Annual Post Office Food Drive
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 the National Association of Letter Carriers will be col- lecting your donations of non-perishable food. This is the 18th year that the United Samaritans Foundation has been the recipient of this community wide canned food drive. These donations are utilized in the provision of emergency food boxes that are distributed each month. Many people in our agency have had the privilege of working along with the letter carriers on this project. Watch your mailbox for noti- fication from the post office and please remember to put your non-perishable dona- tions near your mailbox. This is one of the ways our community helps us to provide food for our Emergency Food Box Program.
Sunday May 13, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Complimentary glass of Champagne
and Orange Juice
Muffins & Danish
Scrambled Eggs, Country Potatoes
Bacon, Sausage
Eggs Benedict
Strawberry Crepes
Fresh Fruit Salad
Adults ~ $15
Children 4-10 ~ $6
Children 3 and under ~ Free
Call 209.883.4941 for reservations
A Big Thank You For Making Easter a Great Success!
We would like to thank all of the enthusiastic volunteers who assisted with the coloring of the 1,400 Easter eggs that were distributed on our Turlock, Ceres/Keyes, and Modesto lunch trucks. The tables in our kitchen were filled with row after row of brightly colored eggs. A child who was walking down the hall to the clothes closet with his mother took in the sight of all of the colorful eggs with wide eyes and told his mother that the “Easter Bunny was here.” We would also like to thank the volunteers who bagged the eggs along with Easter candy in individual packages so that they could be distributed on Good Friday. Thank you to all who donated Easter candy for us to put in the goodie bag.
3rd Street Café
2413 3RD STREET~HUGHSON
(209) 883-4941
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Making A Difference
Meals served on our trucks during
the month of March 2012,
were 33,010.
In our Emergency
Food Box Program, 290 families (617 people) were provided with a
three-day, three meals per day supply of
food; which equals 5,553 meals.
Last quarter in our clothes closet, we served 1.054 individuals. In our Homeless Drop-In Center, we served 494 individuals.
A Big Welcome
to
Kathy Hobby
and Kelly Giannini!
United Samaritans Foundation is excited to welcome Kathy Hobby to our staff as Director of Fund De- velopment. Kathy brings lots of energy and enthusiasm to the job, and a great passion for our mission. Kathy has a real can do attitude. This is a new staff position for USF. As the Director of Fund Develop- ment, Kathy will be working on establishing new relationships and renewing friendships with old friends of USF to build a greater awareness of what we do and ways people can help.
We also welcome Kelly Giannini as our new manager for our restaurant training program at our 3rd Street Café in Hughson. Please stop by the Café and say hello. The Café is open Sunday thru Saturdays for breakfast and lunch 7 am to 2 pm. The Café is also available in the evenings for private dinner par- ties. You can contact Kelly at (209)883-4941.
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January-March!
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Thank you for stepping up to the Challenge!
Thank you to “Love Hughson” and the Citizens of Hughson for the city wide canned food drive to benefit United Samaritans Foun- dation in response to the Feinstein Challenge. You all did a great job. Thank you to the many volunteers who went door to door collecting the donations. The donations collected filled three shopping carts and a garden wagon. A total of 1,005 items were col- lected. The food collected will be used at the Hughson Site for the Emergency Food Box Program and for the Daily Bread Mobile Lunch Program. Last year we helped 458 people thru the Emergency Food Box Program in Hughson and 84,769 lunches were served thru the Hughson Daily Bread Mobile Lunch Program.
Along with the City of Hughson, we would like to thank all of you who contributed monetarily or with canned food donations in response to the Feinstein Challenge. We will let you know the total contributed in our June newsletter. Thank you to Turlock Curves; they collected 1,300 pounds of food and to Ceres Curves who collected 450 pounds of food. San Joaquin Valley Division Toy Train Operators, Inc. members donated 135 pounds of food. Thank you all for stepping up to the challenge.
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Hunger
and Homelessness in California
4.3 Million
people experience hunger each year in
California, and an estimated 350,000 are homeless.
Today, 4.6 million
Californians, including
1.8 million children live in poverty.
A recent study
of 75 food and shelter providers in
California shows the situation is getting worse.
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USF
Easter Wish List
Thank you for all the wonderful donations that came in last month. We still are in need of: backpacks, sleeping bags, blankets, men’s jeans, shorts and socks. Cleaning Products: scouring pads and soap scum removers. Toiletries: razors, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bar soap, shampoo, women’s feminine products, and laundry soap. Diapers and formula for our little friends. Also needed are Egg Cartons and Grocery bags for our Emergency Food Box Program.
YOUR
DONATIONS CAN BE BROUGHT TO 220 SOUTH
BROADWAY,
TURLOCK.
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donations are tax deductible.
Receipts are provided.
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