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Lacey Food Bank - ARCHIVES
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"Sympathy sees and says 'I'm sorry.'
Compassion sees and says 'I'll help.'
When we learn the difference,
We can make a difference."
Author Unknown
Not everyone wants to get involved in the same way.This page offers suggestions on how you might participate.
Schools and Youth Groups
Scout troops UNITE! We certainly would appreciate a cookie donation at Christmas...
125 plates of cookies, 2 dozen a plate = 250 dozen cookies ! 10 troops x 25 dozen = 250 dozen cookies. 12 scouts in a
troop, contributing 3 dozen cookies = 36 dozen cookies x 10 troops = 360 dozen cookies. .... OOPS, too many cookies? Well
then, the Scouts can have a cookie wrapping and eating party? : )
We ask that public contact with recipients be limited.
Most of them are elderly and proud, not accustomed to accepting charity and public scrutiny would mortify them. Also, physical
space is very limited.
We can and will schedule "giftings" to the food bank & take pictures for distribution to
the newspapers. We will also publish them on our website newsletter.
The food bank needs funds and food. For the former
we suggest any typical fund raising event from car washes and bake sales to piggy bank penny collections.
The children
could hold a food walk targeting one food item to be pledged per mile. One problem we have is collecting enough of one item
to give to each client because it takes over 100 of an item to do this. We always need cereal or juice so a juice
or Cheerio walk would be helpful.
They could build a pyramid of one type of food, and challenge other classes or groups
to beat them.( The Great Peanut Butter Pyramid Challenge?) The picture opportunities for this would be very effective.
In
February, the volunteers provided candy kisses as a treat for the clients as they signed up. They also decorated with red
valentine hearts. This created a little festivity for an otherwise drab day. This could become a class or troop project with
the children adopting a month, decorating and providing an appropriately decorated cookie, cupcake, or greeting card.
If
you are artistic, we need some artwork done - logo for a banner, poster of welcome at the food bank, a mural to brighten our
new space?
Perhaps a school would like to sponsor a poster contest and ask the library to display the entries from the children.
This could be done at all grade levels. The focus of the posters should be on food, (the big blue cans) sharing and caring.
We can give ribbons out to the winners in each grade category.The value in promoting public awareness of the plight of the
hungry would be significant.
In addition to the above suggestions, advisors might want to look at the ideas offered
to clubs and organizations.
I hope we can work together. Feel free to call the chairman, Guy , at 693-8703 to discuss
your plans.
Teen
volunteer, Rebecca Scalia called to
offer
help over
the summer. She
was whisked
into
service on Lacey Day, and here
she
is now-
sorting foodstuffs for us.
Thanks
Rebecca.
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INDIVIDUALS
We are looking forward to working with you on any level. As we grow and thrive there will be many possibilities. Are you a
take charge organized person? We need a Volunteer coordinator for the food bank who will set up committees to represent the
food bank at public information tables; deliver food to those who cannot attend distribution day; run Operation Outreach to
find those in need in the community; canvass local businesses to find more sponsors; help with mailings - Just call the chairman,
Guy, at 693-8703 to discuss your possible involvement and get on our volunteer contact list. Or e-mail him at
LaceyFoodBank
Here are volunteers Victoria & Rose Furbeck sorting
out cereal on a working Tuesday in the summer. Victoria is our youngest helper.
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Clubs & Organizations
#1. Gift an annual pledge of $250 to support one client.This
enables us to buy a year's worth of food coupons from ShopRite and supplemental food not generally given in quantity during
food drives.
#2. Assemble a special one time gift for our clients. Fruit baskets at the holidays comes to mind.Or
canned hams at Christmas and Easter. But it could be anything that we can not provide because of limitations in storing fresh
or frozen food and given at any time of the year.
#3. Organize a coupon " clipping & shopping "club with friends,
neighbors or members of your organization- Dick Sansone, the "stores master", has assembled some astounding
double\triple coupon examples with a variety of food gotten free or almost free and will be happy to share them with you.
Members of the club also benefit by getting non food
coupons for personal use by combining and swapping as well as the sociability factor. The cost is insignificant - what you
spend you end up saving! The food bank will benefit from all the addtional food, and you will feel good about yourself at
the same time.
#4. Hold a one item campaign - assembling a large amount of one item - cereal, juice, canned meats.
Perhaps members could be charged "admission" to meetings for the year or during the period of the campaign. The Lacey Woman's
Club collects over a 100 cans of tuna at their monthly meetings. The stores master will be happy to tell you what he needs.
Call him at 693-6357.
#5. Run a walkathon, a card party, cake sale or car wash. Any type of fundraiser with the proceeds going to the food bank.
#6. Garden Club? A gift of your fresh produce in growing season, or from an organized group gleaning in
nearby farm fields would be a welcome change from canned vegetables for our clients. Take a look at the following Oregon Master
Gardeners\Oregon State University link.
Master Gardeners Gifts
Select a member of your organization to be a liason with the food bank as a way of keeping in touch with our needs.
And
always, be attuned and sensitive to those who might need help and encourage them to sign up for the program.
Ralph Lanuto gets involved. A member of several Clubs and Organizations in Lacey, this busy man takes the time to help out
the food bank and serves as our liason to clubs and organizations.(No, that's not a football, but a turkey he is hefting -
one of many given out as an Easter season treat to the clients)
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