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Montana Food Bank Network Partner Agency News December 2011

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New Partner Agencies

Delivery Schedule Changes

Feeding America Policy Focus

For more updates and information visit us at:

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Tyson Donates 38,000 lbs of Chicken‘Tis the season for giving. On November 22 Tyson Food

Inc. rolled into the Montana Food Bank Network with 38,000 pounds of frozen chicken!

The donation was prompted by musician Huey Lewis and started almost two years ago when Huey first became involved with MFBN by providing voiceover work for a short film presented at MFBN’s 2010 Gala. In the course of reading the information, Huey, a Montana resident, became very familiar with the severity of food insecurity in our state and the work of MFBN and partner agencies to combat it and also lent his voice to several PSA’s for MFBN on hunger issues.

Huey kept Montana’s emergency food system on his mind and brought up the hunger in Montana while golfing in Ireland with his friend John Tyson. Their conversation culminated in this incredible donation – enough chicken to provide protein for 120,000 meals! MFBN was indeed thankful for this well-timed donation and is extremely grateful to all of those involved with making it happen.

Featured Product:Tyson Chicken

Unsurprisingly, December’s featured product is Tyson chicken! The chicken, which is mostly drumsticks with some whole birds, will be available on the Donated Shopping List under Item #’s 5905 (drumsticks-40 lb cases) and 5906 (whole birds-50 lb cases). Agencies yet to receive product in December will have the opportunity to receive chicken directly off the back of the MFBN truck at the time of their delivery. Agencies that are able to pick up at the MFBN warehouse can do so by contacting the warehouse and arranging a time (please call first!). The chicken incurs standard shared maintenance (SMF) and delivery fees – 19 cents/lb. SMF and 6 cents/lb. delivery. This translates to $10/case delivered or $7.40/case without delivery fee.

Happy Holidays!

MFBN has partnered with the National Bison Range and Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks to receive a large donation of various wild game animals. The partnerships with both organizations arose as a result of MFBN being the statewide food distributer. Since both are also state organizations they wanted to equitably send the meat throughout Montana to help those in need.

The animals are currently being processed and will be added to MFBN Donated Shopping Lists immediately when they are ready for distribution. The meat will be available at processing cost (undetermined as of yet) rather than the regular shared maintenance fee. Thanks to this great partnership MFBN will be able to provide another valuable source for protein. Be on the lookout for wild game on your shopping lists in early 2012!

Wild Game DonationComing Soon!

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Missoula Food Bank Turkey Drive Shows the Giving Spirit of Local Communities

Please tell our Governor that emergency food funding needs to increase! As referenced in a December 1st e-mail to partner agencies, MFBN has sent another letter to Governor Schweitzer requesting that he look at the state budget for emergency or discretionary funds that could be provided to MFBN to support the emergency food system. Since the economic recession struck and cuts in funding ended the FAM program it has been increasingly difficult to provide sufficient food to keep up with the increasing need.

Please send Governor Schweitzer a letter, an e-mail, or call his office and convince him how important it is that the Network receives emergency funds for food purchase to keep all of our shelves stocked and our clients fed. Use your own operations and challenges to illustrate the need – increases in new clients or client visits, decreases in food box product, bare shelves, and client stories are powerful tools for painting an accurate picture of food insecurity to those who, unlike all of us, do not see it every day.

Here is the Governor’s contact information including this link to email the Governor directly -- http://governor.mt.gov/contact/commentsform.asp :

Governor Brian D. SchweitzerOffice of the GovernorMontana State Capitol Bldg.P.O. Box 200801Helena MT 59620-0801(406) 444-3111, FAX (406) 444-5529

Contact Governor SchweitzerNOW!

Days before Thanksgiving the Missoula Food Bank held its annual Let’s Talk Turkey Program, a two-day event where turkeys were handed out to families in need. After day one, the Missoula Food Bank found itself in dire straits with only 200 of their 1,200 turkeys remaining. The Missoula Food Bank put a call out to the local community asking for 600 turkey donations. The response of the local community and surrounding communities was overwhelming. Within hours 1,500 additional turkeys were donated. So many turkeys, in so little time, and not enough freezer space steered the Missoula Food Bank to MFBN for some storage help. The Montana Food Bank Network was happy to be able to provide additional freezer space for this mass influx of turkeys. The event turned out to be a great success. With the help of this program and the support of the Missoula community 5,000 individuals were able to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. The remainder of the turkeys currently being stored here at MFBN will be distributed by the Missoula Food Bank to their clients and other Missoula agencies. We can only hope that all of your communities show the same generosity as Missoula and its surrounding neighbors during this holiday season!

The Montana Food Bank Network would like to welcome three new Partner Agencies! In the last month Alternative Youth Adventures, Set Free Ministries, and Camas Hot Springs Senior Community Center have become active agencies in the Network.

Alternative Youth Adventures in Boulder has four residential youth programs and is the third branch of Youth Dynamics, Inc. to join the Network. Set Free Ministries, located in Hardin, has been lent a hand by Helping Hands in Hardin to learn about running a food pantry and to get their operation up and running. They, in turn, will lend a hand in responding to the increasing need in their community by providing another valuable outlet for households to receive emergency food. Hot Springs Seniors have rejoined the network after an almost two-year hiatus and provide tasty hot meals and socialization time for area seniors as well as helping coordinate senior services.

We are excited to have these three Partner Agencies on board and helping to further extend our network to reach more and more hungry Montanans in need of assistance. Please join MFBN in welcoming these new agencies!

Welcome, Three New Partner Agencies!

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All delivery times will be published online and in the Affiliate concurrently to scheduled delivery dates. If for any reason your scheduled delivery time changes from what has been published, MFBN staff will notify you immediately.

January/February Delivery Schedule

Date Time City-Partner Agency

3-Jan 9:00-9:45 Stevensville—Pantry Partners3-Jan 10:00-10:15 Victor—Victor School Backpack3-Jan 10:30-11:00 Victor—House of Praise3-Jan 11:15-11:45 Hamilton—Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel3-Jan 11:45-1:15 Hamilton—Haven House, WMMHC Eddy Meuchel Group Home3-Jan 1:30-2:00 Darby—Darby Bread Box

5-Jan 10:00-10:45 Bozeman—Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Headwaters Area Food Bank, West Yellowstone Food Bank, Yellowstone Social Senior Center, Gardiner Food Pantry, Big Sky Youth Center5-Jan 12:45-1:15 Helena—Helena Food Share, Helena Pre-Release, Montana Youth Homes, Elkhorn Treatment Facility, Transitional Living Facility, Salvation Army, Rocky Mountain Development Council, Lewis and Clark Group Home, Alternative Youth Adventures

6-Jan 11:30-12:00 Seeley Lake—Seeley-Swan Food Bank

10-Jan 8:30-9:00 Dillon—Beaverhead Community Food Pantry, Dillon School Backpack10-Jan 10:30-11:30 Butte—Butte Emergency Food Bank10-Jan 11:30-11:45 Butte—Butte Rescue Mission10-Jan 12:30-1:00 Anaconda—Project Care, Discovery House10-Jan 1:45-2:15 Maxville—Granite County Food Bank

12-Jan 9:00-9:30 Thompson Falls—Community Harvest Food Bank, Thompson Falls Seniors, Thompson Falls AOG Church, Thompson Falls School Backpack12-Jan 10:00-10:30 Trout Creek—Open Gate Ranch Youth Group, Trout Creek Seniors, Trout Creek School Backpack12-Jan 10:45-11:30 Noxon—Community Services Fellowship, Noxon Seniors, Heron Seniors, Noxon School Backpack12-Jan 12:15-1:15 Troy—Troy Food Pantry, YAAK Food Cupboard12-Jan 1:30-2:00 Troy—Troy Community Baptist Church Food Pantry12-Jan 2:15-3:30 Libby— Libby Food Pantry, Libby Christian Church, Kootenai Valley Head Start, Libby Seniors

17-Jan 10:15-10:30 Livingston—Livingston Food Pantry17-Jan 12:00-12:30 White Sulphur Springs—Meagher Country Nutrition Coalition17-Jan 3:00-3:30 Lewistown—Central Montana Community Cupboard, FCCOA, B/G of Lewistown17-Jan 5:00-5:30 Roundup—Musselshell County Food Bank17-Jan 5:30-6:00 Roundup—Youth Christian Home

18-Jan 7:30-7:45 Hardin—Helping Hands, Set Free Ministries18-Jan 8:15-8:45 Garryowen—Center Pole Foundation18-Jan 10:00-10:45 Billings—Family Services INC., Alternatives/Passages, Montana Rescue Mission, Salvation Army18-Jan 11:15-11:45 Laurel—Community Hope18-Jan 12:15-12:30 Joliet—Joliet Food Pantry18-Jan 1:00-1:30 Columbus—Project Hope18-Jan 2:15-2:30 Big Timber—Big Timber Community Food Bank

20-Jan 8:00-8:15 Alberton—Alberton Seniors20-Jan 8:15-8:45 Alberton—Alberton Community Food Pantry20-Jan 9:15-9:45 Superior—Community Food Bank of Mineral County, Superior Seniors

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Delivery Schedule Continued . . . Events and Reminders

ORDERS DUE:December 16

MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS DUE:December 15

20-Jan 11:00-11:45 Plains—Plains Community Food Bank, Shekinah Kitchen, Plains-Paradise Seniors, Plains School Backpack20-Jan 12:30-1:00 Hot Springs—Hot Springs Food Pantry, Hot Springs School Backpack20-Jan 1:30-1:45 Dixon—Dixon Senior Citizens Center, Dixon School Backpack

24-Jan 8:00-8:15 St. Ignatius—St. Ignatius Seniors24-Jan 8:15-8:45 St. Ignatius—Mission Valley Food Pantry24-Jan 9:15-9:45 Ronan—Ronan Bread Basket, Mission Valley Seniors24-Jan 11:30-12:15 Columbia Falls—Columbia Falls Food Bank24-Jan 12:30-1:00 Whitefish—North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish Four Square Church24-Jan 2:00-3:00 Eureka—Tobacco Valley Food Pantry, Eureka Four Square Church Tobacco Valley Seniors

26-Jan 8:00-8:15 Polson—Polson Seniors26-Jan 8:30-9:00 Polson—Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry, Polson School Backpack26-Jan 9:45-10:15 Lakeside—Westshore Food Bank26-Jan 10:45-11:30 Kalispell—Flathead Food Bank, Lighthouse Christian Home, Samaritan House26-Jan 11:45-12:00 Kalispell—North West Montana Veterans Stand Down26-Jan 12:30-1:00 Bigfork—Bigfork Food Pantry26-Jan 2:30-2:45 Arlee—Arlee School Back Pack

31-Jan 8:30-9:30 Great Falls—Great Falls Food Bank, Salvation Army, St. Vincent DePaul, FISH, Great Falls Schools Backpack31-Jan 10:30-11:00 Choteau—Teton County Food Pantry, Pondera Food Pantry31-Jan 12:15-12:45 Browning—Blackfeet Food Bank

7-Feb 12:00-12:30 Lame Deer—Boys Girls of the Northern Cheyenne Nation7-Feb 1:00-1:15 Ashland—St. Labre Food Pantry7-Feb 3:00-3:30 Miles City—Custer County Food Bank

8-Feb 9:00-9:30 Wibaux—Wibaux Food Bank8-Feb 10:00-10:30 Glendive—Dawson County Food Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Dawson County, Glendive School Backpack8-Feb 12:30-1:00 Culbertson—Culbertson Food Bank8-Feb 1:30-1:45 Poplar—New Life Mission8-Feb 2:15-3:00 Wolf Point—Wolf Point Thrift Store & Food Bank, Wolf Point Seniors8-Feb 3:15-3:30 Wolf Point—Basket of Hope8-Feb 4:30-5:00 Glasgow—Valley County Council on Aging8-Feb 5:00-5:30 Glasgow—Valley Community Food Bank8-Feb 7:00-7:30 Malta—Malta Food Bank, Malta Opportunities, INC.

9-Feb 8:00-8:15 Harlem—Harlem Food Pantry, Harlem Area Senior Citizens Center9-Feb 8:45-9:15 Chinook—Chinook Food Pantry9-Feb 9:45-10:45 Havre—Havre Food Bank, Feed My Sheep, Boys and Girls of the Hi-Line, Havre Schools Backpack

??-Feb TBD Missoula—Missoula Agencies begin scheduled pick ups

Here’s reminding partner agencies that MFBN will be taking a delivery hiatus the last two weeks of 2011 due to TEFAP product being unavailable earlier. The hiatus will allow MFBN to run delivery routes with a full truck and complete a large food purchase for the next shopping list. The delivery cycle will begin on Tuesday, January 2, 2012. If you need product before your next delivery please use the ‘Need Food Now’ feature on insidemfbn and we will arrange a shipment of food. Please contact Jeff (ext. 232) or Brent (ext. 233) with any questions.

ConAgra Foods is partnering with Feeding America, Schools Fight Hunger and thousands of schools across the country to engage them in the fight against child hunger this holiday season. ConAgra Foods provides schools with tools to sponsor holiday food drives and UPC collection programs. Ask your school PTO leaders/principal to visit www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com/schools to request their FREE kit.

Delivery Schedule Changes

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Feeding America Focuses on Policy

Feeding America, our national food bank and MFBN’s parent organization, is focusing more and more on policy advocacy. Feeding America recognizes that public nutrition programs play a significant role in reducing hunger and relieving the strain on emergency food programs—and food banks have an important role to play in supporting public nutrition programs. Public nutrition programs include TEFAP, CSFP, SNAP, WIC, School Nutrition, Summer Food, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP- which provides food at day cares and afterschool programs). If there are cuts to these programs, food banks will not be able to meet the increased need—and more families will experience hunger.

Feeding America has developed a Policy Advocacy and Engagement Committee (PEAC) made up of 25 food bank representatives from across the country. Montana Food Bank Network is honored to serve on this national committee. The committee’s role is to advise Feeding America on policy positions and to engage other food banks in policy advocacy. We hope to also engage our network of emergency food providers in advocacy for these programs in the coming months.

Policy Department Welcomes Diane Matthews!The Montana Food Bank Network recognizes the critical role of public nutrition programs in ending

hunger in Montana. Without programs such as SNAP, WIC, Free and Reduced Price School Meals, and the Summer Food program, the emergency food system would not be able to meet the need for food and many more families would experience hunger. Unfortunately many public nutrition programs are underutilized across our state. A number of barriers exist including lack of knowledge, misconceptions about the program, and feeling overwhelmed by the application process. Increasing participation in these programs is a critical step to ending hunger in Montana and one in which emergency food providers can play a significant role.

In an effort to further engage Partner Agencies in policy advocacy and outreach, MFBN has expanded the duties of Agency Relations Assistant, Diane Matthews. Diane will now be serving as a resource for agencies to learn more about these public programs and their connection to emergency food. Expect to hear from Diane about more than just Monthly Activity Reports and Food Recalls! MFBN looks forward

to having Diane fill this valuable role as we continue the fight against hunger in the state of Montana!If you would like more information about any of the public nutrition programs or how to incorporate more outreach into the services your agency provides, contact Diane at 721-3825 x222 or dmatthews@mfbn.org.

Fourth Annual Gala A SuccessThe fourth annual “A Chef ’s Affair” gala, a fundraiser for the

Montana Food Bank Network, was held on November 12, 2011 at the Florence Building in downtown Missoula. The evening was a great success. We raised $54,613.08 including in-kind donations, and netted $37,038.86! We’d like to thank all of our donors and sponsors for making this year’s event possible.

For every dollar donated, MFBN can leverage enough food for 8 emergency meals. The money raised from this year’s “A Chef ’s Affair” will provide enough food for 296,310 meals!

We enjoyed culinary creations from Missoula’s finest chefs, including Abe Risho from the Silk Road, Christine Littig from Bernice’s Bakery, Andrew Martin from Café Dolce, Dominic Glenna from Bravo Catering, Seth Bostick from Thomas Cuisine, Beth Higgins from Two Sisters Catering and Erin Crobar from Finn and Porter. Special guests included musician, Rob Quist and news anchor, Heidi Meili! Proceeds will help provide food to local pantries across Montana.

For the latest information and updates on new products,

special offers, delivery schedules, shopping lists,

Pioneer Food Buying Service, grants, media featuring issues

in food banking today and current outreach programs, log on to our website www.

insidemfbn.org. You can even submit your monthly activity

report and grocery rescue numbers online!

Chief Executive Officer Peggy Grimes x225Chief Development Officer Kathryn McCleerey x244Development Coordinator Ben Darrow x226Development Coordinator Kattie Kingsley x228Development VISTA Sarah Bhimani x239Chief Finance Officer Clark Tower x223Accountant Morgan Brennan x224Chief Policy Officer Kate Devino x231Public Policy Manager Lorianne Burhop x230Public Policy VISTA Courtney McGuire x227Chief Operations Officer Brent Weisgram x233Transportation Manager Rob Shipley x240Inventory Control Coordinator Stacey Grimes x251Agency Relations Manager Jeff Gutierrez x232Agency Relations & Volunteer Coordinator

Nate Merkt x252

Agency Relations Assistant Diane Matthews x222Warehouse Chuck James x237

MFBN Staff

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MISSION:To end hunger in Montana through food acquisition,

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VISION:A Montana free

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Christmas is not a time or a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to

have a real spirit of Christmas.-Calvin Coolidge, 1927

Ingredients

• 12 chicken drumsticks•1 (5 ounce) bottle hot red pepper sauce•1/4 cup butter, cubed•1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

•1/2 teaspoon onion powder•salt and pepper to taste•1 1/2 cups blue cheese or ranch dressing

Spicy Hot Chicken Legs (Using item # 5905 from Donated Shopping List)

Directions

1.Place the drumsticks in a slow cooker, and sprinkle evenly with pieces of butter. Pour the hot sauce over the chicken, then season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Cover, and cook on High for 3 hours, or until tender. Serve chicken legs with dressing on the side.

% Daily Value * Total Fat 55.6g 85 % Saturated Fat 15.2g 76 % Cholesterol 159mg 53 % Sodium 1064mg 43 % Potassium 381mg 11 % Total Carbohydrates 5g 2 % Dietary Fiber 0.2g < 1 % Protein 41.4g 83 % Sugars 1.9g Vitamin A 18 % Vitamin C 4 % Calcium 9 % Iron 23 % Thiamin 11 % Niacin 126 % Vitamin B6 34 % Magnesium 13 % Folate 16 %

Serving Size 1/6 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe 6Amount Per Serving Calories 685 Calories from Fat 500