Spring 2015 - Second Harvest Food Bank Middle Tennessee

SPRING 2015
“I couldn’t do everything
by myself, so I ended up
coming to the food pantry.”
“The farmers had so much
to give. There was squash,
onions and bell peppers.”
O U R F E AT U R E S T O RY:
Farm to Families
Second Harvest celebrates farmers during March’s National
Nutrition Month® for providing more and more nutritous,
fresh food to our neighbors in need.
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Letter from the
President/CEO
Spotlight:
Volunteers
Volunteers Make
the Difference.
Celebrate Volunteer
Appreciation Month.
THE QUARTERLY
NEWSLETTER OF
OUR MISSION
TO FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE
AND WORK TO SOLVE
HUNGER ISSUES IN OUR
COMMUNITY
Letter
from the
President/CEO
Volunteers Make The Difference.
E
xactly 36 years ago in February
1978, at a time when there
was almost a daily shortage of
emergency food resources, Manna, an
anti-hunger advocacy organization, and
a group of volunteers formed what we
now call Second Harvest Food Bank of
Middle Tennessee in the basement of the
Carter Lawrence School.
In our first year, Second Harvest
distributed 1,713 emergency food boxes
with 159,151 pounds of food through
approximately 75 agencies. We have
grown at a phenomenal rate, providing
more than 28 million pounds of food
through 450 Community Partner
Agencies this past fiscal year.
How, you ask? The answer is you – our
collective network. You have provided
much-needed food, time and money
to Second Harvest to make every meal
provided possible.
This April we celebrate Volunteer
Appreciation Month. As I look back on
my 27 years with the Food Bank, it is all
too apparent that we would not be where
we are today without our volunteers –
the lifeblood of our organization.
We have a wide variety of volunteers
all of whom support our mission. We
have volunteers like Al Towne, who
has spent the past 26 years sorting food
twice a week in our volunteer sort room,
and Barbara Fritch, who has helped
prepare First Harvest Café lunches every
Friday for the past 6 years. And, we have
volunteers like board member David
Bradley, who you’ll read about in the
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Feeding Hope™
volunteer spotlight, and volunteers like
Mistie, featured in our cover story, who
once received food assistance in a time of
crisis yet returned to give back.
While many of you may never have
the opportunity to meet the people
you’ve helped, I know they are incredibly
grateful. And, I thank each and every
one of you for providing hope to our
neighbors in need.
By supporting Second Harvest, you
have helped so many of our neighbors
struggling with hunger. The face of
hunger may be the result of a lost job,
health crisis, family distress, natural
disaster, depletion of savings or other
setbacks. Thank you for continuing to
stand with us in the fight against hunger.
Your support truly makes an impact.
Sincerely,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board Chair
Scott Turner
Board Vice Chair
Jeffrey D. Warne
Board Secretary
Ann J. Pruitt
Board Treasurer
Jonathan B. Flack
President and CEO
Jaynee K. Day
Past Board Chair
Eric Kruse
Board Members
Scott Bowers
David Bradley
Beth Chase
Melissa Eads
John Flanigan
Andy Flatt
Lucia Folk
William M.T. Forrester, Sr.
Fletcher Foster
Susan Goodwin
William J. Krueger
Lyn Plantinga
John G. Roberts
Ronald Q. Roberts
Paul Robinson
Heather Rohan
Tony Rose
Ned Spitzer
David K. Taylor
Mimi Vaughn
Ken Watkins
John West
Ad Hoc Member
Sylvia Roberts
Young Leaders Intern
Matt Dolson
Jaynee K. Day
President & CEO
Your suggestions and
comments for Extra Helpings
are always appreciated!
Please send an email to
[email protected]
SPOTLIGHT: VOLUNTEERS
Celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month
D
id you know, last year more than 31,000
volunteers gave the gift of time to Second
Harvest, providing over 78,500 hours of
valuable service helping our hungry neighbors?
Our volunteers sort and pack food donations,
prepare BackPacks for hungry children, pack senior
and family boxes for emergency food assistance
and distribute food at Mobile Pantries.
Longtime donor David Bradley volunteers
his time and talents as an individual through
his leadership on the Second Harvest Board of
Directors. In addition, David joins his Wells Fargo
Advisors team members to distribute perishable
food to families each month at Una Church of
Christ in Antioch, one of Second Harvest’s 450
Community Partner Agencies.
“I enjoy giving my time to Second Harvest, and
the Mobile Pantries provide a tremendous service
to the community,” says David. Mobile Pantries
offer corporate volunteers the unique opportunity
to distribute perishable and non-perishable food to
more than 250 families. “I think the preconceived
notion is that only canned goods are distributed at
Mobile Pantries, but individuals also have access to
fresh fruit, vegetables and bread.”
As a board member, David understands the
value that Second Harvest volunteers bring to the
organization and its ability to fulfill the mission
to feed hungry people. “During one of my first
visits to the Martin Distribution Center, I saw the
BackPacks being prepared by volunteers,” he
recalls. Second Harvest distributes those same
BackPacks, all of which are packed by volunteers,
to nearly 7,000 children each week.
“Second Harvest provides one of the most basic
and important human needs – food,” says David,
“and I’m inspired to continue my support.” We are
so thankful for David and our dedicated volunteers
for the hard work you do to provide food for those
who need it most.
Celebrate National Volunteer Month this April
by making a commitment to join us in the fight
against hunger! We need volunteers – individuals,
families, groups and corporations – every day! Visit
secondharvestmidtn.org/volunteer to learn more
about our volunteer opportunities.
David Bradley (left) and Wells Fargo Advisors
Team Members at Harvest Moon Ball, Inset: David
Bradley packing sweet potatoes at a Mobile Pantry.
Our Culinary Arts Center offers
facility rental and catering services
at the
First Harvest Café
~On and off-site catering available~
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Learn more at
secondharvestmidtn.org/cac
or call 615-627-1623
Wednesdays ($8)
Fridays ($12)
To learn more
about getting
involved, join
our online
community
@ 2HarvestMidTN
395,770
PEOPLE
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
DON’T KNOW WHERE
THEIR NEXT MEAL IS
COMING FROM
DONATE
FOOD
DONATE
TIME
DONATE
MONEY
Or visit us online at
secondharvestmidtn.org
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Farm to Families
Second Harvest celebrates farmers during March’s National Nutrition Month®
for providing more and more nutritous, fresh food to our neighbors in need.
M
istie knows all too
well the pangs of
hunger. As a child
she often felt that sharp ache in
her stomach. “When I grew up,
we didn’t have electricity, we
didn’t have water, we didn’t have
anything,” Mistie says. “We didn’t
have food a lot of time.”
As a mother, Mistie promised
herself she would do everything in
her power to make a better life for
her children, 3-year-old Ahnola
and 13-year-old Braiden. She
didn’t want her kids to suffer from
hunger like she did.
For many years, she successfully
provided for her two children.
However, as we all know,
unforeseen circumstances often
throw wrenches into plans. Mistie
lost her job, and she found it very
hard to make ends meet.
“There were times my power
shut off because I had to choose
between pay the rent, buy food or
pay the electric bill,” she says. “I
couldn’t do everything by myself,
so I ended up coming to the food
pantry.”
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Mistie’s local pantry was stocked
with fresh produce and groceries
she desperately needed to make
healthy meals for her children.
She recalls local farmers donating
a lot of food – “the farmers had so
much to give. There was squash,
onions and bell peppers. They had
pumpkins, tomatoes galore, corn
on the cob.”
Food banks across the country
have seen a rise in donations
from farmers. Gleaning, the act
of collecting excess fresh crops
from farmers’ fields, has become
a new norm at Second Harvest
Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
Last year, Second Harvest rescued
and redistributed more than 1.7
million pounds of fresh produce
from local and regional farms.
David Cloniger, food resource
manager at Second Harvest,
explains the impact. “The shift
to fresh produce has meant a
change in the very culture of food
banking. Fresh produce is now
more than 25 percent of the food
provided, up from less than 1
percent just three years ago.”
Gleaning from farms requires
not only a partnership between
Second Harvest and farmers
but also, in many cases, efforts
from volunteers. “We started
working with farmers to buy their
‘seconds,’ which is either fresh
food left in the field or picked
out in the packing shed due to
imperfections,” says David. “Other
farmers utilize our volunteers to
help glean what is left in the field.”
Additionally, David helps
connect small farmers with
Community Partner Agencies in
their counties in order to provide
the food directly to people in need
in their communities.
“If there is a possibility that food
could go to feed a person who
needs it, I feel a responsibility
to make that happen,” says Luke
Yoder, farm manager at Green
Door Gourmet Farm. “Second
Harvest has set up days [for
volunteers] to come out and glean
from our fields produce that
would otherwise be compost. I am
happy to let Second Harvest come
get what they can, so some of that
food can get to people who not
only need it but also enjoy it.”
The gleaning efforts you
make possible by supporting
Second Harvest not only
ensure that local food sources
throughout Middle and West
Tennessee thrive and grow
but also continuously provide
more and more fresh, nutritious
food to our neighbors in need
– building a better, healthier
community.
Eighty-eight percent of the
people who utilize our services
report purchasing inexpensive,
unhealthy food to get meals
on the table. Therefore, you
can imagine the importance
of providing nutritious food
to those in need because a
significant portion of their food
comes from Second Harvest
and our Partner Agencies.
(Figures based on 2014 Hunger
in America Study).
Your support allows us to
If there is a possibility that food could go to feed a
person who needs it, I feel a responsibility to make
that happen.” – Luke Yoder, farm manager of Green Door Gourmet Farm
distribute more fresh fruits and
vegetables across Middle and
West Tennessee, so families
like Mistie’s don’t have to face
an increased risk of dietrelated illnesses like high blood
pressure and diabetes.
Mistie is proof that one
unforeseen circumstance can
create a need. We recognize that
because of you, Second Harvest
and our 450 Partner Agencies
can provide food resources
to so many when they need it
most. On behalf of all we serve,
who you may never get to meet,
we thank you.
In fact, Mistie is so grateful
for all the ways that her food
pantry has improved her life,
that she’s already found her
own way to give back. “I was
so lost, I didn’t even know
who I was,” says Mistie. “The
food pantry is pretty much my
family now. That’s why I started
volunteering because they’ve
done so much for me…I just
am happy that this place is
here.”
Second Harvest is thankful
we can celebrate National
Nutrition Month® this March
and National Volunteer
Month in April. Thanks to
our food donors, we have
food to collect. Thanks to
our volunteers, we have the
ability to sort food donations.
Thanks to our donors, we
have a facility and staff to
redistribute food. Thanks to our
Partner Agencies, we have the
capacity to provide food to our
neighbors at risk of hunger.
Overall, due to the collective
generosity of our supportive
community, Second Harvest is
providing hope to those who
need it most. We truly could
not fulfill our mission without
you!
Yet, our work will not be
done until no child, senior or
family experiences the pangs
of hunger. Join us – Second
Harvest and those who support
and lead us – in the fight
against hunger. It takes more
than just food to end hunger
– every dollar, every volunteer
hour and every can of food
makes a difference. Your gifts
are a lifeline to our neighbors in
need. Thank you for choosing
to give!
Fresh sweet potatoes gleaned by Second Harvest volunteers.
Mistie, mother of two, picking up fresh produce from her local food pantry.
A farmer delivering fresh greens to a Community Partner Agency.
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Recent Events
Highlights from a sampling of recent events.
MS. CHEAP’S PENNY DRIVE
Ms. Cheap’s Penny Drive collected more
than $62,000 in its sixth year! Thank you
to Ms. Cheap for her vision, leadership and
commitment to our mission. In addition,
we are thankful for our partnerships with
The Tennessean, Kroger, Avenue Bank
and Wilson Bank & Trust as well as the
hundreds of individuals, schools, churches
and companies who made a difference by
donating spare change. Ms. Cheap’s Penny
Drive has raised more than $220,000 since
the campaign began in 2009.
Pictured: Melissa Eads, Kroger; Mary Hance,
The Tennessean; Jaynee Day, Second
Harvest; Maria De Varenne, Avenue Bank.
880,000
MEALS IN
SIX YEARS
FEED THE NEED
The Rotary Club of Nashville and Second Harvest once
again teamed up for the 13th Annual “Feed the Need”
project to provide emergency food boxes to 1,200
families in the Watkins Park community this past holiday
season. Since the partnership began, The Rotary has
provided nearly 9,000 boxes of food, donated $300,000
and volunteered more than 4,000 hours.
Pictured: Brad and Beth Jones deliver emergency food
boxes to families in need.
12TH ANNUAL WINTER PARTY
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TASTE OF
THE NFL
$22,012
RAISED
12th annual Winter Party, hosted by Capital Wealth
Advisors and Friends of the Food Bank, celebrated the
season to Give Big. Live Big. and raised over $10,000,
providing more than 40,000 meals to our neighbors.
The event marked the end of the holiday party circuit for
Nashville’s finest young professional crowd and featured a
live DJ as well as a holiday-inspired photo booth powered
by Photobomb Nashville. In addition, guests enjoyed a
full open bar sponsored by Ajax Turner, Best Brands and
Honky Tonk Brew Co. and late night bites sponsored by
Edley’s BBQ, Hattie B’s, Newk’s, White Castle and Zaxby’s.
Pictured: Host Brian Cook, Haden Wiley, Sally Callaway,
Host John Rader
To see more
photos from
these and other
Second Harvest
events, visit
our Facebook page!
40,000
MEALS
$10,00
0
RAISED
Taste of the NFL,
held on the eve of
Super Bowl XLIX in
Phoenix, AZ,
featured 32
restaurant stations,
one from each NFL
city, and provided
fabulous food and
wine pairings for
guests to sample.
Second Harvest’s
Community Council
Members Deb
Paquette of Etch and
Michael Griffin of the
Tennessee Titans
represented the NFL
City of Nashville.
Throughout the year,
the two partnered to
raise money for
Second Harvest. “At
Etch, we donate $1
from every order of
Roasted Cauliflower
sold to Second
Harvest,” says
Paquette. Etch raised
$17,012 and the
Tennessee Titans
donated $5,000 for a
total of $22,012.
Pictured: Deb
Paquette and
Michael Griffin
Special Thanks
We are so grateful for the extensive community support that Second Harvest received this past quarter.
Thanks to all of you for your volunteer hours, donated food, goods, services and financial contributions!
The following organizations for
their generous donation of food:
Associated Wholesale Grocers; Bimbo
Bakeries; Chairman’s Choice Foods;
Costco; Country Delite Farms, LLC;
Fairview Produce Auction, Inc.; Food
Lion; Fresh Pointe; Frito-Lay; General
Mills; Heritage Farms; Kroger; Malt-OMeal Company; McCartney Produce;
Nestle; Performance Food Group; Purdue
Farms; Purity Dairies; Publix; Rich
Products; Sam’s Club; Sav-A-Lot;, Target;
Taylor Farms Tennessee; Trader Joe’s;
Wal-Mart Distribution Center; Walmart
The following organizations for their
generous support:
Affinion Group; Aladdin Industries
Foundation, Inc.; Aldersgate United
Methodist Church; Anderson Hill
Consulting; Andrea Waitt Carlton Family
Foundation; athenahealth, Inc; Bank of
America Charitable Trust; Baptist Healing
Trust; Bascom United Methodist Church;
Baulch Family Foundation; Beazer Homes;
Bell/Clark, a Joint Venture; Boulevard
Bolt, Inc.; Boyle Family Foundation;
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations,
LLC; Cal Turner Family Foundation;
Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC; Churchill
Mortgage Corporation; CLARCOR
Foundation; Coffee Break Tours of TN,
Inc.;Corner Partnership, LLC; Crain
Construction; CSX Corporation; CSX
Transportation Inc.; Dan and Margaret/
Maddox Charitable Fund; Deez Nutz
Entertainment, Inc.; Delta Dental Plan of
Tennessee; duPont Publishing, Inc.; Exact
Macola; EZCORP Foundation; Farm
Credit Services of Mid-America; Feeding
America; First Evangelical Lutheran
Church; Ford & Harrison, LLP; Franklin
County Government Department of
Finance; Franklin Road Academy; Fresh
Holdings, LLC; Gannett Foundation; GE
Foundation; Gifts 4 All Wholesale; GibbsMcCormick, Inc.; Give with Liberty; Good
Samaritan Foundation; Graffiti Indoor
Advertising; Guy Brown Management,
LLC; Harris Teeter, Inc.; HCA Caring
for the Community; Highwoods Realty
LTD. Partnership; Hillsdale Fund; Hinson
Miller Kickirillo Architects, PLLC; Hodges
Properties; Horatio B. and Willie J. Buntin
Foundation; Horizon Wine & Spirits;
Iasis Healthcare Corporation; iostudio,
LLC; Jack C. Massey Foundation; Jackson
National Community Fund; Jackson
National Life Insurance Company; James
R. Meadows, Jr. Foundation; Jonathan
Miller Family Charitable Fund; Kendall
Berry Charitable Trust; Kerry Rockford
Enterprises, Inc.; Kurzynske & Associates;
Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity
Trust; Lenox Village Area Business
Association; LetterLogic, Inc.; Lewis,
King, Kreig & Waldrop; Lipman Brothers,
Inc; Louis R. Draughon Foundation;
McKay Books, Inc.; Mutual of America
Life Insurance Company; Nama Sushi
Bar; Nashville Rotary Foundation; Net
Health; Nissan North America, Inc.; Omni
Hotels and Resorts; Parman Energy;
Parris Printing Company; Phivstarr LLC;
Pollard Family Foundation; Presbytery Of
Middle Tennessee; Ragland Corporation;
Raymond James Financial; Regions
Bank; Reynolds Family Foundation;
Rhizome Productions, Inc.; Richardson
Foundation; Robert J. and Helen H.
Glaser Family Foundation; Scott Smith
Charitable Gift Fund; Sheetz; Smith Travel
Research, Inc.; Southern Blood Services,
Inc.; STAFCO / Stafford Companies;
State of Tennessee-Labor and Workforce
Development; Structural Design
Group; SunTrust Banks of Tennessee
Foundation; T & T Family Foundation;
Tennessee Valley Authority; The
Andersons Inc. Charitable Foundation;
The Ayers Foundation; The Basement;
The Benevity Community Impact Fund;
The Community Foundation of Middle
Tennessee; The Danner Foundation; The
District, Inc.; The HCA Foundation; The
Houghland Foundation; The Hunt Family
Foundation of Nashville, Tennessee, Inc.;
The Jane and Richard Eskind & Family
Foundation; The Jewish Federation of
Nashville & Middle Tennessee; The Nancy
M. & Victor S. Johnson, Jr. Foundation
Inc.; The Nicholson Foundation, Inc.;
The Shayne Foundation; The TJX
Foundation; The USAA Foundation, Inc.;
Thomas and Mamie Houser Charitable
Foundation; Tithe One On; United Way
of Metropolitan Nashville; United Way of
Rutherford and Cannon Counties; United
Way of Williamson County; United Way
of Wilson County; Vanderbilt Law School;
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation;
Walgreens Corporate; Washington
Foundation; West End Home Foundation;
West End United Methodist Church;
Westminster Presbyterian Church; Which
Wich - Franklin; Which Wich - Nashville;
White Castle; YourCause, LLC; Zeitlin &
Company Realtors
The following individuals for their generous
support:
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Alexander; Ms. Laurie
Anderson; Mr. Kevin Arrowsmith; Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Bartek; Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Bartels; Mr. and Mrs. Steven B.
Bartlett; Ms. Brenda Bass; Mr. Robert
Batcheller and Mrs. Melissa Palicka; Mr.
and Mrs. Brett Beavers; Mr. Raymond
L. Beck and Dr. Deborah D. Hatton; Ms.
Janice Bell; Mr. Dierks Bentley; Mrs. J.C.
Bradford, Jr.; Mr. David Bradley; Mr. and
Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr.; Drs. Brett and
Andrea Bryant; Mr. and Mrs. Mark E.
Buchanan; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Buchanan;
Mr. and Mrs. John Buntin; Ms. Heather
C. Burroughs; Trey and Lisa Calfee; Mr.
Cody Campbell; Ms. Janet K. Carell;
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cobb; Nancy and
Tony Conway; Ms. Kimberly L. Crews;
Ms. Sheryl S. Crow; Derrick and Angie
Dalton; Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis; Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Dinker; Mr. Mike
Duffer; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dungan;
Ms. Melissa Eads; Mr. Richard Franks &
Mrs. Sharon Eberle; Dr. and Mrs. Burton
F. Elrod; Mr. Terence N. Fails Jr.; Mr.
David Feinstein; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
C. Fisher Jr.; Mr. Jonathan Flack and Dr.
English C. Flack; Mr. and Mrs. Kevin
Fortney; Mrs. Barbara A. Fritch; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard W. Frost; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred C. Goad Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
R. Graeff; Dr. Marie R. Griffin and Dr.
Robert J. Coffey; Mr. Larry Grimes;
Barbara and Lee Grubbs; Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin H. Hall; Mrs. Becky Harrell;
Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison; Mr. and Mrs.
H. Rodes Hart Sr.; Mr. Jonathan Harwell;
Ms. Evelyn Doxey and Mr. C. Daniel
Hazlewood; Dr. Leslie J. Higgins; Ms.
Lela Hollabaugh and Mr. Dean Shumate;
Mr. Jack Hood; Mr. and Mrs. Granbery
Jackson III; Mr. and Mrs. J. David Jarrard;
Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Johnson; Mr.
Charles Judge; Mr. Kuty Kaalaas; Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence H. Kloess; Mrs. Christine
Konradi; Ms. Nancy Kruh; Mr. and Mrs.
Jason Laetz; Dr. Julie W. Lemmon and Mr.
Jeremy Lemmon; Dr. Mark E. Levitch;
Mr. Donald L. Loftis & Mrs. Jessica L.
Loftis; Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lovell; Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Loyd; Mr. and Mrs. Michael
A. Marks; Ms. Rhonda A. Martocci;
Mr. and Mrs. Hill McAlister; Ms. Julie
Johnson McCown; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
P. McDonald; Patricia and James McKay;
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Gerard Menke; Mr. and
Mrs. F. Max Merrell; Mr. and Mrs. David
L. Miller; Ms. Michele Mills; Mr. and Mrs.
S. Joseph Moore; Mr. James M. Leek and
Mrs. Margaret J. Moore; Mr. L. Kevin
Morehead and Ms. Carol Lea-Mord; Mr.
and Mrs. Michael J. Nacarato Jr.; Mr.
Fred H. Nance; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Nelson; Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Nelson;
Mary and Gudger Nichols; Kerry P. O’Neil
and Ms. Mary Ann Pitt; Ms. Nancy N.
Orndorff; Mr. and Mrs. Eric Paisley; Mr.
and Mrs. Kevin A. Partridge; W.T. and
Sammie Patterson; Mr. and Mrs. Gary S.
Pinsly; Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Rechter;
Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Rechter; Mr. Craig
Reed; Mr. Roger Reed; Mr. James H.
Reed and Mr. Jack Arnold; Ms. Donna
Regii; Mr. and Ms. Mark D. Richards; Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan D. Richardson; Mr. and
Mrs. David L. Richardson; Ms. Sylvia L.
Roberts; Mrs. Walter M. Robinson Jr.;
Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Rosbury; Meredith
M. Rowley; Ms. Donna Sava; Mr. and
Mrs. John Shafer; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D.
Shivers; Ms. Nina C. Sivek; Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Small; Mr. Jonathan S. Small; Mrs.
Leah E. Sohr; Mr. Jeremy Story; Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Stuart; Mr. Gerald Stump; Ms.
Paula Sullivan; Ms. and Dr. Helene L.
Tate; Mr. and Mrs. T. Stephen Cameron
Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Robin R. Taylor;
Ms. Rebecca Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Tonnies; Mr. and Mrs. Travis Troutt; Mr.
and Mrs. James F. Turner Jr.; Mr. and
Mrs. H. Calister Turner III; Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Turner; Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Vallett Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughn;
Mr. Richard H. Vrabcak; Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph G. Wagner; Ms. Morrisia Waligora;
Mr. D. Donald Welch and Ms. Celeste
Reed; Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Wells; Dr.
Margaret M. Whalen & Dr. Gaynor C.
Wild; Mr. and Mrs. Govan D. White; Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew K. White; Mr. Aaron
Wiedmer; Ms. Peggy Wilkerson; Ms. K.
Janelle Wilson; Mr. Bracey B. Wilson; Mr.
Jeffrey D. Wilson; Mr. and Mrs. Craig M.
Wiseman; Mr. Michael D. Yinger; Mr.
Julian Zander Jr.
The following individuals and organizations
for donations received through Food Drives:
AAA Auto Club South; ABE’s Garden
ProjectAccredo; Admin. Office of the
Courts; Advance Financial; Aegis; All
Interior Supply; American Center;
American Income Life; Amsurg;
Antioch Middle Prep; APA Nashville;
Apollo Middle School; AT&T Corp.;
Audi/Porsche of Nashville; Automated
Collection Service INC; Axciom; Barbieri
Orthodontics; Barre3 Nashville; BCM at
Vanderbilt Place; Bellevue Middle School;
Belmont University; Benton Co. Career
& Technical Center; BMW of Nashville;
BNY Mellow; Boy Scouts of America;
CAA; Cassidy Turley Properties; CGS;
Cheesecake Factory; City of Brentwood
911 Center; Clayborne Tabernacle
M.B. Church; Climb Nashville; Cloplay
Plastics; Club West Volleyball; Coco;
Concept Technology, Inc. ; Country
Music Television; Crest Honda; Crosslin
Assoc.; DCI Supply and Lab; Delta Dental;
Denta Quest; Dept. of Children’s Services;
Deptartment of Human Services; Direct
TV Home Services; Dodson Chapel;
Dollar General; Dot Records; Downtown
Library; Dupont; Dynamic Recycling;
Embassy Suites; Equal Opportunity
Commission; Farmers’ Market; FedEx
Express; Feed The Children; Food Lion;
Foundations Recovery Network; Freeman
Webb; Frist Center; Gaedeke Group;
Gaylord Entertainment Company;
Gibson Brands Inc; Girl Scouts; Glen
Leven Presbyterian Church; Green Bay
Packers Club; Hallmark Automotive;
Harris Teeter; HCA; Home Depot;
Hunters for the Hungry; Jellystone
Park; Kroger; Lifeway; Lightning 100;
Lindsley Ave Church of Christ; Lipscomb
University; Loews Vanderbilt Plaza;
Logan’s Roadhouse Inc.; LPS Integration;
Market Strategies; Mayor’s 5k; McDonalds
Restaurants; Meharry Medical College;
Middle TN Brown’s Backers; Montessori
Center; MVI; Nashville Opera; Nashville
Predators; Nashville State Comm. College
Foundation; Nashville Zombie Walk;
Nashville Zoo; Neely-Coble; New Vision
Academy; Nissan North America, Inc;
Omni Hotel Nashville; One Nashville
Place; One Swagg Entertainment;
Ozburn Hessey Logistics; Panera Bread;
Parallon Supply Chain Solutions; Pearl
Drum Corp. ; Pepsi Cola Food Drive;
Performance Food Group (PFG) ; Piggly
Wiggly; Primrose School of Brentwood;
Proctor & Gamble Company; Publix;
Regions; Reliant Realty; Remington
College; Restaurant Depot; RR Donnelley;
SAE; Safelite Auto Glass; Save-A-Lot;
Schwab Elementary; Scott’s Chapel
A.M.E. Church; Senator Norris; Shapiro
Family Chiropractic; Smithson Craighead
Academy; Sodexo at Belmont University;
St. Anselm’s Episcopal Church; St. Luke
CME Church; SunTrust Bank, Nashville;
Surgery Partners, LLC; Taylor Farms
Tennessee, Inc.; Technology Advice;
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency;
Tennessee Department of Agriculture;
Tennessee Dept. of Transportation;
Tennessee Education Lottery; Tennessee
Government Management Institute;
Tennessee Technology Center at
McKenzie; TenTen Music; The Grilled
Cheeserie; Title Max; T-Mobile; TN
General Assembly Legislature; Tri Star
Sports and Entertainment; TriStar
Medline; UMG Nashville; Vanderbilt;
Walmart; Waste Management, Inc.;
Welcare Health; WEX Fleet One; Whole
Foods; William Morris Endeavor; Wilson
County Board of Education; Wyndham
Hotel; XO Communications
Feeding Hope™ 7
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S.POSTAGE
PAID
NASHVILLE, TN
PERMIT NO. 483
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
The Martin Distribution Center
331 Great Circle Road
Nashville, TN 37228
secondharvestmidtn.org
Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars and
support Second Harvest
MARCH 24
MAY 9
Team up with Second
Harvest and the Nashville
Predators for the season’s
second food drive.
For more information:
615-627-1625
Place non-perishable food
next to your mailbox
before your letter carrier
delivers on Saturday, May
9, and the post office will
deliver donations to
Second Harvest.
APRIL 28 - MAY 15
MAY 14
SMASHVILLE ICES
HUNGER
BATTLE OF THE
BRIEFCASE
Virtual Food Drive
competition between the
Accounting and Law
industries. Firms compete
to raise the most by
teaming up against each
other.
For more information:
615-627-1625
STAMP OUT HUNGER
GENEROUS HELPINGS
Enjoy tastings from
Nashville’s best
restaurants paired with
fine wines and beers at
City Winery.
For more information:
615-627-1565
JUNE 9
STARS FOR SECOND
HARVEST
Join us in The Community
Foundation of Middle
Tennessee’s 24-hour
giving challange.
11th annual benefit show
hosted by acclaimed
songwriter Craig Wiseman
with special guests.
For more information:
615-627-1565
MAY 6
JUNE/JULY
Join us and host Dale
Levitski, Executive Chef of
Sinema, for a multi-course
dinner, each prepared by
Nashville’s best chefs.
For more information:
615-627-1565
A unique opportunity for
kids (9-18) to get hands-on
training in our state-ofthe-art commercial
kitchen under guidance of
professional chefs.
Currently accepting
registrations.
For more information:
secondharvestmidtn.org/
cac
MAY 5
THE BIG PAYBACK
GENEROUS HELPINGS
PATRONS PARTY
COOKS RULE!
COOKING CAMPS
secondharvestmidtn.org/events