Thanks for the Food Drive:

On Sunday, November 22, 2009, you assisted St. Francis Parish in delivering 554 bags of groceries for the Food Drive.

  80 bags went to SOS Community Services;
208 bags went to Hope Center;
  80 bags went to Catholic Social Services at Northside Community Center;
  56 bags went to Perry Nursery School in Ann Arbor;
  83 bags went to Community Support & Treatment Services;
  47 bags went to Corpus Christi Parish in Detroit; 
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554 bags TOTAL delivered.

  Thanks to all of you unnamed shoppers, and deliverers, practical assistants, and to our drive coordinators Roger Parlett & Mary Hayden for coordinating this drive!   And, special thanks to those more than 36  persons who assisted with loading the delivery cars:
  Ignatius Arokiaraj, David Barera, Matthew Barera, Ann Bogits, Frank Burdick, Alexandria Cadavieco, Andrew Cadavieco, Denise Cadavieco, Mario Cadavieco, Barbara Dehn, Richard Dehn, Gwen Gilbert, Christopher Hamme, Michael Hamme, Mary Hamme, Mary Hayden, Christine Hays, Claudia Hays, Kimberly Hays, Matthew Hays, Matthew Hays, David Jacques, Robert Klingler, Carlos Martinez, Emilee Nazareth, Michael Nazareth, Sarah Nazareth, Roger Parlett, Carol Rigg, Brad Roth, John Runchey, Ann Scott, Edward Scott, Matthew Talbot, Dorothy Thompson, Edward Wright, & Sharon Wright.

from Roger
to Scott 

One of us must have the wrong numbers.  I wonder how that happened?

I reread my data-one no. was misread.  However, your 08 number may not include the 62 bags we got at the sun 5pm mass-they went to food gathers for sen serv
I redid the totals and percent. These are the numbers-  thanks 

    =============08=========09

    SOS                  143                     80

    Hope                  249                   208

    Cath SS             161                     80

    Perry                    0                        56 

    Comm Sup          0                        83

    Corpus C             0                        47 

    Sen S-Gath.       62                        0

    ============615=========554

    Total 08 was originally 637 (revised to) 615       in 09  554   now a  10% reduction.

SOS                  143                     80

Hope                  249                   208

Cath SS             161                     80

Perry                    0                       56 

Comm Sup          0                        83

Corpus C             0                        47 
 

Total 08 was 637    in 09  554   a 13% reduction.

The economy is taking a toll. We did pass out lots of bags but the return count was unusually low. 

We did serve new clients. 
(59 bags at the Sunday 5PM Mass were picked-up by Washtenaw Commnunity Support & Treatment Services.)

Thanks to all.

Busch’s donated 800 bags 2009-10-07:
Corky Anderson
Busch’s Valu Land
2020 Green Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 994-7200

Kroger agreed to donate bags but they were not needed 2009-10-07:
Store Manager
Kroger Food and Pharmacy
2641 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 994-0180
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We are so grateful for all of you who served to help provide groceries for the economically disadvantaged kids in DETROIT at, the Summer Youth Coalition Programs organized by our Twin-Sister-Parish, Corpus Christi Catholic Church.

        We are grateful for all of you, those who prepared the shopping lists and bags, and those who helped distribute them at Masses, those who went shopping and brought back all the groceries.  And, we especially want to thank our Food Drive coordinator Roger Parlett, and the 23 persons who went to unload, un-bag, sort and shelve it all: 
          Ignatius Arokiaraj, Kelly Gauthier, Mark Gawronski, David Jacques, Florence Kruzas, Anthony Mollo, Christopher Mollo, Chalan Munasinghe, Blaine Nash, Donley Nash,  Jeanne Nehez, Timothy Nehez, Christine Parlett, Roger Parlett, Matthew Schnaidt, Patricia Sherzer, Edward Wright, Sharon Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Julia Wright, Kasia Wright, Karol Wright, & Scott Wright.    Lunch with our friends at Corpus Christi was great fun.

Thanks to all of you especially the unnamed shoppers as well as the movers/deliverers, and to Zach Weathers for his many hours of coordinating the drive from start to finish. 
Thanks:  Ignatius Arokiaraj, Herbert Black, Lori Emerson, Karen Falahee, Michael Falahee, Christopher Hamme, Jennifer Hamme, Michael Hamme, Mathew Hays, Frederica Kilburn, Julie Lavender, Stephen Lavender, Rebecca Meagher, Robert Meagher, Christopher Mollo, Jeremy Morin, Kyle Palmeri, Mike Sarosi, Mason Sarosi, Ann Scott, Edward Scott, Caroline Vitale, Griffin Weathers, Terry Weathers, Lawrence (Zach) Weathers, Edward Wright, Sharon Wright.
 

507 bags delivered;
164 bags to Hope Clinic Pantry;
104 bags to SOS Community Services;
137 bags to Northside Pantry CSS;
  40 bags to Perry Nursery School;
62 bags (=686pounds) to Neighborhood Senior Services (Pantry at Food Gatherers).

Thanks to all of you unnamed shoppers and the deliverers, practical assistants, and to Roger Parlett for his many hours of coordinating the drive from start to finish.  Thanks: Amy, Joseph &Reid Arozarena, Dave & Matthew Barera, David Brant, Donald Cheatham, Julie & Bob Conlin, Barbara & Richard Dehn, Janet Fabry, Ryan Ferris, Brian Fitzgerald, Brian & Marisa Fulper, Christopher, Jennifer, & Michael Hamme, Christine, Claudia, Kimberly, Matthew & Matthew Hays, Deborah Hoffman, Mary Kalu, Julie & Steve Lavender, Jane Levy, Gregory McConville, Alice & Jerry McKay, Christopher Mollo, Felice Moorman, Catherine Murau, Tracy Nagy, Wendy Ochoa, James & Pamela Palm, Mike Paradis, Christine & Roger Parlett, Ann & Edward Scott, Kathi & Steve Tobey, Cathy Upton, Caroline Vitale, Zach Weathers, David    Wesner, Barry & Mary Clair Wissman, Ed & Sharon Wright, Chris Wyzlic, & Marjorie Zernott.
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The Lord has blessed us wonderfully in the relationship with Corpus Christi Community in Detroit.   It is so good to share time with people we love.   Especially enjoyable is the experience of presenting gifts to people we care about, and wonderful working together to improve the lives of children. 
 

Thanks for your help on the Food Drive.   We passed out about 575 empty grocery bags. (And, we delivered about 500 bags of groceries to Detroit.)    Thanks to everyone who helped by shopping, and, to Jose Mendez for stapling the labels on the bags, and, to Christine & Roger Parlett & Chris Mollo, for coordinating this drive, as well as, thanks to those who traveled to help in Detroit: Ignatius Arokiara, Lisa Boos, Alison Hoover, Steve Lavender, Bridget McGillicuddy, Jose Mendez, Chris Mollo, Christine & Roger Parlett, Matthew Schnaidt, Hildegarde Selig, & Elizabeth, Julia, Karol, Kasia & Scott Wright.

My favorite parts of the day where working together with people from Corpus Christi to unload the truck and enjoying a great lunch with them!  Chris Mollo

I especially enjoy seeing our parishioners sorting the food.   Roger Parlett

Please, plan to help on the next drive in November. You make it a success by helping with the many little jobs.

The total number of tagged-empty bags distributed on Feb 23/24, 2008, were 600.  All bags were passed-out.   No bags were left over. 

Bags returned on March 1/2, 2008 were:
80 bags from the 5:00 PM Mass Saturday;
68 bags from the 7:00 AM Mass Sunday;
81 bags from the 8:45 AM Mass Sunday;
97 bags from the 10:30 AM Mass Sunday;
45 bags from the 12:15 PM Mass Sunday;
61 bags from the 5:00 PM Mass Sunday;
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432 Bags Total Returned

Thanks to everyone who helped with shopping and/or delivering.  And, thanks to the teams who coordinated the food drives.  And, we especially thank our regular weekly deliverers:  Carol Wisner, Andy Nash, Kathy Tobey, Sharon & Ed Wright.

In June we delivered several hundred bags of food groceries for the economically disadvantaged Kids in Detroit at Summer Youth Coalition Programs organized by our Twin-Sister-Parish, Corpus Christi Catholic Church in North West Detroit. 
During the Summer Camp:
    ·  75% of Kids Cannot Afford Meals.
    ·  1600 Meals are Served at Programs.

Thanks for the Food / Grocery Drive in November 2007 for the Local Pantries
gave more than 
637 bags of groceries to the pantries here in Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, including:
143 bags to SOS Community Services (484-4300);
249 bags to HOPE Clinic (484-2989);
161 bags to Catholic Social Services (662-4462);
  84 bags to Neighborhood Senior Services (712-7775) (Food Gatherers). 

Thanks to Katie Jackel & Roger & Chris Parlett for coordinating this drive!
Thanks to everyone that helped by shopping and/or delivering:
And, special thanks to those more than 26 persons who assisted with loading the delivery cars: 
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-- 167 bags for Hope Clinic, 
122 bags for Perry Nursery School, 
-- 115 bags for Northside Community Center (CSS), 
-- 60 bags for Community Support and Treatment Services.

Thanks to everyone who  helped by shopping and/or delivering.  And, thanks to those more than 40 persons who assisted with delivery.  And special thanks to Sue Wawrzaszek and Kathleen Ritenour, and, Kate Jackel and their teams for coordinating the drives. 

Julie Allison-Conlin, Katrina Amadi, Ignatius        Arokiaraj, Robert  Conlin, Barbara Dehn, Richard Dehn, Patricia        Dobbs, Anthony Helinski, Donna   Huntsman, Kevin   Huntsman, Katie   Jackel, Brian   Jacobson, Clare   Jacobson, Robert  Jones, Robert  Klingler, Peter   Machado, Amanda  Maduko, Deborah Maduko, Godwin  Maduko, Nenna   Maduko, Nicholas        Maduko, Catherine      Miller, Megan   Miller, Christopher     Mollo, Christine       Parlett, Roger   Parlett, Kathleen        Ritenour, Lisa    Salowich, Ann     Scott, Edward  Scott, Kathleen        Swastek, Kevin   Swastek, Susan   Wawrzaszek, Barry   Wissman, Jack    Wissman, Mary    Wissman, Edward  Wright, Sharon  Wright, Ryan Wawrzaszek .  Plus: Below is the list of volunteers who helped staple bags and distribute bags for the food drive.  (However, a few did not show up to distribute bags, and I am not sure who they were. Many of the staplers are also on the distributors list.)    Bag staplers:  Paul Riker, Jason Matney, Jacob Gabriel, 
Alex Kinch, Neel Mehrotra, Alex Wunderlich, Bryn Tassie, Marian and Joseph Digby.    Bag Distributors:    Saturday  5 pm:  Charles Daniels, Jason Matney, Alex Wunderlich, Patricia Quelhas, Sara Olson, Matt Melnick, Mark Flamme; Sunday 7 am: Thomas Myers, Jeffrey Robbins; Sunday 8:45 am: Jennifer Huang, Nate Martis, Monica Pagani, Andrea Black, Zachary Lewit; Sunday 10:30 am:   Alex Kinch, Neel Mehrotra, Libby Edwards, Ayesha Correa-Mehrotra, Alyssa Laten, Jamie Lutz; Sunday 12:15 pm:  Bryn Tassie, Marian Digby, Joseph Digby, Christopher Raveendra; Sunday 5 pm:   Catherine Doyle, Natalie Keen, Alison Pollock, Jack Wissman, Sean Norton, Jane Vilorio.

Thanks for the Food / Grocery Drive in November 2006 for the Local Pantries
gave more than 550 bags of groceries to the pantries here in Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, including: 
115 bags to SOS Community Services (484-4300);
220 bags to HOPE Clinic (484-2989);
189 bags to Catholic Social Services (662-4462);
~50 bags to Neighborhood Senior Services (712-7775) (Food Gatherers). 

Thanks to Sue Wawrzaszek and her team for coordinating this drive!
Thanks to everyone that helped by shopping and/or delivering:
And, special thanks to those more than 40 persons who assisted with loading the delivery cars:       Julie Allison-Conlin, Ignatius Arokiaraj, Lisa Boos, Cynthia Carnevale, Jill Chadwick, Olivia Chadwick, Robert Conlin, Sara Figueroa, Michael Frye, Jennifer Hamme, Marlene Hamme, Michael Hamme, Anne Hoban, Katie Jackel, Marty Javornisky, Sarah Keisling, Emily Kloska, Bill LaCroix, Peter Machado, Amanda Maduko, Deborah Maduko, Godwin Maduko, Nenna Maduko, Nicholas Maduko, Christopher Mollo, Laurie Rigan, Gary Roche, Brad Roth, David Stolarski, Luke Stolarski, Kathi Tobey, Bryan Wagoner, Catherine Wagoner, Patrick Wagoner, Susan Wawrzaszek, Mary Wissman, Edward Wright, Sharon Wright, Alex Wunderlich, & Caroline Wunderlich.
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From: John Manse, Director, North End Soup Kitchen Programs of Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Counties, 6/28/2006, wrote:

I cant begin to tell you how much we apprecate the donation of 371 Bags. 

We received 1005 personal need items valued at $2133.75. We also received 1610 food items valued at $1850.00.

Our total value of the items is $3983.75 !! (2615 items)

Our shelves and pantry are again full thanks to St. Francis Parish.  We appreciate this generous donation.    The personal needs lady is so happy and the cooks are smiling again as well. In the end, the poor and needy folks around here will benefit. Because of you, our mission will continue. On behalf of all of us, thank you and your church very very much. 

The Last weekend in June 2006 we delivered a 26 foot u-haul truck of groceries & non-perishable food items to the North-end Soup Kitchen & food programs of the Catholic Charities, in FLINT for people living in poverty.

Thanks to all of you that went shopping, and special thanks to Susan Wawrzaszek for her excellent coordination of this drive & Michelle Eiden & to Chris Mollo for coordinating & driving our U-haul truck.

And, thanks to Rita Kieras who helped us with coordination of the 7th graders and the Confirmation candidates who helped with stapling lists and passing out bags at masses. 

And, thanks to special help from: Ignatius Arokiaraj & family, Josephine Colatruglio, Michelle Eiden, Kelly Gauthier & family, Katie Jackel, Chris Kempton, Robert Klingler, Florence Kruzas, Andrew Nash, Blaine Nash, Matthew Schnaidt, Susan Wawrzaszek, Jean Welch, Ed & Sharon Wright.

St. Francis Parish CANTICLE NEWS August/September 2006:
On the afternoon of June 25th, a diverse and spirited group of about 20 St. Francis parishioners traveled to Flint to deliver the groceries and personal care items donated by the generous people of St. Francis.  The donations were delivered to an operation called the North End Soup Kitchen (NESK).

The NESK, also known as The Fr. John Blasko Center, is one of the programs run by Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties (see http://www.catholiccharitiessg.org for further details).  Every day of the year, this facility servers one hot meal (lunch) free of charge to the homeless, hungry, and/or poor people of the community in which it is located.  Jon Manse (see photo to the right), the coordinator of the facility, stated that the meal served at the NESK is typically the only meal a lot of them eat on any given day.  The meals served at the NESK are prepared by a staff of volunteers.  The NESK has been in operation since 1940.

As a parish family, we donated almost $4000 worth of food and personal care items: 1005 personal care items valued at $2134 and 1610 food items valued at $1850.  The food items will be used to prepare meals, and the personal care items are handed-out on an as-needed, case-by-case basis.  This donation meant a lot to the operation at the NESK.  It really helped to replenish the NESK pantry.  On behalf of the NESK Jon Manse thanks the people of St. Francis for this generous donation!  Thanks also to the 7th graders and the Confirmation candidates who helped with stapling lists to the grocery bags and passing out the bags at the masses.

The NESK was gracious enough to serve us lunch.  The meal consisted of baked chicken, steamed carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a donut.  While it was probably not the tastiest meal most of us have ever had, it was certainly quite good.

To obtain a lot of the food supplies needed to run the NSK, Jon runs his own small version of Food Gatherers.  He has one van that runs around Flint gathering food from restaurants and grocery stores that would otherwise be thrown away.  It was good to hear how some food delivery truck drivers would go out of their way to save food instead of taking the easier option of simply throwing it away.  On the other hand, Jon commented how some stores and delivery truck drivers flatly refused to donate their unwanted food; they rather just throw it way!

Again, thanks to everyone who helped make this a very successful food drive!  The generous donation of your money and/or time is greatly appreciated!  We plan to support the NESK again next summer.

THANK YOU for the Food! 
Last weekend, June 12, 2005, our parish delivered about  700 grocery bags – that’s about 2000 lbs. of non-perishable food items for people with HIV and AIDS living in poverty who are assisted through the Wellness House of Michigan, in Detroit.   Since Wellness House is currently feeding about 500 families (and government financial assistance is on hold) they are in dire need of our help and grateful for the groceries that we donated, which is the only food that they will have through the month of July. 

Thanks to all of you (especially those not named here) who went shopping and/or helped to deliver the groceries: (Special thanks to our project coordinators underlined here.)  Ignatius Arokiaraj, Beverly, Dennis, Caitlin Burke, Sara & Ernesto Figueroa Family, Marty Javornisky, Agnes Jensen, Peter Machado, Berna & Robert Planck, &  Sharon & Ed Wright, Mary Clair Wissman & Scott Wright.  Well done! 
See photos!!

Last year November 2003:  The response from the invited agencies determined that the groceries are given to households here in Washtenaw County.  St. Francis Parish volunteers deliver to many households and some persons choose to pick-up their own bags at St. Francis School Gym.

About 825 bags of groceries were given out.

162 is the TOTAL number of households we served with food/groceries last weekend. And, we delivered groceries to 107 households. While the rest picked-up groceries themselves. 

2003 Coordinator was: Patti Hoffman.  Thanks to all of the persons that signed-up to work on the Food Drive last weekend, especially: Cynthia Carnevale, Alan & Craig & Elaine & Lorraine Cordeiro, Elaine Cosme-Petersen, Carolyn Denton, Leslie Denton, Christine Hays, Claudia Hays, Kimberly Hays, Matthew Hays, Matthew Hays, Victoria & Patricia Hoffman, Marty Javornisky, Agnes Jensen, James Jensen, Charles & Mary Kellermann, Rosaleen Kirk, Robert Klingler, Deborah Kloska, Cecilia Miller, Deanna Newman, Mark Oberdoerster, Christophe Sandouno, Ashish Sarkar, Jay Sarkar, Charles Satarino, Colleen Satarino, Ann Scott, Seha Son, Dorothy Spencer, Molly Stamos, Nicholas Stamos, Barry Wissman, Grace Wissman, Jack Wissman, Kathryn Wissman, Mary Wissman, Edward Wright, Sharon Wright, & Rita Zyber. 

Here are some statistics:  (As of today, November 17, 2003) 
-- About 825 bags of groceries were given out.
-- 21 household representatives Picked-Up on Sunday. 
-- 107 households to whom we Delivered on Sunday. 
-- For the sake of about 34 households - 3 agency representatives Picked-Up at 845AM Monday. 
    --- HOPE Clinic 4 households; 
    --- CSTS - Ellsworth, about 20 households; 
    --- Neighborhood Senior Services, about 10 households. 
-- 162 TOTAL number of households served with food/groceries.

   --- 8 of the household representatives did not show up to get food. 
-- 170 is the total number of Households that were actually identified for the program by the agencies. 
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Before the drive, (over the phone with the agency representatives) we committed to provide & deliver food/groceries 180 households, as the total number. 
Of these 180 total households 
------  (Note "CSTS" = Community Support & Treatment Services) 
15 to  CSTS, Developmental Disabilities, Varsity, Ann Arbor.
20 to  CSTS, Ellsworth, Ann Arbor.
20 to  CSTS,  TOWNER, Ypsilanti. 
15 to  CSTS,  Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic (HVCGC), Ann Arbor. 
10 to  Catholic Social Services @ North-Side Community Center 
25 to  SOS Community Services 
50 to  Community Action Network 
20 to  Hope Clinic, Inc. 
 5 to   Washtenaw Regional Dialysis 
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From: John Manse, Director, North End Soup Kitchen Programs of Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Counties, 6/28/2006, wrote:

I cant begin to tell you how much we apprecate the donation of 371 Bags. 

We received 1005 personal need items valued at $2133.75. We also received 1610 food items valued at $1850.00.

Our total value of the items is $3983.75 !! (2615 items)

Our shelves and pantry are again full thanks to St. Francis Parish.  We appreciate this generous donation.    The personal needs lady is so happy and the cooks are smiling again as well. In the end, the poor and needy folks around here will benefit. Because of you, our mission will continue. On behalf of all of us, thank you and your church very very much. 

The Last weekend in June 2006 we delivered a 26 foot u-haul truck of groceries & non-perishable food items to the North-end Soup Kitchen & food programs of the Catholic Charities, in FLINT for people living in poverty.

Thanks to all of you that went shopping, and special thanks to Susan Wawrzaszek for her excellent coordination of this drive & Michelle Eiden & to Chris Mollo for coordinating & driving our U-haul truck.

And, thanks to Rita Kieras who helped us with coordination of the 7th graders and the Confirmation candidates who helped with stapling lists and passing out bags at masses. 

And, thanks to special help from: Ignatius Arokiaraj & family, Josephine Colatruglio, Michelle Eiden, Kelly Gauthier & family, Katie Jackel, Chris Kempton, Robert Klingler, Florence Kruzas, Andrew Nash, Blaine Nash, Matthew Schnaidt, Susan Wawrzaszek, Jean Welch, Ed & Sharon Wright.

St. Francis Parish CANTICLE NEWS August/September 2006:
On the afternoon of June 25th, a diverse and spirited group of about 20 St. Francis parishioners traveled to Flint to deliver the groceries and personal care items donated by the generous people of St. Francis.  The donations were delivered to an operation called the North End Soup Kitchen (NESK).

The NESK, also known as The Fr. John Blasko Center, is one of the programs run by Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties (see http://www.catholiccharitiessg.org for further details).  Every day of the year, this facility servers one hot meal (lunch) free of charge to the homeless, hungry, and/or poor people of the community in which it is located.  Jon Manse (see photo to the right), the coordinator of the facility, stated that the meal served at the NESK is typically the only meal a lot of them eat on any given day.  The meals served at the NESK are prepared by a staff of volunteers.  The NESK has been in operation since 1940.

As a parish family, we donated almost $4000 worth of food and personal care items: 1005 personal care items valued at $2134 and 1610 food items valued at $1850.  The food items will be used to prepare meals, and the personal care items are handed-out on an as-needed, case-by-case basis.  This donation meant a lot to the operation at the NESK.  It really helped to replenish the NESK pantry.  On behalf of the NESK Jon Manse thanks the people of St. Francis for this generous donation!  Thanks also to the 7th graders and the Confirmation candidates who helped with stapling lists to the grocery bags and passing out the bags at the masses.

The NESK was gracious enough to serve us lunch.  The meal consisted of baked chicken, steamed carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a donut.  While it was probably not the tastiest meal most of us have ever had, it was certainly quite good.

To obtain a lot of the food supplies needed to run the NSK, Jon runs his own small version of Food Gatherers.  He has one van that runs around Flint gathering food from restaurants and grocery stores that would otherwise be thrown away.  It was good to hear how some food delivery truck drivers would go out of their way to save food instead of taking the easier option of simply throwing it away.  On the other hand, Jon commented how some stores and delivery truck drivers flatly refused to donate their unwanted food; they rather just throw it way!

Again, thanks to everyone who helped make this a very successful food drive!  The generous donation of your money and/or time is greatly appreciated!  We plan to support the NESK again next summer.

THANK YOU for the Food! 
Last weekend, June 12, 2005, our parish delivered about  700 grocery bags – that’s about 2000 lbs. of non-perishable food items for people with HIV and AIDS living in poverty who are assisted through the Wellness House of Michigan, in Detroit.   Since Wellness House is currently feeding about 500 families (and government financial assistance is on hold) they are in dire need of our help and grateful for the groceries that we donated, which is the only food that they will have through the month of July. 

Thanks to all of you (especially those not named here) who went shopping and/or helped to deliver the groceries: (Special thanks to our project coordinators underlined here.)  Ignatius Arokiaraj, Beverly, Dennis, Caitlin Burke, Sara & Ernesto Figueroa Family, Marty Javornisky, Agnes Jensen, Peter Machado, Berna & Robert Planck, &  Sharon & Ed Wright, Mary Clair Wissman & Scott Wright.  Well done! 
See photos!!

Last year November 2003:  The response from the invited agencies determined that the groceries are given to households here in Washtenaw County.  St. Francis Parish volunteers deliver to many households and some persons choose to pick-up their own bags at St. Francis School Gym.

About 825 bags of groceries were given out.

162 is the TOTAL number of households we served with food/groceries last weekend. And, we delivered groceries to 107 households. While the rest picked-up groceries themselves. 

2003 Coordinator was: Patti Hoffman.  Thanks to all of the persons that signed-up to work on the Food Drive last weekend, especially: Cynthia Carnevale, Alan & Craig & Elaine & Lorraine Cordeiro, Elaine Cosme-Petersen, Carolyn Denton, Leslie Denton, Christine Hays, Claudia Hays, Kimberly Hays, Matthew Hays, Matthew Hays, Victoria & Patricia Hoffman, Marty Javornisky, Agnes Jensen, James Jensen, Charles & Mary Kellermann, Rosaleen Kirk, Robert Klingler, Deborah Kloska, Cecilia Miller, Deanna Newman, Mark Oberdoerster, Christophe Sandouno, Ashish Sarkar, Jay Sarkar, Charles Satarino, Colleen Satarino, Ann Scott, Seha Son, Dorothy Spencer, Molly Stamos, Nicholas Stamos, Barry Wissman, Grace Wissman, Jack Wissman, Kathryn Wissman, Mary Wissman, Edward Wright, Sharon Wright, & Rita Zyber. 

Here are some statistics:  (As of today, November 17, 2003) 
-- About 825 bags of groceries were given out.
-- 21 household representatives Picked-Up on Sunday. 
-- 107 households to whom we Delivered on Sunday. 
-- For the sake of about 34 households - 3 agency representatives Picked-Up at 845AM Monday. 
    --- HOPE Clinic 4 households;
    --- CSTS - Ellsworth, about 20 households; 
    --- Neighborhood Senior Services, about 10 households. 
-- 162 TOTAL number of households served with food/groceries.

   --- 8 of the household representatives did not show up to get food. 
-- 170 is the total number of Households that were actually identified for the program by the agencies. 
------------------ 
Before the drive, (over the phone with the agency representatives) we committed to provide & deliver food/groceries 180 households, as the total number. 
Of these 180 total households 
------  (Note "CSTS" = Community Support & Treatment Services) 
15 to  CSTS, Developmental Disabilities, Varsity, Ann Arbor. 
20 to  CSTS, Ellsworth, Ann Arbor. 
20 to  CSTS,  TOWNER, Ypsilanti. 
15 to  CSTS,  Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic (HVCGC), Ann Arbor. 
10 to  Catholic Social Services @ North-Side Community Center 
25 to  SOS Community Services 
50 to  Community Action Network 
20 to  Hope Clinic, Inc. 
 5 to   Washtenaw Regional Dialysis
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