2011 Annual Report - Mother Hubbard`s Cupboard

Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
1010 S. Walnut Street, Suite G
Bloomington, IN 47401
www.mhcfoodpantry.org
812.355.6843
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
2011 annual report
building communi ty food security
message from the director
At Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard we believe everyone should have access
to healthy, nutritious food. Our
food pantry, garden and nutrition programs work together to
meet emergency food needs and
to provide opportunities to build
self-reliance. At the heart of all
we do is the desire to create a sense
of community and a respectful, welcoming space. You can see this wonderful
community in action 5 days a week in our food
pantry, in our 3 community gardens and in the
40 garden and nutrition classes held throughout
the year.
Food security is a real problem in our community, affecting many of our neighbors. In
Monroe County over 20,000 people
are at risk of hunger, including 4,760
children. We see this growing need
everyday in our 1000 sqft food pantry, where we distributed over 1
million pounds of food (for the
second year in a row), providing
over 100,000 bags of groceries.
Thanks to strong partnerships with
the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, City
of Bloomington Parks and Recreation
Department, Perry Township Trustee, area
growers, community groups, volunteers, and
donors, we are able to keep up with the significant increase in demand for our programs. We
are grateful for the caring community of supporters making the work of The Hub possible,
and we look forward to working together in the
next year to ensure access to good, nutritious
food.
Amanda
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Current Board OF Directors
Current Staff
Amanda Nickey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kayte Young
Nutrition Education Coordinator
Mary Beth Wendelin
Director of Development
Landon Yoder
IU SPEA Fellow
Erin Marshall
Pantry Coordinator
Brandy Warriner
IU ACE
Stephanie Solomon
Garden Education Coordinator
David Lyman, Chair
Matt Huang, Vice Chair
Russ Wilkie, Treasurer
Mitch Rice, Secretary
Marta Somers
Tom Tarzian
Thank you
Sharon Nowell
to Ashley Troth, Becky Schrier and Rachel
Saltsgaver who interned with us during 2011.
photo by Ann Schertz Photography
Synda Hatt
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Thank you
to Heather Beery, Felisha Legette-Jack and
Al Lyons who served on our board during 2011.
Mission
our values
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard exists to provide
healthful, wholesome food to people in need,
as well as nutrition and gardening education.
MHC offers services in ways that build community while enhancing the dignity, respect,
and self-care of all involved.
Health: Provide healthy, whole food, organic
when possible, as well as opportunities to learn
about nutrition, wellness & gardening.
Accessibility: Be a user-friendly resource that
is open to all people and operates on the honor
system.
Empowerment: Allow all clients to choose their
own food. Encourage clients to become an
active part of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard by
volunteering.
Vision
Respect: Create a positive atmosphere of support and safety for our patrons, volunteers and
staff. Honor people’s choices and differences.
Balance: Encourage patrons to only take what
resources they need and will use, and encourage volunteers, staff and donors to give only
what they can give while serving their own
health and integrity.
Environmental Responsibility: Reduce, reuse,
recycle and compost whenever possible; practice stewardship at our gardens.
photo by Ann Schertz Photography
We envision a community in which everyone
has equal access to nutritious food, waste is
minimized, and all members are healthy, selfsufficient, and empowered to reach their full
potential.
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Community: Work with other social service
agencies to establish partnerships, refer clients,
and create an atmosphere of goodwill and trust.
Who we serve
Each year we see more families seeking assistance through our food pantry program.
2011 saw 3,852 new patrons, and thirty percent
of the total served were children. Over eighty
percent reported being uninsured, disabled or
facing high medical costs. Nearly half of our
patrons are employed, yet still living well below the poverty line and facing food insecurity.
18%
Patrons with healthcare issues
(uninsured, disabled, high
medical costs)
Patrons without healthcare issues
30%
adults
children
5
70%
82%
Food Pantry Highlights
Each day, volunteers contribute a total of
37 hours--loading and unloading all
the food, stocking the shelves and
helping patrons to feel welcome
in the pantry. We’ve implemented a new training program for
pantry volunteers, and made the
volunteer sign-in process totally
electronic. A bountiful harvest of
fresh, local produce graced the pantry
shelves May through November, thanks to
our own Hub gardens, and generous donations
from farmers and home gardeners.
photo by Ann Schertz Photography
Our food pantry is open 5 days a week,
and each day we see new and familiar
faces through our doors, seeking
food assistance for their families.
An average day in the food pantry sees one to three tons of food
redistributed to approximately
150 households in a two-hour period of time, resulting in 1,037,966
pounds of food going to people in
need in 2011. This year brought a new record of 205 households served in a single day.
Over 100 volunteers donate their time each
week to support our food pantry program.
Pounds of Food Distributed 2002-2011
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Garden Program Highlights
The MHC Community Garden program
flourished in 2011. Over 400 volunteers helped raise more than 3,500
pounds of produce--bringing our
total for the 11 years of the garden
program to over 15,000 pounds
of fresh food! The Hub gardened
more space than ever with the addition of a hoop house and garden
plot in the newly established Butler
Park Community Gardens. The garden
at Crestmont has been turned over entirely to
the care of MHC, which increased our growing
power and made the space available and inviting to the surrounding community.
We were thrilled to again share the harvest
with Crestmont neighbors using our
bike cart, and saw many new faces
working and harvesting from our
expanded Crestmont plots. Youth
gardeners at Banneker and Crestmont learned more about where
their food comes from through
direct contact with the gardens.
Our themed gardens at Crestmont included a corn maze, a pizza garden, and
a salsa garden. Kids made the garden-to-table
connection with baked squash, salsa, salads and
other garden-fresh delicacies.
Stephanie
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Nutrition program Highlights
I’ve always dreamed of learning how to make jams and bread from scratch and Mother Hubbard has just been a blessing in my life. We are so fortunate to have access to your nutrition programs and again, I just wanted to express my gratitude. Taking these workshops has
changed my life and my relationship to food.
--MHC nutrition workshop participant
2011 was the Hub’s first full year with a
designated nutrition education coordinator. We expanded our list of
cooking-from-scratch workshops
to include more bread baking
opportunities, additional canning demonstrations and even a
pie making class. The year saw a
26% increase in pregnant or nursing women seeking food assistance.
New classes on baby food making,
toddler meals & snacks and crock pot cooking targeted families with young children, including Head Start and Early Head Start parents
and children. We offered twenty-one nutrition
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workshops and presented pantry patrons with
43 tables of tasty samples of nutritious,
low-cost recipes, featuring whole
food ingredients found on our
pantry shelves. Volunteers, staff
and nutrition interns got creative
with items such as canned corn,
curly kale, rolled oats, Swiss
Chard, Greek yogurt and butternut squash--introducing patrons to
new flavors and techniques, or updating familiar favorites. We’re offering more
on-site cooking demonstrations, meeting folks
where they are, and engaging in lively discussions about healthy and delicious food choices.
How is MHC Funded?
Community support
A large portion of our funding comes from the
generous contributions of community members
and civic groups who believe in our mission
and share our vision.
in-kind donations
We are able to maximize our services and minimize our cost due to generous in-kind donations of food, rent, supplies, and labor.
Grants
We receive grant funding from
government agencies as well as
public and private foundations,
in support of operational expenses, program expansion, and
developing new initiatives.
special events
MHC hosts a variety of fundraising events to support our
programs. Every year community members and donors come
together to enjoy events such
as out Harvest Breakfast, Hub
Ride for the Hungry, Garden
Gala, Hunger and Homelessness
Awareness Week, and Homeward Bound.
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2011 Grants summary
A wide variety of local and national
grants helped Mother Hubbard’s
Cupboard expand our programs’
capacity and provide critical infrastructure to the organization.
The Jack Hopkins Social Service Fund assisted with Mother
Hubbard’s Cupboard’s purchase
a cargo van for our Garden and
Nutrition Programs. The vehicle
has greatly improved efficiency and
increased the capacity of both programs. The
children in our gardening youth program enjoyed working in our gardens with child-size
tools purchased with funds from the Monroe
County Master Gardener Association. A
grant from the Monroe County Council aided our expansion of nutrition
outreach to pregnant and nursing
mothers, families with small children, and people with illnesses or
disabilities. The South Central Indiana REMC’s Operation RoundUp program helped to keep our
pantry shelves stocked throughout the
year with funding for food purchases. The
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America also
helped to supply fresh, healthy food to people in
need with a grant from their Domestic Hunger
Program.
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2011 Grants
Neighborhood Assistance Program $15,000
Community Development Block Grant $13,103.81
Jack Hopkins Social Service Fund $12,575
SCI REMC Operation Round-Up $9,000
Monroe Country Council $5,000
Perry Township $5,000
Psi Iota Xi – Bloomington Thrift Shop $3,000
Presbyterian Hunger Program $3,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America $2,000
Emergency Food and Shelter Program $1,836
Hank Rosso Scholarship Fund $1,120
Feinstein Foundation $534
Monroe County Master Gardener Association $500
City of Bloomington MLK Day $500
Bloomington Board of Realtors $400
MHC 2011 Unaudited Income/Expense Statement *
MHc Expenses 2011
The Hoosier Hills Food Bank provides over
99% of our food free, or for a small shared
maintenance fee of $0.14 per pound. This
translates into over 7 pounds of food for every
dollar. MHC is the largest partner agency of
the HHFB, distributing 30% of the food bank’s
food annually.
Perry Township provides our pantry facility
on an in-kind basis. In 2006, our facility was
expanded and renovated by Perry Township.
MHC’s five staff members worked with a committed crew of 140 volunteers to power our
programs. MHC creates meaningful ways for
patrons and community members to give back.
In 2011 our volunteers contributed over 10,000
hours to making our programs successful!
Income
MHC’s Fiscal Policy is to maintain a three
month operating reserve. Additionally, MHC is
growing a reserve for future facility expansion
to meet the needs ofgrowing client demand and
program maintenance and expansion.
photo by Ann Schertz Photography
Expense
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Net Income
Contributions income
Individual
Corporate
Church/organization
other
Total Contribution Income
$73,775.62
$14,946.47
$3,614.29
$13,731.43
$106,067.81
Grants
Special Events
Interest Income
In kind Income
Total Income
$62,127.21
$101,102.70
$343.80
$128,827.40
$398,468.92
Program
Administration
Fundraising
Total Expense
319,884.72
38,009.73
41,321.45
399,215.90
-$746.98
statements in this document are unaudited. Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard will complete
* Financial
our 2011 audit later this year and make updates to the annual report in print and online. Our audited
financials and 990 will then be available upon request.
MHC Community partners
Abundant Harvest
Banneker Community Center
Bloomingfoods
Bloomington Area Birth Services
Bloomington Commission on Sustainability
Bloomington Community Orchard
Bloomington Cooking School
Bloomington Housing Authority
Bloomington Volunteer Network
Community Kitchen
Crestmont Boys and Girls Club
Cresmont Family Self-Sufficiency Program
City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation
Fairview Elementary
Bloomington Food Policy Council
Food Works for Middle Way House
Girl’s Inc.
Harmony School
Hoosier Hills Food Bank
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Indiana University
IU Health
LIFE Farm
Local Growers Guild
Martha’s House
Nature’s Crossroads
People’s University Bloomington
Perry Township
Purdue Cooperative Extension Office
SCCAP Head Start & Early Head Start
Shalom Community Center
Stranger’s Hill
Stepping Stones
Thrive
United Way of Monroe County
White River Coop
WIC
Wonderlab
Wylie House
Volunteers turn over the buckwheat cover crop in Butler Garden. Our new hoop house and garden
van can be seen in the background.
MHC donors for 2011
Lisa and Steven Abbott
Ed and Rima Ackerman
Allison Adkins
Heather Akou
Julio Alonso
American Horticulture Society
Grace Anderson
Katherine Anderson
Jonlee Andrews
Patricia and James Andrews
Beth Applegate*
Susan Armeny and Paul Langley
Steve Arnold*
Robert and Barbara Aspy
Jan and Jim Ault
Robert and Penny Austin
Kathy Avers*
Matthew Baggetta
Lisa Baker
Amanda and John Barge
Dean and Heather Barrett
Jennifer Bass and Mark Hamburger*
Jacqui Bauer and Tom Evans*
Heather Beery
Tammy and John Behrman*
Jeannine Bell
Dana Bement
Rachelle Bennett
Madeline Bergstrom and Paul Hopkins
Bill C. Brown Associates
William and Donna Black
Bloomingfoods
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BloomingKids
Bloomington Insurance Agency
Julianne and Keith Bobay
Robert Botne
Caryl and Thomas Bowers
Lauri Boyd*
Marsha Bradford and Harold Dumes
Jennifer Brass
Janice and James Breiner Peterson
James and Anne Bright
Liz Brown*
Beverly Brubaker
Cynthia Brubaker*
Jessica Bulman-Pozen
Craig and Dana Bumbalough
Greg Buse*
Jeffrey and Carol Buszkiewicz
Jeannie Butler
Hannah Buxbaum & Edward Herrmann*
Charles Buzzelli and Janice Lilly
John Byers
Rowan Candy & Jenni Wilkinson*
Sanya and Joseph Carley
Oralia Sue Castellanos
Georg’ann Cattelona and David Pace*
Amy and Edwin Cheek
Jared Cheek
Ruth Chesmore
Erin Clark
Tim Clougher*
Rebecca Cohen
Sandi Cole*
Jason and Michelle Cole
Stephen Coley and Heather Blair
Christina Collins and Caesar Pacifici
Dan and Debbi Conkle*
Sue and John Connell*
Jeanette and Robert Cook
Jennifer Cook and Greg Tittelbaugh*
Laurel Cornell*
Donetta Jean Cothran
Amy Jo Countryman
Cary Curry
J. Robert Cutter
Christine and Jonathan Davenport
Larry Davidson
C. Larry and Susan Davis
Jack Davis
Kenneth and Cynthia Detwiler
Hyun and Anthony Dietz
Richard Dietz
Direkt Approach Inc.
Kathleen Doering
Matthew and Eunice Donovan*
Amy and Richard Dorsey
Rachel Dotson
Caroline Dowd-Higgins*
Jane and David Dunatchik
Ellen Dwyer*
Anna and Charles Easton
Winnie Eggerton
Cheryl and Mike Engber*
Laura Ertmer
Lisa Farnsworth
Lorraine and Richard Farrell
Christy Fetterman
First United Church
Rob Fischman
Flowers Family Foundation Inc.
Roxanne Flowers
Angelia and Randall Floyd
Robert Flynn and Yvonne Wittman
Tom and Judie Flynn
Momi Ford*
Norma Frederick
Mark Fruin
Catherine and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer*
Sharon and Brad Fugate*
Mary and James Fulton
Constance Furey
Anne and Norman Furniss
Samuel and Marlena Gainey
Gallagher Properties
James and Ann Gallagher
Marshall and Aimee Galpern
Thomas and Kitty Garlock
Camille and Maurice Garnier
Norb and Marti Garvey
Tracy Gates*
Ross Gay
Beth Gazley and Carl Weinberg*
Donald and Kendra Gjerdingen
Tom Glastras
Berniece Gobert
Johanna Goldberg
Grace and Emma Golden
MHC donors for 2011 (continued)
David Goodrum and Melissa Carter-Goodrum
Amartyadeb and Nancy Goswami
Judith and Donald Granbois
Dorothy Granger
Catherine Gray
James and Laurie Grimes
Ross Grimes
Peter Guardino and Jane Walter
Libby Gwynn and Leroy Mysliwiec*
Shelley Hahn
Jean Haley
Laura Haley*
David Hamilton
John Hamilton & Dawn Johnsen
Jessika and Bryan Hane*
Karen Hanson*
Victor and Martha Harnack
Jennifer Hart*
Brian and Michelle Hartz
Bill Hayden
Chris and Anne Haynes
Anne Hazeltine
Neal Hazeltine
Roger and Nancy Heimer
Crystal Henderson
Debra Herbenick
Choon Hiang Chung
Robin and Jason Hobson*
Michael and Clara Hogan
William and LuAnne Holladay
Erin and Andy Hollinden*
Urmi Holz
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Mark Hood and Christine Haack
Laurie Hoover
Al and Mary Horn
Teresa and Timothy Housel
Kim Hovis*
Craig and Anne Howerton
Janet and Bob Huang
Matthew Huang*
Mary Huffman
Aaron and Lynn Hughes
Sarah Janes Hughes and James Barnes
William and Cheryl Hughes
Rexford Hunt and Glenda McAvoy
George Huntington*
IUSA
Bruce and Diana Jacobs
A F Jacobson
Robert and Maggi Jennings
Dru Johnson
Linda Johnson
Mindy Johnson
Diane Jung
Miles and Majorie Kanne
Kappa Kappa Sigma
Rebecca Keith*
Umida Khikmatillaeva and Kakhramon Alimov
Claire King and Margaret Gilbride
Robert and Andra Klemkosky
Keith and Martha Kline
Sheryl Knighton-Schwandt and Thomas Schwandt
Erika Knudson*
Tatiana Kolovou and John Raglin
Susan Krieg
KSM Business Services Inc.
Seth Lahn*
Theresa Landewe*
Ayelet and Michael Larsen
Laughing Planet Café Inc.
Barry and Denise Lessow
Marin Levy
Mary Blizzard and Michael Litwin
Melody Luecke
David Lyman*
Russell Lyons
Dennis and Janice Madden
Barry Magee*
Mary Mahern and Clark Brittain*
Edward and Phyllis Man
Corinna Manion
Jim Manion
Riley Manion
Jeffrey Mansfield
Laura Marks*
Paula and David Marrero
Nancy Martin
Teresa Mathis
Antonia Matthew
Marsha McCarty*
Peter McCobb
McCrea & McCrea
Joseph McGibbon
Douglas McKrill
Laurie and Michael McRobbie*
Annamarie Mecca and Richard Durisen
David Meltzer
Jennifer & Vince Molica
Kelly and Christopher Molloy
Allan Monroe Solomon
David and Martha Moore*
Deborah Moore
Paul Morgan
Cynthia Moriarty
William Morris, Jr.
Irene Mosely
Barbara Moss and Robert Meadows
Jessica Mott and Rhett Moore*
Mark Mullins
Patrick Murphy
Cory Myers*
Kathleen Myers
Betty Rose Nagle
Nature’s Crossroads
Omar Nayeem
Brian and Janet Neale
Dawn New
Ann Nolan
David and Martha Nord
Ashley Norman
Phil and Sharon Nowell*
Kate Oates and Dustin Smucker
Christiana Ochoa*
Oliver Winery*
Robert O’Loughlin
Valerie O’Loughlin
Aviva Orenstein*
Lloyd Orr and Jacqueline Hall
MHC donors for 2011 (continued)
Jack Ost
Bobby Overman*
P.R.P. Wine International Inc.
Dan Palko
Andrew Pardieck and Maki Ito
Partridge & Quigley Coffee
Diane Meredith Pelrine
Dan and Tina Peterson*
Fredrick Peterson
M. Jeanne Peterson
Philippa Beatty Foundation Inc. - Philippa
Guthrie and Alex Janford
Isabel Piedmont-Smith & David Smith*
Dan and Beth Piekarsky*
Joel Pietropaolo*
Ron Plecher*
Laura Plummer and Michael Nelson*
Robert and Diane Port
Robert and Pamela Potter
John and Louise Preer
Sara Pryor
Luis Puga
Alexander Raglin
Kenneth and Catherine Ratcliff*
Shawn Redding
Ron Remak*
Lesley Retherford
Teresa Reynolds*
Eileen and Mitch Rice
Martin and Mary Ann Rickert
Patricia Riesenman
Robbins, Russell, Englert & Orseck
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Cynthia Roberts Hall
Deborah Gail Robinson
Jill Robinson
Amy Roche
Randy and Sarah Rogers*
Dave Rollo and Heather Reynolds
Chandra Romel
Michael and Kathleen Romy
Sandra Ronan
Linda Roos and Steven Wallace
Bruce and Bonnie Rosenthal
Kelly and Clark Sage
Sarkes Tarzian Inc.
Bruce and Teresa Sauer
Mark Saunders
Jill Schaffer
Alan and Ann Schertz
Kathy Schick and Nick Toth*
Louise Schlesinger
Glenda Schultz
Jacob Schumacher
John Scully and Lisa Mosele
Alice Seddon
Kristin Seefeldt and Greg Levine
David Semmel and Jocelyn Bowie*
Ellen Marie Settle
Carol Shapiro
Denise and Richard Shockley*
Gene and Marguerite Shreve
Lauren Shure
Ellen and Howard Simmons
Pratap Singh
Barbara Siwy
John Sloan
Tammy Smith
Bruce Solomon and Susan Swartz
Sandra and Edwin Solomon*
Soma Coffeehouse & Juice Bar
Marta Somers*
Jeanne Speakman
William and Julie Spitz
St. John Associates Inc.
St. Paul’s Catholic Center
Philip and Linda Stafford
Anne Starace
Janet Stavropoulos
Judy Steiner-Williams
Patricia Sterling
Doug Steury
Cheryl Stine
Carol and Gene Stokes*
Karen Green Stone and Rob Stone
Tim Stout
S. G. Stratigos and Niki Gerschoffer
Eugenie Sullivan
Maggie Sullivan*
Susan & Paul Sullivan*
Michiko Suzuki
Naomi Sveom
Mary and George Swanson
Lilly Szonyi
Sura Gail Tala
Christine Talley Haseman
Tom Tarzian
Bob Taylor
Daniel Taylor*
Ron and Sandra Thompson
Carolyn Thomson
Mark Tirey
Susan Thrasher
Lara Tokarski
Ralph and Julie Tremain
Scott and Penny Trilling*
John and Patricia Troth
Sylvia and George Turchyn
Unity of Bloomington
Liz Upsall and Sam Hill
Kelly Miller and James Vandermark
Sue and Geoff Vargo*
Marcia Veldman and Steve Cotter*
Mark and Anne Veldman
Anna Vinnik
Naomi Wachs
Warren and Laura Wade*
Anne Wagner
Lee and John Warner
Stanley and Sarah Wasserman
Pam and Dave Weaver*
Jennifer Weiss
Dixie and Schawandt Welch
Linda and John Whikehart*
Whole Foods Market
Anne Pyburn and Richard Wilk
Russ and Karen Wilkie
Nicholas and Julia Williams
Madeline Wing and Travis Selmier
MHC donors for 2011 (continued)
Scarlett Winters
Jeffrey and Judith Wiser
John Wittman and Rita Paschke
Thomas Wolohan
Worms Way
Alexa Yarnelle
Bob Zaltsberg
Tom Zeller
Zeta Chapter of Delta Theta Tau
Charlotte and Paul Zietlow*
Charles Zorn and Lisa Morano
* indicates a multi-year pledge
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Libby Gwynn harvesting garlic in the Banneker Garden.
Cosmo admires a spring radish in the Crestmont Community Garden.
Guests enjoying our first annual Garden Gala at the Banneker Garden in June.
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