partnerships - Hunger Task Force

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PARTNERSHIPS
& THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE FREE & LOCAL
POSSIBLE
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS AND PEOPLE MAKE FREE & LOCAL POSSIBLE
Hunger Task Force unifies community resources to end hunger. We team
up with local companies, the faith community and lots of volunteers to
feed people in need.
We believe that hunger relief is everyone’s work. That’s why Hunger
Task Force is uniquely successful in recruiting and involving the
community in our day-to-day operations.
We also believe that hunger relief is one person helping another.
The sheer volume of volunteers that generously contribute their
time to help someone else testifies to the success of our model.
We know that hunger relief is central to the quality of life in our
town. Local companies, organizations and churches support
Hunger Task Force’s core mission of feeding the poor because
together, we assure a safety net unlike any other.
Let me tell a few stories that highlight the people and
partnerships that make Free & Local possible.
SHERRIE TUSSLER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HUNGER TASK FORCE
Hunger Task Force believes that
every person has a right to
adequate food obtained with dignity.
We work to prevent hunger and
malnutrition by providing food
to people in need today and by promoting
social policies to achieve a
hunger free community tomorrow.
FREE & LOCAL NETWORK PARTNERS
Agape Community Center Food Pantry | AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin | All Saints Catholic Church Food Pantry | Central City Churches Outreach
Ministry | Church of the Good Hope United Methodist | Church of the Living God Food Pantry | Eastbrook Church Food Pantry | Ebenezer COGIC
| Ebenezer Lutheran Church Food Pantry | Family Life Center at St. Stephen Church | Friedens Community Ministries at Coggs Center Food Pantry |
Friedens Community Ministries at Hope House Food Pantry | Good Samaritan COGIC | Good Samaritan Outreach Center Food Pantry | Great Faith Food
Pantry | Helping Place at Solomon Community Temple U.M.C. | Hmong American Friendship Association Food Pantry | Holy Assumption Catholic Church
| Hope Lutheran Church Food Pantry | House of Peace Community Center Food Pantry | Immaculate Heart of Mary - St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry |
Interchange Food Pantry at Village Church | Jeremiah Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry | Jewish Community Food Pantry | Metropolitan Baptist
Church Food Pantry | Milwaukee Christian Center Food Pantry | Monumental Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry | MPS-Homeless Education Program |
Mt. Vernon Family Community Center Food Pantry | Northcott Neighborhood House Food Pantry | Northwest Baptist Church
PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDE FOOD
TEAMWORK LEADS TO SUCCESS
Here in Milwaukee, people understand Hunger Task Force to be a locallyestablished food bank that supports emergency food pantries, soup kitchens
and homeless shelters by collecting, sorting and delivering healthy food free
of charge.
Our partners in service include emergency food pantries, soup kitchens and
homeless shelters. They do the really tough work of service. They meet people
in hardship every day and help them resolve the weighty issues of hunger,
homelessness and poverty. We are proud to work on their behalf, supplying
them with a wide variety of healthy and nutritious foods. Milwaukee is home
to a unique network of faith-based volunteer groups and storied nonprofit
organizations that collectively form a safety net that serves more than
50,000 people each month.
54 PANTRIES + 12 SOUP KITCHENS + 9 HOMELESS SHELTERS
SERVE 34,449 PEOPLE AND
54,520 MEALS PER MONTH
FREE & LOCAL NETWORK PARTNERS
Project Concern of Cudahy-St. Francis Food Pantry | Redeemer Evangelical Free Church | Riverwest Food Pantry at Gaenslen School | Riverwest Food Pantry at St. Casimir’s Church |
Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at St. Matthias Church | Salvation Army Oak Creek Food Pantry | Salvation Army West Corps Food Pantry | Siggenauk Center Food Pantry | Silver Spring
Neighborhood Center Food Pantry | South Milwaukee Human Concerns, Inc. | St. Hyacinth Food Pantry | St. Martin DePorres Food Pantry | St. Peter Immanuel Lutheran Church Food Pantry
| St. Rita Parish-St. Vincent de Paul Society | St. Roman Parish Food Pantry | St. Veronica’s Food Pantry | St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at St. James Church | Tosa Community Food Pantry
Inc. at St. Bernard’s Church | United Methodist Children Services Food Pantry | United Migrant Opportunity Services Food Pantry | Agape Community Center Meal Program | All Saints
Catholic Church Meal Program | Greater Galilee Baptist Church Meal Program | La Causa Crisis Nursery & Respite Center | Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Meal Program | Open Door Café
Meal Program | St. Ben’s Meal Program | St. Vincent De Paul Society North Meal Site | St. Vincent De Paul Society South Meal Site | The Gathering of SE Wisconsin at Christian Faith
Fellowship Church | The Gathering of SE Wisconsin at Our Next Generation | The Gathering of SE Wisconsin at St. James Episcopal Church | Unity Community Soup Kitchen | ARCW Wisconsin
House | Autumn West Safe Haven | Cathedral Center, Inc. | Center for Veterans Issues | Day Star, Inc. | Guest House of Milwaukee | Hope House of Milwaukee | Milwaukee Women’s Center |
Salvation Army Emergency Lodge Shelter
PARTNERSHIPS FOSTER GROWTH
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
LEADS THE WAY!
Harley-Davidson fuels The Farm.
The Farm is a signature project of the
Harley-Davidson Foundation. In 2015,
99 acres of fruits and vegetables were
planted, tended and harvested.
Harley employees and families culminated the growing season in September,
conducting the Harley Harvest for The Hungry as part of their Live United
campaign.
All this Farm-fresh produce was washed, sorted and packed at the Harvest Haus,
a donor-supported, post-harvest handling facility located at The Farm. Pantry
coordinators and recipients said, “Wow! This looks better than store-bought.”
And it did because we had the people power to make it look great. Dignified
service to people is a critical element of our mission and Farm-fresh produce
grown by our farmers and volunteers assures
healthy, fresh and nutritious foods for our food
pantry partners.
New this year at The Farm is our Hoop House!
This past December, we harvested spinach and
greens while it was snowing! The Hoop House
was made possible by the Posner Foundation,
whose family recognized the need to extend
our growing season so that local food pantries
can have access to Farm-fresh produce even
when it’s cold outside.
5,900
VOLUNTEERS
ANNUALLY
24 DIFFERENT
VARIETIES
OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES
GROWN & HARVESTED
OVER 2,000
STUDENTS
EDUCATED
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A
HEALTHY DIET
PARTNERSHIPS FIND FOOD & DONORS
Last year, 9.4 million pounds of emergency food moved through Hunger Task Force and
out into the community. Companies, schools, organizations and individual donors form the
source of this annual support that assures stability in Milwaukee’s safety net.
There are so many examples of one person, one food drive or one event held on our behalf,
and each one serves as a tribute to the unity of community-based hunger relief. Our strongest
campaigns to raise food or money to buy food demonstrate the community-wide commitment
to quality of life to which we are all so committed.
2015
HIGHLIGHTS
Johnson Controls heads
up the signature holiday
program familiar to us
all-Food For Families! A
record 1,307 food drives
raised 821,157 pounds of
food during the holiday
season.
CBS 58 and the Brewers
Community Foundation
stepped up to the plate
at Miller Park, holding
the CBS 58 Drive-Thru
Food Drive and, on the
day before Thanksgiving,
collected 110,000 pounds
of food.
Wanted: Peanut Butter
delivered 63,000 jars
of pure protein thanks
to Walgreens and
Milwaukee-area fire
departments.
Letter carriers across
Wisconsin collected 3
million pounds of food
in one day thanks to
Stamp Out Hunger!
All of Milwaukee’s ethnic
and cultural festivals
joined in harmony to
collect 147,000 pounds
of food as the Fests
Feed Milwaukee.
Wells Fargo $2 Day
opened the Wisconsin
State Fair on a bright
August day and netted
125,000 pounds of food
from happy fairgoers.
WISN 12 raised
$84,000 operating
the Food For Families
Phone Bank.
Sargento Touchdowns
for Charity program
gave $1,000 every time
the Green Bay Packers
scored a touchdown.
GO PACK GO!
Rexnord, 102.9 The
HOG and Palermo’s
stepped up big at
the holidays and
provided over 3,000
festive meals.
The Jewish Community
Center brought Howie
Mandel to town and
Laugh it Up Milwaukee!
raised over $25,000.
Greater Milwaukee
Foundation’s Match
Day raised over
$654,000 in a single
day.
SWARMM created fun
for thousands of people
at local events and raised
$25,000 to feed the
hungry.
PARTNERSHIPS END HUNGER
HUNGER TASK FORCE RECOGNIZED AS INNOVATOR
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD HUNGER
Our most storied partnership is with the Milwaukee Public
Schools. As legend has it, MPS refused to serve breakfast
to children back in the 1970s. Hunger Task Force advocates
egged the school board on until breakfast was served. This
year, the Milwaukee Public Schools stepped up to the plate
and hit one out of the park! Supper was served at every MPS
school all summer long. In fact, 188,213 suppers were served
here in Milwaukee last summer.
Kohl’s Department Stores was the critical
contributor to our success in Serving Up Supper
for Kids! As a Hometown Partner, Hunger Task
Force is able to direct Kohl’s funding to feed
hungry children when traditional school meal
programs fall short, including that critical third
meal of the day-supper. Children and youth at recreation
camps, learning centers, in sports programs and parks were
well-fed thanks to Kohl’s!
188,213 SUPPERS SERVED
DURING SUMMER AT
EVERY MPS SCHOOL
RESULTING IN
WELL-FED CHILDREN
READY TO LEARN
USDA SECRETARY TOM VILSACK KICKED OFF THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM.
All of this hard work on behalf of our children was recognized
this year when Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry program
awarded Hunger Task Force a Social Innovation Fund grant.
Milwaukee was chosen as one of six communities in the US
to receive funding specifically targeted to end childhood
hunger. Hunger Task Force is using the funds to bring
breakfast to Milwaukee Public Schools’ classrooms, to
engage high school youth in healthy eating and to offer
after-school suppers at Boys & Girls Club sites.
Teachers and Principals report fewer headaches,
stomachaches and naughty behavior from well-fed children.
GAME CHANGER
Our responsibilities as a food bank are large.
After the closing of the Golden Guernsey
Dairy in 2013, we learned quickly the value
of our partners in towns across Wisconsin.
We also figured out that owning a really big
truck comes in very handy!
This year, one of our donors challenged us
to make an investment that could “change
the game.” Reflecting on the amount of
money we invest in driving food across the
state, we chose this beauty!
NOW OUR FREE & LOCAL PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE BENEFIT AS WE DO WHEN FOOD IN
EXCESS IN ONE COMMUNITY CAN GET DRIVEN TO ANOTHER. FROM GREEN BAY TO LA CROSSE,
JANESVILLE, RACINE OR KENOSHA, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. IN THIS CASE, TEAMWORK MEANS
SHARING THE LOAD.
VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE
Volunteers put the “FORCE” in Hunger Task Force. We simply could
not do it without the helping hands of 15,000 volunteers each year.
Every individual comes to us with different volunteer interests, skills
and goals. But in the end, everyone is working towards a common goal:
TO END HUNGER.
DELIVERED
9.4 MILLION
POUNDS
OF FREE & LOCAL FOOD
WORKED MORE THAN
400,000 HOURS
SORTED
1,588,000 POUNDS
OF FOOD
BUILT
101,000
STOCKBOXES
FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS
A
STRONG INTERNAL TEAM
Hunger Task Force is a strong nonprofit serving Milwaukee.
Our leadership works hard to organize, educate and make a
difference with the people and resources we are entrusted
to manage. This year, Hunger Task Force was recognized
as a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Our
staff are tenured, able and we value them. Our staff make
a difference in the quality of life in Milwaukee and we are
proud to be a Top Workplace!
“Hunger Task Force is an incredible place to work.
It’s filled with dedicated and passionate people who
really care about putting an end to hunger.”
HUNGER TASK FORCE ON CAPITOL HILL
Our best advocate at Hunger Task Force is our Executive
Director, Sherrie Tussler. Sherrie was invited to testify before
Congress this year regarding the importance of the federal
nutrition programs in the fight against hunger. Sherrie did
her home state proud, explaining that charity alone cannot
solve hunger in the United States.
HUNGER NEXT DOOR
Hunger Task Force launched
a highly successful exhibition
called Hunger Next Door
which illustrates the reality
of hunger in our community.
Five families were given digital
cameras and asked to capture
their story through photos –
with the hope of changing
how we view, understand and
work to solve hunger. Hunger
Next Door has traveled all over
Wisconsin, including stops at
the State Capitol and City Hall.
Hunger Relief Fund is a coalition of anti-hunger agencies working
to provide nutritious food to those who need it most: children and
the elderly, veterans, and working-poor families.
As a federation, Hunger Relief Fund raises money for member
charities through public employee campaigns: Combined
Federal Campaign, Wisconsin State Employees Combined
Campaign, Milwaukee County Combined Giving Campaign, City
of Milwaukee Combined Giving Campaign, Milwaukee Public School
Combined Giving Campaign, Suburban Combined Giving Campaign,
and the Milwaukee Area Technical College Combined Giving
Campaign. The federation acts as the unifying agent for agencies
to maximize their opportunities for donations in order to achieve
their missions.
Hunger Task Force is the volunteer administrator of the Hunger
Relief Fund through both staff and services. Therefore, there is
no cost of fundraising. The only title for staff associated with the
fund is Volunteer Administrator. All Hunger
Task Force staff volunteer as administrators
throughout the year; however, the primary
Volunteer Administrators are Sherrie Tussler,
Jonathan Hansen and Alyson Herdeman.
There are no membership fees or service charges
required of member agencies. These programs
run on lean budgets and their “staff” are
volunteers. There should not be strings attached
when it comes to feeding people. That means
100% of your donation feeds your community.
HUNGER RELIEF FUND BY THE NUMBERS
25 PARTICIPATING
CHARITIES
PPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPP
650 DONORS
TOTAL RAISED:
$232,175
100% OF YOUR DONATION FEEDS THE COMMUNITY
CHALLENGES AHEAD
Food
Stamp
Benefits
Demand
on
Pantries
Hunger Task Force and its allies are facing tough challenges with food stamp reform.
New statewide work requirements are resulting in dramatic losses of SNAP benefits
in communities throughout the state. Milwaukee is uniquely harmed because we remain
a Labor Surplus Area, meaning there are more unemployed people than jobs. As the
summer and fall unfolded, we began to see increasing demand at area soup kitchens
and food pantries. Keeping food on everyone’s table will be top of the agenda for 2016!
KEEPING FOOD ON EVERYONE’S TABLE WILL BE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR 2016!
1.4% Hunger Relief Fund of Wisconsin
(.2%) Investments/Other Revenue
1.9% Organizations
Corporations 4.4%
3.9% Anti-Hunger Public Policy
3.9% Fund Development
.1% Bequests
Foundations
Government
Grants
Individuals
2.9% Management and General
13.2%
55.2%
12.1%
Emergency Food
89.3%
Food Bank
11.9%
REVENUE
EXPENSES
Emergency Food
$8,916,711
55.2%
Individuals
1,914,38311.9
Government Grants
1,954,770
12.1
Foundations 2,134,69513.2
Corporations
717,2844.4
Hunger Relief Fund
of Wisconsin
232,175
1.4
Investments and
Other Revenue
(34,861)
(0.2)
Organizations 298,9991.9
Bequests
14,8960.1
PROGRAMS
TOTAL:
16,149,052100.0%
Food Bank
Anti-Hunger Public Policy
$15,173,085
666,5623.9
TOTAL PROGRAMS: 15,839,647
Fund Development
Management and
General
TOTAL:
89.3%
93.2%
667,115
3.9
477,904
2.9
16,984,666100.0%
End of Year Assets: $9,088,825 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Zeka – President
Quarles & Brady
Paul Mathews – Vice President
Marcus Center for the
Performing Arts
Mary Burgoon – Secretary
Rockwell Automation
Pat Byrne – Treasurer
Erica P. John Fund
Todd Adams
Rexnord Corp.
Jaison Battle
Rockwell Automation
Tonit Calaway
Harley-Davidson Motor
Company
Sally Callan
Sixteenth Street Community
Health Center
Jennifer Jones
Alliance for Strong Families
and Communities
STAFF
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Sherrie Tussler
Executive Director
Allan Carneol
Zetley, Carneol & Stein SC
Gary Zajc
Associate Director
Janice Falkenberg
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Lisa Feldmeier
Controller
Nick Fallucca
Palermo’s Pizza
Maureen Fitzgerald
Advocacy Director
David Ford
Clear Channel Outdoor
Jonathan Hansen
Development Director
Carrol Jensen
Assurant Health
Michael Jonas
Food Bank Director
Mary Anne Martiny
Harley-Davidson Foundation, Retired
Matt King
Farm Director
Michele Marsh
Attorney
Lee Knouse
Logistics Manager
Meg McKenna
VISIT Milwaukee
Jerry Pipp
Warehouse Manager
Steve Palec
Colliers International
Barkley Sample
ACCESS Project Manager
Sandy Pasch
Former Wisconsin State Senator
Cynthia Rigsby
Foley & Lardner
Jeffrey S. Manby
Kohl’s Department Stores
Michael Sampson
SWARMM Entertainment Group
Sadhna Morato-Lindvall
Aurora Health Care Foundation
Mike Sattell
Jewish Home & Care Center
S. Edward Sarskas
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Kathy Schwab
Milwaukee Brewers
Eric Thomas
Anchor Bank
Gary Sievewright
Raymond James & Associates
Sue Vincent
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Kelly Skindzelewski
GE Healthcare
Mark Strachota
CBS 58
Jess Terry
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Annmarie Topel
Milwaukee Radio Group
Jan Wade
WISN 12
Hunger Task Force believes that every person has a right to adequate food obtained with dignity. We work to prevent hunger and malnutrition by providing food to
people in need today and by promoting social policies to achieve a hunger free community tomorrow.
Hunger Task Force, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and provider. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status,
national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or any other category protected by law.
HungerTaskForce.org
201 S. Hawley Court
Milwaukee, WI 53214
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