Winter 2013 - San Diego Food Bank

Mayor Sanders Launches
Holiday Food Drive 2012
I
n one of his final public events before
retiring, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders
launched the Food Bank’s 2012 Holiday
Food Drive at a press conference on Nov. 9.
The Food Bank’s Advisory Board Co-chair Stephen
Cushman kicked off the press conference explaining that the
Food Bank has been feeding record numbers of people since
the start of the recession back in 2008. Cushman attributed the
record demand to sustained high unemployment, high gas and
food prices, and the region’s high cost of living.
Mayor Sanders kicks off the 2012 Holiday Food Drive.
and radio commercials playing throughout the holiday season
encouraging the community to donate.
Mayor Sanders explained that the need for food remains
greater than ever before and that his Christmas present to his
daughters would be a donation to the Food Bank on their behalf.
The Holiday Food Drive ran from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. More
than 700 businesses, civic groups, religious organizations,
and schools hosted food drives for the Food Bank collecting
hundreds of thousands of pounds of food.
During the press conference, the Mayor announced the
2012 Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs: Jerry Navarra, Chairman
of Jerome’s Furniture, and Steve Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank.
Thank you to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive sponsors:
Stephen Cushman thanked Wells Fargo and Jerome’s for
sponsoring this year’s Holiday Food Drive with television
Fifth Annual Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive
Raises 119,000 Pounds
T
he Hard Rock Hotel San Diego sponsored the fifth annual
Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive in October.
second, UC San Diego placed third, and Cal State San Marcos
finished fourth.
Four colleges including UC San Diego, San Diego State
University, Point Loma Nazarene University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three-week
food drive competition.
Mayor Sanders and Hard Rock Hotel San Diego General
Manager Matt Greene awarded a life-size “guitar trophy” to
the winning college, and the Hard Rock Hotel projected the
winning school’s name on the exterior of the hotel building
during the month of November.
The colleges hosted
campus-wide events to collect
food and educate students
about hunger in San Diego.
Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities,
at sporting events, concerts,
and at university transport
hubs.
The Hard Rock Hotel
projected the winning
school’s name on the
exterior of the hotel
for a week.
A huge thank you to all of the students who participated
in the competition!
Eighty CDC Volunteers
Pitch In at Food Bank
Vince Kasperick is the
founder and president of
AimLoan.com, an internetbased direct mortgage
lender. Prior to founding
AimLoan.com, Vince spent
13 years in the banking
industry, including seven as
the president of a San Diegobased bank specializing in
mortgage banking.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WINTER 2013
The CDC is a nonprofit
member of the Small
Business Administration
that provides startup
loans to small
businesses.
Carlos Illingworth is
Director of Public Affairs
and Government Relations
for Vons, Safeway’s largest
supermarket division. Prior
to joining Vons in 2008,
Illingworth worked for two
members of the California
State Legislature.
The group inspected
food drive donations
and packed thousands
of pounds of fresh
produce. Thanks CDC!
"Truthfully, I don’t want to be
here, but I will do whatever
it takes to feed my kids.”
Special Thanks
The Food Bank would like to thank the
following corporations and foundations
for their generous contributions. The list
reflects donations received July 2012
through Nov. 2012.
Food Bank Appoints
Kaye de Lancey
Hentschke Director
of Development
Diamond
Sony Online Entertainment
AimLoan.com
The Melvin Garb Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
The Food Bank appointed
local fundraising expert
Kaye de Lancey Hentschke
as Director of Development.
Gold
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Leichtag Family Foundation
U.S. Bank
Hentschke brings more than 17 years of
fundraising experience to the Food Bank’s
Development Department. Prior to joining
the Food Bank, Hentschke was the CEO of
Creative Fundraising Concepts, an independent
fundraising consultancy.
Silver
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Stater Bros. Charities
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Hentschke has served on the board of directors
for several leading educational and healthcare
nonprofit organizations.
Bronze
Jack In The Box Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
To provide food to people in need,
advocate for the hungry, and
educate the public about
hunger-related issues.
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 858-527-1419
In this Issue
“I’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FEED MY KIDS.”
Foodtasia,
a Fundraiser
Gala
A
Chargers
Award
Anniversary
Football
After she and her husband both lost
their jobs, they spent the last of their
savings and the family of five was evicted
from their rented home.
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Volunteer
Spotlight
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OUR MISSION
Holiday Food Drive Co-Chair Steve Bernstein and
Mayor Sanders present the award to the SDSU team.
Jacobs & Cushman San diego FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
More than 80 staff members from CDC,
the Certified Development Corporation,
volunteered at the Food Bank’s warehouse
over the holidays.
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SDSU won the competition,
having collected over 107,000
pounds of food and monetary
donations. Point Loma
Nazarene University finished
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
FOOD BANK WELCOMES NEW
BOARD MEMBERS
s Rachel, 31, holds her son,
Ashton, 3, she seeks shade from
a nearby tree as she waits in
line for food at the Food Bank’s food
distribution in Fallbrook.
“The economy has really affected us.
My husband and I were both working
80 hours a week at a company and it just
went under. I was an account executive
and my husband was inventory and sales.
It was overnight. It went bankrupt.
“We got evicted from the house we
were renting. We were surviving on
savings but that all dried up and yesterday
we needed food. So I came to the Food
Bank distribution here in Fallbrook. This
is my first time receiving help.”
Asked how she feels about receiving
help from the Food Bank, Rachel replies,
“Truthfully, I don’t want to be here, but
I will do whatever it takes to feed my
kids. These past few months have been
really tough. The kids eat before we do so
they don’t see how little my husband and
I are eating. My husband and I won’t eat
or will eat small portions so that the kids
get full.”
Rachel beams with pride when she
talks about her three children. “Avery
is 10 and in the fifth grade. Angela is
9 and in the fourth grade, and Ashton is
here with me today. He’s 3 years old.”
Walking through the food line,
Rachel is handed bags of cauliflower,
carrots, tortillas, apples, and potatoes.
As she is handed her food, she
contemplates her current situation.
continued on page 3
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www.sandiegofoodbank.org
THANK YOU, SAN DIEGO!
A special thanks to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive supporters.
O
n behalf of the Food Bank team, we want
to thank the entire San Diego community
for supporting this year’s Holiday Food
Drive. Hundreds of businesses, schools, civic groups,
and religious organizations hosted food drives for
the Food Bank.
We were thrilled that Jerome’s Furniture and
Wells Fargo were our official Holiday Food Drive
sponsors in partnership with KUSI Channel 9, NBC
Channel 7, KyXy 96.5, and the U-T San Diego.
Our official supermarket partners, Vons and
Stater Bros. supermarkets, provided excellent
support collecting food from the public in our
traditional red food drive barrels at 57 Vons and 11 Stater Bros. locations.
Vons, once again, made giving even easier for customers by preparing pre-packed
bags filled with our most-needed
food items.
Thanks to the support of our
many sponsors and the community,
the Food Bank was able to help
tens of thousands of families in San
Diego County during the holiday
season.
”
Because the
economy is
still dire, we
still need your
support.”
The holidays are over, but we still need support from the community to carry out
our mission because hunger is not seasonal.
There are many ways you can help, such as hosting a winter food drive,
volunteering at the Food Bank’s warehouse to sort and package food, or by making
a donation. Our Monthly Meals Club allows you to donate $10 per month, which
enables us to provide 30 meals to hungry families in our community.
We also have a food-raiser gala coming up on March 23, 2013 at the Food Bank.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends when free school meals are unavailable. Visit the Food Bank’s website for
more details.
Thank you once again to everyone who continues to support the Food Bank —
not just over the holiday season but throughout the year.
Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
Board of Directors
Bruce Hollingsworth – Chairman
President/CEO (Ret.), Unified Port of San Diego
Larry Cleary – Vice Chairman
Vice President, Sales,
Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Sheldon Derezin – Secretary & Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer,
WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Steve Bernstein
Business Banking President,
Wells Fargo
Steve Hoffman
President, Western Region, NRG Energy Inc.
Carlos Illingworth
Director of Public Affairs and Government
Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
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Rachel and her family have moved in with her husband’s parents.
“Although money is still very tight with his parents, they have given
us a roof over our heads and utilities.”
Richard “Dick” Kelley
President & General Manager, NBC San Diego
Jerry Swain
Founder & CEO, Jer’s Handmade Chocolates
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman – Co-Chair
President, Cush Enterprises
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell – Co-Chair
Vice President, State Government Affairs,
SDG&E/SoCalGas
Kathy Davis
San Diego County Office of Education (Ret.)
David Lloyd
Director, Community Relations, NRG, Inc.
Honorable William C. Pate (Ret.)
JAMS, The Resolution Experts
This year, the Food Bank partnered with six Clear Channel
radio stations to promote the food drive with 30-second PSA
commercials asking fans to donate food and money at stadium
entrances.
JOIN THE FOOD BANK FOR FOODTASIA,
A Fundraiser Gala, Saturday, March 23
M
ark your calendars for the Food Bank’s 2013 gala fundraiser, Foodtasia,
which will take place at the Food Bank’s Miramar warehouse on Saturday,
March 23.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends, when free school meals are unavailable.
The Food Bank’s 72,000 sq. ft. warehouse will serve as the venue for the
event, enabling the Food Bank to showcase our operations while at the same time
hosting an exciting evening of dining, dancing, and live entertainment with local
band sensation NRG.
The gala will be a feast for the senses with exquisite foods prepared by six
of San Diego’s finest chefs, who will be preparing signature dishes for guests.
Each $200 ticket will fund a child on the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
for an entire school year. And each $1,800 table will fund nine students on the
program for an entire year.
Join us for an enjoyable night at the Food Bank while supporting a very
important Food Bank program.
Visit: www.sandiegofoodbank.org or contact Megan Mills at 858-863-5121
for details.
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6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
8:15 p.m.
Live Auction
8:45 p.m.
Dessert & Dancing with NRG
Thanks SDG&E!
On the morning of game day, two Charger Girls,
Meredith and Clarice, promoted the food drive with live
interviews on six morning radio programs: Rock 105.3,
Channel 933, 101KGB, KOGO 95.7, Star 94.1, and XTRA
Sports 1360 AM.
As Rachel is handed the last bag of produce and turns to leave, her somber expression is broken with a smile as she explains that
her husband, Kaden, has an interview for a job tomorrow. She turns and says, “I’m hoping that things will get better.”
Vince Kasperick
Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Through the Farm to Family program, on average, every
dollar donated to the purchase of fresh produce provides eight
pounds of produce for families in need. SDG&E’s donation
will provide approximately 160,000 pounds of fresh produce
for families in need.
More than 30 Food Bank volunteers greeted fans
at entrances to Qualcomm Stadium and collected cash and
canned food donations.
He continues, “We serve around 300 families that have an average of four people in the household, so we serve a total of 1,400
people in the Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rayburn, and the Deluz area. The Fallbrook Food Pantry couldn’t do this distribution without
food from the Food Bank. We just supply the manpower. The harmony of us working together is beautiful. We are reaching
so many households in our area who need help.”
John Vingas
Vice President, Centerplate Catering
Advisory Board Co-Chair
T
he Chargers partnered with the Food Bank for their
annual food drive at Qualcomm Stadium before their
game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Rachel has been unsuccessful in finding a job. “I’m actually
a qualified medical assistant, but there’s no work in that area. There
are too many schools, too many graduates, and not enough work.
I went to school and I thought to myself, ‘Yes! I’m going to work
in the medical field.’ But there’s no work. So, I’m looking for jobs
in caregiving right now.”
Aimee Faucett
Government Affairs
Republic Services/Allied Waste
Annie M. Goshert
Sr. Customer Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola
S
DG&E donated $25,000 to the Food Bank at the start
of the holiday season. A long-time corporate donor of the
Food Bank, SDG&E’s donation funded a $5K sponsorship
for the Food Bank’s blues festival and $20K for the purchase
of fresh produce through the California Association of Food
Banks’ Farm to Family program.
Chargers Award 50th Anniversary
Football to Chargers Food Drive
Winners
“It’s weird. I’m on the other side now. Before my last job, I used to
do welfare and work for people in need. Now I’m on the other side,
but I’m not going to let this get me down. I still volunteer at my
church. I’ve been volunteering all of my life there.”
Arnie Willcuts, President of the Board of the Fallbrook Food Pantry, which distributes food provided by the Food Bank,
explains: “We’ve got a lot of younger families that have lost their jobs or run out of unemployment benefits.”
Ed Plant
President, Harborside Refrigerated Services
SDG&E Donates $25,000
Story continued from page 1
Daniel J. Devine
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Jennifer L. Perkins
Corporate Affairs Specialist, Cintra US
“I'll Do Whatever It Takes . . .”
Charger Girl Meredith
and morning show
host Chip Franklin talk
about the Charger
Food Drive.
At the halftime ceremony,
Food Bank officials and this
year’s Holiday Food Drive
Co-chairs, Jerry Navarra of
Jerome’s Furniture and Food
Bank board member Steve
Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank,
presented the winners of the
food drive with a signed 50th
Anniversary football for their
donation of food.
Mitch Mitchell of SDG&E, Food Bank Interim CEO
Casey Castillo, Development Director Kaye de Lancey,
and Pedro Villegas of SDG&E.
County High Schools
to Participate in 2013
MLK, Jr. Freedom from
Hunger Food Drive
M
ore than 90 San Diego County high
schools are invited to take part in
the fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom from Hunger Food Drive that
will run from January 21 to February 2.
The food drive raised thousands of pounds of food and
monetary donations in time for Thanksgiving. The Food Bank
thanks the Chargers and Charger Girls for their amazing
support.
Fourteen schools participated in the
food drive competition last year and
collected over 23,000 pounds of food,
more than doubling the amount raised
the previous year.
Tickets: $200
Table of 10: $1,800
A valet service will be provided.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
school’s ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for Leaders
awards luncheon on February 19.
Special thanks to our Foodtasia
Co-chairs Joe and Lisa Busalacchi
The Food Bank thanks this year’s
sponsors, U.S. Bank, Kiwanis, Coca-Cola,
J. Soul Productions, MTS, and the Ninth
District PTA.
Retired CEO Scody Hage, Stephen Cushman, and
Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs Jerry Navarra and
Steve Bernstein award the food drive winners.
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www.sandiegofoodbank.org
THANK YOU, SAN DIEGO!
A special thanks to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive supporters.
O
n behalf of the Food Bank team, we want
to thank the entire San Diego community
for supporting this year’s Holiday Food
Drive. Hundreds of businesses, schools, civic groups,
and religious organizations hosted food drives for
the Food Bank.
We were thrilled that Jerome’s Furniture and
Wells Fargo were our official Holiday Food Drive
sponsors in partnership with KUSI Channel 9, NBC
Channel 7, KyXy 96.5, and the U-T San Diego.
Our official supermarket partners, Vons and
Stater Bros. supermarkets, provided excellent
support collecting food from the public in our
traditional red food drive barrels at 57 Vons and 11 Stater Bros. locations.
Vons, once again, made giving even easier for customers by preparing pre-packed
bags filled with our most-needed
food items.
Thanks to the support of our
many sponsors and the community,
the Food Bank was able to help
tens of thousands of families in San
Diego County during the holiday
season.
”
Because the
economy is
still dire, we
still need your
support.”
The holidays are over, but we still need support from the community to carry out
our mission because hunger is not seasonal.
There are many ways you can help, such as hosting a winter food drive,
volunteering at the Food Bank’s warehouse to sort and package food, or by making
a donation. Our Monthly Meals Club allows you to donate $10 per month, which
enables us to provide 30 meals to hungry families in our community.
We also have a food-raiser gala coming up on March 23, 2013 at the Food Bank.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends when free school meals are unavailable. Visit the Food Bank’s website for
more details.
Thank you once again to everyone who continues to support the Food Bank —
not just over the holiday season but throughout the year.
Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
Board of Directors
Bruce Hollingsworth – Chairman
President/CEO (Ret.), Unified Port of San Diego
Larry Cleary – Vice Chairman
Vice President, Sales,
Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Sheldon Derezin – Secretary & Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer,
WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Steve Bernstein
Business Banking President,
Wells Fargo
Steve Hoffman
President, Western Region, NRG Energy Inc.
Carlos Illingworth
Director of Public Affairs and Government
Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
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Rachel and her family have moved in with her husband’s parents.
“Although money is still very tight with his parents, they have given
us a roof over our heads and utilities.”
Richard “Dick” Kelley
President & General Manager, NBC San Diego
Jerry Swain
Founder & CEO, Jer’s Handmade Chocolates
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman – Co-Chair
President, Cush Enterprises
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell – Co-Chair
Vice President, State Government Affairs,
SDG&E/SoCalGas
Kathy Davis
San Diego County Office of Education (Ret.)
David Lloyd
Director, Community Relations, NRG, Inc.
Honorable William C. Pate (Ret.)
JAMS, The Resolution Experts
This year, the Food Bank partnered with six Clear Channel
radio stations to promote the food drive with 30-second PSA
commercials asking fans to donate food and money at stadium
entrances.
JOIN THE FOOD BANK FOR FOODTASIA,
A Fundraiser Gala, Saturday, March 23
M
ark your calendars for the Food Bank’s 2013 gala fundraiser, Foodtasia,
which will take place at the Food Bank’s Miramar warehouse on Saturday,
March 23.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends, when free school meals are unavailable.
The Food Bank’s 72,000 sq. ft. warehouse will serve as the venue for the
event, enabling the Food Bank to showcase our operations while at the same time
hosting an exciting evening of dining, dancing, and live entertainment with local
band sensation NRG.
The gala will be a feast for the senses with exquisite foods prepared by six
of San Diego’s finest chefs, who will be preparing signature dishes for guests.
Each $200 ticket will fund a child on the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
for an entire school year. And each $1,800 table will fund nine students on the
program for an entire year.
Join us for an enjoyable night at the Food Bank while supporting a very
important Food Bank program.
Visit: www.sandiegofoodbank.org or contact Megan Mills at 858-863-5121
for details.
3
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
8:15 p.m.
Live Auction
8:45 p.m.
Dessert & Dancing with NRG
Thanks SDG&E!
On the morning of game day, two Charger Girls,
Meredith and Clarice, promoted the food drive with live
interviews on six morning radio programs: Rock 105.3,
Channel 933, 101KGB, KOGO 95.7, Star 94.1, and XTRA
Sports 1360 AM.
As Rachel is handed the last bag of produce and turns to leave, her somber expression is broken with a smile as she explains that
her husband, Kaden, has an interview for a job tomorrow. She turns and says, “I’m hoping that things will get better.”
Vince Kasperick
Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Through the Farm to Family program, on average, every
dollar donated to the purchase of fresh produce provides eight
pounds of produce for families in need. SDG&E’s donation
will provide approximately 160,000 pounds of fresh produce
for families in need.
More than 30 Food Bank volunteers greeted fans
at entrances to Qualcomm Stadium and collected cash and
canned food donations.
He continues, “We serve around 300 families that have an average of four people in the household, so we serve a total of 1,400
people in the Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rayburn, and the Deluz area. The Fallbrook Food Pantry couldn’t do this distribution without
food from the Food Bank. We just supply the manpower. The harmony of us working together is beautiful. We are reaching
so many households in our area who need help.”
John Vingas
Vice President, Centerplate Catering
Advisory Board Co-Chair
T
he Chargers partnered with the Food Bank for their
annual food drive at Qualcomm Stadium before their
game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Rachel has been unsuccessful in finding a job. “I’m actually
a qualified medical assistant, but there’s no work in that area. There
are too many schools, too many graduates, and not enough work.
I went to school and I thought to myself, ‘Yes! I’m going to work
in the medical field.’ But there’s no work. So, I’m looking for jobs
in caregiving right now.”
Aimee Faucett
Government Affairs
Republic Services/Allied Waste
Annie M. Goshert
Sr. Customer Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola
S
DG&E donated $25,000 to the Food Bank at the start
of the holiday season. A long-time corporate donor of the
Food Bank, SDG&E’s donation funded a $5K sponsorship
for the Food Bank’s blues festival and $20K for the purchase
of fresh produce through the California Association of Food
Banks’ Farm to Family program.
Chargers Award 50th Anniversary
Football to Chargers Food Drive
Winners
“It’s weird. I’m on the other side now. Before my last job, I used to
do welfare and work for people in need. Now I’m on the other side,
but I’m not going to let this get me down. I still volunteer at my
church. I’ve been volunteering all of my life there.”
Arnie Willcuts, President of the Board of the Fallbrook Food Pantry, which distributes food provided by the Food Bank,
explains: “We’ve got a lot of younger families that have lost their jobs or run out of unemployment benefits.”
Ed Plant
President, Harborside Refrigerated Services
SDG&E Donates $25,000
Story continued from page 1
Daniel J. Devine
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Jennifer L. Perkins
Corporate Affairs Specialist, Cintra US
“I'll Do Whatever It Takes . . .”
Charger Girl Meredith
and morning show
host Chip Franklin talk
about the Charger
Food Drive.
At the halftime ceremony,
Food Bank officials and this
year’s Holiday Food Drive
Co-chairs, Jerry Navarra of
Jerome’s Furniture and Food
Bank board member Steve
Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank,
presented the winners of the
food drive with a signed 50th
Anniversary football for their
donation of food.
Mitch Mitchell of SDG&E, Food Bank Interim CEO
Casey Castillo, Development Director Kaye de Lancey,
and Pedro Villegas of SDG&E.
County High Schools
to Participate in 2013
MLK, Jr. Freedom from
Hunger Food Drive
M
ore than 90 San Diego County high
schools are invited to take part in
the fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom from Hunger Food Drive that
will run from January 21 to February 2.
The food drive raised thousands of pounds of food and
monetary donations in time for Thanksgiving. The Food Bank
thanks the Chargers and Charger Girls for their amazing
support.
Fourteen schools participated in the
food drive competition last year and
collected over 23,000 pounds of food,
more than doubling the amount raised
the previous year.
Tickets: $200
Table of 10: $1,800
A valet service will be provided.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
school’s ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for Leaders
awards luncheon on February 19.
Special thanks to our Foodtasia
Co-chairs Joe and Lisa Busalacchi
The Food Bank thanks this year’s
sponsors, U.S. Bank, Kiwanis, Coca-Cola,
J. Soul Productions, MTS, and the Ninth
District PTA.
Retired CEO Scody Hage, Stephen Cushman, and
Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs Jerry Navarra and
Steve Bernstein award the food drive winners.
4
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
THANK YOU, SAN DIEGO!
A special thanks to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive supporters.
O
n behalf of the Food Bank team, we want
to thank the entire San Diego community
for supporting this year’s Holiday Food
Drive. Hundreds of businesses, schools, civic groups,
and religious organizations hosted food drives for
the Food Bank.
We were thrilled that Jerome’s Furniture and
Wells Fargo were our official Holiday Food Drive
sponsors in partnership with KUSI Channel 9, NBC
Channel 7, KyXy 96.5, and the U-T San Diego.
Our official supermarket partners, Vons and
Stater Bros. supermarkets, provided excellent
support collecting food from the public in our
traditional red food drive barrels at 57 Vons and 11 Stater Bros. locations.
Vons, once again, made giving even easier for customers by preparing pre-packed
bags filled with our most-needed
food items.
Thanks to the support of our
many sponsors and the community,
the Food Bank was able to help
tens of thousands of families in San
Diego County during the holiday
season.
”
Because the
economy is
still dire, we
still need your
support.”
The holidays are over, but we still need support from the community to carry out
our mission because hunger is not seasonal.
There are many ways you can help, such as hosting a winter food drive,
volunteering at the Food Bank’s warehouse to sort and package food, or by making
a donation. Our Monthly Meals Club allows you to donate $10 per month, which
enables us to provide 30 meals to hungry families in our community.
We also have a food-raiser gala coming up on March 23, 2013 at the Food Bank.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends when free school meals are unavailable. Visit the Food Bank’s website for
more details.
Thank you once again to everyone who continues to support the Food Bank —
not just over the holiday season but throughout the year.
Jacobs & Cushman
San Diego Food Bank
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
858-527-1419
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
Board of Directors
Bruce Hollingsworth – Chairman
President/CEO (Ret.), Unified Port of San Diego
Larry Cleary – Vice Chairman
Vice President, Sales,
Indyme Solutions, Inc.
Sheldon Derezin – Secretary & Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer,
WAXIE Sanitary Supply
Steve Bernstein
Business Banking President,
Wells Fargo
Steve Hoffman
President, Western Region, NRG Energy Inc.
Carlos Illingworth
Director of Public Affairs and Government
Relations, Vons, a Safeway Company
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Rachel and her family have moved in with her husband’s parents.
“Although money is still very tight with his parents, they have given
us a roof over our heads and utilities.”
Richard “Dick” Kelley
President & General Manager, NBC San Diego
Jerry Swain
Founder & CEO, Jer’s Handmade Chocolates
Advisory Board
Stephen P. Cushman – Co-Chair
President, Cush Enterprises
Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell – Co-Chair
Vice President, State Government Affairs,
SDG&E/SoCalGas
Kathy Davis
San Diego County Office of Education (Ret.)
David Lloyd
Director, Community Relations, NRG, Inc.
Honorable William C. Pate (Ret.)
JAMS, The Resolution Experts
This year, the Food Bank partnered with six Clear Channel
radio stations to promote the food drive with 30-second PSA
commercials asking fans to donate food and money at stadium
entrances.
JOIN THE FOOD BANK FOR FOODTASIA,
A Fundraiser Gala, Saturday, March 23
M
ark your calendars for the Food Bank’s 2013 gala fundraiser, Foodtasia,
which will take place at the Food Bank’s Miramar warehouse on Saturday,
March 23.
The gala will benefit the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which
provides weekend food to elementary school children who face hunger over the
weekends, when free school meals are unavailable.
The Food Bank’s 72,000 sq. ft. warehouse will serve as the venue for the
event, enabling the Food Bank to showcase our operations while at the same time
hosting an exciting evening of dining, dancing, and live entertainment with local
band sensation NRG.
The gala will be a feast for the senses with exquisite foods prepared by six
of San Diego’s finest chefs, who will be preparing signature dishes for guests.
Each $200 ticket will fund a child on the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
for an entire school year. And each $1,800 table will fund nine students on the
program for an entire year.
Join us for an enjoyable night at the Food Bank while supporting a very
important Food Bank program.
Visit: www.sandiegofoodbank.org or contact Megan Mills at 858-863-5121
for details.
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6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
8:15 p.m.
Live Auction
8:45 p.m.
Dessert & Dancing with NRG
Thanks SDG&E!
On the morning of game day, two Charger Girls,
Meredith and Clarice, promoted the food drive with live
interviews on six morning radio programs: Rock 105.3,
Channel 933, 101KGB, KOGO 95.7, Star 94.1, and XTRA
Sports 1360 AM.
As Rachel is handed the last bag of produce and turns to leave, her somber expression is broken with a smile as she explains that
her husband, Kaden, has an interview for a job tomorrow. She turns and says, “I’m hoping that things will get better.”
Vince Kasperick
Founder and President, AimLoan.com
Through the Farm to Family program, on average, every
dollar donated to the purchase of fresh produce provides eight
pounds of produce for families in need. SDG&E’s donation
will provide approximately 160,000 pounds of fresh produce
for families in need.
More than 30 Food Bank volunteers greeted fans
at entrances to Qualcomm Stadium and collected cash and
canned food donations.
He continues, “We serve around 300 families that have an average of four people in the household, so we serve a total of 1,400
people in the Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rayburn, and the Deluz area. The Fallbrook Food Pantry couldn’t do this distribution without
food from the Food Bank. We just supply the manpower. The harmony of us working together is beautiful. We are reaching
so many households in our area who need help.”
John Vingas
Vice President, Centerplate Catering
Advisory Board Co-Chair
T
he Chargers partnered with the Food Bank for their
annual food drive at Qualcomm Stadium before their
game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Rachel has been unsuccessful in finding a job. “I’m actually
a qualified medical assistant, but there’s no work in that area. There
are too many schools, too many graduates, and not enough work.
I went to school and I thought to myself, ‘Yes! I’m going to work
in the medical field.’ But there’s no work. So, I’m looking for jobs
in caregiving right now.”
Aimee Faucett
Government Affairs
Republic Services/Allied Waste
Annie M. Goshert
Sr. Customer Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola
S
DG&E donated $25,000 to the Food Bank at the start
of the holiday season. A long-time corporate donor of the
Food Bank, SDG&E’s donation funded a $5K sponsorship
for the Food Bank’s blues festival and $20K for the purchase
of fresh produce through the California Association of Food
Banks’ Farm to Family program.
Chargers Award 50th Anniversary
Football to Chargers Food Drive
Winners
“It’s weird. I’m on the other side now. Before my last job, I used to
do welfare and work for people in need. Now I’m on the other side,
but I’m not going to let this get me down. I still volunteer at my
church. I’ve been volunteering all of my life there.”
Arnie Willcuts, President of the Board of the Fallbrook Food Pantry, which distributes food provided by the Food Bank,
explains: “We’ve got a lot of younger families that have lost their jobs or run out of unemployment benefits.”
Ed Plant
President, Harborside Refrigerated Services
SDG&E Donates $25,000
Story continued from page 1
Daniel J. Devine
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Jennifer L. Perkins
Corporate Affairs Specialist, Cintra US
“I'll Do Whatever It Takes . . .”
Charger Girl Meredith
and morning show
host Chip Franklin talk
about the Charger
Food Drive.
At the halftime ceremony,
Food Bank officials and this
year’s Holiday Food Drive
Co-chairs, Jerry Navarra of
Jerome’s Furniture and Food
Bank board member Steve
Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank,
presented the winners of the
food drive with a signed 50th
Anniversary football for their
donation of food.
Mitch Mitchell of SDG&E, Food Bank Interim CEO
Casey Castillo, Development Director Kaye de Lancey,
and Pedro Villegas of SDG&E.
County High Schools
to Participate in 2013
MLK, Jr. Freedom from
Hunger Food Drive
M
ore than 90 San Diego County high
schools are invited to take part in
the fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom from Hunger Food Drive that
will run from January 21 to February 2.
The food drive raised thousands of pounds of food and
monetary donations in time for Thanksgiving. The Food Bank
thanks the Chargers and Charger Girls for their amazing
support.
Fourteen schools participated in the
food drive competition last year and
collected over 23,000 pounds of food,
more than doubling the amount raised
the previous year.
Tickets: $200
Table of 10: $1,800
A valet service will be provided.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning
school’s ASB organization by the food
drive’s sponsors at the Laurels for Leaders
awards luncheon on February 19.
Special thanks to our Foodtasia
Co-chairs Joe and Lisa Busalacchi
The Food Bank thanks this year’s
sponsors, U.S. Bank, Kiwanis, Coca-Cola,
J. Soul Productions, MTS, and the Ninth
District PTA.
Retired CEO Scody Hage, Stephen Cushman, and
Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs Jerry Navarra and
Steve Bernstein award the food drive winners.
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Mayor Sanders Launches
Holiday Food Drive 2012
I
n one of his final public events before
retiring, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders
launched the Food Bank’s 2012 Holiday
Food Drive at a press conference on Nov. 9.
The Food Bank’s Advisory Board Co-chair Stephen
Cushman kicked off the press conference explaining that the
Food Bank has been feeding record numbers of people since
the start of the recession back in 2008. Cushman attributed the
record demand to sustained high unemployment, high gas and
food prices, and the region’s high cost of living.
Mayor Sanders kicks off the 2012 Holiday Food Drive.
and radio commercials playing throughout the holiday season
encouraging the community to donate.
Mayor Sanders explained that the need for food remains
greater than ever before and that his Christmas present to his
daughters would be a donation to the Food Bank on their behalf.
The Holiday Food Drive ran from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. More
than 700 businesses, civic groups, religious organizations,
and schools hosted food drives for the Food Bank collecting
hundreds of thousands of pounds of food.
During the press conference, the Mayor announced the
2012 Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs: Jerry Navarra, Chairman
of Jerome’s Furniture, and Steve Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank.
Thank you to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive sponsors:
Stephen Cushman thanked Wells Fargo and Jerome’s for
sponsoring this year’s Holiday Food Drive with television
Fifth Annual Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive
Raises 119,000 Pounds
T
he Hard Rock Hotel San Diego sponsored the fifth annual
Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive in October.
second, UC San Diego placed third, and Cal State San Marcos
finished fourth.
Four colleges including UC San Diego, San Diego State
University, Point Loma Nazarene University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three-week
food drive competition.
Mayor Sanders and Hard Rock Hotel San Diego General
Manager Matt Greene awarded a life-size “guitar trophy” to
the winning college, and the Hard Rock Hotel projected the
winning school’s name on the exterior of the hotel building
during the month of November.
The colleges hosted
campus-wide events to collect
food and educate students
about hunger in San Diego.
Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities,
at sporting events, concerts,
and at university transport
hubs.
The Hard Rock Hotel
projected the winning
school’s name on the
exterior of the hotel
for a week.
A huge thank you to all of the students who participated
in the competition!
Eighty CDC Volunteers
Pitch In at Food Bank
Vince Kasperick is the
founder and president of
AimLoan.com, an internetbased direct mortgage
lender. Prior to founding
AimLoan.com, Vince spent
13 years in the banking
industry, including seven as
the president of a San Diegobased bank specializing in
mortgage banking.
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WINTER 2013
The CDC is a nonprofit
member of the Small
Business Administration
that provides startup
loans to small
businesses.
Carlos Illingworth is
Director of Public Affairs
and Government Relations
for Vons, Safeway’s largest
supermarket division. Prior
to joining Vons in 2008,
Illingworth worked for two
members of the California
State Legislature.
The group inspected
food drive donations
and packed thousands
of pounds of fresh
produce. Thanks CDC!
"Truthfully, I don’t want to be
here, but I will do whatever
it takes to feed my kids.”
Special Thanks
The Food Bank would like to thank the
following corporations and foundations
for their generous contributions. The list
reflects donations received July 2012
through Nov. 2012.
Food Bank Appoints
Kaye de Lancey
Hentschke Director
of Development
Diamond
Sony Online Entertainment
AimLoan.com
The Melvin Garb Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
The Food Bank appointed
local fundraising expert
Kaye de Lancey Hentschke
as Director of Development.
Gold
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Leichtag Family Foundation
U.S. Bank
Hentschke brings more than 17 years of
fundraising experience to the Food Bank’s
Development Department. Prior to joining
the Food Bank, Hentschke was the CEO of
Creative Fundraising Concepts, an independent
fundraising consultancy.
Silver
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Stater Bros. Charities
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Hentschke has served on the board of directors
for several leading educational and healthcare
nonprofit organizations.
Bronze
Jack In The Box Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
To provide food to people in need,
advocate for the hungry, and
educate the public about
hunger-related issues.
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 858-527-1419
In this Issue
“I’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FEED MY KIDS.”
Foodtasia,
a Fundraiser
Gala
A
Chargers
Award
Anniversary
Football
After she and her husband both lost
their jobs, they spent the last of their
savings and the family of five was evicted
from their rented home.
Page 3
Page 4
Volunteer
Spotlight
Page 6
OUR MISSION
Holiday Food Drive Co-Chair Steve Bernstein and
Mayor Sanders present the award to the SDSU team.
Jacobs & Cushman San diego FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
More than 80 staff members from CDC,
the Certified Development Corporation,
volunteered at the Food Bank’s warehouse
over the holidays.
FB_33-0130_ca850
SDSU won the competition,
having collected over 107,000
pounds of food and monetary
donations. Point Loma
Nazarene University finished
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
FOOD BANK WELCOMES NEW
BOARD MEMBERS
s Rachel, 31, holds her son,
Ashton, 3, she seeks shade from
a nearby tree as she waits in
line for food at the Food Bank’s food
distribution in Fallbrook.
“The economy has really affected us.
My husband and I were both working
80 hours a week at a company and it just
went under. I was an account executive
and my husband was inventory and sales.
It was overnight. It went bankrupt.
“We got evicted from the house we
were renting. We were surviving on
savings but that all dried up and yesterday
we needed food. So I came to the Food
Bank distribution here in Fallbrook. This
is my first time receiving help.”
Asked how she feels about receiving
help from the Food Bank, Rachel replies,
“Truthfully, I don’t want to be here, but
I will do whatever it takes to feed my
kids. These past few months have been
really tough. The kids eat before we do so
they don’t see how little my husband and
I are eating. My husband and I won’t eat
or will eat small portions so that the kids
get full.”
Rachel beams with pride when she
talks about her three children. “Avery
is 10 and in the fifth grade. Angela is
9 and in the fourth grade, and Ashton is
here with me today. He’s 3 years old.”
Walking through the food line,
Rachel is handed bags of cauliflower,
carrots, tortillas, apples, and potatoes.
As she is handed her food, she
contemplates her current situation.
continued on page 3
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Mayor Sanders Launches
Holiday Food Drive 2012
I
n one of his final public events before
retiring, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders
launched the Food Bank’s 2012 Holiday
Food Drive at a press conference on Nov. 9.
The Food Bank’s Advisory Board Co-chair Stephen
Cushman kicked off the press conference explaining that the
Food Bank has been feeding record numbers of people since
the start of the recession back in 2008. Cushman attributed the
record demand to sustained high unemployment, high gas and
food prices, and the region’s high cost of living.
Mayor Sanders kicks off the 2012 Holiday Food Drive.
and radio commercials playing throughout the holiday season
encouraging the community to donate.
Mayor Sanders explained that the need for food remains
greater than ever before and that his Christmas present to his
daughters would be a donation to the Food Bank on their behalf.
The Holiday Food Drive ran from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. More
than 700 businesses, civic groups, religious organizations,
and schools hosted food drives for the Food Bank collecting
hundreds of thousands of pounds of food.
During the press conference, the Mayor announced the
2012 Holiday Food Drive Co-chairs: Jerry Navarra, Chairman
of Jerome’s Furniture, and Steve Bernstein, Business Banking
President, Wells Fargo Bank.
Thank you to our 2012 Holiday Food Drive sponsors:
Stephen Cushman thanked Wells Fargo and Jerome’s for
sponsoring this year’s Holiday Food Drive with television
Fifth Annual Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive
Raises 119,000 Pounds
T
he Hard Rock Hotel San Diego sponsored the fifth annual
Colleges Rock Hunger Food Drive in October.
second, UC San Diego placed third, and Cal State San Marcos
finished fourth.
Four colleges including UC San Diego, San Diego State
University, Point Loma Nazarene University, and California
State University San Marcos participated in the three-week
food drive competition.
Mayor Sanders and Hard Rock Hotel San Diego General
Manager Matt Greene awarded a life-size “guitar trophy” to
the winning college, and the Hard Rock Hotel projected the
winning school’s name on the exterior of the hotel building
during the month of November.
The colleges hosted
campus-wide events to collect
food and educate students
about hunger in San Diego.
Colleges hosted food drives
during homecoming festivities,
at sporting events, concerts,
and at university transport
hubs.
The Hard Rock Hotel
projected the winning
school’s name on the
exterior of the hotel
for a week.
A huge thank you to all of the students who participated
in the competition!
Eighty CDC Volunteers
Pitch In at Food Bank
Vince Kasperick is the
founder and president of
AimLoan.com, an internetbased direct mortgage
lender. Prior to founding
AimLoan.com, Vince spent
13 years in the banking
industry, including seven as
the president of a San Diegobased bank specializing in
mortgage banking.
5
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WINTER 2013
The CDC is a nonprofit
member of the Small
Business Administration
that provides startup
loans to small
businesses.
Carlos Illingworth is
Director of Public Affairs
and Government Relations
for Vons, Safeway’s largest
supermarket division. Prior
to joining Vons in 2008,
Illingworth worked for two
members of the California
State Legislature.
The group inspected
food drive donations
and packed thousands
of pounds of fresh
produce. Thanks CDC!
"Truthfully, I don’t want to be
here, but I will do whatever
it takes to feed my kids.”
Special Thanks
The Food Bank would like to thank the
following corporations and foundations
for their generous contributions. The list
reflects donations received July 2012
through Nov. 2012.
Food Bank Appoints
Kaye de Lancey
Hentschke Director
of Development
Diamond
Sony Online Entertainment
AimLoan.com
The Melvin Garb Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
The Food Bank appointed
local fundraising expert
Kaye de Lancey Hentschke
as Director of Development.
Gold
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Leichtag Family Foundation
U.S. Bank
Hentschke brings more than 17 years of
fundraising experience to the Food Bank’s
Development Department. Prior to joining
the Food Bank, Hentschke was the CEO of
Creative Fundraising Concepts, an independent
fundraising consultancy.
Silver
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Stater Bros. Charities
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Hentschke has served on the board of directors
for several leading educational and healthcare
nonprofit organizations.
Bronze
Jack In The Box Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
To provide food to people in need,
advocate for the hungry, and
educate the public about
hunger-related issues.
9850 Distribution Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 858-527-1419
In this Issue
“I’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FEED MY KIDS.”
Foodtasia,
a Fundraiser
Gala
A
Chargers
Award
Anniversary
Football
After she and her husband both lost
their jobs, they spent the last of their
savings and the family of five was evicted
from their rented home.
Page 3
Page 4
Volunteer
Spotlight
Page 6
OUR MISSION
Holiday Food Drive Co-Chair Steve Bernstein and
Mayor Sanders present the award to the SDSU team.
Jacobs & Cushman San diego FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER
More than 80 staff members from CDC,
the Certified Development Corporation,
volunteered at the Food Bank’s warehouse
over the holidays.
FB_33-0130_ca850
SDSU won the competition,
having collected over 107,000
pounds of food and monetary
donations. Point Loma
Nazarene University finished
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
FOOD BANK WELCOMES NEW
BOARD MEMBERS
s Rachel, 31, holds her son,
Ashton, 3, she seeks shade from
a nearby tree as she waits in
line for food at the Food Bank’s food
distribution in Fallbrook.
“The economy has really affected us.
My husband and I were both working
80 hours a week at a company and it just
went under. I was an account executive
and my husband was inventory and sales.
It was overnight. It went bankrupt.
“We got evicted from the house we
were renting. We were surviving on
savings but that all dried up and yesterday
we needed food. So I came to the Food
Bank distribution here in Fallbrook. This
is my first time receiving help.”
Asked how she feels about receiving
help from the Food Bank, Rachel replies,
“Truthfully, I don’t want to be here, but
I will do whatever it takes to feed my
kids. These past few months have been
really tough. The kids eat before we do so
they don’t see how little my husband and
I are eating. My husband and I won’t eat
or will eat small portions so that the kids
get full.”
Rachel beams with pride when she
talks about her three children. “Avery
is 10 and in the fifth grade. Angela is
9 and in the fourth grade, and Ashton is
here with me today. He’s 3 years old.”
Walking through the food line,
Rachel is handed bags of cauliflower,
carrots, tortillas, apples, and potatoes.
As she is handed her food, she
contemplates her current situation.
continued on page 3
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