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Around the
Fall 2015
A boy receives a backpack at the
Backpack Buddies distribution at Pierce
School in Milwaukee in September.
Your generosity is
harvesting hope this fall!
A member of Feeding America
Partner Highlight
A Message from the President
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Charles and Executive Vice
President Patti Habeck in front
of the Northeast Wisconsin Food
Bank in August.
e’re on the brink of major
growth as an organization.
We recently launched a SNAP
outreach program in collaboration with
Feeding Wisconsin, a partnership of
Feeding America food banks in Wisconsin.
We’re also supporting our hunger relief
partners with grants that provide scales,
thermometers, freezer blankets and
education opportunities. In addition, we’re
opening our Northeast Wisconsin Food Bank
in November at the same time that we roll
out our new five-year strategic plan.
We identified a new mission and vision to guide all our efforts in
the coming years. Our new tagline, “Together we can solve hunger,”
demonstrates not only the breadth and scope of what we plan to do, but it
emphasizes that we cannot solve hunger alone.
As a food bank, we require three things to be successful: food, funds and
friends. Our donors and supporters - like you – provide the resources to
carry out our work. Our partnerships and relationships in the community
enable us to bring attention to the issue of hunger in a meaningful way.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
Milwaukee has been a valued
partner through the Kids Café, a
joint program that ensures children
get a nutritious meal when they’re
not in school. Now we’re excited
to expand the program and also
provide groceries to families to
take home so they can prepare
meals on weekends. Working
together, we are helping kids learn,
grow and develop.
“We’re grateful to have additional
programs that alleviate some of
the financial stress felt by our
families,” said Barbara Peterson,
site coordinator for the Boys and
Girls Club at Urban Day School.
So as we embark in this new direction, we are excited about and are
anticipating new, innovative opportunities to address the issue of hunger in
our communities. Together we can solve hunger!
Sincerely,
Charles P. McLimans
President/CEO
Thank you for your support!
Anonymous - Capital Campaign
Andrew Automotive
An anonymous donor provided a transformative gift
of $1.6 million, allowing us to build the Northeast
Wisconsin Food Bank one year earlier than planned.
Fiserv
Backpack Buddies 2015
Thanks to the support of Sendik’s Food Markets and
generous donors like you, we were able to provide
450 backpacks to Pierce School in Milwaukee.
Lucille Mattson
By listing Feeding America as a beneficiary to her IRA
account, Lucille left a legacy gift of over $287,000 to
support hunger relief in her community.
Miles for Meals 2015
Thanks to our agency partners and others who came
out for the 13th Annual Miles for Meals. Together we
raised more than 108,000 meals!
J. J. Keller Foundation
Joseph Cull
Lammi Sports Management
Racine Community Foundation
Shoen Family Trust
Brian and Jennifer Teunissen
United Healthcare
Walmart Foundation
It Takes a Community
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he town of Arbor Vitae knows what it means to support their
neighbors. For thirty years, Lakeland Food Pantry in Arbor Vitae
has remained a steady source of support for people in the area.
According to Dianne, the retired executive director of the pantry, Arbor
Vitae offers many seasonal employment opportunities that fluctuate with
summer tourism, but during the off season people need help making ends
meet.
Small business owners join youth groups, the post office, and individual
citizens to collect food for the Lakeland Food Pantry. A few years ago,
a local bar owner hit a rough patch and turned to Lakeland Food Pantry
to help him make ends meet. Now back
on his feet, he hosts a food drive at his
bar every year to support the pantry.
Lakeland Food Pantry also receives food
through a monthly food delivery from
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.
It takes a community to ensure everyone
has food to eat, and with Lakeland Food
Pantry at the helm, Arbor Vitae is rising
to the occasion. •
We don’t know their story. In the meantime, we’ve
got to be there to help put food on their table.
- Dianne Neibauer, retired Executive Director of Lakeland Food Pantry
Dianne (middle) poses with two of the volunteers that are the lifeblood of the pantry; Donna Groom (right) shows off the can of corn
she received at the pantry that day.
Meet Donna.
Because of my surgeries and my husband’s heart
attack, we have a lot more medical bills than we
ever expected. As seniors with limited income,
we didn’t have enough money to pay the bills
and buy food. We tried to get by on our own by
purchasing less and stretching what we had, but
when our budget ran out we ended up living for
three days without any food at all.
A friend told us
about Lakeland
Food Pantry,
and at 80 years
old we’re finally
eating better and
feeling better!
God is with the
people who help
make this pantry
possible.
This Season's Helping Hands
Jackie, Rasheed and Jim lend a helping hand in our
Milwaukee warehouse every Tuesday, sorting and
boxing food. “I know there are hungry people in my
neighborhood, and if I personally can provide support
somewhere, I will,” Jim said. Jim learned about
Feeding America through his church’s food pantry
and knew the mid-week opportunity would be a
good fit for him.
Feeding America is fortunate to have the support
of many selfless
individuals who have
a desire to give back
to their communities.
The Tuesday volunteer
group offers individuals
the opportunity to work
in a group setting and
enjoy the camaraderie of
Jackie, Steve, Rasheed and Jim sort
volunteering together.
produce.
An Apple A Day...
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ood Orchard in Door
County has deep roots in
the Wood family. Steve
Wood inherited the orchard from
his father, who bought it in 1955. He
hopes to someday pass it on to his
son, Jeffrey.
Each year, the 200-acre orchard
in Sturgeon Bay produces about
84,000 bushels of apples. Since
partnering with Feeding America
Eastern Wisconsin last year, the
Woods have donated five semitruckloads of apples. For the past
few weeks, volunteers have been
busy bagging this season’s crop in
our warehouse for delivery to our
hunger relief partners.
“It’s nice to know that our apples are
going to be put to good use,” said
Steve. “They’re great eating apples.
We like that they are used to feed
people.”
Providing fresh produce to our
partners is a priority for Feeding
America Eastern Wisconsin.
Partnerships with local farmers and
growers, like Wood Orchards, make
it possible. •
Steve Wood and his wife, Janice, pose for a picture at the Wood Orchard Market in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin; Wood Orchard grows Cortland,
Honeycrisp, McIntosh and Sweetango apples; Steve Wood shows varieties of apples straight from the trees.
Food Waste, No More
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Volunteers at Marquette University’s
Campus Kitchen pause in their cooking;
Madeline and Megan cut peppers for a
recipe.
ampus Kitchen
at Marquette
University is
focused on eliminating
food waste on
Marquette’s campus.
The student-run
organization, a program
of The Campus Kitchen
Project, Inc. out of
Washington, D.C.,
collects leftover food
from campus dining
halls each week and
repackages it into hot
meals for food pantries
and meal programs in
Milwaukee. With the help
of Feeding America, all
meals include protein,
vegetables, a starch and
a healthy dessert.
“The food is still totally
good food, it’s just that Sodexo can’t reuse it under their
company policies,” explains Amanda Parrell, Campus
Kitchen Coordinator at Marquette. “We deliver between
450-600 meals a week.”
The Campus Kitchen also works with the Marquette
Community Garden to harvest fresh produce and teach
youth and seniors about nutrition and gardening. They are
focused on finding innovative ways to gather meals while
eliminating food waste to better their community. “We
can’t keep doing things the way we’ve been doing them,”
said Parrell.
Feeding America also partners with the Campus Kitchen at
the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. These innovative
programs and partnerships are wonderful examples of how
together we can solve hunger. •
Make a Legacy Gift
Invest in the future with a planned
gift. Consider including Feeding
America Eastern Wisconsin in
your will or estate plans or as a
beneficiary of a retirement or life
insurance account. Many options
offer significant tax benefits while
meeting your philanthropic goals.
Contact Ann Marie, Director of
Development at 414-831-6323 for
more information.
Upcoming Events
Grand Opening Ceremony
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Join us at the grand
opening of our new food
bank in the Fox Valley!
Tour the facility and learn
how we’re working with our partners to solve
hunger in northeast Wisconsin.
Food for the Holidays
November - December, 2015
Help us provide 1 million
meals this holiday season!
Visit our website for ways
to get involved.
Feed Your Soul
Friday, November 6, 2015
Join us for an evening
of art and sophistication
at the 12th Annual Feed
Your Soul art auction!
As a symbol of plenty,
simple wooden bowls are
transformed by members
of Milwaukee's art and design community into
innovative works of art.
Stuff the Bus
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Help Wes and Elizabeth
from 99.1 WMYX Stuff
the Bus and provide
Thanksgiving meals for
families this fall! Join us
at the Pick 'n Save in Brookfield the day before
Thanksgiving to donate.
Drumstick Dash
Thursday, November 26, 2015
A favorite Thanksgiving
day tradition is returning
to Milwaukee! The Fourth
Annual Drumstick Dash
5K will take place at Miller
Park on Thanksgiving morning.
Visit feedingamericawi.org for more
information on all upcoming events.
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about how a
community
is working
together to
solve hunger
to mark down
the date for
our grand
opening
ceremony in
Appleton
to learn about
an apple
orchard in
Door County
that supports
hunger relief
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