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Fishes and Loaves
Food Pantry
Balmoral Presbyterian
Volunteers
Summer Food for
Families in Desoto
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FRAC Hunger
Hardship Report
5 Things You May Not Know
About Hunger in America
Here are some facts from a report by the National Commission on Hunger.
1. Americans Are Hungry
The percentage of people experiencing hunger and food insecurity has hovered around the current 14 percent for
years. Some states, such as Arkansas, have rates above 19 percent. In all, nearly 48 million Americans
experience hunger every year.
2. Hunger Leads to Other Problems
When children are hungry, their education is impacted. Hungry teens are more likely to contemplate suicide and
have other mental-health problems. Hungry adults are more susceptible to certain health problems brought on by
a lack of nutrition, which can hurt his or her ability to work. Hungry seniors are more susceptible to depression.
Estella H. Mayhue-Greer
President & CEO
3. Hunger Doesn’t Discriminate
While Black households are more than twice as likely as white households to experience hunger and the hunger
rate for Latino households is 6.9 percent, all households closest to the poverty line are the most likely to go
hungry. Households headed by women are far more likely, at 12.8 percent, than homes with a male head, at
seven percent, or a married couple, at 3.2 percent. People in the Northeast are the least likely to be hungry,
while households in the South are the most likely.
4. Incarceration Means Hunger
Having a partner or parent in prison can throw family life into disarray and eliminate income that was previously
used to purchase food. The report suggests 90 percent of people who are released from prison come home to a
hungry household.
5. Women May Suffer Hunger Due to Abuse
Women who have suffered domestic violence are more likely to be hungry, so reducing domestic-violence rates
could help curb hunger. The benefits from federal food assistance programs like SNAP are vitally important,
particularly for women and children.
Food Insecurity and Obesity
Estella H. Mayhue-Greer
President & CEO
James Huffman
Board Chairman
A study by the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addressed what some see as a strange paradox:
food insecurity and hunger in America, where obesity is also a major problem. Obesity, defined by the study as
body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30, affects more than one-third of American adults. Obesity increases the
risk for diabetes, heart disease, and many other serious illnesses. Obesity is higher among those with lower
socioeconomic status. One possible reason for this is food insecurity, or lack of consistent access to nutritious
foods. Food insecurity may paradoxically increase BMI by creating a “substitution effect” whereby inexpensive,
energy-dense foods such as potato chips or processed meat replace healthier foods such as fresh produce and
whole grains.
We all know economic issues influence food access and food practices. Results of the Food Bank’s hunger
studies routinely cite the expense of healthier foods, compared with less healthy choices, as a barrier to good
health. Mid-South Food Bank continues to work to make more fresh produce and healthy protein available to
those in need, while also addressing attitudes and knowledge about food, food access, food choices, budgeting
and portion control.
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James Huffman
Board Chairman
Agency Spotlight:
More Than a List of Names
A Community Comes Together to Fight Hunger
By Mary Mackey, volunteer director
ishes and Loaves Food Pantry operates out of a one-story
house via Riverside Missionary Baptist Church on South
Third Street in South Memphis. Our group of volunteers
relishes the camaraderie that comes with the rigor of packing
assorted food into boxes twice a week for hundreds of clients.
The pantry initially started helping to feed people affiliated with
or residing near the church. Now our reach expands to serve the
entire 38109 zip code. Taking on the responsibility for providing
needed food for an entire zip code has led to more work, yet more
gratitude and more fellowship among volunteers at Fishes
and Loaves.
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Our impact is
reflected in our
numbers: Since 2010,
Fishes and Loaves
has ordered almost
350,000 pounds of
food from Mid-South
Food Bank for hungry
neighbors. We track
Delores Hampton, Eva Parks, Mary Mackey
on a computer the
people registered to receive food. Because many families’
spending decisions are made around the arrival of various
financial assistance checks, such as social security and food
stamps, the first of the month clients are predominantly senior
citizens, while the last of the month are younger families
with children.
I recognize many of the clients as church members. The lists on
the computer spreadsheet are more than names. We can put a
face to many of them. My fellow volunteer Deloris Hampton says
the additional workload has increased our thankfulness. We all
agree it’s a
wonderful
feeling
every time
because
you’ve
helped
a lot
of people.
The rear
room in the house is where the energy level runs high. One
morning, a dozen volunteers dodge one another as they move
from the freezer with bags of vegetables and catfish fillets to
boxes to be wheeled to the front where the line of people await
pickup. The scene looks like chaos, but everyone has an important
role to play. When we leave we feel a sense of gratitude to be
able to work to help the people standing in line.
Pantry Sustains Seniors’ Healthy
Living, Happiness
Warnella Wilkins recalls the first time she visited the Fishes
and Loaves Food Pantry at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church,
located across the street from her home in a senior towers
residence. She was a little anxious and not completely sure that
she would receive the food she needed. Three years later the
short walk across the street to pick food up one day a month is
part of her routine – and it makes her smile frequently. It’s no
coincidence that her life has become both happier and
healthier, she said, thanks to the week’s collection of high
nutritious food and an intentional change in her lifestyle.
“I really appreciate the cans of vegetables. I’ve learned to cook
healthy meals with them – that’s mostly all I want to eat now,”
she said.
Two years ago Wilkins, 65, met a new resident, Ernestine
Dishmon, 64, and told her about the distributions that happen
Ernestine Dishmon and Warnella Wilkins
bi-weekly at Fishes and
Loaves. Now the
friends, who both live
alone, visit the pantry
together. They counted
almost 10 others at
the senior high rise
they know who visit
the pantry.
“The food I receive will last me all month, and I especially enjoy
the cereal and chicken I get,” said Ernestine. Without the
boxes of food, Ernestine says that she and many of her friends
would be scraping by to get the fruit juice and vegetables
they need.
“It’s one worry we don’t have to confront. The pantry is
wonderful and we commend the volunteers here. They do a
tremendous job to help and make people who receive food
happy with not just the food but the way they treat everyone.”
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Volunteer Spotlight:
Church Volunteer Group Helps with Hands and Feet
For 10 years and counting, Balmoral Presbyterian
Sorts at Warehouse
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he congregation at Balmoral Presbyterian Church follows
a church-wide motto that basically states: The giving
follows our hands and feet.
“We support Mid-South Food Bank with donations because we
volunteer at the Food Bank,” said Cliff Gurlen, who, along with
about a dozen peers from Balmoral, helped sort donated items on
a recent hot Thursday evening.
For more than 10 years, one evening a month, a group of about 10
people from the church converge at the Mid-South Food Bank
Heistan Place warehouse and work for a couple of hours.
“Coming to volunteer is a routine, a habit for our church,” said
Glenda Ellis, who noted it initiated when the leader of the church
wanted to plug
its youth group
into community
volunteering.
Since then, the
youth have gone
on to college
and beyond, but
the volunteering
has remained.
Balmoral volunteers
It continues with a weekly volunteer sign-up sheet posted near
the sanctuary that is a church home to about 120 people. Their
dedication to support feeding the hungry is bolstered by accepting
food donations one worship service a month. Altogether, Balmoral
has been responsible for either contributing or organizing
thousands of meals for families across the region. While their
sorting responsibilities are neither glamorous nor glorious, their
joy in working behind the scenes is rewarding every time.
“There’s always a lot of satisfaction anytime you do anything to
help others,” said Do Kaiser.
What’s more, their fellowship is enriched by working in harmony.
The group routinely punctuates their labor at the warehouse by
breaking bread
together – make
it a barbecue or
hamburgers – at
a familiar
restaurant.
Gurlen realized
one time he was
sorting next to
his second grade
teacher. “It’s fun.
It’s family,” he
said.
Object to Hunger - the Law Firm Challenge
hen the law firm Baker Donelson decided to
make Mid-South Food Bank their chosen
charity this year, several different ways to
help were discussed, including participating in
Operation Feed.
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But the firm took it a step further by agreeing to
help the Food Bank inaugurate the first food and
funds drive challenge among the local legal
profession: Object to Hunger. Object to Hunger ran
in conjunction with the Food Bank's annual
Operation Feed campaign, and had seven participating
law firms that collected food and funds within a three
week campaign. The Food Bank levels the playing field by
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using a point system and counting points per capita. The
winning law firm for 2016 was Bass, Berry + Sims, PLC,
who received a special award and was named the
Champion firm to kick off next year’s challenge.
Mid-South Food Bank looks forward to this
event growing, with more law firms and other
legal organizations getting involved. Other
participating firms this year were Baker
Donelson, Butler Snow, O'Mara, Stevens &
Cannada, Morgan & Morgan, Burch Porter &
Johnson, Lewis Thomason, King, Krieg &
Waldrop, The Cochran Firm and Glankler Brown.
North Mississippi Churches Feed Families
olunteers packed food boxes at Hernando United Methodist
Church for distribution to 35 local families to help them out
this summer, when children are out of school and parents
often struggle to provide three meals a day. There were 99 children
included in the families, along with 49 adults and eight seniors. A
coalition of churches worked with Mid-South Food Bank to help many
of the same families who benefit from a food assistance program
called Backpack Angels during the school year.
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The idea came out of a meeting of the Hernando/Nesbit Interfaith
Council on
Poverty. Local
pediatrician Dr. D.
D. Sidhu
contacted MidSouth Food Bank,
which provides
almost one
million pounds of
food annually to
six partner food
Don Greer, right, places a week’s worth of food into
pantries in
Wayne Wright’s car.
DeSoto County.
The food boxes will be distributed every two weeks until schools
reopens. The boxes include fresh produce, frozen chicken, a variety of
bakery items, soup, cereal, rice and snacks. Household items such as
Taking Time to See
by Dr. D. D. Sidhu
We live in the most advanced and richest nation in the world.
Most of us cannot relate to a news item that mentions hunger
in our country. We don't believe that the country that leads the
free world could be afflicted with such a condition, yet it is all
true. Childhood poverty in the U.S. is 21.9 percent and in
Mississippi it is 29 percent. One in four children in U.S.
experienced food insecurity at some point in the year and it is
higher in our state.
With a busy practice of general pediatrics, I never had any time
to look past the child's illness. I had taken economic well-being
for granted since I had no personal experience otherwise. Only
in the last few years, my eyes have been able to see the
circumstances some of my patients lived in, where economic
insecurity, food insecurity, housing insecurity, social insecurity
were part of the fabric of their lives. I decided to concentrate
my efforts on helping alleviate childhood hunger.
Enter Mid-South Food Bank. Our local hospital administrator is
a Food Bank board member. He introduced me to Estella
toothbrushes and toilet paper were added, plus recipients got a gift
card for a gallon of milk.
According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study, the food
insecurity rate in DeSoto County is 15 percent, or more than 24,000
people. The child food insecurity rate is 20 percent, or more than
9,000 children who are unsure if they will have enough nutritious food
to eat. Lynn Pattison, a volunteer with Fellowship Baptist Church, said
she was surprised to learn there are so many families in the area who
go to bed
hungry.
“There we
are enjoying
cookouts
with plenty
of food. It’s
hard to
reconcile
that
disparity
without
trying to do
something
to help”
Nancy Marking helps bag fresh produce.
she said.
Mayhue-Greer, CEO of Mid-South Food Bank, who understood
my need and offered to help. They have the expertise in
providing shelf stable food boxes with appropriate nutritional
value. With their ability to access the food, and guidance in
how to prepare the boxes, identify the families in need, conduct
the necessary screening and organize the food pick up, all that
was needed was a team of dedicated volunteers to put it
together.
I met a pastor of a local church who was already familiar with
this issue. A meeting of local churches was held to discuss this
issue and I was asked to share my vision. Funds were raised
individually, with plans to match those funds from various
congregations. The initial 30 families were selected for the
Summer Food Program and the first food distribution took place.
Eventually, it will be uniquely fitting if every fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) could try to duplicate
this effort in their communities. I am of a firm belief that the
collective good in all of us (especially in the South) can
overcome any 'bad' out there. All we need is faith and
community involvement. I have learned that, no matter how
well-meaning one might be, such goals can be accomplished
only if we work together.
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Food Resource & Action Center Releases
National, State, and Local Index of Food Hardship shows
New Hunger Report some
improvements, but the struggle continues.
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tarting with the question, “Have there been times in the past
12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food
that you or your family needed?”, which was asked of
177,281 households by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index last
year, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) report on the answers
to that and other hunger-related questions revealed two important
things: there has been improvement in the last two years with fewer
people answering “yes” than in the eight years Gallup has been
asking the question. However, too many Americans in every
community and every state still struggle to put food on the table.
Nationally, one in six households answered the Gallup question
with “yes.”
Rates of food hardship in 2015 varied from a low of 8.4 percent in
North Dakota to a high of 23 percent in Mississippi. Mississippi once
again has the worst rate among states, with a rate of nearly one in
four households reporting food hardship. Tennessee ranks seventh
with a rate of 18.5 percent and Arkansas is ninth with 19 percent.
Among metropolitan areas, Memphis and the eight surrounding
counties that make up the Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area
ranked number three in the nation for hunger hardship, behind
Bakersfield, CA and Lakeland, FL, and just above Jackson, MS.
The report finds that many families simply do not have adequate
resources to purchase enough food, even with earned wages and
other sources including child support payments, public program
income supports, SNAP (food stamps), WIC (Women, Infant, Children),
Social Security and other retirement benefits. Too many working age
adults are unemployed or working part-time jobs but want full-time
employment. Many others are working for wages that are not enough
to afford the basics for themselves and their families. While SNAP is
critical in providing nutrition assistance to both working and nonworking households, the benefits just are not enough for most families
to make it through the month.
The report cites an expert committee of the Institute of Medicine
explaining that the SNAP allotment, based on the USDA “Thrifty Food
Plan,” is not enough for most families. A December 2015 White House
report on the long-term benefits of SNAP underscored the inadequacy
of current SNAP benefit amounts for households. The entire report,
How Hungry is America?, can be found at www.frac.org.
Kids Kan 2016 Another Huge Success
lementary and Middle School students from 96 Shelby
County Schools, nine DeSoto County Schools (the most ever),
four Charter Schools and seven Catholic Diocese Schools
showed that kids really can make a difference with the 29th annual
KIDS KAN school food and funds drive. Students in the 116 schools
collected 250,625 food items and $28,190.
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Bellevue Middle School continued its streak as the top performing
Middle School and overall for the 24th year in a row. A new winner
emerged among Elementary Schools: Macon Hall Elementary
in Cordova.
Kroger again served as the primary sponsor, as they have every year.
This year, in addition to the Kroger gift cards for the best performing
class at each school, they also donated $500 worth of school supplies
to the winning Middle and Elementary school. Other sponsors include
FedEx, KIX106 and Wendy’s.
Students at Elementary
School winner Macon Hall
show off some of the food
they collected.
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Rock Star Remembers His Roots
with Gift to Food Bank
Rocker Sammy Hagar and his wife, Kari,
presented $10,000 to Mid-South Food Bank
when he was visiting and performing at
Sammy Hagar’s Red Rocker Bar and Grill,
which opened at Southland Gaming & Racing
in 2015.
Kari and Sammy Hagar present Estella Mayhue-Greer with a check
at the Red Rocker Bar and Grill]
Photo Courtesy of Street Savvy Unlimited
For the second consecutive year, Mid-South Food Bank and
the Carpenter Street Art Garden in the Binghampton
neighborhood have teamed up to provide 50 kids
associated with the art garden and their families weekly
food boxes each until school restarts. The summer food
boxes are sponsored by Christ United Methodist Church.
Hagar and his family have a unique
community philosophy to giving. They
designate 100 percent of the profits from his
various restaurant ventures to The Hagar
Family Foundation, resulting in support for
charities in a number of locations. Food
Banks and the fight against hunger are one of
Hagar’s favorite causes, having grown up
poor and remembering his mother struggling
to put food on the table and relying on help
from the community. He was quoted in a
2011 interview saying, "I found food banks in
the local community are the biggest bang for
your buck in my search for the simplest and
most reliable way to help others."
Greek Festival visitors donated 5,318 lbs. of food during the
annual two-day festival. This equates to 4,432 meals for our
hungry neighbors. Shown here, Greek Festival organizer
Kathy Zambelis and the Food Bank’s David Stephens
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International Paper Saves
the Day and the Neighborhood
id-South Food Bank had a severe noise problem. The breakdown
of a freezer unit at our receiving warehouse meant moving
several thousand pounds of frozen food to refrigerated trailers in
the parking lot, which had to be kept running 24 hours a day. These units
were extremely noisy and a major disturbance to the neighborhood. "It's just
loud," neighbor John Clark said. "The food bank does an excellent job for this
community, and we applaud that, but this is a neighborhood.”
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Fixing the freezer inside the warehouse wasn’t going to be cheap. The Food
Bank needed at least $25,000. But neighbors’ complaints prompted the food
bank to make the situation public.
New Food Bank Board Member
Matthew Barron has joined
Mid-South Food Bank’s Board
of Directors. Barron is
Associate General Counsel,
North American Papers & Pulp
and Consumer Packaging at
International Paper. He has
worked at IP since 2006,
serving previously as General
Counsel, XPEDX Division, and
Finance Director, Consumer
Packaging Division. Barron holds a Bachelor’s degree in
accounting from Fairfield University and received his law
degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Upcoming Events
Operation Feed Finale –
August 26, 9 – 11 a.m.
Enoble Business Capital
813 Ridge Lake Blvd.
When news of the Food Bank’s dilemma appeared on local TV stations,
president & CEO Estella Mayhue-Greer received a phone call from Deano Orr
at the International Paper Foundation. He wanted to know if IP could help
with a significant donation to pay the major part of the cost of the repairs.
“As you can imagine, I jumped at the offer,” said Mayhue-Greer. “IP has been
a good friend of Mid-South Food Bank for many years. The company
participates in the Operation Feed campaign and have hosted our Op Feed
Finale. In addition to having a presence on the Food Bank’s board of directors,
the IP Foundation has provided funds to help end hunger.”
The Food Bank submitted a proposal to the IP Foundation and received the
$20,000 gift. Two Food Bank board members came forward with the rest of
the money needed and work on the freezer commenced. In the meantime,
two of the trailers were relocated to our Dudley Ave. location in order to
significantly reduce the noise level in the neighborhood.
“We can’t thank IP enough for their generosity and the expediency with
which they made this happen,” said Mayhue-Greer. “We are working hard to
distribute food as quickly as possible to those who need it, but we want to be
good neighbors, too. With the help of generous friends like International
Paper, we solved a serious problem in the best possible way.”
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Hunger Action Month – September 2016
Agency Conference – September 8
Stuff a MATA Bus– September 15
If there’s one thing to
realize about
summer, it’s that
struggling families
have a harder time
keeping their
children fed. Without
free school meals and after-school programs
available, more children than ever are facing
a summer filled with hunger. You can make
a special commitment to help struggling
neighbors during the long months of June,
July and August at
www.midsouthfoodbank.org/donatenow.
Tribute Gifts
March 1 – May 31, 2016
Honorariums
In Honor of All Our Hungry Neighbors
Given by Mr. & Mrs. Sampson Young, Jr.
Ms.Sherry Taylor Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Tetleton
Ms. Diana Angelici
Ms. Barbara Cutrell
Jon Bjorgvinsson and Marsha Daniel
Olympus Corporation Of The Americas
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bond
Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Lowery
Mr. David R. Booth
Ms. Florence K. Seward
Ms. Vicki Chandler and Sons
Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Little
Ms. Mary Chudick
Mr. Robert Chudick
Ms. Bertha Connable
Ms. Elizabeth R. Thompson
Mrs. Helga R. Cornell
Mrs. Miriam Epstein
Ms. Bess S. Currie
Steve & Sue
Katherine Dilatush Everett
Mr. William P. Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Irv Fagin
Mrs. Miriam Epstein
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Felt
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Z. Plesofsky
Mr. Jordan Fugh
Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodman
Dr. David Goodman
Bobby Dean Hall and Leon Mayo
Ms. Donna Wilhite
Mr. & Mrs. Josh Hall
Ms. Mary Stout
Mr. & Mrs. John Heflin
Ms. Mary Stout
Helpcare Homemaker Services Plus, Inc.
Ms. Mary Davis McClain
Ms. Katie Hieatt
Mr. Phillip Sisneros
Ms. Jennifer Hinson
Ms. Jennifer Hinson
Mr, Randall Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Johnson
Mrs. Jo Keene
Ms. Joyce A. Carter
Ms. Eileen Kuehl
Mr. & Mrs. Sam T. Sudduth
Ms. Bertha Landau
Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Landau
Willie and April Lavender
Mrs. Earnestine B. Walk
Mrs. Jeanne Leonard
Mr. Paul Leonard
Mr. Todd A. Zoblotsky
Ms. Avonell Lincoln
Mr. and Mrs. Dave M. Rudy
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Mensinger
Ms. Elizabeth Massey
Mr. Jim Morrow
Ms. Susan J. Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Noel
Ms. Mary Stout
Thomas James O'Brien, Sr.
Vivian Sheridan O'Brien, Trustee
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ordman
Mr. Russell H. Strauss
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Reich
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Z. Plesofsky
Dr. Melissa Rura
Mr. Robert Williamson
Mrs. Mildred S. Schwartz
Ms. Patty Brigance
Millie Brummet, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Franklin Childress, Jr.
Ms. Billie Jane Cotton
Ms. Cynthia U. Grider
Ms. Diane B. Halperin
Ms. Donna Marie Kenyon
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Mannerino
Ms. Beverly A. Mcdaniel
Mrs. Elaine C. Otto
Mrs. Melonie Pounds
Ms. Cheryl A. Soelke
Ms. Rosita A. Torres
Ms. Claudia J. Ziegler
Sears Retired Associates
Mr. Vester Swift
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Leppert
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sklar
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry H. Sklar
Mr. Willie Slate
Mrs. Barbara E. Jones
Rev. Rufus Smith
Ms. Sue Fouse
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Suitor
Ms. Minnie E. W. Logan
Mr. Gregory Sun
Mr. and Mrs. Heywood Sun
Molly Wallace and Alex Dolabi
Ms. Louise Lee Bloom
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Wishnia
Ms. Janet H. Brueck
Mr. David (Dave) Zelinski
Zuzu's Petals, Inc.
Memorials
In Memory of Mr. Homer Allen
Given by Mr. Pat Allen
Ms. Sherry Taylor Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Johnson
Mrs. Betsy Halfacre
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Friedl
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Halfacre
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Friedl
Ms. Teresa Hansen
Mr. Felix Pesce
Mr. Johnny Helton
Ms. Fran Sorrell
Ms. Armette Holmes
Mrs. Estella Mayhue-Greer
Mr. Michael Jacob
Ms. Lisa J. Palumbo
Paul and Mary Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Johnson
Mr. James Paul Kelly, Jr.
Mr. Hobart P. Leach
Ms. Daney Kepple
Mr. Brian W. Shaffer
Mr. James L. Spake
Summit Asset Management
Mr. Frank J. Knottek, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Roney
Dr. Sheldon B. Korones
Korones Family Foundation
Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles
Dr. Miriam Decosta-Willis
Mr. & Mrs. James Lovell
Ms. Chris J. Lovell
Ms. Bobbie J. Mathis
Ms. Eleanor Mayhue Buckley
Ms. Anna M. Mayhue
Ms. Eleanor Mayhue Buckley
Ms. Frances Mayhue
Ms. Eleanor Mayhue Buckley
Ms. Marjorie Mayhue
Ms. Eleanor Mayhue Buckley
Mr. Robert F. Mayhue
Mrs. Estella Mayhue-Greer
Mr. & Mrs. James E. McCown
Ms. Charlotte J. McCown
Mrs. Freddie McEwen
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Horn
Mr. Max McGee
Mr. Robert M. Reese
Mr. Mark Messer
Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Brooks
Mr. Orion Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Ostrow
Mr. Penn Owen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Moore
Ms. Elizabeth A. Paine
Mrs. Aillean P. Wilson
Mr. Lawrence Bailey Plyler
Mrs. Dorothy W. Demassi
Mr. Paul Plyler, Jr.
Ms. Kathleen E. Plyler
Mr. Cenner Pointer, Jr.
Mrs. Lois Pointer
Mrs. Willie Dean Sain
Mr. Trevious Tucker
Ms.Virginia Self Rainer
Mr. And Mrs. Roy A. Moore
Mr. Don Ray
Mr. Isaac Nahon
W J & Margaret V. Reese
Mr. Robert M. Reese
Mrs. Pat Robinson
Mr. Robert M. Reese
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Mr. Danny Schmidt
Mr. Robert M. Reese
Mrs. Joann Seaton
Ms. Claudia T. Gassert
Mr. Frank Shaffer
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaffer
Mr. Skip Sharp
Mrs. Glenda Sharp
Mr. Forrest M. Simmons
Ms. Susan Simmons
Mr. & Mrs. Trudy and Wally Simpson
Mrs. Betty R. Shipmon
Ms. Dolores (Dee) Sudduth
Mr. & Mrs. Sam T. Sudduth
Mr. Bill Thernes
Mr. Jay Kahn
Mrs. Evelyn Simkin
Ms. Mary Thomas
Ms. Jean Jordan
Mrs. Sylvia Thompson
Mr. Robert M. Reese
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Turner
Ms. Alison Hodges
Dr. Michael Vernon
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Horn
Ms. Nia Jordan Mason Wallace
Ms. Mary Ann Wallace
Mr. Jim Walter
Mr. Robert M. Reese
Mr. David Ward
Ms. Nancy E. Yarbrough
Mr. Archie W. Willis, Jr.
Dr. Miriam Decosta-Willis
Ms. Mattie Wilson
Ms. Eleanor Mayhue Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. David and Alma Woods
Mr. Timothy Woods
Once again Prairie Farms Dairy donated 500 gallons of milk to Mid-South Food
Bank in celebration of June Dairy Month. Pictured are Rodger Kirkwood, left,
and J.D. Clifton from Prairie Farms and Estella Mayhue-Greer, Mid-South Food
Bank president & CEO.
Mid-South Food Bank Partner Agency Neighborhood Christian Center recently
served 157 households through its Mobile Food Market as part of their
Compassionate Ministries Program. Each family received meat, produce,
vegetables and canned goods. NCC plans to offer the mobile food pantry twice a
month to qualified families in need at several of their locations in Memphis.
NCC Mobile Food Market sponsors and volunteers included Evolve Bank & Trust
and UPS.
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Changing Lives by
Eliminating Hunger
in the Mid-South
For more than 34 years, Mid-South
Food Bank has provided nutritious
food for our neighbors struggling
with food insecurity and hunger.
Serving 31 counties in west
Tennessee, north Mississippi
and east Arkansas, MidSouth Food Bank brings
families, children and
seniors from hunger to
hope every day.
Hunger hurts even more during the
holidays. Mid-South Food Bank is
committed to changing the lives of
our neighbors in need by making
sure they have food on their tables
during the holidays and every day.
You can help by making a secure
online donation at
www.midsouthfoodbank.org.
239 South Dudley St.
Memphis, TN 38104
901-527-0841
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Memphis, TN
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239 South Dudley
Memphis, TN 38104
901.527.0841
fax 901.528.1172
www.midsouthfoodbank.org
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Funding for the Perishable Food Program is made
possible by the City of Memphis Division of Housing
and Community Development.
Volunteers Needed!
id-South Food Bank is in need of volunteer groups
to sort and pack food in our warehouse. The
work is hard (and hot right now), but we depend
on volunteers for this vital work to make food ready to go on
our weekly shopping list for our Partner Agencies. We can
accommodate groups of up to 50 people for shifts of three or
four hours. We have opportunities available on Thursday
evenings and Saturdays in addition to every week day.
Smaller groups can be paired with other groups. Please visit
our website, www.midsouthfoodbank.org/Volunteer for the
group and individual registration forms. You will be
contacted promptly by Volunteer Manager Clifton Rockett.
If you have questions, he can be reached at
[email protected].
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