Outreach
Volunteering
Outreach Co-chairs: Kris Higgerson and Ann Nellis
Thank you to all members for their participation in the drive to provide care packages and valentines to 500 Meals on Wheels clients. Here's a preview of what the bags look like that we are delivering to the Food Bank of Manatee.
THE FOOD BANK OF MANATEE
(OPERATED BY MEALS ON WHEELS PLUS)
811 23RD AVENUE EAST
BRADENTON, FL 34208
KRISTEN THEISEN
941-749-0100
http://foodbankofmanatee.org
MISSION STATEMENT: “Working to ensure that no child, family or senior in need is going hungry.”
The Food Bank is operated by Meals on Wheels Plus. Last year they distributed 3 million pounds of food (double the previous year). In 2008, the Food Bank provided over 1.5 million meals with assistance, in most cases, the same day a call was received.
Some of the activities of Meals on Wheels Plus are:
- distribute 300-400 meals a day which is truly the only contact many of those elderly have with the outside world
- provide food to organizations throughout the County (such as Boys and Girls Club, food pantries, schools)
- provide 75-100 emergency food baskets each week for babies and families
- at certain times of the year, provide shoe boxes for seniors containing toiletries, etc.
- organize Empty Bowls with local potters and local businesses. This annual fundraiser (at Renaissance on 9th on October 20, 2011, and on Main Street, Lakewood Ranch on October 21, 2011), is a soup tasting to benefit the food bank. See their website for more information: http://foodbankofmanatee.org/sponsorship.php
For volunteer opportunities that may be ongoing or arise from time to time with The Food Bank of Manatee, please contact Kristen Theisen at
941-749-0100 and say you are a member of the UPWC.
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