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WHAT’S
INSIDE?
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Cover Story:
Senior Needs
2
Letter from
our President
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Gleaners on
the Go
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Cooking, Nutrition
for Seniors
7
Shopping with
Dignity
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Fill a Truck
Campaign
INSERT
2007 Annual Report
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Food Drives
10
Canman Comics
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Duck Derby —
Fall Benefit
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Birdie Day
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Iron Chef
15
Calendar of Events
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Make a Difference
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Board of Directors
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Photo credits:
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©2007 Gleaners Community Food Bank
of Southeastern Michigan.
All rights reserved.
WHAT WE DO
We collect 25 million pounds of food
every year — either donated from
major food processors, retail chains and
volunteer food drives or purchased at
deep discounts to fill out the nutritional
and quantity requirements of those
we serve.
We distribute food for 375,000 meals
every week — to more than 400 partner
agencies in six southeastern Michigan
counties through our five distribution
centers. Those partner agencies include
shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries
and senior citizen centers that provide
prepared meals or pantry supplies
directly to hungry people.
We fill hunger gaps for 6,800 children
— through programs such as Operation
Frontline, Kids Café, KidSnack, and Kids
Helping Kids. These programs provide
meals to children in after-school
programs, snacks to at-risk school
children in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and volunteer opportunities
for young people to learn about
philanthropy.
And we raise awareness — of the
causes of hunger, of the people making a
difference in fighting hunger, and of the
issues that still remain as we feed our
hungry neighbors.
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HOW WE DO IT
We have outstanding relationships
with companies in the food processing
industry — including the Detroit Produce
Terminal and others.
We have a very efficient, technologically
advanced system to collect, store and
distribute food, with very little waste,
through five strategically located
distribution centers in Livingston,
Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties.
We have a professional staff and
15,000 dedicated volunteers who
are committed to our mission of
ending hunger.
We deliver almost half of our food free.
The other half is distributed through a
shared maintenance program with our
member partners. Their contribution of
10¢ per pound of food offsets the costs
of transporting, handling and purchasing
food. It assures our member partners that
they will get all the food they need, when
they need it, rather than getting whatever
is available through recent food donations.
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Cover Story
Seniors’Needs are Many
Help with Food Relieves the Pressure
M
ost Michiganders don’t look forward to
winter, but senior citizens often feel a
more acute sense of dread as cold
weather approaches.
Many face high heating bills because their homes and
furnaces are not energy efficient. Access to food is also
more difficult. Walking or riding the bus to the store
in ice and snow can be a treacherous task. And many
seniors on fixed income face the choice between
buying food or buying the medications they need to
keep healthy. Thankfully, Gleaners helps provide food
to many agencies around the Detroit metro area that
serve seniors.
One of those is the Boulevard-Harambee Food Pantry,
which is a ministry of Detroit’s Church of the Messiah.
It provides food to about 30 seniors each week, and
helps with other needs, such as accessing funds to
winterize homes, applying for supplemental security
income, and even alerting Adult Protective Services if
concerns arise about a senior being mistreated, says
co-director Patricia Mentzer.
The church has operated the pantry since
1983. “Our whole philosophy is that
seniors are one group in the neighborhood who can’t do anything about
their situation — they can’t go back
and get job retraining or whatever,”
she says.
A senior herself, Mentzer
has experienced some
of the same tough
choices her clients face,
including paying for
medication.
A cancer survivor,
she declined one
drug designed to prevent recurrence simply because it
would have cost so much under her Medicare
prescription drug plan.
“This is a problem for a whole group of people caught
in the middle,” Mentzer says.
Another Gleaners partner that helps seniors with
shelter and food is Restoration Towers in northwest
Detroit. About 150 seniors live in the subsidized
apartments, and they are required to sign up for the
$90-per-month food plan as part of their lease. Under
the plan, they get a full meal each day at lunchtime. It
includes a meat, vegetable, starch, fruit and beverage.
Seniors tend to want heartier foods as the weather
turns colder, says food service director Patricia Miller.
“It keeps them warm -- elderly people are cold!”
For many older people, food aid helps them feel less
isolated. Rosa Harris, 85, used to volunteer for the
Boulevard-Harambee Food Pantry until her health
deteriorated, and now she receives Gleaners food from
them weekly. “It’s nice to know people are
checking in on me,” Harris says. “They are
trustworthy. You don’t know how
comfortable I am to have a friend like that.”
Seniors at Restoration Towers
in northwest Detroit enjoy a
hot lunch, ensuring at least
one balanced meal everyday.
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Letter from
our President
he holidays can bring a
welcome change from our
daily routines. Time is spent in
fellowship with friends and
family, as well as contemplating hopes and dreams to
pursue in the New Year. For some, however, this time is
filled with hard choices and uncertainties that cloud
the joy of the season. With colder temperatures, seniors
will have to choose between heat, medicine, and food.
Mothers will seek to make sure their children are fed
well and dressed warmly.
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For the past 30 years, Gleaners and its partners have
been here to support our neighbors in need through
this difficult time of year. Today the demand for our
food and services is higher than ever while the amount
of donated food is on the decline. Though we have met
the demand to date, we have also made an urgent call
to the community for more help.
“With colder temperatures, seniors
will have to choose between heat,
medicine, and food. Mothers will seek
to make sure their children are fed
well and dressed warmly.”
Thank you for being among those who listened. I know
that I can count on you to respond urgently and
passionately when we are faced with such a crisis.
In this issue of Gleaner’s Harvest, you’ll learn about
why your involvement in addressing the food shortage
is so important to our mission. As we present a
number of articles on the needs of hungry people —
and how Gleaners and its partners address those needs
— please remember that the distribution system is
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more effective when supplies adequately meet
demand. Food shortages disrupt our systems,
and in turn, place limits on the amount of food
our hungry neighbors can access.
As we continue to address the gaps in food and
funding that exist around the region, I feel blessed
to know that you stand beside me in the quest to
cure hunger here in our community.
Agostinho “Augie” Fernandes
President
Significant & Severe
Supply Shortage at Michigan Food Banks
GUEST EDITORIAL
Jane Marshall
Executive Director
Food Bank Council of Michigan
As the executive director of the
Food Bank Council of Michigan,
I welcome the opportunity to
share my thoughts with Gleaners
Harvest readers about the state
of food banking in Michigan. In
short, supplies are dwindling, demand
is increasing, and it’s time for all of us to stand up
and take action. It is a time like no other in food
bank history.
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---Significant & Severe continued...
Due to a shortage of donated food and funds, as well as
an influx of requests for food, communities across the
state are facing dangerously low levels of food to
distribute to families with emergencies.
Detroit and Southeastern Michigan are no exception.
In fact, because of the region’s size and its reliance on
the distressed U.S. automotive market, problems in this
region are even more severe than other parts of the
state. Gleaners’ food distribution increased in 2007 by
12.7 percent compared to 2006 — that translates to
almost 2.5 million pounds of food.
“In short, supplies are dwindling,
demand is increasing, and it’s time for
all of us to stand up and take action.”
305,000 people fled the state in a recent one-year
period. As all of us know, times are tough. No
community, no neighborhood is left un-impacted by
our regional recession, and that includes yours.
Here in Michigan, our immediate food bank crisis is
being addressed through awareness, such as Gleaners’
fall press conference about its food shortage, and
appeals for cash donations, like you have received with
this mailing. These are very important measures to
curb the immediate food shortage crisis, and I
encourage you to give as generously as you are able.
In the mean time, the Food Bank Council of Michigan
and its members, including Gleaners Community Food
Bank of Southeastern Michigan, will continue to work
on strategic, long-term solutions and work to engage
elected officials in Lansing and Washington, D.C.
to invest in our basic needs safety net. Because,
unfortunately, the problems of hunger, food
insecurity and poverty will not disappear overnight.
Detroit’s unemployment rate is 15.1 percent — more
than double the rest of the state. In Michigan, our
poverty rate is one of the fastest rising at 13.3 percent;
foreclosures have doubled in the past two years; and
Gleaners Applauds Media’s Response
News Stories Focused on Food Shortage
In October, Gleaners alerted media
outlets to the critical food shortage
at the food bank. With inventory
down by 1.5 million pounds, agency
leaders realized that food stock
would not meet increased demand
for emergency food — and they
needed to get the word out quickly.
Because of local television, radio
and newspaper coverage, Gleaners
experienced a surge in donations of
product and dollars. More than a
dozen media outlets helped
Gleaners make a substantial dent in
the two million pounds of food that
was needed before Thanksgiving:
Crain’s Detroit Business
Daily Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Ingham County News
Lansing State Journal
Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Michigan Chronicle
Oakland Press
WDET
WHMI
WDIV
WJR
WJBK
WWJ
WXYZ
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t her “day job” with Gleaners Oakland
County Distribution Center, Margarita
Ovalle provides customer support
services to agency partners at soup
kitchens, food pantries and shelters.
But at her “weekend job” last spring, Ovalle
prepared income taxes for low income families
as a “Gleaners on the Go” volunteer.
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Sixteen of the more than 30 hours that Ovalle
donated to the Accounting Aid Society, were paid
for by Gleaners as part of the Gleaners on the Go
employee volunteer program. Gleaners on the Go
volunteer campaign requires each team member
to volunteer 16 hours per calendar year to a
charitable community service organization.
“The experience was very valuable to me,” says
Ovalle, who completed 15 tax returns over four
weekends. “I saw a lot of people walk out happy
because they got the extra earned income credit
for low-income families, and they didn’t have to
pay anything to have their taxes done, which is
like a $200 savings.”
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Ovalle says that volunteering was hard work, but a
good experience. “Gleaners employees should have
the opportunity to see what’s going on in other
nonprofits — to see what their experiences are
like with their clients,” says Ovalle.
Some for-profit corporations have similar
programs where employees are paid for their
volunteer time away. As a nonprofit organization
that uses volunteers in its daily operations,
Gleaners realizes the importance of volunteerism.
Last year the food bank enlisted 15,000 volunteers
from corporations, schools, churches and civic
groups to help fulfill its mission.
According to Augie Fernandes, president of
Gleaners, the program makes sense for nonprofits.
“When our team members support other
organizations by giving their own expertise, we
both win,” says Fernandes. “We create greater
community awareness of Gleaners by sharing our
passion and strength for helping others.”
Quincy Hickman, who works as a driver
delivering and picking up food for Gleaners,
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From left to right:
Margarita Ovalle, MariaLuisa Belmonte, Eugenia Jiles & Quincy Hickman
volunteered at Judgment Morning, where he
separated and packed food for distribution at the
faith-based organization’s pantry. On his second
day, he ran an activity at a special children’s event,
keeping the children safe while monitoring their
play. “It was a plus to volunteer with Gleaners’
blessing,” says Hickman, who does a lot of
volunteer work on his own clock and has
experienced hunger first hand. “That was me once
upon a time,” says Hickman. “That’s why I’m here
— to be a part of making a difference.”
“When our team members
support other organizations
by giving their own expertise,
we both win,” says Fernandes.
to upgrade a filing system at Big Brothers Big
Sisters. “It gets you out of your scope, and let’s you
see how someone else’s mission is important to
the community as well as our own,” says Jiles.
The Gleaners pair, both possessing excellent
organizational and administrative skills, set up a
filing system for locating “big brothers and sisters”
and “little brothers and sisters” from records that
existed before the organization computerized its
database. “They needed it done, and for them it
was very useful,” says Belmonte.
She says that it’s important for organizations to
learn about each other. “They get to know us and
we get to know them,” says Belmonte. “It’s the first
time I’ve done something for Big Brothers Big
Sisters. The next time I go, I’ll know more about
what they do, and I’ll know who to contact if I
need something from them.”
Another Gleaners’ team member, Eugenia Jiles,
volunteered with colleague MariaLuisa Belmonte
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Cooking, Nutrition &
Shopping Tips for
Elderly Citizens
Operation Frontline is a Hit with Seniors
leaners provides more
than two million meals
to senior citizens every
year through its agency
partners. But even
more, Gleaners helps improve the
quality of life for seniors through
innovative programs like
Operation Frontline.
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Operation Frontline is a national
nutrition, education and financial
planning program of Share Our
Strength. Operated locally by
Gleaners, Operation Frontline
serves individuals at risk of
hunger or malnutrition. It
matches low-income people
with culinary and nutrition
volunteers who teach classes
on healthy food choices and
budgeting. And even for seniors
with years of experience shopping and cooking on a tight
budget, new techniques in these
areas are needed and appreciated.
Last fall, over a six-week period, a
small group of low-income foster
grandparents from the Council
on Aging spent 12 hours with a
chef and dietician to learn new,
healthier ways to cook their
favorite foods and hone their
shopping and food selection
skills. A six-week session for
seniors was also held at the
Michigan Co-op Extension.
Next spring, Gleaners’ Operation
Frontline will partner with 13
MiCAFÉ (Michigan Coordinated
Access to Food for the Elderly)
sites in Detroit. MiCAFÉ helps
people 60 years and older apply
for Bridge Cards, which are like
debit card accounts for food. Mia
Carswell, executive director of
Granny’s After Care, says that her
agency’s MiCAFÉ was looking for
collaborations to educate seniors
about food and nutrition.
“Operation Frontline classes will
show seniors how to shop healthy
with their Bridge Cards,” says
Carswell. “Our seniors tend to not
make the right choices in terms
of food selection and many need
to change their eating habits.”
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For seniors, Operation Frontline
provides a safe, non-threatening
venue to learn about different
foods and be exposed to
new cooking methods in a
comfortable setting.
For seniors, Operation
Frontline provides a
safe, non-threatening
venue to learn about
different foods...
According to Operation Frontline
coordinator, Rachelle Bonelli, the
classes are a great way for seniors
to spend time with a dietician
and professional chef to collect
insider tips on nutritious cooking
and shopping.
“Nobody wants to give up the
fried chicken, but let’s learn a
new way to make it healthy,”
says Bonelli.
For more information,
call Gleaners at
313-923-3535, ext. 230.
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Shopping with Dignity
Gleaners Endorses“Client Choice”
Model for Pantries
n its latest efforts to
better serve hungry metro
Detroiters, Gleaners is
encouraging its member
agencies to consider using
a “client choice” model.
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Client choice pantries are like
small, no-cost stores where
low-income families and
hungry citizens can “shop”
for free emergency food and
personal care items.
As a new model for delivering
emergency food, client choice
practices reduce waste, improve access to food, and
provide a dignified setting
for families and working
poor people to access food
and other services.
“When clients have the
flexibility to choose which
foods their family needs and
will use, instead of having
their food chosen for them,
they’re empowered to make
good choices,” says DeWayne
Wells, vice president of
program services at Gleaners.
“It’s also important to lessen
social stigmas and create a
more respectful way for
people to access food.”
Client choice pantries are less
expensive to operate annually
than traditional pantries,
providing savings in staff and
transportation — savings used
to provide more food to
underserved communities.
Currently, Gleaners is raising
more than $650,000 to
renovate and equip Taylor
Client Choice Pantry adjacent
to its distribution center on
Northline Road.
“When clients have the
flexibility to choose
which foods their
family needs and will
use, instead of having
their food chosen for
them, they’re
empowered to make
good choices.”
— DeWayne Wells
The Taylor project is in
collaboration with Fish &
Loaves, a nonprofit comprised
of 32 churches in the
downriver area, many of which
now operate independent
pantries. Rev. Amos
Humphries, Fish & Loaves vice
president, says that the project
will “not only help ensure that
our neighbors have access to
food, but, more importantly,
allow them to have the respect
and dignity to choose their
food.”
Fish & Loaves’ volunteers will
manage day-to-day operations
of the pantry, slated to open in
June of 2008. “As a network of
churches, we’re proud to be a
partner in this endeavor and
look forward to years of
serving our community sideby-side with Gleaners,” says
Rev. Humphries.
Buoyed by grants from Charter
One, MASCO Corporation
Foundation, Community
Foundation for Southeast
Michigan, Kraft and AT&T,
renovations in Taylor are
underway. However, support
is still needed to complete
renovations and purchase
equipment.
Call Gleaners’ Development
Department to donate:
313-923-3535, ext. 249
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Jack Berry Challenges
Community with
“Fill a Truck” Campaign
Proceeds Support Gleaners in Livingston County
ack Berry, founder of the Pets Supplies
inserted into a master envelope, which was then
inserted into the Livingston Daily Press & Argus on
Plus chain of stores and a Genoa
Township resident, has spearheaded
Sunday, November 4, 2007. Berry’s plans include
the involvement of Livingston County businesses,
a “Fill a Truck” winter campaign to
purchase five truckloads of food to donate as well as grass roots efforts — like distributing
to Gleaners in Livingston County. He arranged for donation envelopes within his own subdivision.
$20,000 in
contributions to fill
“Our hungry friends and neighbors "We hope everyone is able
to help,” says Berry. “Our
the first truck with
hungry friends and
shouldn’t
have
to
choose
between
food and has spurred
neighbors shouldn't have
other community
paying
their
utility
bills
and
buying
to choose between paying
members to contribute
utility bills and
to the campaign.
medicine or feeding their kids and their
buying medicine or
Berry’s truckload
feeding their kids
themselves.” —Jack Berry
contained enough food
and themselves.”
to feed Livingston County's hungry families
For more information or to make a contribution to
for one month. Berry, who was in the grocery
the “Fill a Truck” winter campaign, contact Erica
business for decades, also arranged funding for
Karfonta at 866-GLEANER, ext. 331,
the entire advertising campaign for the “Fill a
or email ekarfonta@gcfb.org.
Truck” campaign, which will run through March
of 2008.
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To spark the campaign, Berry had 60,000 donation
envelopes, donation cards, and Gleaners’ brochures
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2007
Annual
Report
Fiscal Year ending
June 30, 2007
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
REVENUE
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR
AMOUNT
PERCENT
Donated Food
Cash Donations
United Way
Grants
Agency Shared Maintenance
Purchased Food Reimbursement
Investment Income
Other
$ 29,463,291
$ 4,415,089
$
418,809
$
866,148
$ 2,498,754
$
776,885
$
79,210
$
570,289
75.4%
11.3%
1.1%
2.2%
6.4%
2.0%
0.2%
1.5%
TOTAL REVENUE
$ 39,088,475
EXPENSES
Program Services
Food Distributed
Management
Fund Raising
$ 5,375,120
$ 32,581,602
$
387,310
$ 1,351,102
TOTAL EXPENSES
$ 39,695,134
Meals Distributed
Meals per day
Meals per week
Meals per month
13.5%
82.1%
1.0%
3.4%
24,838,286
68,050
477,659
2,069,857
EFFICIENCY 96% FOR FEEDING HUNGRY NEIGHBORS
FINANCIAL NOTE:
Gleaners constantly reinvests in its mission by supporting its agency partners. While Gleaners is a financially
strong and sound organization, it made a large investment
of working capital into strengthening its agency partners
last year.
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his past year we saw a
number of extraordinary successes. In spite of
the crisis created by a drop
in donated foods, Gleaners
maintained its distribution
level through strategic and
consistent support of its
partner network. Our enhanced fundraising plan
generated $1,000,000 more
than in any other fiscal year. Refined and expanded
communications efforts have helped us build our
network of friends and donors, further contributing to our ability to continue feeding our
hungry neighbors and push forward new initiatives
that begin to address the root causes of hunger in
our community.
This past year we also faced significant challenges.
While our donor base has grown, so has the
number of people needing our services. Given the
economic climate in Michigan, we expect the
situation to worsen in the coming months and
possibly even year. Since becoming board chair,
I have met men and women who used to share
their financial resources with Gleaners. Now, due
to unemployment, they seek assistance from our
partner agencies to supplement their monthly
food supply. Gleaners is here for these people
and we will continue to serve them to the best of
our ability.
As you’ll see in the financial summary, Gleaners
incurred a loss this past fiscal year. This was no
mistake. Our commitment to our mission — one
that is urgent and has consequences for each and
every one of us living in this region — made
investing in our partners a high priority. While it
is our hope that increases in fundraising and
donated food in the coming year will limit the need
to spend reserve cash for food, we will not be
deterred from investing in the future of Detroit
and Michigan by making sure those who are
hungry have enough to eat.
I thank the volunteers, donors and supporters who
contributed to our successes and are standing with
us as we face our challenges.
Pat Berwanger
Board Chair
GLEANERS COMMUNTIY FOOD BANK • ANNUAL REPORT 2007
PRESIDENT’S TABLE
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onors at the President’s Table are some of Gleaners most
important and valued friends. They give significantly of
their time and expertise, of their dollars, or of their inventory
— and, most noticeably, of their hearts.
Individuals and organizations that are part of the President’s
Table have made major contributions through Gleaners
Community Food Bank to feed their hungry neighbors. They
take the challenge of curing hunger seriously and have backed
their convictions with concrete actions, such as donating large
President’s Table
Donors July 1, 2006 –
June 30, 2007
CENTERPIECE
$300,000 OR MORE
Aunt Mid's Produce Company
The Coca Cola Company
Food Bank Council of Michigan
Mr. Joel Jacob
Kraft Foods - Nabisco
The Kroger Company
PepsiCo
Procter & Gamble
Ram Produce Distributors
United Way for Southeastern
Michigan
FULL PLATTER
$150,000–$299,999
Cadbury Schweppes
Chaldean American Chamber of
Commerce
Charter One Foundation
Chiquita Brands, L.L.C.
ConAgra Foods
Country Fresh
CVS Caremark
Lipari Food Distributors
Mastronardi Produce, Ltd.
Michigan Dairy
National City Bank
Oliver Farms
PepsiCo - Tropicana Products
Royal Banana
S.A.L.
Serra Brothers
Turri's Italian Foods, Inc.
Welch Foods Inc.
CARVING BOARD
$100,000–$149,999
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Acheson
Arctic Cold Storage
Mr. Ed Bahoura
Pat and Joe Berwanger
Community Foundation for
Southeast Michigan
Ford Purchasing Group
General Mills
Gerber Products Company
Mr. Bernie Smilovitz
Spartan Stores, Inc.
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Young
BREAD BASKET
$50,000–$99,999
Abbott Nutrition
All Star Foods
America's Second Harvest
Andrew Brothers
Archway Marketing
Aunt Millie's Bakeries
Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L.
Berman
Blue Line Distributing
The Bottle Crew
Capital Sales Company
Cargill Inc.
Chelsea Milling Company
Comerica Incorporated
The Chrysler Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ned W. Greenberg
Huntington National Bank
Mr. Jack Krasula
Little Turtle Cluster
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Omron Automotive
Electronics, Inc.
Operation Can Do/Big Boy
PepsiCo - Frito Lay
Sara Lee Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Slotkin
Sun Valley Foods
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Value Wholesale
Variety Children's Charity
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Webber
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
amounts of product, making major monetary gifts, or
volunteering hundreds of hours of time.
To honor these individuals, foundations and corporations who
have so generously and consistently donated to Gleaners, a
special 30th anniversary President’s Table Dinner was held on
November 8, 2007, at the Detroit warehouse.
For information on how to join the President’s Table,
please contact Gerry Brisson, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 246 or
gbrisson@gcfb.org.
DINNER PLATE
$15,000–$49,999
INDIVIDUALS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Berry
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Brisson
Mr. and Mrs. Agostinho A.
Fernandes, Jr.
Ms. Karen Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Genovese
Ms. Lauraine A. Hoensheid
Mr. and Mrs. David Hohendorf
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Koss
Mr. and Mrs. Hannan Lis
Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Mayer
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Miller
Mr. Ted Pearse
Ms. Vivian Pickard
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rosenfeld
CORPORATIONS
ALDI
AT&T Foundation
The Benson & Edith Ford Fund
Better Made
Birmingham Bloomfield
Chamber of Commerce
Bittersweet Farms
Brighton Commerce Bank
Brighton NC Machine
Corporation
Buffo's Enterprises
Campbell Soup Company
Caramagno Foods
Cisco Systems Foundation
D & B Grocery
DeRoy Testamentary
Foundation
Detroit Auto Dealers Assoc.,
Charitable FDN Fund
DTE Energy Foundation
The Edsel B. Ford Fund
The Elizabeth, Allan and
Warren Shelden Fund
Epoch Restaurant Group
First Presbyterian Church of
Brighton
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
General Motors Foundation
Hand In Hand
Health Food Distribution
The Helen L. Kay Charitable
Private Foundation
The Holley Foundation
LaGrasso Brothers
The Marshall Mathers
Foundation
The Mary G. Strange Charitable
Trust
MASCO Corporation
Matilda R. Wilson Fund
Medical Alternatives Press, Inc.
Michael & Peggy Pitt Charitable
Annuity Trust
Michigan Desserts
Michigan State University
Extension
Mort Crim Communications
Nestle U.S.A. Inc.
Norquick Distribution
Olive Garden
Oliver Dewey Marcks
Foundation
The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
Pellerito Foods
Pierno Frozen Foods
Pinckney Community Schools
The Piquette Meat Market
Pulte Homes, Inc.
Rite Aid Corporation
Ross Labs
Select Snacks
Share Our Strength
Sodexho
Taste of the NFL
TCF National Bank Michigan
The Thomas Foundation
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Tosa Foundation
WDIV/TV 4
Walgreen Company
Westside Cold Storage
W W W. G C F B . O R G
OUR PARTNERS in Curing Hunger Here
LIVINGSTON CONTRIBUTING
PARTNERS
American Red Cross, Howell
The Connection
Head Start, Howell
Heather Oaks, Brighton
Howell Assembly of God, Howell
Livingston County Senior Nutrition, Pickney
Shared Harvest, Howell
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Howell
St. Mary’s Parish
Wildwood Ranch, Howell
LIVINGSTON BENEFITED PROGRAMS
Brighton Lions Club, Brighton
Family Impact Center, Fowlerville
LACASA, Howell
Lakeshore Apartments, Howell
Livingston Catholic Social Services, Howell
Livingston County Senior Centers, Howell
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency,
OLHSA, Howell
Salvation Army Howell, Howell
St. Vincent de Paul, Howell
MACOMB PARTNERS
Covenant Christian Center, Roseville
Evangel Temple Church of God, Warren
Faith Lutheran Church, Shelby Twp
Family Youth Interventions, Mt. Clemens
God’s Mission To Men, Mt. Clemens
Grace Community Church
Holy Innocents Catholic Church, Roseville
Lord of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, Warren
Macomb County Head Start, Clinton Township
Macomb Family Services, Clinton Township
Macomb Food Program, Clinton Township
New Life Food Pantry, Roseville
Pathway to Freedom, Mt. Clemens
Ray of Hope Day Center, Mt. Clemens
Sacred Heart Conference, Roseville
Salvation Army Mt. Clemens, Mt. Clemens
Salvation Army Warren, Warren
St. Leonard Food Pantry
St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church,
St. Clair Shores
St. Mark Catholic Church, Warren
St. Mary Queen of Creation, New Baltimore
St. Paul of Tarsus Church, Clinton Twp.
St. Peter Lutheran Food Pantry
Tried Stone Baptist Church, Clinton Twp.
Vietnam Veterans of America, Roseville
Warren Community Food Pantry, Warren
Zion Temple COGIC, Romeo
MONROE PARTNERS
Monroe County Opportunity Program, Monroe
CRNC - Lenawee, Tecumseh
God’s Works!, Monroe
Marion Place, Monroe
Monroe Outreach Ministries, Monroe
Salvation Army Monroe Harbor Light, Monroe
OAKLAND PARTNERS
ASSPEN, Pontiac
Advanced Teaching Concepts, South Lyon
Alternative Services
Apostolic Christian Church, Farmington Hills
Auburn Hills Christian Center, Auburn Hills
Baldwin Center, Pontiac
Bound Together Kids Café, Pontiac
C.P.I./Community Programs, Inc., Waterford
Calvary Temple, Royal Oak
Camp Wathana, Holly
Catholic Social Services of Oakland
Childrens’ Village, Pontiac
Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Oak Park
Christian Outreach, Pontiac
Church of the Holy Spirit, Highland
Closet of Hope United Methodist Church,
Southfield
Collaborative Solutions
Columbia Ave Baptist Church, Pontiac
Comfort Zone, Novi
Common Ground Sanctuary, Royal Oak
Community Homes, Berkley
Community Sharing, Highland
Completion House, Pontiac
Crossroads for Youth, Oxford
Door of Faith, Pontiac
Dreams Unlimited Clubhouse
Easter Seals – Michigan
Eastside Church of Christ, Pontiac
Eastwood Clinic, Royal Oak
El Centro La Familia
Elite Alternatives, Auburn Hills
FAIR, Pontiac
Faith Baptist Church, Waterford
Family Mental Health
F.I.R.S.T. Program/United Way, Pontiac
First Baptist Church of Ferndale, Ferndale
First Baptist Church of Holly, Holly
First United Methodist of Royal Oak, Royal Oak
First United Methodist Church, Pontiac
Five Points Community Church, Auburn Hills
Forgotten Harvest, Southfield
Franklin Road Church of Christ, Pontiac
Glorious Way, Pontiac
God’s Helping Hands, Rochester Hills
Grace Centers of Hope, Pontiac
Halo Pantry, Pontiac
Haven, Pontiac
Helen AFC Home, Pontiac
Hispanic Outreach Services
Hope Network S.E., Pontiac
Hospitality House, Walled Lake
Integrated Living Inc., Rochester
Johnson Memorial, Pontiac
Kid’s Kloset, Clarkston
Ladies of Charity, Bloomfield Hills
Lakecrest Baptist Church, Waterford
Lakeville Manor, Lake Orion
Lighthouse Clarkston, Clarkston
Lighthouse Pontiac, Pontiac
Living Alternatives, Davisburg
Lourdes Nursing Home, Waterford
Macomb North Oakland Drop-In Center, Holly
Madison Heights Goodfellows, Madison Heights
Mecca House Corporation, Pontiac
Mount Hope Lutheran, Pontiac
Neighbor for Neighbor, Davisburg
Neighborhood Residential, Rochester Hills
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Pontiac
New Mt. Moriah
Newman AME, Pontiac
Norman’s Home, Detroit
North Oakland Residential, Oxford
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency,
OLHSA, Pontiac
Oakland Church of Christ, Southfield
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Older Persons’ Commission, Rochester
Open Arms Food Pantry, Pontiac
Open Door Outreach Center, Waterford
Open Hands Food Pantry, Royal Oak
Orchards Children Services, Southfield
Our Daily Bread at Hickory Ridge Community
Church
Our Lady LaSalette, Berkley
Oxbow Lake Baptist Church, White Lake
Oxford/Orion FISH, Lake Orion
Phoenix Residential Services, Pontiac
Progressive Lifestyles, Inc., Oakland Township
Progressive Residential Services, Troy
Promise Village: Home for Children, Davisburg
Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Pontiac
Quality AFC Homes, Pontiac
Residential Alternatives, Highland
Right Road Community Development, Ferndale
Robert Matchan Center, Pontiac
Rochester Area Neighborhood House, Rochester
Safe Harbor Community Service, Pontiac
Salvation Army Camp Echo, Leonard
Salvation Army Disaster Relief, Southfield
Salvation Army Farmington, Southfield
Salvation Army Pontiac, Pontiac
Salvation Army Royal Oak, Royal Oak
Samaritan Group Homes, Southfield
South Oakland Shelter, Royal Oak
Southfield Goodfellows, Southfield
Spaulding for Children, Southfield
St. Alexander Food Pantry, Farmington Hills
St. Anne Parish, Ortonville
St. Dennis Catholic Church, Royal Oak
St. Elizabeth Briarbank Home, Bloomfield Hills
St. Francis Family Center
St. Joseph Church, Pontiac
St. Jude Emergency Food Pantry, Detroit/Wayne
St. Michael Parish Franciscan Poverty Program,
Southfield
St. Michael Parish, Pontiac
St. Rita Parish, Holly
St. Stephen Baptist Church, Pontiac
Synod Residential Services, Waterford
Ten Mile Free Will Baptist Church, Madison
Heights
Tribute to the Lord Ministries, Oxford
Visions Clubhouse, Pontiac
Waterford Baptist Cathedral, White Lake
Waterford Riverside Seventh Day Adventist
Church, Waterford
Waterford Senior Center, Waterford
Word of Faith International Christian Center,
Southfield
YMCA Camping Services, Holly
YMCA of Farmington, Farmington Hills
YMCA North Oakland, Auburn Hills
Yad Ezra, Berkley
Zion Community Enrichment Center, Ferndale
Zion Lutheran Food Pantry
WAYNE PARTNERS
A Better Life, Detroit
ADCO Phoebe’s Pantry, Detroit
Agape Temple, Detroit
All Saints Parish, Detroit
Alternatives for Girls, Detroit
Ark of Deliverance, Detroit
Belleville Church of God, Belleville
Bethel Baptist Church of Southgate, Southgate
Blithsome Hillcrest Home, Detroit
Boys Hope Girls Hope, Detroit
OUR PARTNERS,
CONT.
Bread of Life Food Pantry, Melvindale
C&W Community Outreach, Detroit
C.O.T.S., Detroit
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit
CareFirst, Detroit
Caring Community Center, Detroit
Carter Metropolitan CME, Detroit
Cass Community Social Services, Detroit
Cathedral Community Services, Detroit
Catholic Church of the Madonna, Detroit
Central Detroit Christian CDC, Detroit
Central United Methodist Church, Detroit
Children’s Resource Center, New Boston
Childrens Village International, Detroit
Christ Cathederal Baptist Church, Detroit
Christ Church of Redford, Redford
Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Westland
Christ United Methodist Church, Detroit
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Southgate
Church of God Mountain Assembly, Belleville
Church of the Messiah, Detroit
Churches Intervention CIEM, Detroit
Citizens Alternative Residential Services, Inc.
City Shelter/Tireman Home Center, Detroit
Communities in Schools, Detroit
Community Food Depot, Detroit
Community Services CDC, Detroit
Conventional Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
Corpus Christi Parish
Covenant House of Michigan
Crossroads of Michigan, Detroit
Damon Homes, Detroit
Delray United Action Council, Detroit
Department of Human Services, Detroit
Detroit East Mental Health, Detroit
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, Detroit
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit
E & E Care Solutions, Grosse Ile
Ecorse Ecumenical Food Pantry
Ecorse/River Rouge Food Pantry, Ecorse
Ecorse Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ecorse
Effective Alternative Community, Detroit
Evangel Ministries, Detroit
Exodus Food Pantry, Detroit
Faith Christian Center, Taylor
Faith Lutheran Church (SEV), Detroit
First Assembly of God, Dearborn Heights
First Baptist World Changes, Detroit
First Step, Plymouth
Fish & Loaves
Flowers Community Services, Inc., Detroit
Focus: HOPE, Detroit
Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit
Forte Manor, Detroit
Franklin Wright Settlement, Detroit
Freedom House, Detroit
Friends of Detroit, Detroit
Friends of Parkside, Detroit
Full Gospel Church, Detroit
GRAB Community Outreach, Detroit
Gaius Co-Op Emmanuel House, Detroit
Genesis New Beginning, Detroit
Gibraltar Food Pantry, Gibraltar
God’s Way Of Living Ministries, Detroit
Grace Community Church, Lenox
Grace Temple COGIC, Detroit
Greater Northwest COGIC, Detroit
Greater Southern M.B.C., Detroit
Halford, Detroit
Hartford Agape Hunger, Detroit
Harvest House, Hamtramck
Harvest House La Cosecha
Harvest Lighthouse, Ecorse
Heartline, Detroit
Help’s on the Way, Dearborn Heights
Holy Redeemer Food Pantry, Detroit
Hope Community Church, Detroit
House of Worship, Detroit
I Am My Brother’s Keeper Ministry, Detroit
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Iroquois Ave. Christ Lutheran Church, Detroit
Jesus Annointed Ministry/Love Action
Jesus Tabernacle of Deliverance
Jewish Vocational Services/Career Initiative
Center, Detroit
Jordan Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
Judgment Morning Ministries
Latino Family Service HIV/AIDS, Detroit
Life Line, Detroit
Lighthouse Home Missions, Westland
Linwood Church of Christ, Detroit
Little Friends, Detroit
Lomax Temple, Detroit
Lord of the Harvest
Love Joy Church of God, Detroit
Lutheran City Ministries, Inc.
Madison Community Resource Center, Detroit
Mariners Inn, Detroit
Mercy-Maryhaven Senior Apartments, Southgate
Mercy Education Project, Detroit
Mercy-Stapleton Center, Detroit
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Detroit
Metropolitan United Methodist Church, Detroit
Military Presbyterian Church, Detroit
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Detroit
My Father’s Business, Detroit
NEGC-Motor City ClubHouse, Detroit
Nativity Pantry, Detroit
New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit
New Birth Community Development
New Community Missionary Baptist Church,
Detroit
New Covenant of Peace Church, Detroit
New Day Multi Purpose Center, Detroit
New Fellowship Church, Detroit
New Hope Tabernacle, Detroit
New Hope United Methodist Church, Melvindale
New Life Home, Detroit
New Light Baptist Church, Detroit
New Light Nursing Home, Detroit
New Resurrection Faith Ministries, Detroit
Norman’s Home
North Central CMHC/APC, Detroit
Oakwood SDA Pantry, Taylor
Off the Streets-Virginia Park, Detroit
Open Door Ministries, Canton
Operation Help, Detroit
Pentecostal Temple Baptist Church, Detroit
People’s Community Church, Detroit
Perfecting Community Care Center, Detroit
Positive Images, Detroit
Prayer House, Detroit
Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
Puritan St. Church of Christ, Detroit
Quality Behavior Health, Inc., Detroit
Redford Interfaith Relief, Redford
Restoration House, Detroit
Restoration Towers, Detroit
Resurrection Ministries, Detroit
Resurrection United Methodist Church, Detroit
Revival Tabernacle, Highland Park
Rgrps, Inc., Wayne
Riverview Church of God, Wyandotte
Ruth Ellis Center, Highland Park
St. Aloysius Community, Detroit
St. Charles Outreach, Detroit
St. Christine Church, Detroit
St. Cyprian Catholic Church, Riverview
St. Dominic Outreach Center, Detroit
St. Dunston Parish, Garden City
St. Gregory Christian Service, Detroit
St. John Community Center, Detroit
St. Luke’s Food Program, Detroit
St. Mary Parish, Detroit
St. Patrick Parish, Detroit
St. Paul Community Outreach, Detroit
St. Paul United Methodist Church, Detroit
St. Peter Claver, Detroit
SS Augustine & Monica Parish, Detroit
Sacred Heart Church
Salvation Army Booth Services
Salvation Army Brightmoor, Detroit
Salvation Army Dearborn Heights,
Salvation Army Denby, Detroit
Salvation Army Fort St., Detroit
Salvation Army Grandale, Detroit
Salvation Army Harbor Light, Detroit
Salvation Army Harding, Detroit
Salvation Army, Plymouth
Salvation Army Romulus, Romulus
Salvation Army Temple Corps, Detroit
Salvation Army Westland, Westland
Salvation Army Wyandotte, Wyandotte
Samaritan Community Center, Detroit
Scott Memorial United Methodist Church, Detroit
Services for Older Citizens, Grosse Pointe
Shar House, Detroit
Sharon Seventh Day Adventist, Inkster
Shiloh Deliverance Church, Detroit
Silver Star Baptist Church, Detroit
Sing a New Song, Detroit
Spirit of Hope
Sobriety House, Detroit
Southwest Detroit CMHS, Inc., Detroit
Southwestern Church of God, Detroit
Sow a Seed Ministries, Detroit
Spanish Pentecostal Church, Detroit
Starfish Family Services, Inkster
Sunnybrook, Detroit
T.C. Simmons Visiting Ministries, Detroit
Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
Taylor Apartments-Wrap Around, Taylor
Tree of Life Christian, Detroit
Tried Stone Baptist Church, Detroit
Trinity Community Presbyterian Church, Detroit
True Love Evangelistic Ministries
Truman High School
Twelfth St. Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
United Sisters of Charity, Detroit
United Victory Outreach, Detroit
Veterans Outreach Center, Wayne
Victory Outreach, Detroit
Walk in the Spirit (WITS), Detroit
West Mound United Methodist Church, Taylor
Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
Women Arise
Woods Care, Wayne
Worshippers & Warriors, Allen Park
YWCA Interim House, Detroit
W W W. G C F B . O R G
MAJOR DONORS — Gifts of $1,000 or More, July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007
INDIVIDUAL
DONORS
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Abbott
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Acheson
Mr. Gary A. Albrecht
Mrs. Barbara A. Allen
Mr. James P. Allor
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Andronaco
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Angileri
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Aoun
Mr. Richie Atto
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baber, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Back
Mr. Edward Bahoura
Mr. Chris Baiardi
Mr. Teddy R. Barnette
Mr. Donald G. Barr, Jr.
Dr. Evelyn R. Barrack
Ms. Shirley Barton
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bashur
Ms. Jean C. Baumgarten
Ms. Kay Bauslaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beam
Mr. and Mrs. John Beattie
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Beck
Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L. Berman
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Berthel
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berwanger
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Bienkowski
Ms. Sharon R. Bindon
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Bird
Ms. Nancy J. Bissell
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Blake
Mr. Dennis Blakeley
Mr. Paul F. Bohn
Dr. Fredric Bonine
Mr. Joseph Bourbeau
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Brisson
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Brock
Mr. Ralph Bryant and
Ms. Elizabeth Foley
Mr. Ralph Bryant, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burt-Willson
Ms. Rheta Rhae Busacca
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Caughlin
Mr. Adam D. Cheslin
Dr. Carlo Ciaramitaro
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Clausnitzer
Mr. Herbert A. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Collinson
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Connolly
Ms. Ruth M. Cox
Ms. Angela Craig
Mr. Robert J. Crompton
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Crowe, Jr.
Mr. Stephen John Crowell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Cummings
Mr. Robert M. Currie
Ms. Karen W. Davidson
Mr. and Ms. Dominick L. DeBello
Ms. Jennifer DeLisle
Mrs. Margaret C. Demmer
Ms. Agnes S. Dempster
Mr. John F. Dempster
Ms. Donna Dibert
Mr. and Mrs. Boris N. Dimitroff
Mr. Gerald S. Dittrich
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dworman
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Eckstein
Mr. Jeffrey J. Ellison
Ms. Rosalie A. Eppert
Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Erickson
Ms. Carole Faleris
Mr. and Mrs. Agostinho A.
Fernandes, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Fisher
Mrs. Max M. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Fisher
Mr. Daniel G. Foley and
Ms. Martha A. Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ford
Mr. Samuel Frank
Mr. Howard P. Freers
Ms. Elaine Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Furlo
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Garbe
Mr. Joel Garrett
Mr. Joseph Gaus and
Ms. Cynthia Bauer
Mr. and Mrs. Danny J. Gaylor
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Genovese
Ms. Mary Jane Gilbert
Ms. Julia Goatley
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce T. Godfrey
Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Graessle
Mr. Fred Grandchamp and
Ms. Robbie McBride
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W. Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Ned W. Greenberg
Ms. Mary P. Greer
Ms. Diana M. Greig
Ms. Anne M. Guyot
Dr. Stanley Halprin
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Harris
Mrs. Teresa L. Hartle
Ms. Kathleen M. Hartter
Ms. Patricia A. Heftler
Ms. Constance M. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hermann
Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Herzog, III
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. High
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hodo
Ms. Lauraine A. Hoensheid
Mr. and Mrs. Derek K. Hogland
Mr. and Mrs. David Hohendorf
Dr. Jean M. Holland
Mr. Craig A. Holmes
Ms. Michelle M. Ivey
Mr. William S. Jack
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Jacob
Mr. Martin S. Jacob
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Jan R. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Johnston
Mr. Jay R. Jolliffe
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold R. Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kapolnek
Mr. and Mrs. Greg J. Karfonta
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart R. Kayne
Mr. and Mrs. David Kee
Mr. Robert F. Kelly
Ms. Ellen Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. David L. King
Mr. and Mrs. David W. King
Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell King
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Kirk
Mr. and Mrs. James Kirstowski
Mr. Robert Kitchen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kludt
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Knoppow
Dr. and Mrs. James Kohlenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Koss
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kraft
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Mr. Eric Krupp and
Ms. Diane Casalou
Mr. Nick J. Labedz
Mr. Terry K. Lanzen
Ms. Arlene M. Lapointe
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Layne
Ms. Lynn LeAnnais
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Lentz
Ms. Elizabeth Lerchen
Mr. and Mrs. Hannan Lis
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Lockman
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. LoVasco
Mr. John Lucci
Ms. Dale B. Lurie
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mackle
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Macneil
Ms. Margaret A. MacTavish
Mr. James Mallak, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Mann
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Mann
Mr. Jonathan K. Maples
Mr. David H. Mardigian
Mark/Lis Family Fund
Mr. Michael J. Martz
Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Mayer
Ms. Ruth Ellen Mayhall
Ms. Sandra Lee McClure
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. McGee
Mr. James McGuire
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. McKenty
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick McPherson
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Meyers
Ms. Deborah A. Miesel
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Mihalich
Ms. Alice Miles
Mr. Ronald Miles and
Mrs. Lynn Shattock-Miles
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Miller
Ms. Deborah L. Mohney
Mr. and Mrs. Hamid R. Mohyi
Mr. Joseph P. Mooney
Mr. James Moran
Ms. Carol Morton
Mr. Richard G. Mosteller
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy
Ms. Victoria W. Murphy
Mr. Charles Neff
Ms. Drusilla Newell
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ninteman
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Oberpeul
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Offerle
Ms. Annette Oliver
Mr. Russell G. Oltman
Mr. and Mrs. Larry M. Oman
Mr. Michael Ottaway
Ms. Lucille A. Padgett
Ms. Darlene Paulauski
Ms. Deborah Pawlaczyk
Mr. Ted Pearse
Mr. Charles S. Peltz
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pendell
Ms. Erica Peresman and
Mr. David Jaffe
Ms. Vivian Pickard
Mr. Thomas L. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pinkleton
Ms. Gayatri Pinnamaneni
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Piotrowski
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Popovic
Mr. Charles E. Price
Ms. Kathleen Reichart
Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Reilly
Ms. Linda Reising
Mr. Craig Riggs and
Ms. Aunna Lippert
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel N. Rimer
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Roche
Ms. Suzanne M. Rodriguez
Mr. Joseph C. Roebuck
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rohr
Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Rosenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross
Mr. Rocky R. Ross
Mr. Robert Rossbach
Mr. Paul Roubal
Ms. Kathryn Rundell
Mr. Joseph I. Rush
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Russu
Mr. Gary E. Ryti
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sabina
Ms. Wendy J. Sample
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Santhony
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Schaller
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Scherrer
Ms. Ann C. Schumacher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Scott
Mr. Frank M. Seidl
Mr. Richard A. Shapack
Ms. Judith Shutz
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Silver
Mr. Terry G. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. William Sirois
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Slotkin
Mr. James J. Slowik
Mrs. Phyllis A. Smith
Mr. Bernie Smilovitz
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. Julius J. Sonkiss
Mr. Edward Soyk
Mr. James Y. Stewart
Ms. Margo A. Steyer
Mr. and Mrs. David Stringer
Mrs. Kim Suchara
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Sulak
Mr. and Mrs. David Sutton
Ms. Barbara A. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Thelen
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Thomas
Mr. Gary P. Tomchick
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Torok
Mr. James H. Trask
Ms. Nicola J. Travis
The Reverend Jack G. Trembath
Mr. Michael Tweddle
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Vallee
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Van Wulfen
Ms. Joy VanBuhler
Mr. and Mrs. Dave R. VanderPloeg
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell G. Vennettilli
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Viola
Mr. and Mrs. James Vlasic
Mr. S. Chace Wakefield
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen I. Walker
Mr. Vincent A. Walker, Sr.
Mr. Joseph M. Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Gail L. Warden
Ms. Barbara M. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Webber
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Webster
Mr. Raymond Weingartz
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Welch
Mr. W. DeWayne Wells
Mr. John V. Welsh
Mr. and Mrs. Stan E. Wencley
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Westrick
Mr. James M. Williams
Ms. Joy C. Williams
Ms. Ann Willis
Mr. Leslie Wise
Ms. L. Darlene Wolford
MAJOR DONORS,
CONT.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wyatt
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Young
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Zmyslowski
CORPORATE &
FOUNDATION
DONORS
ABC Group
ABN AMRO Services Company
Abbott Nutrition
Accident Fund Company
Ace Bakery Limited
Achatz Hand Made Pie LLC
The Action Benefits Company
Advance Mold, Inc.
The Aidmatrix Foundation
ALDI
All Star Foods
Aline Underhill Orten Foundation
ALPS Automotive
America's Second Harvest
Amtex, Inc.
Andrew Brothers
The Ann Arbor News
Antiochian Orthodox Christian
Archdiocese
Archway Marketing
Artic Cold Storage
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
AstraZeneca
AT&T Foundation
Auburn Pharmaceutical
Aunt Mid's Produce Company
Aunt Millie's Bakeries
Autodesk, Inc.
AUTOLIV
Benson & Edith Ford Fund
Better Made
Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber
of Commerce
Bittersweet Farms
Blackwell Ford Inc.
Bloomberg L.P.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Foundation
Blue Line Distributing
Blue Water Automotive Systems,
Inc.
The Bottle Crew
Brighton Area Schools
Brighton Commerce Bank
Brighton NC Machine Corporation
Brighton Senior Men's Club
The Brown Family Foundation, Ltd.
Buffo's Enterprises
Cadbury Schweppes
Cambridge Consulting Group
Campbell Soup Company
Capital Sales Company
Capuchin Soup Kitchen
Caramagno Foods
Cargill, Inc.
Chaldean American Chamber
of Commerce
Charity Motors Inc.
Charter One Foundation
Chelsea Milling Company
Chelsea Rhone Company, LLC
Chesley Consulting
Chiquita Brands, LLC
The Chrysler Foundation
Chrysler Services
The Chubb Corporation
Church World Service, Inc.
Cisco Systems Foundation
The Clarence & Grace Chamberlin
Foundation
The Clarence and Jack Himmel
Foundation
Clarenceville School
Clarion Corporation of America
Clear Channel Radio - Detroit
CocaCola Enterprises Bottling
Companies
CO-HR, LLC
Comcast
Comcast Foundation
Comerica Incorporated
Community Foundation for
Southeastern Michigan
Compuware
Compuware Corporation
ConAgra Foods
Conde' Nast Publications
Consumers Energy Foundation
Continental Automotive Systems
Continental Teves
Cooper Foundation
Corporate Awareness Professionals
Country Fresh
Cranbrook Kingswood
Middle School
Crestmark Bank
CRH North America Inc.
Crittenton Hospital Medical
Center Foundation
CVS Caremark
D & B Grocery
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Foundation
Datanational Corporation
Dearborn CRC Youth Group
Deborah's Caterine Service
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.
Denso International America, Inc.
Dermatology Pathology PC Skin &
Vein Center
DeRoy Testamentary Foundation
Design Research Engineering
Detroit Auto Dealers Association,
Charitable Foundation Fund
Detroit Lions Charities
Detroit Public Library
dfcu Financial
Doeren Mayhew Certified
Public Accountants
DRS Insustries, Inc.
DTE Energy
DTE Energy Foundation
Ear Phonics
Eastover Elementary School
The Edsel B. Ford Fund
Edwin & Associates
The Elizabeth, Allan and Warren
Shelden Fund
Epoch Restaurant Group
Excelda Manufacturing
F & AM, Inc.
Fairfield County Communtiy
Foundation, Inc.
Fannie Kraft Foundation
First Congregational Church
First National Bank of Howell
First Presbyterian Church of
Birmingham
First Presbyterian Church
of Brighton
First Presbyterian Church
of Northville
First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Howell
Flagstar Bank
Flextronics
Food Bank Council of Michigan
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Food Max
Ford Dealers Advertising
Ford Purchasing Group
Fusiontech Inc.
Galasso & Associates, C.P.A., P.L.C.
Galaxy Plus Credit Union Systems
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
General Mills
General Motors Foundation
George R. and Elise M. Fink
Foundation
Gerber Products Company
Giffels-Webster Engineers Inc
Glidden Financial Service, Inc.
Greater West Bloomfield Chamber
of Commerce
The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
Grosse Pointe Theatre
H&R Block
Hand in Hand
The Hanover Insurance Group
Foundation, Inc.
Harold and Carolyn Robison
Foundation
Hartland United Methodist Church
Hayes Lemmerz
Health Food Distribution
The Helen L. Kay Charitable Private
Foundation
Henry Ford Health System
The Holley Foundation
Homedics U.S.A. Inc.
Hope Lutheran Church
Huntington National Bank
Huron ValleySchools
Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Imperial Supermarket, Inc.
Industrial Electric Company of
Detroit, INC.
International Transmission
Company
International Union – UAW
James and Lynelle Holden Fund
Jenkins & Company
Jewish News
JML Contracting & Sales, Inc.
Johnson Controls
The Karen & Drew Peslar
Foundation
KeyBank
Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutte
& Sherbrook
Knox Charitable Foundation
Kostal of America, Inc.
Kraft Foods, Inc.
The Kresge Foundation
The Kroger Company
L & M Machining & Manufacturing
L.W. Robbins Associates
LaGrasso Brothers
LaSalle Bank
Lear Corporation
Leland F. Blatt Family Foundation
Lipari Food Distributors
Liss and Associates, P.C.
Little Turtle Cluster
Livingston Christian Schools
Livingston County Association
of Realtors
Livingston County United Way
Livingston Police Combat
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Louise Tuller Miller Trust
The Lyon Foundation, Inc.
Lyon Manufacturing, Inc.
Maclean Vehicle System
Magna International, Inc.
Maltby Middle School
Mandell L. and Madeleine H.
Berman Foundation
Marian High School
Marina Maher Communications Inc.
Market Measurement
The Marshall Mathers Foundation
The Mary G. Strange
Charitable Trust
MASCO Corporation Foundation
Mastronardi Produce, Ltd.
Matilda R. Wilson Fund
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher
Foundation, Inc.
Medical Alternatives Press Inc.
Methode Electronics, Inc.
Michael & Peggy Pitt Charitable
Annuity Trust
Michigan Council of
Korean Churches
Michigan Dairy
Michigan Desserts
Michigan State University
Extension
Miller Brewing Company
Milliken
Mort Crim Communications
Motor City Consumers
Co-Operative, Inc.
MPC
N.A.C.E. Greater Detroit Chapter
National City Bank
National Multiple Services
Nestle U.S.A., Inc.
Norquick Distribution
Oakland County Association of
Assessing Officers
Oakland County Chapter of
Credit Unions
Oakland Township United Way
Oakland University
Oakley Park Elementary
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Olive Garden
Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation
Oliver Farms
Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc.
Omron Foundation, Inc.
OnStar
Operation Can Do/Big Boy
Orchard Lake Community Church
Presbyterian
Orchard United Methodist Church
Our Credit Union
The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
Panera Bread Foundation
Parkway Foods
Pellerito Foods
PepsiCo
PepsiCo - Frito Lay
PepsiCo - Tropicana Products
The Pewabic Society, Inc.
Pfizer Foundation
Pierno Frozen Foods
Pinckney Community Schools
The Piquette Meat Market
Piston Group
Plastech
Plymouth Community United Way
Polk Foundation; Ralph L.
and Winifred E.
Post-Newsweek
Proctor & Gamble
Progressive Moulded Products
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MAJOR DONORS,
CONT.
Pulte Homes, Inc.
R.L. Polk & Co.
Raftery & Associates, P.C.
Ram Produce Distributors
RCO Engineering, Inc.
Rho-Mar Agency Inc.
Rite Aid Corporation
Robert Bosch Corporation
Rochester Community
School District
Rock Financial
Ronda & Ron Ferber Foundation
Rosedale Gardens
Presbyterian Church
Ross Labs
Royal Banana
Royal Oakland Communty
Credit Union
Safeway Food Center, Inc.
S.A.L.
SANYO- FMS Audio
Sara Lee Corporation
SCHECHTER
Select Snacks
Serra Brothers
Sews-DTC, Inc.
Share Our Strength
Sheets Trucking
Shepherd of the Lakes
Singer Realty Company
Sodexho Foundation, Inc.
Sodexho Inc.
Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc.
Soup Kitchen International, Inc.
Southeastern Michigan Electrical
Industry
Spartan Stores, Inc.
Spx Foundation
St. Andrew Catholic Church
St. Andrew's Society Of Detroit
St. Colette Youth Group
St. Daniel Catholic Community
St. Ives Catholic Church
St. John Health System
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's of the Hills
St. Michael Parish
Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc.
Summit Polymers, Inc.
Sun Valley Foods
T&C Federal Credit Union
Takata Holdings Inc.
Talhin Sales Corporation
Taste of the NFL
TCF National Bank Michigan
TCF Foundation Matching Gifts
Teamsters Local Union No. 299
The Gates Corporation
The Henry Ford II Fund
The Skillman Foundation
The Taubman Company
The Young Foundation
The Thomas Foundation
Thrill Hill Productions, Inc.
ThyssenKrupp Materials NA, Inc.
Title Source, Inc.
Todd's Services/Auto Rain, Inc.
Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Tosa Foundation
Toyota Motor Sales, J.S.A. Inc.
TPO Display
Tram, Inc.
Trijicon, Inc.
Trustinus Inc
TRW
The Tuktawa Foundation
Turri's Italian Foods, Inc.
Tweddle Litho Company
Tyson Foods, Inc.
UAW-GM Center For
Human Resources
UBS Foundation
Unilock Michigan Inc
Unique Fabricating, Inc.
United Methodist Women
United Way for Southeastern
Michigan
United Way of Oakland County
United Way Special
Distribution Account
Unwired Technology LLC
Valeo, Inc.
Value Wholesale
VARIETY
Volkswagen of America Inc.
Walgreen Company
Wal-Mart
Wayne & Joan Webber Foundation
Wayne County Citizen Outreach
Wayne State University
Welch Foods, Inc.
Westside Cold Storage
WDIV/TV 4
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Will Power, Inc.
William L. Rand Company Inc.
Wings Financial Federal
Credit Union
Woodbridge Sales & Engineering
Woods Construction Inc.
Woodward/Birmingham
Financial Group
World Heritage Foundation
Yazaki North America, Inc.
2007
Annual Report
NOURISHING COMMUNITIES BY
FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE
Gleaners Community Food Bank of
Southeastern Michigan
2131 Beaufait St., Detroit, MI 48207-3410
(313) 923-3535 or 1-866-GLEANER
(313) 923-2247 Fax
www.gcfb.org
admin@gcfb.org
GLEANERS DISTRIBUTION CENTERS:
Gleaners Detroit Headquarters & Distribution Center
2131 Beaufait St., Detroit
Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center
5924 Sterling Dr., Howell
Gleaners Oakland County Distribution Center
120 E. Columbia Ave., Pontiac
Gleaners Taylor Distribution Center
25698 Northline Rd., Taylor
Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Distribution Center
24162 Mound Rd., Warren
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Food Fight!
Businesses Rally along Big Beaver Road
Gleaners Community Food Bank of
Southeastern Michigan loves a good
food fight — the kind that pits
businesses, schools and other
organizations against each other to
collect food and funds to feed
hungry citizens.
Area employees took the
challenge to heart, hosting
office raffles, selling
donated food in the office,
and decorating collection
barrels to encourage
donations.
Gleaners largest food fight, the 13th
Annual “Food Fight on Big Beaver
and Beyond,” took place July 16-27,
2007. Companies large and small
joined in the fight against hunger
and provided the equivalent of
220,200 meals by raising $16,713 and
collecting 13,276 pounds of food.
The winners in each
category were:
1000+ Employees — Rock
Financial-Quicken Loans,
Livonia, Troy and
The Kafoury family and Gleaners’ president,
Auburn Hills
Augie Fernandes, prepare to award food
(raised 70,918 meals)
fight trophies.
250+ Employees — LaSalle
Bank, Troy (raised 21,334
Kafoury of Gordon Advisors, P.C.,
meals)
who had been committed to
100+ Employees — Walsh College,
supporting programs that addressed
Troy (raised 2,612 meals)
community hunger issues. Local
Under 100 Employees — Gordon
businesses responded to Gordon
Advisors, P.C., Troy
Advisors’ loss positively: helping to
(raised 20,698 meals)
cure hunger by enthusiastically
This year’s event was held in
participating in the Food Fight on
memory of the late Madeline
Big Beaver.
Thirty-seven sites registered to
participate and 14 additional sites
allowed collection barrels to be
placed at their locations thanks to
the efforts of Gleaners’ board
member Jim Viola. Businesses
were classified by the number of
employees so they competed
against businesses their own size.
Oakland Press Food Drive
Local Paper Collects Food in Fall Drive
As part of the fifth annual Oakland Press Food Drive,
October 1–12, 2007, the newspaper distributed 80,000
grocery bags in its newspapers throughout Oakland
County and enlisted 71 sites to be drop-off locations,
including civic centers,
libraries, town halls and
credit union branch
locations. As a
result, the
community
responded
generously, donating more than 18,000 pounds of food
to feed hungry neighbors in southeast Michigan.
“We pride ourselves on being the community
newspaper,” says Kim Klein, marketing director at
The Oakland Press. “Our goal in that effort is to support
those in the community who may need help. We are
happy to partner with such a worthwhile local charity.”
Gleaners thanks The Oakland Press and event sponsors
T&C Federal Credit Union and Oakland County Credit
Union for a successful event that not only collected
food, but raised awareness about issues of hunger in
Southeastern Michigan.
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Hey Adults!
Please read this cartoon
with the young people in
your life. Use the content
to teach children about
philanthropy and food
banking — and to discuss
issues of hunger and
poverty in our community.
Local artist Jennifer McCall created this comic strip, which appears in each issue of Gleaners Harvest.
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C
olor Canman
and his friends!
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A Delightfully
DUCKY DAY
Fall Benefit Garners Record Support
n a sunny fall Saturday, Gleaners’ supporters
arrived on Belle Isle to a sea of volunteers
dressed in yellow t-shirts and waving yellow
duck posters that directed visitors to the 14th
Annual Fall Benefit and inaugural Detroit Duck Derby.
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An astounding success, the September 15th event
raised over $133,000 to provide meals to hungry
children and families.
The big event — a race with 6,239 rubber ducks —
drew more than 420 people to the banks of the Belle
Isle canal. Guests also enjoyed a barbeque lunch buffet
prepared by the Chaldean Chamber of Commerce, and
children’s games, face painting and arts & crafts. Gleaners
operations crew set up a work station for patrons to
pack food boxes to be distributed to hungry neighbors.
“We instilled new life into an already great Gleaners’
family event that has always taken place at the Detroit
warehouse,” says Suzette Hohendorf, chair of the
Special Events Committee of the board of directors.
“It was successful on all levels: we raised more money
than ever, offered opportunities for a wider range of
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people to support us, and, because of that and our
new Belle Isle location, attracted a broader audience.”
Different levels of support were available to
individuals, from purchasing a $5 duck for the race
or a $1,000 package that included tickets to the benefit
and other VIP perks. Gleaners enlisted its partner
agencies to help sell race ducks, which, in turn,
helped to boost proceeds.
The event was made possible by a generous lead
gift from The Chrysler Foundation. Gleaners extends
thanks to all of its sponsors, prize donors, sellers,
partners, volunteers and staff for making this event
the most successful Fall Benefit in history.
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Birdie Day
350 Turkeys Collected
for Hungry Neighbors
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n November 18, 2007, diehard golfers and citizens
concerned about hunger in
southeast Michigan gathered
at eight Livingston and
Oakland County golf courses for
Birdie Day. The 350 participants shared
a free round of golf with friends in
exchange for donating a 15-pound
frozen turkey to Gleaners Community
Food Bank. The event was sponsored
by Brighton Commerce Bank and The
Majestic Golf Course in Hartland.
Each year, Gleaners holds a campaign
to collect and distribute turkeys to its
partner agencies, such as the Salvation
Army, Meals on Wheels, Oakland
Livingston Human Service Agency,
Head Start, St. Vincent De Paul, food
pantries, soup kitchens, and other area
nonprofits that help low-income,
unemployed and homeless children
and families needing emergency food.
In 2006, Gleaners collected 13,316 turkeys
during the holiday season.
This year’s Birdie Day featured a Birdie Day
Golf Ball Drop at The Majestic Golf Course.
Golf balls, which were sold for $25 each by
Gleaners and Brighton Commerce Bank, were
loaded onto a helicopter and dropped 300
feet over a target on the practice range. Five
winners took home a $1,000 prize for their
balls landing “closest to the pin.”
Gleaners and its Birdie Day sponsors
thank these golf courses for caring about
hunger by participating in the 2007 Birdie
Day benefit:
Hartland Glens—Hartland
Dunham Hills—Hartland
The Majestic—Hartland
Hawk Meadows—Howell
Mystic Creek—Milford
Timber Trace—Pinckney
The Jackal—Brighton
Chemung Hills—Howell
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Iron
Chef
Competition
Chefs Battle it Out to Curb Hunger
he third annual "Iron Chef" competition held
on August 16 at Gleaners Livingston County
Distribution Center in Howell raised over
$29,000 for the food bank. The event took place
on the loading docks, which were transformed into
"Kitchen Stadium" for the heated competition.
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Over 250 enthusiastic fans filled the arena to cheer for
Chef Jody Brunori of the French Laundry in Fenton
and Chef Steve Pilon of the Oak Pointe Country Club
in Brighton as they battled it out for the title of Iron
Chef Champion.
Chef Jody took home the championship, and Chef Steve
won the fan vote award. Both chefs had a wide array of
ingredients to use to prepare appetizers, entrees, and
desserts; however, there was one ingredient kept secret
until the battle commenced: mushrooms!
Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center
extends its appreciation to all of the Iron Chef
attendees and supporters, with special thanks to Asahi
Kasei, Ciaccio Produce Company, Deborah's Catering,
and Executive Financial Planning.
Jodie Brunori, Iron Chef Champion, is interviewed by Gleaners Advisory
Board member and Detroit News Columnist, Neil Rubin.
Steve Pilon talks to Neil Rubin about receiving the fan vote award.
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Gleaners’ supporters enjoy the competition.
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Calendar of Events
Winter/Spring 2008
Support Gleaners at one of these events.
February 2
March 12
Howell vs. Hartland Food Fight — During halftime at the
Howell High vs. Hartland High Varsity Basketball game on
February 2nd, the school that raises the largest amount of
food for Gleaners will be announced as winner and
recipient of “The Gleaners Cup,”
a trophy made from recycled tin
cans. Both high schools will be
collecting nonperishable food
two weeks prior to the big game.
Event contact: Erica Karfonta at
866-GLEANER ext. 331 or
ekarfonta@gcfb.org.
Annual Women’s Power Breakfast —
This event is a special “by invitation
only” gathering of the area’s most
prominent female business, civic and
community leaders. It includes judges,
politicians, professionals, business owners, corporate
executives, journalists, broadcasters, key volunteers and
members of the area’s most influential boards.
The Women’s Power Breakfast is an opportunity for
women to gather to network, share breakfast and hear
keynote speaker, Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of
America’s Second Harvest, at the DIA. Event contact:
Colleen Love at 866-GLEANER ext. 243 or clove@gcfb.org.
February 23
Pewabic Pottery Empty Bowls Event —
Come purchase a unique and wonderful
pottery bowl donated by local students
and artists at Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East
Jefferson Avenue, Detroit to benefit
Gleaners. Also enjoy a simple lunch of
soup donated by local restaurants. Event
contact: Julie Ptasznik at 866-GLEANER ext. 245 or
jptasznik@gcfb.org.
March 13
Pinckney Community School’s 14th
Annual Empty Bowls Dinner — Join
over 1,000 guests at one of Livingston
County’s greatest fundraisers. Select
a handmade ceramic bowl from
thousands of local student artists and enjoy all-you-can-eat
soups from over 50 local restaurants. For more information
visit: www.pcs.k12.mi.us/emptybowls or contact Erica
Karfonta at 866-GLEANER ext. 331 or ekarfonta@gcfb.org.
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You
1
!
difference
SEND A CHECK:
CALL IN A CREDIT CARD OR INSTALLMENT GIFT:
Lisa Walker, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 241
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VOLUNTEER:
Volunteer at the distribution center nearest you.
Detroit • Warren • Taylor • Pontiac • Howell
Carman Mattia, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 236, or cmattia@gcfb.org
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TRANSFER STOCK:
Ask your your broker to contact
Tom Murphy, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 233
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ASK YOUR EMPLOYER FOR A MATCHING GIFT:
Tell your employer you donated to Gleaners and request a
matching gift. If your company does not have a matching gift
program, ask about starting one.
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•
Every hour you volunteer
helps keep our costs low.
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LEAVE A LEGACY:
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IF YOUR COMPANY CAN CONTRIBUTE:
Gerry Brisson, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 246, or
gbrisson@gcfb.org
Julie Ptasznik, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 243, or
jptasznik@gcfb.org
DONATE ONLINE:
www.gcfb.org
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Each $1 donation helps
Gleaners feed one hungry
person for one day.
can make a
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
2131 Beaufait, Detroit, MI 48207-3410
2
•
Community Foundation
Endowment Challenge
The Community Foundation for Southeast
Michigan currently offers a matching
contribution for every gift of $1,000 or more
to the Gleaners’ endowment fund. The offer
expires when the Community Foundation’s
matching gift funds for all charities in the
region are claimed, so this is the time to
give. Generous donors have already
increased Gleaners’ endowment by $405,000
as a result of the challenge match. Your
contribution will be a great help — doubling
its effect immediately.
PROVIDE A MEMORIAL OR TRIBUTE GIFT FOR A
SPECIAL OCCASION:
Bridgett Lomax, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 249, or blomax@gcfb.org
PLEASE REMEMBER:
Your donation is 100% tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is a
501(c)(3) organization. Individuals, married couples and businesses may claim 50% of their cash donations to Gleaners on their Michigan
Income Tax Return as a tax credit for contributions to homeless shelters and food banks. Individuals may claim 50% of gifts up to $200;
married couples filing jointly may claim 50% of gifts up to $400; and businesses may claim 50% of gifts up to $10,000. Please consult
your tax advisor before making a claim.
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NOURISHING
COMMUNITIES
BY FEEDING
HUNGRY
PEOPLE
Gleaners Community Food Bank of
Southeastern Michigan
2131 Beaufait St.
Detroit, MI 48207-3410
313-923-3535 or 1-866-GLEANER
313-923-2247 Fax
www.gcfb.org • admin@gcfb.org
Gleaners Distribution Centers:
Gleaners Detroit Headquarters &
Distribution Center
2131 Beaufait St., Detroit
Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center
5924 Sterling Dr., Howell
Gleaners Oakland County Distribution Center
120 E. Columbia Ave., Pontiac
Gleaners Taylor Distribution Center
25698 Northline Rd., Taylor
Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Distribution Center
24162 Mound Rd., Warren
Gleaners is proud to be a founding member of:
America’s
Second
Harvest
The Food
Bank
Council of
Michigan
And a member of:
The United Way
The Better Business
Bureau
Board of Directors
Gene Gonya,
Founder
Russ Kittleson
Kroger
OFFICERS
Steve Lawson
Eastman Capital Group, LLC
Diesel Technologies, LLC
Pat Berwanger, Chair
Community Leader
Ed Bahoura,
Senior Vice Chair
Save-A-Lot Stores
Catherine Genovese,
Vice Chair
Candy Cane CHRISTmas
Tree Farm
Vivian R. Pickard,
Vice Chair
General Motors
Corporation
Vince Dow,
Treasurer
DTE Energy
Bill Winkler,
Secretary
Wayne State University
Judith F. Layne
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Ken Marblestone
Charter One Bank
Bob McGowan
Community Leader
Leonard E. McIntee
Community Leader
Keith B. Mayer
Giffels-Webster Engineers
Alice A. Miles
Community Leader
Benjamin Ortiz
Verizon Wireless
Erica Peresman
Community Leader
Agostinho A. Fernandes, Jr.,
President
Gleaners Community
Food Bank
Brother Jerry Smith
Capuchin Soup Kitchen
DIRECTORS
V. James Viola
Community Leader
Michael H. Acheson
Interlaken, LLC
Sharon A. Banks
Office of Robert Ficano,
Wayne Co. Executive
Velva S. Clark
Max Broock, Inc.
Dick Dills, Past President
Community Leader
Michelle L. Gaggini,
Past Chair
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Michigan
Ned Greenberg,
Past Chair
DataNet Quality Systems
Virginia Hill
Comerica Bank
Suzette F. Hohendorf
Community Leader
Vicky Howell, Esq.
Attorney
Gerald J. Israel,
Past Chair
Consultant
Dave R. VanderPloeg
Huntington National
Bank
Claudette Wardell-Cameron
Wayne State University
Walter R. Young
Community Leader
ADVISORY BOARD
Charles Graham
Robert Heffernan
Curtis Hertel
Lisa Lis
Richard A. Loewenstein
Major K. Kendall Mathews
Lois Miller
Charles Oliver
Sandy Radtke-Gerkin
Lorenzo Rivera
Dulcie Rosenfeld
Neal Rubin
Edith Scott
Denise Starr
Ruth Stephens-Collins
Pat Weber
James Williams
Howard Zoller, Esq.
Jim Jenkins
Jenkins & Company
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It takes many kinds of people
to feed our hungry neighbors.
Gleaners thanks Southeast Michigan Kroger and Charter One
for joining us in our Holiday Food Drive to Cure Hunger Here.
Kroger/Charter One locations throughout the region came together
with a goal of raising 1,000,000 pounds of food through a community
wide food drive. Thank you Kroger and Charter One for your ongoing
and tireless commitment to our hungry neighbors!
Other Participating
Sponsorss
VeHix
1-800-Get-A-S.A.M.
WRIF
WCSX
WMGC
Fox 2
Specs Howard School
of Broadcasting
Other Participating Banks
Gleaners thanks National City and Huntington Banks for partnering
with us in a banking promotion to Cure Hunger Here. Area branches
invited their customers to donate food this holiday season to feed our
hungry neighbors. Gleaners is grateful for the support it receives from
National City and Huntington and applauds them for responding to the
need to make more food available now.
Bi County PTC Federal
Credit Union
Charter One
Detroit Edison Credit Union
Franklin Bank
Huntington Bank
Lakes Community Credit Union
Michigan Catholic Credit Union
Oakland Catholic Credit Union
National City
Northwood Credit Union
Oakland County Credit Union
Peoples Trust Credit Union
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