Annual Report • FY2015 - The Food Bank Of Western Massachusetts

Annual Report • FY2015
October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015
Dear Friends,
The Food Bank is cookin’ up all kinds of recipes to end hunger thanks to you — our enduring partners and donors — who believe
in our vision “of a Western Massachusetts
where no one goes hungry and everyone
has access to nutritious food.” Your social
investment in our mission enables us to advance this vision day in and day out. In the
accompanying letter from our colleague,
Frank, you will read his reflection on our accomplishments over the last couple of years
under our new strategic plan.
FY16 Board of Directors
President
Brandon Braxton
MassDevelopment
1st Vice President
Jacqueline Charron
PeoplesBank
2nd Vice President
Alan Peterfreund
SageFox Consulting Group
We’d like to share a few recipes from this year’s recipe book (aka strategic plan): Feed, Lead
and Strengthen. We are beginning to burst at the seams of our warehouse in Hatfield as we
try to distribute more food every year to feed struggling individuals and families. We are doing
everything we can to squeeze every last bit of operational efficiency to postpone the day when
we will need to make a major investment in upgrading our warehouse. Last year, we installed
a new cooler to store and merchandise fresh vegetables to our partner local feeding programs.
This year, we will purchase a new truck to strengthen our Mobile Food Bank program. We are
determined to move food more quickly through our warehouse. This year, we will also determine
our future infrastructure needs to support our long-term growth.
Speaking of growth, in partnership with the Kestrel Land Trust, we are actively exploring the
possibility of purchasing a second Food Bank Farm. Motivated by our successful Food Bank Farm
in Hadley that we’ve owned since 1992, we wish to expand our own source of fresh local vegetables and reduce our dependency on trucking in produce from afar. This effort aligns with our
feed strategy to provide healthier food as well as strengthen our food sourcing capacity. We will
recruit local farmers to manage this farm as we do at the current Food Bank Farm. In this manner, we will also support the local food economy and protect farm land at risk of development.
Lastly, this January, we launched a Task Force to End Hunger to accelerate our lead strategy. This
Task Force is comprised of 26 thought leaders from many different sectors of society ranging
from health, housing, workforce development and private business to our partner local feeding
programs, government, faith community and organized labor. Together, we are committed to developing a bold, yet pragmatic, action plan to end hunger by leveraging our region’s unique and
diverse assets and opportunities through a collaborative and multi-faceted approach. While we
acknowledge this goal will take time, we also accept the fact that we cannot food bank our way
out of hunger. The hunger epidemic in our region and across the country is simply far too great.
Hunger and food insecurity — not knowing where your next meal will come from — is a societal
problem that can only be solved by society as a whole. To that end, we will also convene four
community forums — one in each of our region’s four counties. We want to engage everyone in
this plan. We take our mission seriously because we know you do too. Thank you so much for
your faith in The Food Bank.
Treasurer
Christel Harju
Meyers Brothers, Kalicka, CPA
Clerk
Cynthia Simison
The Republican
Jason Adams
Pioneer Cold Logistics
Edward Burke
Big Y World Class Market
William Dávila, Ed.D.
Center for Human Development
Dale Duquette
Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Erica Flores
Skoler, Abbott, & Presser, PC
Brooke Lacey
Health New England
Mark LoBello
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
David Lusteg
Merrill Lynch
Michael Papaleo
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Archbishop Timothy Paul
Council of Churches of
Greater Springfield
David Pinsky
Tighe & Bond
Bob Pura, Ph.D.,
Greenfield Community College
Brandon Braxton,
Mass Development
Incoming Board President
Andrew Morehouse,
The Food Bank’s Executive Director
Frank Robinson, Ph.D.
Baystate Health
Table of Contents
What’s cooking — a letter from
the President and the Executive Director
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pg. 2
The Food Bank’s Recipe to End Hunger —
Savoring the experience and a taste of what it takes
pg. 3
Big Y World Class Market’s Recipe
pg. 4
At the Table — about 200 community agencies
pg. 5
The Express Lane — getting food directly
to hungry people pg. 6
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Quantity and Quality
pg. 7
Check Please
pg. 8
Friends Share Their Recipes
pg. 9
Cooks in the Kitchen — from students
to seniors, it takes a lot of help
pg. 10
Foodies Unite — advocacy wins results
pg. 11
Picking Up the Tab — meeting the bottom
line & those who help us get there
pg. 12-15
Dear Friends,
I am struck by the achievements of The Food
Bank as I reflect on the last eight years of my
tenure on the Board of Directors. I want everyone who invests in The Food Bank in one way or
another to have full confidence in this great mission-driven organization. The Food Bank stands
out as a high-performing non-profit organization
that knows how to get things done.
The Food Bank effectively combines process and
relationships to achieve results. Briefly, let me
explain. Two years ago, The Food Bank initiated
its current strategic plan when I became Board
President. Having engaged in a community-wide
planning process, this plan now leverages relationships with food and funds donors, our partner local feeding programs, all levels of government and others to achieve maximum impact. Given the current economic landscape, we are
committed to feeding more food and healthier food to households at risk of hunger.
Our strategic plan (aka recipe to end hunger) has three broad strategies: Feed, Lead and
Strengthen. Our primary Feed goal by 2018 is to distribute 8.6 million meals annually through
food acquisition and distribution, and SNAP enrollment (which would be a ten percent increase
over 2013). I am proud to report that last fiscal year, we exceeded this goal in only the second
year of our five-year plan. In short, one of our recipes to end hunger is to make a larger pie of
food assistance.
Our more challenging goal is to ensure food equity across all four counties of Western Massachusetts. By 2018, we want every food-insecure household to have equal access to Food Bank
food assistance regardless of the county in which they live. Back in 2013, on average, Hampden County households received less than half the amount of food assistance than the same
household in any of the other three counties — Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire Counties.
The network of local feeding programs in Hampden County is much smaller and more fragile
relative to the much larger number of people who are hungry. In the last two years, we have
made significant progress in carving out a bigger slice to Hampden County of a growing food
assistance pie. Although there is still more work to be done to achieve our food equity goal, I
am confident we will get there. In this report, you will learn how your investment is making this
possible. Thank you!
FY15 Board of Directors
President
Frank Robinson, Ph.D.
Partners for a Healthier Community
1st Vice President
Brandon Braxton
MassDevelopment
2nd Vice President
Jeffrey Yeager
Guardian Life Insurance Company
of America
Treasurer
Jacqueline Charron
PeoplesBank
Clerk
Nancy Sherman
Community volunteer
Jason Adams
Pioneer Cold Logistics
Edward Burke
Big Y World Class Market
William Dávila, Ed.D.
Center for Human Development
Dale Duquette
Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Susan Fentin
Skoler, Abbott & Presser, PC
Christel Harju
Meyers Brothers Kalicka, CPA
Brooke Lacey
Community Foundation of
Western Massachusetts
Mark LoBello
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Frank Robinson,
Baystate Health
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Open Pantry Community Services
Michael Papaleo
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Archbishop Timothy Paul
Council of Churches of
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Northampton Survival Center
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SageFox Consulting Group
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Tighe & Bond
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Big Y World Class Market’s
Recipe to End Hunger
There are a lot of ingredients in Big Y’s recipe to end hunger. In addition to the company’s
core work of providing a World Class experience to customers while caring for their home
food needs, Big Y is committed to being a good partner in the many communities it serves.
At The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, we can say that when it comes to feeding
hungry people, this family owned and operated company is the leader in donated food!
635,353 pounds of food,* or 52% of all the locally donated food we receive at The Food
Bank, comes from Big Y. And that’s just the main ingredient!
Big Y also commits a senior executive to serve on The Food Bank Board of Directors. Ed
Burke, Director of Supply Chain Management, is in his 9th year of service during which he
has been a valuable contributor and adviser to The Food Bank.
Big Y donates a driver and tractor trailer to transport food weekly to our Berkshire depot,
supplying local pantries and people with access to good, nutritious food.
And Big Y encourages its customers to donate by spearheading the Sack Hunger campaign
in its stores and on its website each year. In 2015, that campaign resulted in an additional
51,248 lbs. of donated food.
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(10/1/2014 – 9/30/2015):
Product Category
Pounds
Frozen Meat
Retail Food Rescue
Canned/Frozen Vegetables
Cereal
Non- Meat Protein
Pasta
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
Rice
Mixed Assorted Foods
Meals/Entrees/Soups
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242,447
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FY15 Food Distribution
Total Pounds Distributed 9,922,203
(equivalent to 8,268,503 meals)
Pounds Distributed
Berkshire – 1,863,107
Franklin – 1,053,427
Hampden – 5,451,874
Hampshire – 1,553,795
Average Monthly Visits to Member
Agencies by Individuals
Berkshire – 15,713
Franklin – 8,545
Hampden – 43,742
Hampshire – 14,931
FY15 Food Distribution by Type
Pounds
Food Pantries
Mobile Food Bank
Brown Bag: Food for Elders
Meal Sites
Drug Rehabilitation
Residential Programs
Shelters
Youth Programs, Camps, & Childcare
Internal Pantries
Adult & Elder Programs
Total Distributed Pounds FY15
6,954,505
887,717
841,855
768,330
158,411
126,853
82,851
58,128
34,545
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Member Agencies, our (not so) secret ingredient
The Western Massachusetts emergency food network is comprised of more than 200 partner
feeding programs in our four-county region. They play a crucial role in assisting hungry households. These programs include meal sites, pantries, shelters, residential homes, childcare
facilities, elderly living facilities and other feeding programs.
Each local program has its own unique effect on the lives of the people they serve. Together
with The Food Bank, we strive to ensure that everyone has access to healthy food, regardless
of their circumstances.
In August 2015, The Food Banked launched a new website that includes a user-friendly tool
to find food assistance locally. The new Agency Locator Tool allows people to search a map by
zip code, town, or street address to locate the feeding program nearest them.
Check it out at
www.foodbankwma.org/get-help/locate-a-local-feeding-program
Members taste $50,000 in awards
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts awarded grants to 16 member agencies, worth nearly $50,000. The agencies used those funds to purchase refrigerators and freezers for storage of perishable food. This is just one of the ways we’re strengthening the emergency food network by building capacity.
Agency
Christian Pentacostal
Community Survival Center
Holy Redeemer Cathedral
Iglesia El Dios Incomparable
Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen and Pantry
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services
Open Pantry
Our Community Food Pantry
Palmer Food Share
Providence Ministries (Kate’s Kitchen)
Salvation Army
Salvation Army
St. Vincent de Paul
Third Baptist Church
USO Council of Pioneer Valley
Wales Community Food Pantry
Equipment
Refrigerator & chest freezer
Commercial refrigerator
Commercial refrigerator
Commercial refrigerator
Facility upgrades
Facility upgrades
Commercial refrigerator
Facility upgrades
Facility upgrades
Electrical upgrades for walk-in fridge and freezer
Commercial freezer
Commercial freezer
Refrigerator & freezer
Facility upgrades and commercial freezer
2-section refrigerator
Commercial refrigerator
City/Town
Holyoke
Indian Orchard
Springfield
Holyoke
Chicopee
Springfield
Springfield
Southwick
Palmer
Holyoke
Holyoke
Springfield
Adams
Springfield
Chicopee
Wales
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Our Family Foundation (Stop & Shop)
Doubles Mobile Outreach
Stop & Shop has been busy cooking up ways to feed hungry people. Thanks to its
charitable arm, Our Family Foundation, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will
soon be able to double the reach of our Mobile Food Bank program, one of the ways
The Food Bank delivers food directly to our neighbors. Trucks full of fresh groceries
bring healthy, nutritious foods to neighborhoods with limited access. In fiscal year
2015, the Mobile Food Bank made monthly visits to 13 sites throughout Western
Massachusetts, providing more than 887,000 pounds of food thanks to Our Family
Foundation. With an additional $300,000 grant from the Foundation, The Food Bank
will be purchasing another truck and doubling the number of mobile food distributions over the next three years!
Mobile Food Banks are only one ingredient in Stop & Shop’s Recipe to End Hunger.
They conduct the Food For Friends customer campaign (a point-of-sale fundraiser),
field the largest Will Bike 4 Food team each September, enrich our Board of Directors
with the expertise of District Director Dale Duquette, and donated 581,800 pounds of
food in FY15.
Oct. 1, 2014 – Sept. 30, 2015
Stop & Shop Donations
Retail Rescue
Meat Rescue
Mixed Assorted Foods
Non-Meat Protein
Meals/Entrees/Soups
Bread/Bakery
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
Dairy
Prepared Perishable Food
Non-Foods
Pounds
303,190
218,375
33,951
19,719
4,976
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Brown Bag provides reliability to seniors
For any recipe to be truly great, it must be consistent and reliable. You can continue to make it over and
over again, and you know you can count on it to come out fantastic every time.
For nearly 7,900 seniors in Western Massachusetts, our Brown Bag: Food for Elders program is a reliable
source of healthy groceries they can count on month after month. Since 1983, we have been delivering
free bags of nutritious food that enables them to make easy meals and eat a balanced diet.
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I have been with Brown Bag over 15 years, receiving the once-amonth program. I make sure I am well and ready to go each time.
I wish it could be twice a month. I love it.
—Brown Bag recipient
Older Americans face unique challenges that contribute to hunger and food insecurity. Many seniors live
on fixed incomes that often force them to choose between paying for prescriptions and buying groceries. Seniors are particularly vulnerable because they have unique nutritional needs related to aging and/
or medical conditions.
In 2015, The Food Bank added three new distribution locations — in Brimfield, Lee and Ware for a total
of 47 hub sites and 49 satellite sites to surrounding communities.
Volunteers fill brown bags with food
for distribution in Westfield.
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Brown Bag
Number of seniors served
Berkshire – 1,328
Franklin – 1,110
Hampden – 4,188
Hampshire – 1,267
Total — 7,893
Number of Brown Bag
distribution sites
Berkshire – 20
Franklin – 16
Hampden – 35
Hampshire – 25
Total — 96
SNAP: The biggest recipe bang for the buck
The Supplemental Nutrition Food Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest
and most effective strategy to prevent hunger in the United States dating back to
1964. Federally-funded and state-administered, The Food Bank collaborates with
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to conduct outreach and to assist eligible
residents to apply for SNAP benefits. The very strict application requirements and
income verifications mean that individuals who receive these nutrition benefits
desperately need them. In no way could The Food Bank replace this vast food assistance program.
The Food Bank’s SNAP team leverages this highly economical recipe to assist food
insecure households who do not earn enough to feed themselves or who cannot work because they are children, elders or have disabilities. The SNAP team
prescreens every client and (if eligible) completes an application. Extensive case
management is provided to ensure every applicant is approved.
This year proved extremely challenging to apply for, and receive, this vital resource.
The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (which administers the
SNAP program) implemented a business process redesign which created unique
challenges resulting in a decline in the number of eligible SNAP recipients in the
Commonwealth. This forced hungry individuals to seek food assistance at local food
pantries and meal sites.
Despite these challenges, our SNAP team submitted 1,290 applications, resulting in
906 households, or 1,584 individuals being approved for benefits. The annualized
economic impact of these households’ total monthly SNAP food purchases is valued
at $3.9 million (based on an average monthly benefit of $200 per SNAP household and an economic multiplier effect when more dollars flow through the local
economy).
The Food Bank’s
FY15 SNAP Outreach
1,290 applications submitted
906 applications approved
70% application approval rating
Nutrition Outreach
provides nutritious supplements for good health
As any cook will tell you, the best recipes are as healthy
as they are delicious. Unfortunately, choosing and preparing the most nutritious food to feed yourself or your
family is not always easy for people who rely on food
assistance. Our nutrition outreach team provides our
community partners with a variety of approaches aimed
at helping people develop healthier eating and shopping
habits, regardless of their financial situation. Our team
worked with more than 4,800 individuals, holding 120
events across all four counties of Western Massachusetts,
including:
Nutrition Workshops & Food Samplings — 2,150 individuals received information ranging from healthy eating
and basic nutrition to Nutrition for recovery.
Supermarket Tours — Twelve supermarket tours taught
111 individuals healthy eating habits and helpful tips for
shopping on a budget.
Nutrition Outreach at our Mobile Food Bank — More
than 2,400 individuals received basic nutrition resources.
Food Safety Training — 80 employees and volunteers
of our partner local feeding programs received ServSafe
certification and food handler training.
A volunteer helps one of our registered dieticians with a food demonstration
held at a community agency.
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Will Bike 4 Food
Four routes. One destination. A community without hunger.
With the perfect blend of riders, donors, volunteers and sponsors, the 5th Annual Will Bike 4 Food charity cycling event proved to
be the biggest one yet. We’d like to thank all of the 280 riders that registered for one of four different routes through the Pioneer
Valley and helped raise $100,000 to benefit The Food Bank. The
event drew the most team participation ever with 30 teams
made up of businesses, schools, friends and family. For the
second straight year, Stop & Shop not only had the largest team
with 26 riders, but they were also the event’s top team fundraiser of more than $9,900. The total funds raised provided an
additional 300,000 meals for our neighbors in need.
The success of Will Bike 4 Food was also made possible through
the support of our generous sponsors, including: Alekman DiTusa, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, C&S Wholesale Grocers,
Cooley Dickinson Health Care, DMS, Easthampton Savings Bank,
Health New England, Hits 94.3, Tighe & Bond, WHMP, WRSI and
WWLP-22 News. In addition, many in-kind donations for the
event were provided by Berkshire Brewing Company, Coca-Cola,
River Valley Market, Signature Sounds, Speed & Sprocket Cycle
Works, Smithsonian Caterers, Stop & Shop Supermarket, Tandem
Bagel Company, Team East BMX and Whole Foods Market.
Fork It Over For Food
Check Out Hunger
In this annual campaign, local restaurants and eateries joined
forces with The Food Bank to rally their customers around a
common cause. When diners visited these restaurants, they
were invited to make a donation to The Food Bank when their
dining check arrived. For the first time, restaurants also had
the chance to participate in other ways, including hosting
a percent of sales night or creating a signature menu item.
Through their support, the campaign raised more than $10,200
to help feed our neighbors in need.
Check Out Hunger invites food shoppers to contribute
$1, $3 or $5 to The Food Bank through point-of-sale
displays at participating local retailers each year. This
year, grocery stores, cooperative markets, independent
retailers, bakeries and coffee shops collected more
than $25,600, providing more than 76,800 meals.
Fork it Over For Food’s Top Ten Donors
Paul & Elizabeth’s
Mi Tierra
Burger King
Alta Restaurant and Wine Bar
Northampton Brewery
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West End Pub
Bridgeside Grille
Fitzwilly’s Restaurant
Spoleto
Yarde House
Check Out Hunger’s Top Ten
Participating Businesses
PriceRite
Cornucopia Foods
Foster’s Super Market, Inc.
Whole Foods Market
River Valley Market LLC
Berkshire Co-Op Market
Green Fields & McCusker’s
Co-op Markets
Old Creamery Cooperative
Atkins Farms
Big E’s Supermarket
Monte’s Recipe to End Hunger a Walk the Walk
Whether it’s 26 miles or 43 miles, 93.9 FM-The River’s radio host Chris “Monte” Belmonte has found a recipe for engaging the
community, getting his listeners to follow him anywhere and raising lots of money to end hunger in Western Massachusetts.
On November 6, 2014, battling high winds and steady rain, Monte
accompanied by Congressman Jim McGovern and The Food Bank’s
Executive Director Andrew Morehouse, pushed a shopping cart
from Northampton to Greenfield to raise awareness and funds to
support The Food Bank’s mission. By the day’s end, the event raised
just over $66,000 in donations — the most in the annual event’s
five-year history.
So, why not walk for 2 days, across 3 counties? That’s the challenge
Monte put out after hearing about the food desert that exists in
Springfield’s Mason Square neighborhood. On November 23, 2015
Monte, Congressman McGovern, and Andrew Morehouse were
joined by Congressman Richard Neal, MGM-Springfield, the Sheriff’s
Department and other community leaders who wished them well
as they set off this time from St. John’s Congregational Church in
Springfield. Over two chilly days, Monte’s March more than doubled
the money* raised from the previous year and shined the light on
hunger and food insecurity in Hampden County as well as Hampshire and Franklin. We can’t wait to see what Monte is cookin’ up
for next year!
*Totals from this event will be counted in FY2016
annual financial statement
From right, Monte Belmonte, Congressman James McGovern,
Andrew Morehouse and a host of supporters march through the rain
from Northampton to Greenfield.
Friends Share
Each year, hundreds of individuals, groups and businesses hold events to raise funds to support the mission of The Food
Bank. This list acknowledges those who raised $500 or more.
$20,000+
93.9 The River “Monte’s March”
Stop & Shop Supermarket
$5,000 – $10,000
Western Area Massachusetts Dietetic
Association 5k Run/Walk
WHAI Bear Country Food Drive
$2,500 – $4,999
CROP Hunger Walk
Fallon Health Fundraiser
Kayla + Cam’s Ride for Hunger Relief Project
“Mayor’s Cup” Golf Tournament
Souper Bowl of Caring
Unilever Fundraiser Campaign
$500 – $999
Atlas Chiropractic Patient Appreciation Day
Center for Cultural Evolution’s “Solstice Story Telling Concert”
Church of Christ Congregational “Steeple Run Fundraiser”
Deerfield Elementary 2nd Grade Craft Fair
Empty Bowls
Green River Yoga Fundraiser
Kayla Breor’s “Food City Turners Falls Fund Raiser”
The People’s Pint “Free Turkey Dinner” Event
Rent-A-Center “Soup to Nuts” Store Drive
Santec Consulting Services Fund Drive
UMASS Music Department Jazz Fundraiser
Yankee Candle Fundraiser
$1,000 – $2,499
Crane Hill Disc Golf Club Ice Bowl
Deerfield Academy Baking Club
Frontier Regional School Basketball Fundraiser
Northfield Mount Hermon School Reunion Fundraiser
Paul Accorsi Wine Tasting Party
Paul Rich & Son’s Fundraiser
Performance Food Group Food & Fund Drive
Springfield Falcons “Goals For Groceries”
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Youth Education pours opportunity into classrooms
Understanding what food insecurity means and looks like in our region begins in the classroom. The Food Bank engages area
youth at all levels in this learning. With a gallon of elementary kids, a quart of high school students, and a cup of college undergraduates, we provide young people an opportunity to learn about hunger and take action to help others in their community.
Our most popular resource is the Youth Against Hunger! (YAH!) curriculum, which is designed to assist K-12 teachers to lead
discussions in the classroom about food insecurity and its place in the food system. Comprised of concise learning plans, YAH! also
provides opportunities for youth to get involved in initiatives, service-learning projects and advocacy efforts in their community.
Throughout the year …
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The Food Bank engaged 3,271 youth across the four counties of Western Massachusetts.
n Area youth collected a total of 20,656 pounds of food at 55 food drives.
n 1,213 students volunteered a total of 3,051 hours to support our efforts to feed our neighbors in need.
Once held annually, The Food Bank’s Family Volunteer Days
are now held monthly, welcoming volunteers of all ages
to learn about the work we do and to support our community. Guests choose between a number of educational
and hands-on activities such as sorting and packaging food
donations, decorating our grocery brown bags for seniors,
learning about nutrition and touring the warehouse.
Youth from around Western Massachusetts collected food for
people in need during the week leading up to the NFL’s Super
Bowl. More than just a typical food drive, elementary and
middle school students engaged in some friendly competition
as they battled to collect the most pounds of food per student.
Students from 17 Springfield elementary schools collected 8,085
pounds, while students from Williams Middle School in Longmeadow collected 166 pounds.
Food Bank Volunteers spice things up
One of the most important elements of any great recipe is the generous use of
spices. They complement one another, and enhance the unique flavors of any
dish. Without them, the recipe would simply fall flat.
At The Food Bank, our volunteers are the spice in our recipe. Each day, we
rely on their hard work and dedication to our vision of a Western Massachusetts where no one goes hungry and everyone has access to healthy food. We
couldn’t operate without the tireless work of the people who come together
to have fun and build a stronger community. They truly extend the work of our
organization.
Throughout the year, individuals and groups (including corporate, community
and student) provide their time and talent in a number of ways, including:
Food Processing — they conduct quality control, sort, weigh, and pack donated
dry goods, frozen meat, dairy products, and vegetables throughout the year.
Support Special Events — they promote and support food drives, benefits, and
special Food Bank fundraising events and campaigns (such as Will Bike 4 Food).
Support Programs — they assist with advocacy & outreach initiatives, SNAP
enrollment, nutrition presentations, the Mobile Food Bank, and Brown Bag: Food for Elders program.
Administrative Support — they coordinate mailings, manage filing and copying projects, make phone calls, and assist with data entry at
our office in Hatfield.
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Advocacy Unifies Voices to help end hunger
The Food Bank leads the community in bringing issues of hunger and, more broadly food insecurity, to the forefront by empowering people
with information and the means for their voice to be heard. We rally like-minded hunger advocates across the region to urge state and federal
legislators to marshall the resources needed to feed our neighbors in need as we lead the community to end hunger. Collectively, our voices
have the power to bring positive change.
Massachusetts Emergency Food
Assistance Program (MEFAP)
MEFAP provides critical funding for the four food
banks across the Commonwealth to purchase healthy
food for our neighbors in need. Due to the increasing
need for food assistance in our region, The Food Bank
advocated for an increase in state-wide MEFAP funding from $15 million to $20million through grassroots
efforts and social media with the other food banks,
our partner local feeding programs, community groups
and donor advocates. In June 2015, the state budget
passed with $17 million allocated for MEFAP. We
succeeded in raising an additional $2 million worth
of nutritious food, including local vegetables from
Pioneer Valley farmers.
We thank the entire Western Massachusetts state
legislative delegation for supporting this increase in
MEFAP funding.
A volunteer helps pack bags of
food for distribution.
Massachusetts Legislator Peter Kocot (left), and The Food Bank’s executive
director Andrew Morehouse (right).
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
The Commonwealth instituted a SNAP business process redesign
in October 2014 intended to make the program more efficient. Instead, nearly 90,000 eligible clients were denied benefits and local
feeding programs reported a marked increase in individuals seeking
food assistance. Led by The Food Bank, the Western Massachusetts
SNAP Coalition focused on the crippling problems, which sparked
several news stories and motivated elected officials to investigate
why Massachusetts was failing its residents in need. The Food Bank
worked closely with state-wide advocates and the new DTA Commissioner Jeff McCue to implement changes that have reversed the
erroneous denials and restored access to benefits for thousands of
eligible recipients who are struggling to make ends meet and put
food on the table.
We thank everyone who raised their voices to secure these two
critical pillars of food assistance.
(Left to right) State Representative Brian Ashe, State Senator James
Welch, and State Representative Todd Smola (standing) discuss effective
advocacy practices with our Hampden County member agencies.
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Financials
Statement of Financial Position*
Current Assets
2,725,894
Fixed Assets (net)
3,151,189
Other Assets
1,967,661
TOTAL ASSETS
$7,844,744
Accounts Payable
248,327
Other Current Liabilities
194,453
Long Term Liabilities
0
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$442,780
Net Assets
$7,401,964
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$7,844,744
* As of 9/30/15 Complete audited financial statements are available upon request.
Income
Expenses
Food
11,917,002
Individuals and
corporate donations
2,330,132
Grants
1,012,726
Government Grants
251,167
Member Programs
543,524
Other
TOTAL
Program
Administration
Development
TOTAL
14,323,618
408,455
615,661
$15,347,734
68,979
$16,123,530
Income
Expenses
Individuals and corporate donations, 14%
Administration, 3%
Development, 4%
Grants, 6%
Government Grants, 2%
Member programs, 3%
Other, 0%
Food, 74%
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Programs, 93%
Donors
FY15 • Oct. 1, 2014 – Sept. 30, 2015
$200,000+
Anonymous (1)
$100,000 – $199,999
Anonymous (1)
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous (3)
Ms. Jean Jones Beard
Ms. Patricia Callahan and Mr. David Dee
Mr. Edward Clark and Ms. Jani Clark
Mr. Daniel Goleman
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tate
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous (3)
Mark and Michele Aldrich
Mr. Nicholas Boraski
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. DeRose
Ms. Holly Edwards
Ms. Martha Feick
Mr. and Mrs. William Gorth
Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Griffiths
Mr. Tim James
Mr. Dylan Korpita
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Lopatka
Mrs. Jane Murdock
Ms. Joanne Murphy
Mr. Alan Peterfreund
Ms. Ashley Schaffer
Ms. Eva Schocken
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Wilkinson
$2,500 - $4,999
Ms. Ann Barker
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bartlett
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Carroll
Ms. Julie Caswell and Mr. Richard Rogers
Ms. Julie Chalfant
Ms. Clarissa D. Coffin
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cohen
Mr. Michael Erdil and Ms. Elizabeth E. Glackin
Mr. Robert Gilmore
Mr. Richard Giroux
Prof. Frederick Griffiths
Mr. Colin Harrington and Ms. Deborah Balmuth
Mr. Kenneth Harstine and Ms. Sandra Ward
Jack Hornor and Ron Skinn
Dr. Raymond Hubbe and Ms. Ginger Burn
Ms. Judith F. Jackson and Mr. John F. Aronson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kemp
George Levinger and Ann Levinger
Mr. and Mrs. William Manning
Mr. Cameron Nevin
Ms. Ruth Perry
Ms. Sarah Pick
Mrs. Linda Pickreign
Mr. Prashanth Rajashekhar
Ms. Lucy Tirk
Ms. Diane Travis and Dr. Peter Weitzman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Viarengo
Ms. Joan Wofford
Ms. Judith Zahn
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (9)
Ms. Elizabeth Adams
Mr. Alfred Albano
Ms. Emily Alexander and Mr. John Alexander
Mr. Cary Antill and Ms. Jennifer Miller-Antil
Ms. Doris S. Atkinson
Charles and Kathleen Baatz
Ms. Sibylle Baier
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Beauregard
Beth and Larry Beede
Mr. Christopher Begley
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Belden
Mr. Robert Bezucha and Ms. Jenny Kallick
Shilpa Bhatia
Mr. Nicholas Boivin
Ms. Kit Sang Boos and Mr. Stephen Boos
Estate of Carol J Borowiec
Mr. Kenneth Boutin and Ms. Rosalie Boutin
Ms. Jane Braus
Ms. Martha Brouwer and J Pappenheimer
Ms. Elizabeth H. Brown and Mr. Dennis Brown
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Buchanan
Mrs. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and Mr. Robert Jonas
Ms. Cheryl Burke and Mr. Elliott Burke
Mr. Edward Burke
Mr. Charles Calkins
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Campbell
Ms. Katherine Campbell
Ms. Christina Canty
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen V. Capone
Dr. Paul Carlan and Ms. Sarah Carlan
Mr. William Carter, Jr. and Ms. Teddy Carter
Dr. Giulio Cavalli
Mr. William Chevillet
Ms. Laurie Chivers
Mr. David Cimma
Mr. Paul Clark and Ms. Carol Parrish
Ms. Elizabeth A. Coates and Mr. Bruce S. Finke
Mr. Michael Cohen and Ms. Chia Collins
Dr. Maurice Cohen
Mr. Charles M. Cohn and Ms. Catherine H. Smith
Ms. Susan Colby
Ms. Patty Crane and Mr. Tim Crane
Mr. Lloyd and Mrs. Suzanne Crawford
Dr. Francis Croke
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cromwell
Ms. Margaret Culley
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cutting
Mr. Jeffrey Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Peter DeRose
Ms. Lisa d’Errico
Ms. Judith Dolven and Mr. John Dolven
Mr. Charles Dragon and Ms. Veronica Dragon
Ms. Marcy Eisenberg
Mr. Arnold Eisman and Mrs. Barbara Eisman
Stephen and Judith Ellenburg
Mr. John J. Ernst
Leslie Fairfield and Lynn Fairfield
Mr. William Farrington
Mr. Barry Feingold and Ms. Marci Yoss
Jean Fielding
Mrs. Marcia W. Fix and Mr. Jerry D. Fix
Ms. Carol A. Fountain
Ms. Lyn Frazier
Ms. Sarah Freedman and Ms. Colleen Boyle
Mr. Benno Friedman
Ms. Carol Garner and Mr. Steven Schwartz
Ms. Mauricia Geissler
Mr. David Gengler
Mr. Richard Germain
Mr. Robert Gery and Mrs. Gloria Gery
Ms. Sharron Gifford and Mr. David Koncki
Mrs. Jette Goldman
Mr. John Gorman and Ms. Andreana Lemmon
Ms. Jennifer Gover and Mr. Alexander Wolf
Ms. Tamara Greeman
Ms. Alisa Greenbacher
Ms. Ellen Grobman and Mr. Vandy Bollinger
Mr. Dan Hale
Ms. Mary H. Hall
Mr. James Harris and Ms. Lois Harris
Ms. Susan Hartung
Mr. Peter Healey and Ms. Ticia Kane
Ms. Lucy Holland
Dr. Leslie M. Howard
Ms. Tina Howard and Mr. Jonathan Gould
Mr. and Mrs. Sandro Ingari
Mr. Barry Isenstein
Ms. Karen Jackson and Mr. Mark Jackson
Dr. Carolyn Jacobs
Michael Bulman and Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
Mr. Sut Jhally
Mr. Walter and Mrs. Joan Johnson
Dr. Debra J. Junnila and Mr. Scott D. Edmands
Ms. Anne Keppler
Mr. Richard Kowalski
Dr. Neil Kudler and Rabbi Nancy Flam
Mr. and Ms. Robert LaPalme
Ms. Danielle Lawton and Mr. Karl Hartshorn
Mr. Richard D. LeBlanc
Ms. Melissa Legg and Mr. Richard Reeves
Ms. Sue and Mr. Joseph LoBello
Ms. Johanna Mailloux
Ms. Sarah Marshall and Mr. Douglas Marshall
Mr. John Maunders
Mr. Paul McCutcheon
Congressman Jim McGovern
Ms. Elizabeth A. McNelly
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Miller
Ms. Patricia Miller
Mr. Robert Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Minton
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Minton
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell
Kathy and Dick Mochak
Mr. Jeff Momot
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moran
Ms. Andrea Morris
Dr. Jeffrey Mulhern
Mr. Jeffrey Murdock
Mr. Michael Nancollas
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Oakes Jr.
Ms. Margret O’Hare
Mr. John Olver
Mr. John J. and Mrs. Dorothy B. Pajak
Dr. Deborah Panitch and Mr. James J. Tierney
Mr. Michael Papaleo
Mrs. Valerie Parsegian
Claudia and Steven Perles Family Foundation
Ms. Eve Peterfreund
Ms. Constance Adams Platt
Dr. Martin Poppo and Mrs. Betty Poppo
Mr. William Porter IV and Ms. Sarah Porter
Ms. Patricia Poulter
Ms. Lauren Preston-Wells
Mr. Sean Pringle
Mr. Michael Quinn and Ms. Ellen Deibert
Ms. Jennifer Rippel and Mr. Lou Franco
Ms. Elizabeth Roop and Mr. Richard Hillier
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Rosenthal
Mr. Richard Roughton
Ms. Brenda Salyer
Lise and Eric Sanders
Mrs. Elizabeth Sayman
Mr. George M. Schmeck
Ms. Peggy Shannon and Ms. Nina Dabek
Ms. Susan Shilliday
Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Speth
Mr. David and Mrs. Peggy Starr
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stein
Ms. Cynthia Sullivan
Mr. Robert Supnik
Ms. Roxanne Suprina and Mr. Ulric Gelinas
Ms. Marie Swift
Mrs. Erin Travis and Mr. Richey Travis
Mr. James A. Trostle and Ms. Lynn M. Morgan
Ms. Karen Lauter Utgoff
Mr. Steven Veit
Mrs. Norma Vinick
Mrs. Katherine Vorwerk Feldman and Mr. Robert Feldman
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mr. Bruce Mann
Dr. Edward Welch Jr., D.D.S.
Ms. Nicoletta Welsh and Mr. Robert Welsh
Ms. Judith Wilkinson and Mr. Lionel Delevingne
Dr. Bruce Wintman and Ms. Jonna Gaberman
Ms. Ellen Wittlinger and Mr. David Pritchard
$500 - $999
Anonymous (9)
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Alcaide
Mr. Charles Alvanos and Mrs. Susan Alvanos
Jody Anderson
Ms. Rachel Andres
Mr. Peter Atwood
Ms. Ashley Aurthur
Mr. M. V. Lee Badgett and Ms. Elizabeth Silver
Dr. Andrew Balder and Ms. Cynthia Sommer
Ms. Jacqueline Baldyga
Mrs. Helen F Barber
Mr. and Mrs. David Bartlett
Ms. Pauline Bassett
Dr. Vilaire Bayard Jr
Mrs. Marguerite Bedell
Mrs. Linda Belanger and Mr. Herman Belanger
Ms. Sandra Berkowitz and Mr. Eric Berkowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Channing L. Bete Jr.
Mrs. Bunny Bewick
Rabi Bhattacharjee
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Bixby
Barbara and Joseph Blumenthal
Dr. Samuel H. Borden
Dr. Claude Borowsky and Ms. Karen Kinsch
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Borsari
Ms. Beatrice Botch and Mr. Peter Samal
Mr. Steven Botkin and Mrs. Joan Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bowen
Ms. Susan Brano
Mrs. Carolyn Broughton-Willett
Mr. Roy S. Brown and Ms. Malita R. Brown
Ms. Elizabeth Brown
Mr. Gary J. Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Durham Caldwell
Mr. John A. Cameron
Mr. James Cawse and Ms. Marietta Rapetti Cawse
Ms. Joanne Chamberlain
Ms. Suzanne Chornyak and Mr. Peter Chornyak
Mr. Jonathan F. Clapp and Ms. Cecelia T. Schmieder
Ms. Marlynn Clayton and Mr. Garry Krinsky
Mr. Kenneth Cohen and Mrs. Linda Cohen
Ms. Mary Collins
Ms. Darlene Colonna
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Connington Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Contakis
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Cornelissen
Ms. Patricia Cote
Ms. Karen Croake
Ms. Carol Curtiss and Mr. Jack Curtiss
Mr. Stephen Czuchra
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list. Please contact us with any corrections or questions. This list does not include capital campaign payments.
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Donors continued
Ms. Patricia A. Dempsey
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Desi
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dickerman
Mr. Bruce Diehl and Mrs. Diane Diehl
Mr. James M. Donnelly and Ms. Maureen A. McKenna
Mr. Robert Doran and Ms. Susan Niditch
Mr. Stephen Duval
Ms. Janet Eaton
Mr. Brian Edgerly
Ms. Lisa Ekus
Tala Elia
Ms. Diana Engelhorn
Mrs. Ruth Epstein and Mr. John Epstein
Mr. Andrew Erwin
Mr. Gary Fentin and Mrs. Susan Fentin
Ms. C. Ann Flynn
Mr. Henry Flynt Jr.
Mr. Raymond Fontaine and Ms. Mary Ann Fontaine
Mr. Elliott Fortescue
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fortier, Jr.
Mr. Fran Fortino and Ms. Nancy Talanian
Melody Foti, Esq.
Mr. Christopher Frasier
Ms. Kathryn Gabriel
Mr. Daniel Gallagher
Ms. Maria Gallo
Ms. Susan Garrett
Ms. Terri Geffert
Mr. Michael Genthner and Ms. Mary Riley
Ms. Ann Ghublikian
Ms. Penny Gill
Mr. Corwin E. Greenberg and Ms. Parvati Grais
J. Haigler and C. L. Fender
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hall
Dr. Andrew Hall and Dr. Anne McKinnon
Ms. SuEllen Hamkins and Mr. Jay Indik
Ms. Mandi Hanneke and Mr. David Hanneke
Ms. Sarah Hardcastle and Mr. Evan Hardcastle
Ms. Nancy Harding
Ms. Christel Harju and Mr. William Harju
Mr. Christopher Hashikawa
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Heider
Mr. Glenn A. Heim
Ms. Anne J. Herrington and Ms. Christine Plette
Ms. Jessica Higgins and Mr. Joshua Selman
Prof. Marion E. Hoar
Ms. Margaret Holbrook and Mr. John Holbrook
Mr. Richard Hulbert
Ms. Margaret Humbert-Droz
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Jackowski
Mr. Dirk Johns and Ms. Jennifer Johns
Mr. Kelley Johnson
Mrs. Susan Kachinski
Ken and Laurel Kahn
Mr. Patrick Kamrowski and Ms. Barbara Kamrowski
Mr. Matthew Kane and Dr. Ann Markes
Mr. Jonathan Kapsten
Mr. and Mrs. John Kellogg
Ms. D’Ann Kelty and Mr. Matthew Kelty
Mr. Rajab Khanbabai
Ms. Leslie King
Mr. James Kirchhoffer
Mr. Martin Konowitch and Ms. Barbara D. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kundl
Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kurtis
Susan Lancelle and Dale Callaham
Mr. Neil Larsen
K. Francis and Melinda Lee
Ms. Alexandra Lefebvre
Ms. Elizabeth Lehman and Ms. Vanessa Smith
Mr. John Lemly and Ms. Catharine Melhorn
Ms. Stacey A. Lennard and Mr. Stephen Saxenian
Ms. Rachel Likover and Mr. Scott de Wolski
Mrs. Nancy Lindabury
Mr. George S. Lipkowitz and Ms. Keri L. Heitner
Mr. Robert Liston Jr. and Ms. Ellen Liston
Mark LoBello
Mr. Eric Loehr and Ms. Amy Wordelman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Longsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Loring
Ms. Barbara Lucey
Ms. Jill Lundin and Mr. Stacy Lundin
Mr. David Lusteg and Ms. Susan Schwallenberg
Mr. Robert Lynch
Jack, Sam, & Jake Lyons
Ms. Mary MacLean
Mr. John MacNeish and Ms. Barbara MacNeish
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Magee
Ms. Jane Mairs and Mr. Dudley Mairs
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Markham
Ms. Judith Markland
Mr. Paul Martin
Mr. John Masiero Jr. and Ms. Ada Masiero
Mr. Christopher Matz and Ms. Mary Jo Matz
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. McCallum
Ms. Mary McCarthy
Mr. Alan McClelland and Mrs. Patricia McClelland
Mr. Dan McCreary and Mrs. Margaret McCreary
Mr. Richard McGrath and Ms. Collina McGrath
Ms. Sarah McGuire
Ms. Mary McNally
Ms. Donna Meisse and Mr. Joseph Hamill
Mr. Robert Mellstrom
Mr. David Michaud
Mr. Russell Mikkola and Ms. Lisa Mikkola
Mr. Christopher Miller
John E. Miller, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mislak
Mr. John Mistark
Ms. Barbara R. Mitchell
Michael and Melissa Moran
Ms. Ann Moriarty
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin F. Morris
Ms. Ellen J. Morrison
Ms. Ann Morrissey and Mr. John Flanagan
Mr. Lawrence B. Morrisson
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mueller
Ms. Eleanor Murphy
Ms. Martha Naley
Mr. Thomas Napier and Ms. Debbie Napier
Congressman Richard Neal
Mr. David Nelson
Mr. John D. Nelson
Ms. Heather Nelson
Ms. Stephanie O’Keeffe
Mrs. Shirley R. Ostendarp
Ms. Joyce E. Palmer-Fortune
David and Ruth Pardoe
Pranay Parikh
Mr. Daniel Parker
Ms. Christine Parkhurst
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Parsons
Mr. Richard Peller and Mrs. Ellen Turner
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pelli
Lee Perras-Fontaine
Mr. Brian Phillips
Mr. David Pinsky and Ms. Debra Pinsky
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Plum
Ms. Jane Plumley
Mr. Francis Pokigo, Jr.
Mr. Derek Pramberger
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Prior
Ms. Judeth M. Rainville and Mr. Christopher Milne
Institutional Donors
$175,000+
Our Family Foundation by Stop and Shop
USDA - Rural Housing Service
Yawkey Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999
Anonymous (1)
Eos Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Walmart State Giving Program
$10,000 - $24,999
Berkshire Brewing Company Inc
Caroline Blanton Thayer Charitable Trust
Charles H. Farnsworth Charitable Trust
Charles H. Hall Foundation
Community Health Charities - New England
Cove Charitable Trust
Fair Share Foundation
Holy Family Parish
Linde Family Foundation
Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Stop & Shop New England
The Boston Foundation
The Longhill Charitable Foundation Inc
United Way of Pioneer Valley
$25,000 - $49,999
Anonymous (1)
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
BJ’s Charitable Foundation
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
General Mills, Inc
Highland Street Foundation
Panera Bread
TD Charitable Foundation
The Beveridge Family Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rajam
Mr. Louis M. Ramah
Ms. Cherie L. Rankin and Mr. Christopher A. Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Ratkiewicz
Mr. and Mrs. David I. Ratner
Mr. Thomas Re
Dr. Paul Redstone
Eric and Nancy Reeves
Mr. Roy Regozin and Ms. Laurie Regozin
Mr. John T. Risley and Mrs. Alexandra Risley Schroeder
Mr. Bernie Robbins
Mr. Frank Robinson and Ms. Dora Robinson
Mr. David M. Rogers and\ Ms. Mary M. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Roodman
Rev. Lois Rose
Ms. Eileen Ruby and Mr. Eric Bodnar
Mr. Michael Ryan
Mr. John Salema
Ms. Lora Saltis
Ms. Carol Samuels and Ms. Norene Pease
Ms. Margaret Sarkissian and Mr. Jerry Dennerline
Mr. Mark Scandling
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schiek
Mr. David Schmidt and Ms. Tracy Zafian
Mr. and Ms. Martin F. Schoenemann
Mr. Stylianos Scordilis
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Senior
Ms. Ann Shea and Peter Schilling
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Shepard
Mr. Matthew Shoulders
Ms. Linda Smircich
Mr. Lloyd N. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Snelham
Ms. Catherine Snow
Ms. Sheryl Sommer
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spanbauer
Lee and Rena Spice
Mr. Stephen W. Sroka
Ms. Andrea Stanley
Mr. Neil Stone
Ms. Andrea Stone
Ms. Elizabeth Stone and Mr. Marc Berman
Mr. Brian Sullivan
Ms. Gertrude Swain and Ms. Trudi Goheen Swain
Mr. Paul Swem and Ms. Janet Swem
Ms. Jennifer B. Swender and Mr. Paul Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Szostak
Mr. Richard C. Tavelli
Mr. William Terry
Mrs. Mary Thorpe Brown Mr. Bruce Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Toner Jr.
Mr. Richard B. Trousdell
Mr. Kevin Truex
Mr. Jeffrey Tweedy
Ms. Donna Veith
Mr. Steve Vogel and Ms. Janet Gezork
Ms. Beverley von Kries
Ms. Mary Ann Warner and Mr. Paul Warner
Mr. Robert Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. James Weber
Ms. Marilyn Webster and Ms. Danita Packard
Ms. Helene Wegrzynek and Mr. Marvin Davinport
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Weilerstein
Ms. Peggy L. White
Mr. Laird Wiggin
Mr. Karen Williams
Ms. Mary Williford
Mr. Al Wilson
Ms. Eleanor S. Winston and Ms. Victoria Pearson
Ms. Kathleen Wynn and Mr. Rod Sitterly
Ms. Nancy Young
$5,000 - $9,999
Action for Boston Community Development
Berkshire Bank Foundation Legacy Region
Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc
FEMA - Emergency Food and Shelter Program
GE Foundation
Guardian Life Insurance Company
MassMutual Financial Group Employee Match
Next Step Living
People’s United Community Foundation
PeoplesBank
Pioneer Cold
Sinauer Associates, Inc.
The Hauber Foundation
The Howat Family Foundation
The Prentice Foundation, Inc
The TJX Foundation, Inc.
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list. Please contact us with any corrections or questions. This list does not include capital campaign payments.
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Institutional Donors continued
Wakefern Food Corporation
Western Area Mass. Dietetic Association
Xeric Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous (1)
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Baystate Health, Inc.
Chicopee Savings Charitable Foundation
Church World Service
CKP Communications, LLC
Country Bank for Savings
Deerfield Academy
Edwards Church of Northampton
Fallon Community Health Plan
Florence Savings Bank
Four Seasons Wine & Liquor
Health New England
Jack & Pauline Freeman Foundation
Smith College Crew Team
South Congregational Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
The Frederick E. Weber Charities Corp.
The Leo S. Walsh Foundation
The Silver Tie Fund, Inc.
Town of Greenfield
Webster Bank
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (1)
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
American International Group, Inc Matching Grants Program
Bethlehem Baptist Church
BNY Mellon Community Partnership Employee Funds
BNY Mellon Powering Potential Fund
Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation, Inc.
C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Channing Bete Company, Inc.
Cherry Rum Automotive
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Copperline Eatery
Olive Garden of West Springfield - Through Darden Foundation
Disability Management Services, Inc.
Donatic
Easthampton Savings Bank
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Greenfield Co-Operative Bank
Hart & Patterson Financial Services
I.L. Cohen Foundation
Lions Club of Pittsfield, Inc
Lucky’s Tattoo & Piercing
Marketing Department RetailMeNot, Inc
Mi Tierra
Montague B.P.O. Elks #2521
New England Consignment & Resale, LLC
New England Dairy Promotion Board
Northampton Brewery/Brewster Court Pub
Northampton Lions Club
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Paul & Elizabeth’s
Performance Food Group
Pioneer Valley Federal Credit Union
Pioneer Valley Personal Training, Inc,
Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
Quik Foods, LLC
Renaissance Builders
Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly, Inc.
Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin, P.C.
Solar Store of Greenfield
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Stock Gumshoe
The Dennis Group, LLC
The First Church of Christ in Longmeadow
The Merck Foundation
The People’s Pint
Thomson Financial Management
Thornes Marketplace
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
United Bank
United Way of Hampshire County, Inc.
Vivian and Paul Olum Charitable Foundation
$500 - $999
Abba Motors
Amherst College Music Department
Atlanta Club
Babson Capital Managment, LLC
Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Co-Op Market
Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc.
Center for Cultural Evolution, Inc.
Chrysler Minority Dealers Association, Inc.
Cohn & Company Real Estate
Deerfield Elementary School
Dietz & Company Architects, Inc.
DJRJ Charitable Fund
Eversource Energy
First Church of Christ, Inc.
First Congregational Church
First Light Hydro Generating Company
Foster’s Super Market, Inc.
Freedom Credit Union Greenfield
Frontier Regional High School
Grace Episcopal Church
Greenfield Police Association
K-2 Restaurant Group, LLC
Mahams Inc
Meineke Car Care Center #812
New England Lawn Companies, Inc
Our Living Local
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
RSCC Wire & Cable
St. Joseph’s Parish
Stantec Consulting
The Downing Committee
Travelers Community Connections
UMass Amherst CPE and UWW
United Personnel Services
Veris Wealth Partners, LLC
Western Mass. Chapter A.T.C.A.
Wil-Dae Charitable Foundation, Inc.
World Eye Bookshop
Belchertown Stingrays Swim Team
Berkshire United Way, Inc.
Big Y Foods, Inc.
Blessed Sacrement School
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Bridgeside Partners LLC
Chelsea Market Deli, LLC
Church of Christ Congregational
Civic Initiative - UMASS Amherst
Dunkin Donuts
Federated Community Church of Hampden, Inc.
Fierst, Kane & Bloomberg LLP
First Congregational Church of Brimfield
First Congregational Church of Hadley
First Congregational Church of Montague
Friendly’s Ice Cream Corp.
GDF Suez Energy North American, Inc.
Global Impact CFC Overseas
Google - Boston
Hatfield Book Club
HEC Academy
Herman and Lenore Rottenberg Foundation, Inc.
J. E. Kendrick Woodworks
John F. Kennedy Middle School
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Local 7 IBEW Electricians
Medicine Hunter, Inc.
New England Deaconess Associations
O’Connell Oil Associates, Inc
Old Deerfield Productions
Ostberg & Associates
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School
Plainfield Congregational Church
Raven Used Book Shop
Reminder Publications, Inc.
Rotary Club of Amherst
SABIC Innovative Plastics
Saint-Gobain Corporate Foundation
Saremi, LLP
Select Equity Group, Inc.
Smith College
Sun Life Financial Matching Gifts
Sylvester’s Restaurant
The Academy at Charlemont
The Aidmatrix Foundation
The David G. Taft Foundation
Theory One Design
Toward Harmony Tai Chi & Qigong
UMASS Graduate Business Association
Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Springfield
United Church of Bernardston
United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut
Unity in the Pioneer Valley
West End Pub
Whalen Insurance
Whately Congregational Church
WNE Men’s Soccer
Yankee Candle Company
$250 - $499
Anonymous (2)
36170 Realty Ltd.
Baycare Health Partners, Inc.
Food Donors
Unique among charitable organizations, food banks rely on large- and small-scale donations of food through relationships with
wholesalers, retailers, grocers, farmers and community members. 300,000 pounds or more
Big Y World Class Markets
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Coca-Cola/Minute Maid
Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Walmart
100,000 - 299,999 pounds
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Food Bank Farm
Ocean State Job Lot
50,000 - 99,999 pounds
Atlas Farms
Cheney Orchard
Plainville Farm
Target
20,000 - 49,999 pounds
Bolthouse Farms Inc.
Newman’s Own Inc.
Organic Valley
Quaker Sales & Distribution Inc.
Railex
Red Fire Farm
10,000 - 19,999 pounds
Bozzuto’s, Inc.
ConAgra Foods
Kellogg’s Team / Hub Group Inc.
Maple Row Farm
New England Country Pies, LLC
Riverland Farm
Szawlowski Potato Farms Inc.
UMASS
2,500 - 9,999 pounds
Aldi’s Chicopee
Angy’s Landolfi Food Group
Byrne Dairy Inc.
Cavendish Farms
Dollar Tree
Earth Bound Farms
Enterprise Farm
Evangel Assembly
Feldman Farm
FLS Brokerage
General Mills-Haverhill Operations
HP Hood
J & R Baker Produce, Inc.
Jasper Products
Kellogg Company
McCain Foods, Inc.
Mutton & Mead Festival
Nestle USA-Prepared Foods Division
Next Barn Over Farm
Perry’s Ice Cream
Price Chopper Supermarkets
Price Rite Springfield
Real Pickles
Restaurant Depot Chicopee
Six Flags
Tropicana Dole
Tyson Foods
VegPro International, Inc.
Wendolowski Farm
White Wave Food, Inc.
Yankee Candle, Co.
1,000 - 2,499 pounds
Book & Plow Farm
Coca-Cola
Cold Springs Orchard
Cool Foods LLC
Daniel B. Brunton Elementary
Freedom Credit Union
General Mills Operations. LLC
General Mills, Inc.
Golonka Farm
Greenfield Community College
Johanna Foods Inc.
Kraft Foods
Lamb Weston
Leavitt Corporation
Lightlife Foods, Inc.
Manheim Farm
Mass Mutual
Meals of Hope
New England Natural Bakers
Northampton High School
Our Lady Of Grace
Parker Farms
Pero Family Farms
Pioneer Cold
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
Purity Wholesale Grocers Inc
Rebecca Johnson Elementary
Save A Lot Holyoke
Save A Lot Indian Orchard
Springfield College
Sunny D Beverage Company
Sweet Scoops, LLC
The Nunes Company Inc.
Tom Kasivau
Turbana Corporation
Western Mass. Snacks
WHAI 98.3 / Bear Country 95.3
White St. Elementary
White Wave Foods
Whole Foods Market
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this donor list. Please contact us with any corrections or questions. This list does not include capital campaign payments.
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