MISSION |
To alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while
encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education.
SPRING 2015
“Thanks to
St. Mary’s Food
Bank, we won’t
go hungry.”
When they lost everything, Dan and Angel didn’t
know how they’d survive.
Angel knows what it’s like to go without food. And she hates it.
“Now We Know We Won’t Go Hungry”
“There’s nothing worse,” she says, “than having to tell your
family, ‘I’m sorry. We have nothing to eat today.’”
“We only go there if we have nothing to eat and no way to
change that,” Angel says. “Now, knowing that we won’t go
hungry makes me feel so much better.”
Back on the East Coast, Angel and her husband Dan didn’t
have much to begin with. They dreamed of a better life out
West, packed up everything they owned, hopped on a bus, and
hit the road . . . only to have everything stolen during a stop in
Baltimore.
They were left with nothing.
They lived on the streets for months, trying to get back on their
feet. They often went hungry. Angel remembers picking up a
peanut butter and jelly sandwich off the ground and eating it
right away. “I hoped it hadn’t been poisoned, but honestly I
didn’t care. We were so hungry.”
“My husband and I both cried the first time we went to St.
Mary’s. We had gone without any food for two days. That
night I made ribs, mashed potatoes, and a salad! It’s funny
how much you appreciate food when it’s not something you
get every day.”
“Thanks to St. Mary’s, we’ll never go hungry again.”
Dan and Angel saved up enough to continue their journey,
and they ended up in Phoenix. They were homeless for a while,
but now they rent a small bedroom in someone’s home with
furniture made out of boxes. They’re both working and saving
up for a better future.
In the meantime, the food they receive from St. Mary’s helps
them get through when they need it most.
Angel and Dan lived here, behind this store, for months.
Stamp Out Hunger
Please leave some food for
your letter carrier to pick
up on Saturday, May 9,
for the “Stamp Out Hunger”
Food Drive. The annual
event started in Phoenix
in the late 1970s and has
since spread nationwide, collecting a billion
pounds of food over the last three decades.
This food drive is critical for St. Mary’s.
Donations typically dwindle during the
summer, even as demand increases while
children are out of school.
Items most needed: canned fruit and
vegetables, soups, meals in a can, pasta,
peanut butter, tuna, rice, and cereal.
For more information, visit
HelpStampOutHunger.com or please
contact us at 602.343.3169.
Tee Up to Help
Feed the Hungry
A Letter From Our President
and Chief Executive Officer . . .
Beverly B. Damore
I usually take time to share a story with you about a client, but something
powerful happened recently that I want to tell you about. It’s a note from a
donor.
Ray wrote to us to let us know that he was sending in a donation, but was
almost apologetic about it. He wrote, “I know that it is just a small donation,
but I am just a mechanic.”
That really struck me. “Just.” Is it “just a child” that we are helping? Is the
food we provide “just a meal?” That’s not how I see it.
At St. Mary’s Food Bank, we are fortunate to have many friends. They
come in the form of grocery stores, manufacturers, offices and schools that
do food drives, volunteers, donors that give large cash donations and donors
(many, many of them) that give gifts in the $10, $25, and $50 range. And it
matters. It ALL matters.
We are actually able to stretch $1 and use it to provide seven meals. But
I would never call it “just $1.” That is seven meals — enough to feed a small
family for an entire day.
Ray is important to us. So are Carl, Debra and Marty (three donors who
recently gave gifts to us). And so are you.
Thank you for caring,
Who Comes to St. Mary’s?
The 14th Annual St. Mary’s Golf Classic will
be held May 7 at Moon Valley Country Club,
one of the top private courses in Arizona. All
proceeds will go to help feed hungry children
in our community.
This shamble format event will be
memorable for both sponsors and golfers.
Greens fees, cart, range balls, lunch, drinks,
and a commemorative shirt are provided.
Prizes will be awarded. Join us for $350 per
player or $1,200 per foursome. Sponsorships
are available. Play is limited to 128 golfers, so
don’t delay.
For more information, please contact
us at 602.343.2548.
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A SNAPSHOT OF OUR CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS
Difficult choices
faced by those we serve
58%
50%
60%
60%
had to choose between food and
medicine or medical care
had to choose between food and
rent/mortgage
had to choose between food and
paying for transportation
had to choose between food and
paying utilities
This Grandmother Has Too Many Mouths to Feed
But with a little help from St. Mary’s, she and her family are making it work.
D
ay after day, Hattie sets up shop in her front yard,
trying to sell the throw pillows she makes by hand.
She says she’s lucky if she can get $15 for one of them,
but every little bit helps stretch her limited budget. Her
monthly Social Security checks are just not enough.
Hattie is trying
Thanks to you, Hattie receives to save up for
a hearing aid
food from St. Mary’s each
she’s needed for
month, helping to feed her
some time. But
extended family.
hearing issues are
only one of life’s
many challenges for Hattie. She is the sole provider for her
household that includes grandchildren she has raised since
they were babies.
All of those mouths to feed makes things difficult. But she
comes to St. Mary’s Food Bank for a little extra food, and
she says it makes a big difference.
Thanks to generous donors like you, Hattie and her family
get help so they don’t go hungry.
Household
Incomes
8%
$0
35%
$1-$10K
25%
66%
of those who receive SNAP say their
benefits last only 1 to 2 weeks
$11K-$20K
22%
$21K-$30K
10%
$30K+
YOUR GENEROSITY
HELPS FEED PEOPLE EVERY DAY
AT ST. MARY’S FOOD BANK
“Too Much Month at the
End of the Money”
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For privacy purposes, name and photo have been changed.
ike many single moms, Maria knows all too well what it’s
like to run out of money — and have an empty fridge —
at the end of the month.
She works hard at her job as a dance instructor, teaching
the waltz, fox trot, and other moves to adults. She gets paid
weekly and receives a little help from her in-laws. But it’s
barely enough to pay the bills and take care of her two young
sons, ages 7 and 9.
Some months — like this one — Maria comes up short. She
says it’s a case of “too much month at the end of the money.”
That’s when she turns to St. Mary’s Food Bank, even when it’s
a little hard on her pride.
“This is not me,” she said while picking up some food
recently. “I’m usually the one helping others. Every Sunday,
I give whatever I have in my wallet to the church. It might just
be a few dollars, but I always give.”
So Maria comes to the food bank only when she has to.
And when she does, she’s always pleasantly surprised at her
Thank you for helping single moms like Maria feed
their families.
range of choices, including many meats and fresh fruits and
vegetables.
Maria was all smiles as she walked away, her arms loaded with
food. “Tonight,” she said, “I am going to make a nice dinner
for my boys.”
Three Pillars of a Food Bank
Contributions at St. Mary’s Food Bank come from three main sources:
DONATIONS
VOLUNTEERS
FOOD
Each month, volunteers help sort
and pack millions of pounds of
food. Without that help, we’d have
to hire 150 full-time employees to
do that work.
Most of the food distributed —
about 6 million pounds per month
— is donated from Arizona farms,
from manufacturers, grocery stores
and from food drives.
$
Your donations help to buy
food in bulk, put fuel in our
trucks, and keep the warehouse
running — making it possible to
provide 7 meals for every $1.
Call us at 602-242-3663 to find out how YOU can get more involved. If you would like
to take a tour of the food bank, let us know. We would love to show you around!
Find Us!
2831 N. 31st Ave. • Phoenix, AZ 85009
Web
www.StMarysFoodBank.org
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December 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015
When you make an Honor or Memorial Tribute, St. Mary's Food Bank will notify the honoree or their family of your thoughtfulness. Your tribute will be
included in an issue of the Horn of Plenty. Mail your Tribute in the enclosed envelope • Visit www.stmarysfoodbank.org • Or call (602) 242-3663.
(Online donors can send personalized, heartfelt e-cards to their honoree or family members — up to 10 email addresses)
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