annual report, july 1, 2013 – june 30, 2014

annual report, july 1, 2013 – june 30, 2014

PANTRYPulse
ANNUAL REPORT, JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014
Board of Directors
J. Peter Clark, President
Laura Beebe, Vice-President
Donna Myers, Treasurer
Mary Jane Keitel, Secretary
Elizabeth Sweeney Backes
Michael Caprile
Susie Goldschmidt
Matt Gross
Bob Haisman
Melanie Halvorson
John Kennedy
Scott Moller
Diane Palumbo
Linda Sandman
Cassandra West
Pantry Staff
Michele Zurakowski
Executive Director
Paula Berg, Pantry Manager
Kristi Braun, Community Program Manager
Rita Kahn, Development Coordinator
Beth Klein, Bookkeeper
Hours
Every Saturday:
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
1st Wed. of the month:
7:00 –8:30 pm
2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th
Wednesday of the month:
3:30 – 5:00 pm
137,000 Pounds
Together, we had a tangible effect on
the well-being of our community
--amount of usable food we redirected to hungry families thanks to:
Chubby Love Bake Shop, Door-to-Door Organics, Greater Chicago
Food Depository, Oak Park Bakery, Oak Park Farmers’ Market,
Penzey’s Spices, Three Tarts Bakery and our major partners:
Community vegetable bounties are gratefully received from:
Cheney Mansion, Dominican University, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church,
Hatch Patch, Oak Park Temple,and Wonder Works Children’s Museum.
A special thanks to Tom Miller’s Farm for a whole field of potatoes.
The Pantry is grateful for the following
DONORS of food during FY2014
(These are the donors who signed in when food was dropped off. We
apologize if we misinterpreted handwriting and have attributed your name
incorrectly. We also want to thank the many anonymous donors who gave
without signing in.)
Bikram Yoga
Concordia University Early
Mael Bolore
Childhood Center
Boy Scout Troop 16
Misha Coner
Jayne Boyle
Costco
Kristi Braun
Coughlin Family
P. Brazley
Molly Crawford
Dan Brown
David Crosby
James Brown
Cub Scouts
Brownie Troop 44021 -Mann
Cub Scouts 23
Susan Burke
Cub Scouts 39 - Mann
Calvary Memorial Church
Charles Dahlgreen
Terri Carlton
Caitlin Daley
Castenada Family
Jane Dawson
Chris Cesario
Decas Cranberry Products
David Chang
Delgado Family
Cheney Mansion
Una Delic
Cheryl’s Cookies
Judy and Bob Deogracias
Chick-Fil-A
John and Rene Disco
Christ Episcopal River Forest
Dominican University
Chubby Love Bake Shop
Dominick’s Food Store
Concord Place Retiremont Home
Tesse Donnelly
Concordia Childhood Education
Door To Door Organics
Concordia Student Athletic Association William Doukas
Concordia University
Catherine Doyle
food
1000 Block of Mapleton
1000 Block of S Lyman
1100 Block of Home Ave
1100 Block of Wenonah
400 Block of N Humphrey
19th Century Charitable Assoc.
3 Tarts Bakery
Kristina Adamczewski
Age Options
Alcuin Montesorri School
Alpine Foods
Dawn Altman
A. Anderson
Artistic Stitchers
Shannon Asaria
Mary Lou Backes
Baird & Warner
Warren Bakker
Marin Balaz
John and Kathy Barrett
Christine Baumbach
Paul Beckwith
Heidi Bell
Maria Bernstein
DONORS
Karen E. Duey
Kuhne
River Forest Youth Soccer
Lili Dumelle
Karen Lareau
Olivia Roeger
Tom Dunne
Ray Ligot
Jackie Rosenthel
Judie Dzwiak
Lincoln Elementary School Kindergar- Chrishn Rudolph
Rick Easty
ten Spanish Immersion
Rush University Medical Center
Economy Shop
Lincoln Elementary School, Oak Park Department of Pharmacy
Katie Edmunds
Lincoln Elementary School, River
M. Sabatino
Tracy Edwards
Forest
J. Sandquist
Theresa Esposito
Liskiewitz Family
Saunders Family
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church
Living Water Vineyard Church
Meredith Schacht
Raven Faris
Longfellow Elementary School Student Stephanie Schrodt
Grace Farkaschak
Council
Bill Schroeder
Gabriel and Joel Farrar
Kim Loughlin
Pat Schwandt
FCC Spin Class
Laura Lowe
SLOAN Corp
Carole Ferguson
M & D Properties
John Snowhite
First Baptist Church of Oak Park
Magic Tree Bookstore
Elaine Sorber
First Presbyterian Church, River Forest Mann Elementary School
Lisa Sorenson
First United Methodist Church,
Mary Ann Maschke
David Spangler
Oak Park
Phil McAndrew
Penzey Spices
Christine Fisher
McDonald’s Corporation US Training, Spotlight Summer Oak Park
Flavour Cooking School
Learning and Development
Square One Organics
Flying V Martial Arts
Claire McHugh
St. Catherine of Sienna-St. Lucy Parish
Focuscope INC
Peg McKinley
St. Christopher’s Church
Forest Park Montessori School
Kathryn McMeyer
St. Edmund Parish
Garnett Foster
Karen McMillan
St. Edmund Parish School
Rene Gagliardo
Tom Miller
St. Francis High School
Catherine Gajewsky
Paul Millman
St. Giles Family Mass
Mary Garney
Laura Minnis
St. Giles Parish
Dan Gasca
Lisa Mitchell
Claire St. Jean
Geoff Gershon
Julie and Ana Moller
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Peggy Gilmore
Montalbano Farms
St. Luke Parish
Girl Scout Troop 40079 Hatch
Catherine Murphy
St. Luke School
Girl Scout Troop 40544
Christine Murphy
St. Vincent Ferrer Church
Girl Scout Troop 40607
Carole Murphy
Grace Stambolic
Girl Scout Troop 40616
Neighborhood Giving Project
Mary J. Stapleton
Girl Scout Troop 41170 Lincoln
North Avenue Business Association Halina Staszewska
Girl Scout Troop 4193
Nancy Norton
Jennifer Stratman
Girl Scouts Lincoln
Oak Park Bakery
Karen Suleiman
Amy Gleason
Oak Park Cycle Club
Sutor Family
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Oak Park Farmers Market
J. Tamey
David Goyes
Oak Park Public Library
The David Agency
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Park River Forest
The Economy Shop
Grace Lutheran Church
Chamber of Commerce
The Looking Glass
Grace Lutheran Girl Scouts 40745
Oak Park River Forest
Charmaine Thomas
Grace Lutheran School
Environmental Club
Trader Joe’s Donation Bin
Julie Greenberg
Oak Park River Forest High School
Tammy Travis
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Oak Park River Forest High School
Diana Trimble
Melanie Halvorson
Hockey Club
Triton College Employee Food Drive
John Haly
Oak Park River Forest NewcomAnna Tull
Emily Hanpson
ers Club
Warren Udelson
Amy Hansmann
Oak Park Temple
Ultra Foods
Rachel Harley
Oak Park Visitors Center
United Lutheran
Harvard Family United Church of
Anastasia and Grace O’Brien
United Lutheran Church, Oak Park
Christ
Rachel Olson
United Way
Hatch Elementary School
Opportunity Knocks
Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist
Hatch Patch Garden
OPRF Environmental Club
Congregation
Hephzibah Children’s Association
OPRF Girls Swim Team
University of Miami Alumni Club
Barb Hickey
OPRF Wrestling Team
US Post Office Food Drive
Amy Hodges
Osco Sabina DOP
Sarh Usmani
Holmes Elementary School
Oven To Table
Kim Vandergriend
Laurie Hoppe
Marika Panton
Village of River Forest
Jack Howard
Donna Patterson
John and Alex Vincent
HSBC
Megan Patterson
Viola Imports
Hubbard Street Dancers
D. Patterson
Susan Wagner
Norvis Huezo
Libbey Paul
Trish Wakely
Katelyn Intres
PCC
Kathleen Walsh
Joan Intrides
Jean and Larry Pearce
Diane Wendluther
Fiaze Issa
Robyn Pearson
Ricky Wenzel
Amy Iverson
Penzey’s Spices
West Suburban PADS
Thayer Jabin
Percy Julian Middle School
West Suburban Temple
Jewel-Osco, Madison St., Oak Park
Steve Perkins
Kate Wester
Jewel-Osco, River Forest
Kerry Petertil
Whittier Elementary School
Judson Baptist Church
Motti and Rachel Pikelny
Whittler Elementary Harvest Dance
Nancy Kamara
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Whole Foods Market River Forest
Anjali Karia
Beth and Dave Potterveld
Willard Elementary School
Mariah Keko
Mary J. Powell
Wonder Works Children’s Museum
Peggy Kell
Nancy J. Powell
Jackie Zdarski-West
Jennifer Kemp
Prairie Bread Kitchen
Kathy Zupko
Sarah Kilburg
Prevail
Michele Zurakowski
Kindly Wizards, Willard School
Allison Price
Ella Klem
Prime Trucking
Klocks
Lynda Prischman
Lori Knutson
Liana Prokopis
Annabella Koelln
Red Hen Bakery
Jill Kopecky
Wright Ride
David Kravitz
River Forest Township
On Their Way
Zakiya Gilliam and her husband, Keith
Allen felt like they were on their way. Both
graduate students living in Oak Park, they
were excited about starting a family as they
built their careers. Then an unexpected joblayoff in January was followed by unforeseen
medical challenges at the birth of their baby
boy, Kasani, and a stressful stay in the
hospital’s Neonatal ICU. Concerned with the
family’s growing financial and medical needs,
Gilliam met with Pleshette Davis, the Pantry’s
Benefits Coordinator, to inquire about a LINK
card application.
“We are on a path we didn’t anticipate, and
one we weren’t prepared for,” explains Gilliam.
“Pleshette told me how to navigate the system,
which isn’t set up to make it easy for you,
even if your circumstances qualify you for
assistance. It can be a very cold, intimidating
system, so you feel much better going this
route when you have help overcoming all the
challenging obstacles.”
Gilliam was especially grateful for the
compassionate
encouragement
Davis
provided in relating her own son’s prior NICU
experience. “It was so good to talk to someone
who’s been on a similar road with their child
and gotten through it. My son will be four
months in just a few weeks,” Gilliam added
proudly. We’re proud to be able to provide
resources to stabilize this family as they get
back on their way.
The Food Pantry gratefully acknowledges the generosity of its donors.
Donations July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014
$1 - $99
1100 Wenonah Block Party
Dorelle Ackermann
Oluwagbemiga & Heather Adeyemi
Jocelyne & Mark Adkins
Robert Ahlgrim
Carlo Airdo
Art & Carole Albores
Thomas & P.D. Allabastro
Ellen Alldredge
Molly & Steven Allscheid
Marcia & Jonathan Alpert
Amazon Smile Foundation
Gay & David Anderson
Joan & Lascelles Anderson
Lee Ann Anderson
Nick Anderson
Paula & David Andries
Charissa Armon
Esther Armstrong
Shannon & Riyazhassan Asaria
Steven Ashby & C.J. Hawking
Amy Atchison
Richard & Victoria Atkins
Carey August
Jade Augustine
Ahmad Aziz
Dwight Bailey
Linda & George Bailey
Tom Bair
James Bajo
April Baker
Karen Baldwin
Peggy Balesteri
Todd Bannor
Karen Bar
Rebecca Barbato
Ruth & James Barker
Kristin Barrett
Sibel Barut
Michael & Ilene Bass
Jennifer & Timothy Baxa
Harley Beck
Leah & Paul Beckwith
Mary Ann Bednarke
Dottie Beeler
Robert & Laurie Bellmar
Linda Bernas
Allan & Rhoda Bernstein
Lee Betterman
G C Bien
Myrna Billiard
Nancy & Tom Bilyk
Bob & Hilda Birney
Mark Blade
Marc & Doris Blesoff
Joseph & Yvonne Bobak
Kathy & Angelo Bosco
Gabriella Bovio
Margaret Bowers
Anne Bowhay & Jeffrey Hanneman
Sue & Kenneth Boyer
Malachy Boyle
Edna Braun
Gayle & Paul Brinkman
Wilfred Brooke & Marcy Kubat
Eva & Tobias Brown
Kristie Brule
Marilyn Brumund
Osbert & Margaret Bruno
Caryn Bryant
Candice & Paul Buchbinder
Izzi & Christine Bullock
Debra Bullock
Seth Buntain & Deborah Ginsberg
Margaret & Don Burk
Sandra Burns
Robert Buss
Jewel & Andreen Butler
Caroline Caligiuri
Nichole Capraro
Nello & Georgette Carlini
Kirsten Carlo
Lois Carlson
Terri Carlton
Mary Carney
Carrie Carpenter
Juliet Carroll
Carol & Donald Carter
Paulette Cary
Allison Case
Luke & Amie Casson
Timothy & Robin Cederblad
Jeffrey & Kristin Charkow
Cheney Mansion
Angus Frost
Roberta & Steven Fruth
Furry Godmother , Uber Pet
Diana Gadek
E.P. Gaines
Kathleen Gallo
Cheryl Gandolfi
Elizabeth Garrity
Carol Gaskins
Louise & James Gates
Franklyn & Olive Gautier
Marta Gazda Auskalnis
Thomas Gearen
Hope & William Geldes
Jeanine & Peter George
Gwen Geraghty
Nancy Gerich
Heidi Gewartowski
Sheri Gilley
Peggy Gilmore
Lisa Ginet & Robert Spatz
Girl Scouts Illinois Crossroads Council
Sylvia Giura
Grace Lutheran Girl Scouts of GCNWI
Karen & Robert Glass
Glasser Preschool
Jeanne Goedert
Janice Goldberg & Thomas Gochenour
Merrill Gonzalez
Jackie & Ray Good
Amy Goodman & Gordon Hellwig
Erika Goodman Osborn
Tony Graefe & Rebecca Noble
Rachel Grainer
Donna & Richard Gray
Edward and Marisa Green
Sanford Greenberg & Elizabeth Perdue
Calvin & Theresa Greene
Barry & Marjorie Greenwald
Jeffrey Greenwald
Magda Greer
Terry Griffin
Kathi & Larry Griffin
Betsy Grimm
Lisa Grisolia
Sarah Grossman Pelton & Arrick Burton
Pelton
John & Peggy Gruber
Alice Gruszka
Michael Guerin
Sarah Guerin
Kelly & Scott Guhlstorf
Charles Gutfeld
Susan and Martin Habley
Yates & Abigail Hafner
Cleo & Loren Hagen
James Haglund & Mary Sue Komaniecki
Linda Haley
Catherine Hall
Rachel Hall & Miguel Zarate
Anastasia Hallab
Joan Halperin
Hugh Halverstadt & Craig Endicott
John Haly
Judith Hamje
Norman Hane & Barbara Croft
Sheila Marie Hardin
Charles & Mary Ann Hardtke
Anna & Peter Harlan
Betty Harris
Phyllis Harris
Willie Mae Harris
Olivia Harris Barkoff
Carl & Greer Haseman
Gloria & Jone Hawthorne
Carolyn Hayes
Nancy & Robert Heezen
Susan Heffernan
Stephen Heller
Denise Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
Lisa & Tom Hendrix
Diana Hess
Robert & Dorothy Hetzel
Joan Hickey
Lynne & Bill Higgins
Historical Society of OPRF
Virginia Hoffmann
Dean & Marion Hogenboom
Carol Holderfield
Victoria Hollister
Hollywood Pawners
Cathleen Holt
Bernadette Homberger
Ken Honderich
Megan & Derek Matoka
Brenda & Bruce Matson
Eric Maxfield
Laura Maychruk
Lenore Mc Mahon
Thomas McCampbell & Juri Sekiguchi
Maureen McCann
Erin McCarthy & James Vogel
Dean & Erin McCoy
Patricia McDonald
Jane McFetridge
Caroline McGillen
Patricia & Gregory McGowan
Rosanne McGrath
Margaret & Kathleen McGrath
Mary McGrew
Cathy McGuire
Terrence McGuire
Martha McIntyre
Gail McKenzie
Richard & Margaret McKinlay
Conor McLaughlin
Catherine McMahon
Kenton McMillen
Karen McMillin & Emily Gage
Adrienne McMullen
Richard McNamara
Ramona & James McNeese
Jennifer & Dan McNulty
Richard Meegan
Robert Merriweather
Sandra Meyer
MaryAnn & Guntis Mikelsons
Nancy Miller
Richard Milne
Nicole Mladic
Ann Mokrauer
Stacey Moncrieff
Moore & Moore Sales, LLC & Franklin Moore
Phil & Shirley Morley
Carol Morrison & Randall Mitchell
Adele Morrison
Randel & Linda Mosley
Linda & Joseph Muhr
Alfredo Munoz
Roselen & Strother Murphy
Richard & Laverne Murphy
John & Melinda Murray
Gerald Murray
Donald Musil
Christopher Myers
Jeffrey Naffziger & Katherine Walz
Patricia Nania & Noelle Sokolowski
Kinnalone Nanthavong
Susie & Steven Narkis
Teresa & Thomas Naughton
Richard & Ellen Nelson
Sara & John Neuner
Stacey Nevara & Laura Adden
Patricia & Kevin Newman , Sew Beary Nice
Ernestine Newman
Pamela Niesluchowski & Travis Nielsen
Brian & Deanna Nightengale
Brian Nigi
Nikolakakis
Patricia Nix-Hodes & Mark Hodes
Polly Novak
Loretta O’Dowd
Maura O’Hara & Robert Wielgos
Oak Park Friends Meeting
Mark Ochoa
Patricia & Steven Olderr
June Oliver
Sarah Olson
Kathy & Adekunle Onayemi
Glenn & Emily Opalski
Amy Ostrander
Donna Oswald
Juan Otero
Eric & Megan Palm
Marilyn Palmer
Ann Palumbo
Mary Jo Parlier
Jason Patenaude & Stephanie Walquist
Michael & Libby Paul
Paula Halpin Design
Elizabeth Payne
Maria Pedroza
Sylvia Perez & Kristian Schafernak
Neal & Barbara Peyser
Anne Marie & Gino Pintore
Leeanna Pochyly
Michelle Pogvara
Kim Policape
Robert & Joan Pope
Anita Dwyer
Lisa Tillman
Timothy Todd
Peter & Kathy Tortorice
Huan Tran
Travelers Community Connections
Bryen Travis
Phyllis & Richard Tresselt
Carl Triggs
Cindy Trim
Peggy Troyer
Joan Trueheart
Robert Tucker
Daniel & Carol Tufo
Christine Tully Aranza
Alex & Laura Turley
Marion Turner
Nicole Turner
Jerry & Vivian Tyler
Lois & Spencer Tyson
United Methodist Women, Euclid Avenue
Methodist Church
Franco Valentino
Shawna Van Trease
Mark & Therese Vandehey
Susan Vanek
John Vincent
Mark Vincent
Donald & Mary Vogel
Kurt Voigts
Jon & Stephanie Vollentine
Brendon Wachter & Anja Riis Wachter
Mary Lisa Wahlfeldt
Anne & Scott Wakely
Linda Walker
Karen Walsh Doug Burke
M.J. Walsh
Richard Warren
Washington Irving School
Matthew Weatherington
Cary Webb
Marc & Judy Weiss
Susan Weiss
Suzanne & Charles Wells
Racquel & Christian Wells
Ruth Wenzel
Stephanie Wernet
Cassandra West
West Suburban Montessori School
Jessica Westbrook & Adam Trowbridge
Eric Wettstein & Stacy Schuler Wettstein
Sam Whalen & Amparo Castillo
Alvoyd Whitaker
Anita White
Terrence White
Gregory & Mary White
Sandra Wiatr
Jonathan Wilder & Patricia VanBuskirk
Gabriela Williams
Moses Williams
Phillis Wilson
Sue & Doug Winchell
Winsor/Marsh
Michele Wolter
Sara Kristen Wood
Howard Wright
Kathleen Wrobel
Kenneth Wylie & Mavis Donahue
Kathy Wyman & Doug Waco
Joy Yamasaki
Era Yee
Iris & Victor Yipp
Seock Won Youn
Susan & John Zaruba
John Ziebart
Leo & Claudia Zinanni
Lois & Joseph Zitoli
Gloria Zmolek
Herb & Claudette Zobel
$100 - $199
Timothy Aiossa
Nausheen Akhter
Mary Altenbaumer
Suzanne Anderson
Patricia Anderson
Mary Anderson
Ann & Douglas Anderson
James & Joyce Angell
Patricia Angell
Marilyn Arado
Jay Armstrong
Jonathan & Heather Asaadi
Patricia Ashley
Marcia & Rick Ashton
Jeffery & Ellen Foster
Alan & Winifred Fox
Dominique Frigo
Leslie Fulton
Gagliardo Realty Co., Inc.
Molly & Matt Galo
John & Carol Gasa
Brett Gentile
Amy Goodman Weller
Joseph Graber & Judith Alexander
Joyce Ford Gradel
Wendy Greenhouse & Mike Trenary
Joyce & Timothy Greening
Nancy Greer
Bill & Pam Grimes
Tom & Judy Gross
Nancy & Vic Guarino
Henry Guerrero & Cara Hendrickson
Lawrence & Jill Haas
Sonja & Tom Hall
Michael Hanley
Margaret Hansen
Julie Ruth Harley
Roberta Harris
Gregory & Dania Harris
James Harvey
Harriet Hausman
George Hay
H.Philip Heil
Ralph & Marilyn Heinrichs
Joe Henson
Leslie Hicks
Melissa Hjalmarson & Jerry Kennedy
Charles Hoch & Susan Stall
Stephanie Hoerr
Raymond Holdsworth
Gail Holmberg & Henri Gillet
Thomas & Nancy Holmes
Holmes Elementary School
Horace Mann School
Phillip & Leslie Hrejsa
Laurie & Werner Huget
Stephen & Judy Humowiecki
Ruth Anne Huston & David Feldman
Thomas Irvin & Mary Helen Irvin
Denise & Ralph Jacob
Norma & Lewis Jenkins
Sharon Johnston
Gregory & Peggy Jones
Marie Jordan
Nanette Jordan
Larry Joyce
Julie Justicz & Mary Rowland
Sophie Kaluziak & Rebekah Levin
Seth & Catherine Kaufman
Clifford Kavinsky & Evalyn Grant
Kathy Kelleher
Maureen Kelly
Mary Ellen & Eugene Kelly
Gail & James Kennedy
Joseph & Jo Ann Kiefer
Scott Klapman & Joy Bressler
Beth & Rich Klein
Judy & Jon Klem
Roberta & Dennis Kmiec
Dan & Sarah Knight
David Koe
Carol Koenig
Kraft Foods Group Foundation
Henry Kranz & Diane Stephenson
Stanley & Patricia Kudlacz
Charles Lake
Robert Lannon & Elizabeth Kaveny
Maureen & Lawrence Lantero
Karl Lauger & Denise Parnell
John & Nancy Leavy
Alexandra Levit & Stewart Shankman
John Lim & Anne Jacobson
Theresa & Frank Lipo
Philip Lofgren & Lousanne Halverson
Lofgren
Lillian Longinow
Sandra Luckins
Daniel & Jean Lupiani
Margaret & George Lyons
Kate Maehr & Samuel Pickering
Donna & James Mains
Cynthia & Bruce Manion
Karen Mansfield
Vince Marine
Mary Kay Martire
Ruth Masters & Loren Williams
Cynthia & Ronald Maziarka
Charlaine & Patrick McAnany
Brian McCann
Edward & Linda Solan
Lia Sophia & Bethanny Alexander
Lisa Sorensen & Steven Ourada
Art & Sher Spooner
Steve & Lee Stanard
Eli & Jeanne Stanesa
Michele & Peter Stern
Karen Steward & Peter Nolan
Kathryn Stewart
Peggy Stewart-Wilson
Harold Stoetzner
Kathy Stohr & John Blasi
Robert Stoltz
Meghan & Doug Strubel
Stuart Swibel
Cathy Taiwo
Lynne Tamura
Kenneth Taylor
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Thomas Thompson & Haley Thompson
Toledo Jewish Community Foundation
Mark Tomassini
Lois & Carmen Tosto
Warren Udelson & Harriet Hawkins
United Methodist Women
Unity Church of Oak Park
Jennifer Vachon
Louis & Linda Valsoano
Frank & Mary Vanker
TK Venkatesan
Perry Vietti & Melanie Nowacki
Phyllis Voosen & Arthur Goldberg
Mark & Sue Wagner
Nancy & Dick Waichler
Gordon Waldron
Nan & Robert Walicki
Sally Wallace
Heidi Waltner-Pepper
Barbara & Charles Watkins
Robin & James Weaver
Cynthia Woods Weinand
Lorrayne & Steven Weiss
Christine Welsh
Barbara Westerman
Alison White & Mary Roberts
Whittier Elementary School
Willard Elementary School
James & Lyn Winikates
Keli Wojciechowski
Richard & Susan Wolfe
Matt Wolff
Martha Woods
Ginger & Phil Yarrow
Carol & Charles Young
Douglas & Marianne Zapotocny
Meaghan Zeiner
Elizabeth Ziehl
Vic Zitzer
$200 - $499
John & Judith Alfonsi
Kevin Allgood
Dawn Altman
Lee & Mary Lou Anderson
Martha Anderson
Angie’s Pantry, Inc.
Jan Arnold & Mary Anderson
Anna & Chander Balakrishnan
Kathryn & Robert Balk
Barbara Ballinger
Susan & Paul Balter
Damitha Bandara
John & Vivien Barkidjija
William & Donna Barrows
Carole & Robert Batlivala
Robert Becker & Karen Heller
Chuck & Katherine Belanger test test
Robert & Mary Berg
Bikram Yoga Oak Park , Nancy Kalinowski
Linda & Donald Bolte
Maarten Bosland
Vivienne & Joseph Botsch
Spiros Bourgikos & Keary Cragan
Jayne Boyle
BP Fabric of America Fund
Mathew Briesch
Marc & Rebecca Brown
Russell Brown
Carolyn Browne
Kevin Buckley
Laurel & Bill Bunkers
Robert Burchill
Roz & Thomas Byrne
Helen & Nicholas Camasto
Sara Caswell & Robert Hyman
Jenny Luebbe
Colette Lueck
Cathy & Larry Lund
MacKay & Company Inc.
Ernest & Jane Malik
Ralph & Bonnie Mandell
Margaret & James Massarello
Master S.H. Yu Martial Arts
Philip McAndrew
Judith McDevitt
McDonald’s Corporation
Boyd McDowell & Bonnie Beck
Betty Lou McGhee
Karen McGirr
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
David & Deloris McMullin
Marianne Merola
Neva Millonas
Amy Moriarta & Mrunil Champaneri
Ian Morrison
Elisabeth & John Muhlenberg
Frank and Katherine Murphy
Frances Nauth
Donald & Geraldine Nekrosius
Patricia & Tom Nelson
Mel & Sandra Noel
Nancy Norton
NYSE Euronext Foundation
Anastasia O’Brien
Donald & Margaret O’Brien
Oak Park Fraternal Order of Police
Susan Olson
Omron Foundation
Ken & Liesl Orenic
Jennifer & Matthew Packheiser
Matthew Pakulski
Allen & Georga Parchem
Parkview Presbyterian Church
Donald & Rogette Patterson
Kate & Curtis Petersen , Petersen
Productions, Inc.
Edward & Patricia Petrick
Viktoras Petroliunas
Rachel Pildis , On the Shores of Lake
Chicago
David Pochyly
Sheila & Eddie Pont
Jacquelyn Pope & Donald Share
Richard & Barbara Prendergast
Judy Presta & Mark Geraci
Robert & Kathleen Prindiville
Jack Rabens
Joan Radovich
Diana & Thad Rasche
Nighet Razvi
Elizabeth Reed
Lisa Reed
Carl Rinder
Robert McCormick Foundation
Terence & Dot Roche
Marie Rock
Joan Rogers
Barbara Rose
Joanne Rosenbush
Stephen Rowley & Anne Rowley
Raymond Ruzicka & Nancy Ruzicka
Marguerite Saecker
Martin Salvino & Mary Lukancic
Linda Sandman & Richard Wheelock
Jill Sapoznick & Luis Torero
Lynn Scheir
Stephen Schlesinger
Hildegarde Schmidt
Lynda Schueler
Carolyn & David Schwartz
David Schwartz & Naomi Katz
Peter & Amanda Schwob
Daniel & Carmencita Senseng
Shaker Family Foundation
Judith Shepelak & George Vinyard
Tamara & Brian Sher
Ron Sherman
Betsy Shields
Kenneth & Jill Shiner
Renee & Michael Sichlau
Carla & Edward Sloan
David & Orly Slobodkin
Patricia Slovak
Sallie & Mark Smylie
Mary Spyropoulos & Jeff Stocker
St. Christopher Episcopal Church
Susan Stearns
Robert & Kathleen Stelletello
Jeffrey & Karen Stelmach
George Stewart & Kathleen Sullivan Stewart
Naomi Williams
Edward & Sara Naureckas
Patricia Needham & Mark Kelly
Network for Good
Laura O’Shea & Albert Sturtevant
Gary Paice
Stephanie Park
Shama Patel , Drive Change LLC
Diane & Donald Pochyly
Mike Powills
James Poznak
Quality Cleaning Fluids & Mfg., Inc.
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Moran
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JUSTGIVE
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Monroe and Fran Sullivan Charitable Fund
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Brian & Lois Thiessen Love
Dwight Thompson
Alice & John Tulley
Thomas & Rebecca Turk
Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist
Congregation
Village Church of Oak Park
The Ward Foundation
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Wrigley Company Foundation
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Michele Zurakowski & John Flanigan
$5,000 - $9,999
Linda Bachelder & Van Holkeboer
Beam Charitable Fund
Laura & Michael Beebe
Susan & Bill Black
Mark & Kristen Coe
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church
First United Church of Oak Park
Grace Lutheran Church & School
Graham R Putnam Family Foundation
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Donna Myers & Aaron Lebovitz
Oak Park & River Forest High School
Empty Bowls
Oak Park River Forest Community
Foundation
St. Giles Family Mass
$10,000+
Michael & Linda Caprile
Economy Shop
Barry & Kimberly Fields
George M. Eisenberg Foundation for
Charities
Laura & Eric Jordahl
Manaaki Foundation
Moller Family Foundation
T. Smith Powell & Eva Janzen Powell
S.L. Gimbel Foundation Advised Fund at
The Community Foundation
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
United Way of DuPage/West Cook
US Dept. of HUD, CDBG grant from
Village of Oak Park
Whole Foods River Forest
HONOR ROLL of Volunteers
for Fiscal Year 2014
Feeling blessed
You might not expect people coming to the food pantry to
feel they lead a blessed life, but Terris McKinnon does. Ask
him how he’s doing and he inevitably responds, “I’m blessed,
thanks. How are you?” Yet Terris has reason to feel otherwise.
Several years ago Terris was on his way to work in the early
morning hours when his car was hit by a drunk driver. He
doesn’t remember much about that night, because the car
rolled over twice and pinned him inside. The driver tried
to escape, but a passerby gave chase, and the driver was
apprehended. For Terris, though, the damage had already
been done; he woke up in the hospital unable to move, and
was told he needed emergency spinal surgery. Following the
operation, doctors said his paralysis would be permanent.
Terris lost his job and had to go on disability, facing a lifetime
of dependence. Shortly after, his wife left him, unable to deal
with the demands of caring for him. Terris moved in with his
parents.
Terris’ aunt recommended that he look to Oak Park River Forest
Food Pantry for support during the crisis. “It’s the best Pantry
around,” Terris says. “The people there are supportive and
kind. “ He remembers the help he found here as important to
his recovery during a very hard time.
A dear friend of his was a minister, and recognized Terris’
faith and determination. The two prayed together, hoping for
a miracle, and Terris thinks they got one. He has recovered
enough to take on a new job as an overland truck driver, driving
each week between Chicago and Tampa.
When he is home, he still stops in at the Food Pantry when he
needs a little extra help. “It’s a great place, and they helped
me when I really needed them,” Terris says. When he says “I’m
blessed,” he speaks from the heart.
Many other volunteers gave of their time, but space limits us from listing everyone.
We are grateful to all those who gave one hour or 500.
500+ HOURS
Ficca, Connor
Weakly, Barb
400 HOURS
Lake, Charles
Zemel, Gale
200 HOURS
Boyle, Jayne
Bremner, Belinda
Neu-Stoppelman,
Mary
Parson, Elizabeth
Peppler, Jeanne
Wiak, Aleksandra
(Ola)
100 HOURS
Barker, Jane
Bunschoten, Bruce
Calabrese, Richard
Carlton, Terri
Dickens, Jake
Dowell, Vera
Doyle, Jayne
Dunn, Noel
Faghih, Ray
Finley, Felicity
Fisher, Christine
Grady, Bill
Hald, Bobbie
(Barbara)
Hamje, Judith
Harris, Willie Mae
Hickey, Barb
Luckins, Sandra
McCulloh, Gale
McKitrick, Joe
Modahl, Jackie
Moline, David
Moline, Simone
Nolan, Sister Coleen
Sears, Sarah
McDevitt, Judith
Moehring, Katarina
Moline, Barbara
Moline, Ron
Newman, Maureen
O’Hara, Molly
Robinson, Lynn
Rodriguez, Carmen
50 HOURS
Celeste
Aber, Ben
Schoop, Erin
Allen, Christopher
Schouten, Thom
Anderson, Janet
Slovak, Pat
Ayento, Laura
Smith, Darlene
Bachelder, Linda
Stidhum, Miranda
Ballard, KC
Tabet, John
Boulanger, Mena
Tunstall, Willie
Bradley, David
Ubogy, Alec
Bruynseels, Louise
Udelson, Warren
Burgoyne, Nancy
Burmeister, Veronika Zapotocny, Doug
Zinanni, Claudia
Burney, Irene
Carpenter, Harry
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Carter, Sarah
Allen, Antoine
Clark, Peter
Anderson, Mary E
Conmy, John
Baggio, Emily
Culver, Donna
Barnas, Angelica
D’arcy, Maureen
Beckman, Sue
Doran, Nancy
Becvarik, Edward
Engelhardt, Vickie
Kelly
Erazo, Iris
Bell, Priscilla
Feldman, Sam
Bill, John
Flores, Roxana
Bolling, Edna
Fusello, Dianne
Boyden, Curtis
Gandolfi, Cheryl
Brown, Latasha
Gwozdz, Joseph C.
Bruynseels, Leo
Hansen, Irene
Bunkers, Laurie
Hayes, Andre
Campbell, Sue
Kelley, Tom
Castaneda, Daniel
Klink, Leroy
(Danny)
Kyrias, Kathi
Chauncey, Bonnie
Laria, Alice
Colon, Carlos
Lorimer, Marot
Curtis, Krystal
Malave, Ruby
Delis, Maria
Mansfield, Karen
Diulio, Joe
Mastbrook, Liam
Snyder, Robert
Stidhum, Helen
Stoetzner, Harold
Superczynski, Mary Jo
Walker, Gloria
Walsh, Pam
Dolan, James (Jim)
Doman, Mike
Downey, Brendan
Dudek, Patricia
Eitz, Charles
Entner, Kristina
Escobar, Diego
Espedido, Michelle
Fitzgerald, Mary Pat
Fordney, Sue
Franklin, Jonathan
Franklin, Lisa
Gallagher, Ed
Gehling, Daniel
Gehring, Betty
Geocaris, Connie
Gomez, Jenny
Gonzalez, Aaron
Gonzalez, Estela
Hall, Tamika
Hall-Schordje, Laura
Halpin, JoBeth
Halvorson, Melanie
Hameister, Brian
Harbaugh, Philomena
Hebert, Brieanne
Henson, Judith
Hoekstra, Jessica
Hooker, Ken
Huggins, Carol
Hymson, Kathy
Iatrides, Joan
Ingram, Jacqueline
Jaffe-Notier, Peter
Janulis, Bill
Jones, Denise
Jones, Larry
Jordahl, Laura
Larson, Susan
Laske, Dan
Lau, BJ
Lombardi, Anne
Long, Virginia
Longman, Judith
(Judy)
Meares, Kim
Medina, Lucila
Medrano, Cinthya
Miranda, Josette
Murphy, Noel
Murray, Gerald
Ozga, Edward
Packheiser, Jennifer
Page, Ronald
Ras, Kristen
Razzino, Fernando
Rodriguez, Kim
Rohman, Chad
Rose, Barbara
Russell, Kathy
Sanders, Gloria
Sankaran, Rohit
Schneider, Nikki
Simons, Mary
Simons, Raymond
Slobodkin, Orly
Smith, Dave
Smith, Susie
Smith, Taila
Smolarz, Magdalena
Solis, George
Stevic, Alex
Stewart, Cullen
Stone, Joan
Suaste, Cynthia
Todd, Audrey
Trantow, Peter
Venzke, Beth
Voosen, Phyllis
Wilder, Jonathan
Wisniewski, Meredith
Withers, Witney
Wolff, Matt
Financial Report Fiscal Year 2014
In fiscal year 2014, we provided each of the 16,100 families who visited us with over 45 pounds of nutritious food. Because
of your generosity, we were able to focus our purchases on the critical nutrition so lacking in our food-insecure clients’ diets:
protein-rich and nutrient-dense food. In fact, 92% of the food we actively procured fell into these healthful categories. Your
support has enabled us to help build strong minds and bodies, not just fill stomachs. Your support also made a vital lifesafety renovation possible, ensuring the safety and comfort of those who shop and volunteer with us. Finally, the support of
our volunteers made it possible to serve so many vulnerable members of our community. Volunteers donated 20,290 hours
of labor valued at over $175,000. While volunteer hours do not appear in the financial statements, we could not have such a
healthy report without them.
Oak Park & River Forest Food Pantry Financials as of June 30, 2014.
Statement of Financial Position
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Certificate of deposit
Accounts receivable
Due from Prevail of Illinois
Prepaid insurance
Property and equipment
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable
Accrued payroll
Total Liabilies
Net Assets
Board Designated
Unrestricted
Total Unrestricted Net Assets
Temporarily restricted
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$469,601
$110,494
$7,823
$584
$6,954
$89,346
$684,802
3%
30%
46%
2% 8%
$22,236
$8,855
$31,091
$366,063
$277,914
$643,977
$9,734
$653,711
$684,802
5%
91%
4%
5%
3%
3%
Statement of Activities
Revenues and Other Support
Contributions - Individuals (30%)
Contributions - congregations (3%)
Contributions - businesses (5%)
Contributions - governmental (3%)
Grants - foundations and organizations (8%)
GCFD credits (2%)
In-kind food and supplies (46%)
Special events (3%)
Other revenue (0%)
Total Revenues and Support
Expenses
Program services (91%)
Management and general (5%)
Fundraising ($%)
Total Expenses
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets
Beginning of year
End of year
$ 396,004
$
45,677
$
59,883
$
36,250
$ 108,023
$
25,567
$ 605,484
$
42,724
$
1,185
$ 1,320,797
$ 1,052,970
56,716
$
$
45,470
$ 1,155,156
$ 165,641
$
$
488,070
653,711
To request a copy of our independent auditor’s report, please contact our bookkeeper: [email protected]
News from Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry • www.oprffoodpantry.org
Michele Zurakowski, Executive Director J. Peter Clark, Board President
This report is full of
successes made possible by your support. More volunteers
worked more hours on
behalf of our clients
than in any other year.
A record number of
donors supported our
efforts to provide hunPhoto courtesy Matt Kosterman
ger relief in our community. All this allowed us to provide more (and
healthier!) food to more clients than ever before.
We invite you to review this report and take pride in
how your gifts have made a difference in the lives of
44,679 individuals this year. On behalf of the board,
staff and clients we serve: Thank You!
Pulse
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