MLK Freedom
Hunger
Challenge,
drive
competition
lastfrom
year
and
collected
the Food Drive must occur between Jan. 18 and Feb 2, 2015.
over
23,000
pounds
of
food,
more
than
WHERE
Each High School determines the specific logistics of its
doubling
Food Drive. the amount raised the previous
year.
AWARDS
Over the holidays, employees at SDG&E collected donations
for the Food Bank on #GivingTuesday, the national day of
giving. SDG&E employees raised $18,705! And on top of
that, the Sempra Energy Foundation matched their donation
with a gift of $37,410 bringing the total raised for #Giving
Tuesday to $56,115! In addition, SDG&E donated $31,000
to the Food Bank’s hunger-relief programs including the
purchase of fresh produce for our Neighborhood Distribution
Program, and for the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack
Program. In total, the employees of Sempra and SDG&E, the
Sempra Energy Foundation, and SDG&E donated $87,000 to
the Food Bank!
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
schools’ ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for
Leaders awards luncheon on Feb. 17.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
school to tour its facility and to volunteer to prepare food for
delivery during the holiday season. This “hands on experience”
gives you community service hours and helps you create a
successful Food Drive for your school.
The Food Bank thanks all of the
students who will participate in
the food drive and this year’s
SIGN UP! Register now at sandiegofoodbank.org or contact
sponsors,
Kiwanis,
Robin Skale to learnUS
more @Bank,
858.527.1419
x33.
Coca-Cola, J. Soul Productions,
MTS, and the Ninth District PTA.
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
We are deeply grateful to SDG&E and its
employees for their commitment to fighting
hunger in our community.
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SILVER
Barona Resort and Casino
Goodwin Brown Gross & Lovelace LLP
HD Supply
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP
Stater Bros. Charities
SUPPORTERS
USAA Federal Savings Bank
Foundations
SUSTAINER
Dodds Family Charitable Fund
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Religious Offering Fund
Tarbell Family Foundation
Alpert Family Foundation
Peter V. Landin Charitable Fund
The Community Foundation for the Central
Savannah River Area
The Touchstone Golf Foundation
Viejas Tribal Government
PLATINUM
Davis Love III Foundation
Douglas and Marianne Dickerson
Foundation
Ellen G. & Edward G. Wong Family
Foundation
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Morrison and Foerster Foundation
Pappas Family Foundation
Qualcomm Charitable Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation
The Country Friends
The Gilbert J. Martin Foundation
Turk Family Foundation
SILVER
Highland Street Foundation
Rivkin Family Fund
San Diego Hunger Coalition
The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
The David B. Gold Foundation
BRONZE
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Price Philanthropies Foundation
Walmart Foundation
IN THIS ISSUE
GOLD
Beyster Family Foundation Fund IV
Fieldstone Foundation
The Heller Foundation
M. House Family Fund
Save the date!
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Bank’s
Foodtasia
Gala: Hail
to the Chefs
Saturday,
May 2, 2015
1/21/15 11:20 AM
Food Drive 2015
County High
Schools to
Participate in
2014 MLK, Jr.
Freedom From
Hunger Food
Drive
Martin Luther King, Jr.
High School ASB
7th Annual CHALLENGE
WHAT
San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
WHY
Last year the Food Bank distributed over 22 million pounds of
food, and more than half of the houses served by the
Food Bank have children under the age of 18.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “Why should there be hunger
and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man
has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all
mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in
human resources. The deficit is in human will.”
WHEN
To be entered in the MLK Freedom from Hunger Challenge,
the Food Drive must occur between Jan. 18 and Feb 2, 2015.
WHERE
Each High School determines the specific logistics of its
Food Drive.
Your Gift Can Help
the Food Bank
Join the Food Bank’s Monthly Meals Club
You can fight hunger every day of the year through our Monthly
Meals Club.
AWARDS
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
school to tour its facility and to volunteer to prepare food for
delivery during the holiday season. This “hands on experience”
gives you community service hours and helps you create a
successful Food Drive for your school.
SIGN UP! Register now at sandiegofoodbank.org or contact
Robin Skale to learn more @ 858.527.1419 x33.
It costs so little to fill a hungry tummy. A monthly gift of $10 will
guarantee a hungry individual at least one healthy meal every day,
every month, for the entire year. And a monthly gift of $30 will
provide three meals a day, every month, for the entire year.
The Food Bank reliese on the generous contributions
of our donors to support our mission. For information
on ways you can donate, visit our website:
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
To join the Monthly Meals Club, please contact Kaye de Lancey
at 858-863-5129.
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“I was raised by a single mom trying to feed
three small children. She did everything she
could to pay the rent and feed us.”
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SUPPORTERS
Betty Lynn Cooper Fund
Melvin Garb Foundation
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WHAT
San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
PLATINUM
BBVA Compass
The San Diego Chargers
Charitable Adult Rides & Services, Inc.
ECG Management Consultants
General Dynamics Nassco
Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego
Jake’s Del Mar
Mission Federal Credit Union
National Pen Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
San Diego Unified Port District
BRONZE
Aztec Shops LTD
First 5 Commission of San Diego County
NRG Energy
SDG&E/Sempra Energy
Foodta
si
L - R: SDSU President Elliot Hirshman;
Alex Padua of Associated Students; Food
Bank CEO Jim Floros; and J. Cole of
Associated Students.
SUSTAINERS
Adept Process Services
Alliant Insurance
Altrusa International
American General Annuity
Americover
Freelance Sportfishing, Inc.
McLain Real Estate, Inc.
R J Lauren
San Diego Chapters of APA
Wells Fargo Bank
Xerox Corporation
he
County High
Food to
Drive 2015
Schools
Participate
inKing,
2014
Martin Luther
Jr.
High Jr.
School
ASB
MLK,
Freedom
7th Annual
CHALLENGE
From
Hunger
Food
Drive
The Food Bank would like to thank the following corporations and foundations for their
generous contributions. The list reflects donations received October through December 2014.
Corporations
Each college hosted campus-wide events to collect food and educate
students about hunger in San Diego. Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities, at sporting events, concerts, and at
university transport hubs.
A huge thank you to all of the students
who participated in the competition!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Special Thanks
WINTER 2015
In October, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three week Colleges
Rock Hunger Food Drive and collected more than 310,000 pounds of
food through food and monetary donations!
SDSU collected an astounding 304,718 pounds of food with
UCSD and Cal State San Marcos collecting 2,000 more pounds
than last year.
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
IHOP Executive and Former Food
Bank Client Gives Back
Over the holidays, Jennifer Steger, IHOP’s
Director of Human Resources, visited the
Food Bank and presented the Food Bank’s
CEO, James Floros, with a donation check
for $500 on behalf of San Diego County
IHOPs.
During the check presentation, Steger told
Floros that the last time she visited the
Food Bank was when she was teenager and
she and her mother needed food assistance.
“My father died of a drug overdose when
I was three years old. My mom wasn’t
educated. Like most people then, you got
married and raised your kids, and the man
was supposed to be the provider. Well, in
this case the man wasn’t the provider. The
man overdosed, and all of a sudden my
mom had to figure out what she was going
to do with three little children. She worked
in grocery stores. She worked for Kentucky
Fried Chicken. She did whatever she could
to feed the kids and pay the rent. So it was
my mom and three kids trying to make
ends meet, and we grew up very poor.”
explains Steger.
“There was a time when we didn’t have
food. When I was a teenager my mom got
injured at work and became completely
bedridden. During that time it was just
the two of us living in a one-bedroom
apartment in Escondido, and I was going
to San Pasqual High School. I didn’t know
what to do. I was thinking, ‘How am I
going to feed us?’ There was no food. I had
paid all the bills that I could with the little
money I had coming in from working part
time. We had electricity and a phone. We
had toothpaste and soap. But we were out
of food,” says Steger.
“I called the Food Bank and said we need
help. I said, ‘I just don’t know what to do.’
I was just a teenager in high school. It was
incredibly humbling to say that we needed
help, and to receive the help. But the people
at the Food Bank were friendly and warm
and asked me what we needed. We got help
from the Food Bank for three months.”
continued on page 3
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
Seventh Annual Colleges Rock Hunger Food
Drive Raises Over 310,000 Pounds!
PLATINUM
Kaiser Permanente
SDG&E
L - R: SDSU President Elliot Hirshman;
Alex Padua of Associated Students; Food
Bank CEO Jim Floros; and J. Cole of
Associated Students.
SDG&E Donates $87,000
L - R: Food Bank CEO, Jim Floros; Allison Zaragoza of
SDG&E; and Food Bank Board Member Steve Bernstein of
Wells Fargo Bank
Over the holidays, employees at SDG&E collected donations
for the Food Bank on #GivingTuesday, the national day of
giving. SDG&E employees raised $18,705! And on top of
that, the Sempra Energy Foundation matched their donation
with a gift of $37,410 bringing the total raised for #Giving
Tuesday to $56,115! In addition, SDG&E donated $31,000
to the Food Bank’s hunger-relief programs including the
purchase of fresh produce for our Neighborhood Distribution
Program, and for the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack
Program. In total, the employees of Sempra and SDG&E, the
Sempra Energy Foundation, and SDG&E donated $87,000 to
the Food Bank!
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
schools’ ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for
Leaders awards luncheon on Feb. 17.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
school to tour its facility and to volunteer to prepare food for
delivery during the holiday season. This “hands on experience”
gives you community service hours and helps you create a
successful Food Drive for your school.
The Food Bank thanks all of the
students who will participate in
the food drive and this year’s
SIGN UP! Register now at sandiegofoodbank.org or contact
sponsors,
Kiwanis,
Robin Skale to learnUS
more @Bank,
858.527.1419
x33.
Coca-Cola, J. Soul Productions,
MTS, and the Ninth District PTA.
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
We are deeply grateful to SDG&E and its
employees for their commitment to fighting
hunger in our community.
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SUPPORTERS
The San Diego Chargers
Softerware, Inc.
Americover, Inc.
R J Lauren INC/TV Advertising.com
Xerox Corporation
McLain Real Estate, Inc
Adept Process Services, Inc.
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Alliant Insurance
Freelance Sportfishing, Inc.
GOLD
The David B. Gold Foundation
The Bravo Foundation
The Community Foundation
Highland Street Foundation
San Diego Hunger Coalition
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP
IN THIS ISSUE
SILVER
Turk Family Foundation
The Country Friends
Fieldstone Foundation
The Heller Foundation of San Diego
San Diego Foundation, Beyster Family
Foundation Fund IV
San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc.
Associated Students, San Diego State
University
M. House Family Fund
BRONZE
The Case Family Foundation
Ellen G. & Edward G. Wong Family
Foundation
Douglas & Marianne Dickerson Foundation
The Pappas Family Foundation
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
BBVA Compass
The Alpert Family Foundation
Save the date!
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The Food
Bank’s
Foodtasia
Gala: Hail
to the Chefs
Saturday,
May 2, 2015
1/21/15 11:20 AM
Food Drive 2015
County High
Schools to
Participate in
2014 MLK, Jr.
Freedom From
Hunger Food
Drive
Martin Luther King, Jr.
High School ASB
7th Annual CHALLENGE
WHAT
San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
WHY
Last year the Food Bank distributed over 22 million pounds of
food, and more than half of the houses served by the
Food Bank have children under the age of 18.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “Why should there be hunger
and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man
has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all
mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in
human resources. The deficit is in human will.”
WHEN
To be entered in the MLK Freedom from Hunger Challenge,
the Food Drive must occur between Jan. 18 and Feb 2, 2015.
WHERE
Each High School determines the specific logistics of its
Food Drive.
Your Gift Can Help
the Food Bank
Join the Food Bank’s Monthly Meals Club
You can fight hunger every day of the year through our Monthly
Meals Club.
AWARDS
All participating schools win just by helping provide food to
about 500,000 San Diegans in need. The top four schools that
collect the most food will receive a cash donation to their
ASB fund. All schools that register and hold a food drive will
be entered in a drawing to win the Titanium Package School
Dance* (valued at $10,000) courtesy of J. Soul Productions and
SanDiegoSchool DJ.com. Awards will be presented at the
February 17, 2015 annual Laurels For Leaders lunch honoring
all high school ASB presidents.
TOUR & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank invites your
school to tour its facility and to volunteer to prepare food for
delivery during the holiday season. This “hands on experience”
gives you community service hours and helps you create a
successful Food Drive for your school.
SIGN UP! Register now at sandiegofoodbank.org or contact
Robin Skale to learn more @ 858.527.1419 x33.
It costs so little to fill a hungry tummy. A monthly gift of $10 will
guarantee a hungry individual at least one healthy meal every day,
every month, for the entire year. And a monthly gift of $30 will
provide three meals a day, every month, for the entire year.
The Food Bank relies on the generous contributions of
our donors to support our mission. For information on
ways you can donate, visit our website:
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
To join the Monthly Meals Club, please contact Kaye de Lancey
at 858-863-5129.
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three small children. She did everything she
could to pay the rent and feed us.”
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AWARDS
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Wedbush
Cubic Corporation
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
BRONZE
Davis Love III Foundation, Inc.
Mission Federal Credit Union
National Pen Co. LLC
Charitable Adult Rides & Services, Inc.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
ECG Management Consultants
Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego
WHAT
San Diego County’s 90+ High School Associated Student Body
(ASB) organizations are invited to participate in the 2015
challenge and create their own Food Drive!
mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in
human resources. The deficit is in human will.”
GOLD
Stater Bros. Charities
HD Supply
Barona Resort and Casino
SDG&E
PLATINUM
Price Philanthropies Foundation
The Melvin Garb Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Rivkin Family Foundation
SUPPORTERS
The Peter V. Landin Charitable Fund
Christ Episcopal Church Thrift Shop
The Sondra and Robert Berk Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Network For Good
The Touchstone Golf Foundation
The Community Foundation for the
Central Savannah River Area
Altrusa International, Inc. Of San Diego
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
John and Paula Worster Charitable
Fund East Bay Community Foundation
Dodds Family Charitable Foundation
Tarbell Family Foundation
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The Food Bank would like to thank the following corporations and foundations for their
generous contributions. The list reflects donations received October through December 2014.
Corporations
Each college hosted campus-wide events to collect food and educate
students about hunger in San Diego. Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities, at sporting events, concerts, and at
university transport hubs.
A huge thank you to all of the students
who participated in the competition!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Special Thanks
WINTER 2015
In October, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three week Colleges
Rock Hunger Food Drive and collected more than 310,000 pounds of
food through food and monetary donations!
SDSU collected an astounding 304,718 pounds of food with
UCSD and Cal State San Marcos collecting 2,000 more pounds
than last year.
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
* The 3-hour dance, with a DJ, lighting package, and more. Dance will be on a mutually
agreed date and time throughout the year excluding the months of September,
October, May and June. Must be used before the end of the current school year.
IHOP Executive and Former Food
Bank Client Gives Back
Over the holidays, Jennifer Steger, IHOP’s
Director of Human Resources, visited the
Food Bank and presented the Food Bank’s
CEO, James Floros, with a donation check
for $500 on behalf of San Diego County
IHOPs.
During the check presentation, Steger told
Floros that the last time she visited the
Food Bank was when she was teenager and
she and her mother needed food assistance.
“My father died of a drug overdose when
I was three years old. My mom wasn’t
educated. Like most people then, you got
married and raised your kids, and the man
was supposed to be the provider. Well, in
this case the man wasn’t the provider. The
man overdosed, and all of a sudden my
mom had to figure out what she was going
to do with three little children. She worked
in grocery stores. She worked for Kentucky
Fried Chicken. She did whatever she could
to feed the kids and pay the rent. So it was
my mom and three kids trying to make
ends meet, and we grew up very poor.”
explains Steger.
“There was a time when we didn’t have
food. When I was a teenager my mom got
injured at work and became completely
bedridden. During that time it was just
the two of us living in a one-bedroom
apartment in Escondido, and I was going
to San Pasqual High School. I didn’t know
what to do. I was thinking, ‘How am I
going to feed us?’ There was no food. I had
paid all the bills that I could with the little
money I had coming in from working part
time. We had electricity and a phone. We
had toothpaste and soap. But we were out
of food,” says Steger.
“I called the Food Bank and said we need
help. I said, ‘I just don’t know what to do.’
I was just a teenager in high school. It was
incredibly humbling to say that we needed
help, and to receive the help. But the people
at the Food Bank were friendly and warm
and asked me what we needed. We got help
from the Food Bank for three months.”
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