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FOOD SHUTTLE
News Letter
...Bringing food to the hungry since 1989
Volume XXI
Number
200 St. Gregory Court
Williamsville, New York 14221-2635
HotLine: 688-2527
http://www.foodshuttlewny.org
VII
July 2010
Quotations of the Month
‘Then, a companion story from AOL News: ”Record Number
of US Kids Facing Summer of Hunger. With the [school] year
ending in communities across America, more than 16 million
children face a summer of hunger...The children caught in
the gap will likely spend the next few months cadging leftovers
from their neighbors, chowing down on cheap junk, lining up
with their families at food banks that are already overmatched
or simply learning to live with a constant headache, growling
stomach and chronic fatigue...I think, you know what we’re
going to do here, we’re going to start a feature on this program: ”Where to find food. For young demographics, where
to find food...And, of course, the first will be: Try your house.
It’s a thing called the refrigerator. You probably already know
about it. Try looking there. There are also things in what’s
called the kitchen of your house called cupboards. And in
those cupboards, most likely you’re going to find Ding-Dongs,
Twinkies, Lays ridgy potato chips...There’s another place if
none of these options work to find food; there’s always the
neighborhood dumpster. Now, you might find competition with
homeless people there, but there are videos that have been produced to show you how to healthfully dine and how to dumpster
dive and survive until school kicks back up in August. Can you
imagine the benefit we would provide people?’
Food Shuttle of Western New York, Inc.
Amherst Branch Meeting: Sayonara!
ue to lack of attendance, the Amherst Branch is no
longer having monthly meetings.
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All non-permanent drivers should make a note on your calendar to call your branch coordinator the 3rd week of the month.
The phone call you make will save your branch coordinator
from making many phone calls. Thank you.
P.S. If you don’t know what a non-permanent driver is, you
are one!
Food Shuttle Election Results
he slate of candidates for officers and board of directors was elected to office at our June 21 annual meeting.
There is an enclosure in this month’s news letter with their
titles, names and phone numbers.
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23% of Children in the U.S. are Food
Insecure
he United States Department of Agriculture reports that
17 million children – 23% of our children – lived in food
insecure households in 2008† . Food insecurity can be assessed
...‘Rush Limbaugh attacks school lunches’. Rush Limbaugh’s June 16, 2010 radio program.
You can hear him speak those words at http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201006160041
from several observations. For example, at some point each
16 million children represent 22.7% of our nation’s children.
week, children watched their parents go without food so the
children can eat; children having to skip meals due to lack
New Members
of money; children accompany their parents to food pantries,
ohn Boser, and Chris Tirella. Welcome aboard!
etc. The USDA’s data collection is done, necessarily, by interviews. And many believe there is much insecurity that goes
unmentioned: try telling a representative of the federal govCondolences
ernment that your children are not getting food at least one
o Ray, Mary and Debbie Arent on the loss of Harry’s
day each week.
father, Henry on June 18. And to Marie Evans. Marie’s
The National School Lunch Program feeds about 30 million
husband, Paul, passed away on June 24.
school kids each year and 18 million of which received free
or reduced-price lunches. The cost of this program was $9.8
Area Coordinator Phone Numbers
billion for 2008, or $1.63 per school-day per child. The lunch
program’s cost is equivalent to the total financial cost of 13
Ken-Ton Branch Members
days of war in Iraq, alone.3
Call
Telephone
When/For
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Anne Koberstein
Kathy Reinard
Judy Tutuska
836 - 6989
681 - 8232
876-7683.
Before branch meeting
Mon-Fri Runs
Sat & Sun Runs
Of course, there’s a hiatus in the school lunch program each
summer, increasing the food insecurity of those 18 million
kids. Hence, Rush Limbaugh’s lame suggestions for kids (see
Quotation of the Month). Rush’s current salary is $38 million
annually.4 He could well-afford to feed 15 million kids – the
South Towns Branch Members
United States’ entire secondary school population – for 1 day
Call
Telephone
When/For
Debbie Gick or Sharon Hoff 839 - 3539 3rd week of month during the summer, and have $14 million left over to fill his
refrigerator.
Amherst Branch Members
Call
Telephone
When/For
Vince Lema 694 - 3722 3rd week of month
Joan Heine 689 - 9537
Sat & Sun Runs
† How Improving Federal Nutrition Program Access and Quality Work Together to Reduce Hunger
and Promote Healthy Eating. by Heather Hartline-Grafton, Federal Research and Action Center,
February 2010. www.frac.org.
‡ http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/aboutlunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf
3. War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says, by Kari Lydersen, Washington Post, Sept. 22,
2007.
4. http://www.monstersandcritics.com
Drivers of the Month
mherst: Pat Leberer.
Pat’s been an active member of
Food Shuttle for the past 20 years. She is a permanent
driver picking up at Butterwood Bakery and delivering to St.
Francis Mother House. Thank you Pat!
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en-Ton: Tanny Hollaway. Tanny’s been a driver for us
since 2002. Early on, he accepted a permanent Tuesday
run – a double run. And when called, he will always take another run, even if this extra run lasts an entire month. That’s
the kind of driver we truly appreciate having on our roster.
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outhtowns: Matt Kalinowski. Matt recently made a connection for the Food Shuttle with Pumpernick ’n Pastry Bakery. We will be picking up for their 4 locations on Thursdays
and Saturdays. Also, Matt has picked up one of the Saturday
runs in addition to his permanent Monday run. Thanks, too,
to Margaret Kalinowski who assists Matt with his runs. We
need new providers, now we have 4 more, thanks!!!
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Upcoming Ken-Ton Branch Meeting
Tuesday, June 15th at Kenmore Library, 160 Delaware Rd. (near
Chapel Road) Kenmore, NY. 7:15 P.M.
Charles L. Bowman, Editor
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Food Shuttle of Western New York, Inc.
Food Shuttle of Western New York
200 St. Gregory Ct
Williamsville NY 14221
Hotline: (716) 688-2527
http://www.foodshuttlewny.org
Organization Chart - 2010/2011
Co-Presidents (D)
Dave & Cindy Miller
735-7115
OFFICERS
Vice President(D)
Exec. Vice President (D)
Charles Bowman
688-2374
Treasurer (D)
Recording Sec’y (D)
Mary Ann Rizzo
636-4510
Kathy Kostek
632-3562
Corres. Sec’y.(D)
Attorney (D)
Peg Mergenhagen
688-0942
Judith Voit
873-6320
CO-ORDINATORS
Providers (D)
Recipients (D)
Amherst (D)
KenTon/N.Bflo.(D)
Southtowns (D)
Harold Hazen
634-4750
Lucy Volland
833-0494
Vince Lema
694-3722
Anne Koberstein
836-6989
Debbie Gick
839-3539
Dispatchers (D)
Barbara Ivancic
681-0962
P.R./Membrs (D)
Joyce Paterson
560-3121
ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATORS
Ann Marie Bowman
688-2374
Rich Cipolla
632-3446
Joan Heine
689-9537
Kathryn Reinard
681-8232
Amh Calendars
Rich Cipolla
632-3446
Judy Tutuska
876-7683
Packets (D)
Ann Marie Bowman
688-2374
DISPATCHERS
Monday (D)
Joan King
688-7238
Tuesday
Pat Boje
634-1749
Wednesday
Dave & Cindy Miller
735-7115
Thursday
Betty Schueckler
632-0458
Friday
Roberta McGinty
877-3044
Saturday
Winter: Barb Ivancic 681-0962
Summer: Eliane Knopp 688-4778
Sunday (D)
Charlotte Piciulo
688-7198
DIRECTORS-At-LARGE
Angela Georgi 688-5171
Betty Foti
634-8172
David and Judy Corrigan 633-4596
SUPPORT STAFF:
Volunteer Roster:
Recipient List:
Provider List:
Anne Koberstein
Rich Cipolla
Anne Marie Bowman
836-6989
632-3446
688-2374
Logs/Stats:
Historian:
Newsletter:
"Sunshine"
Jim Brown
Pat Boje
Charles Bowman
Louise Seereiter
685-9248
634-1749
688-2374
839-1797
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