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AGENCY LINK
Montgomery Area Food Bank
March, April , May 2017
Focusing on Summer Summer is almost here! Along with summer comes long hot days and children out of school on summer
vacation. During school months — the children living in homes with food insecurity are guaranteed a hot
breakfast and lunch. During summer months it can be a time of insecurity, wondering where their meals
will come from.
There is a moving trend with some of the agencies of the Food Bank to step up and help these families
during this tough time. If your agency is looking to expand your program this would be a great way to
help during the summer.
Sponsor events geared toward feeding children. Perhaps consider conducting summer camps so that
needy children can come and eat while there. Structured activities along with food will go along way to
help these children know that there is hope of better days.
There is still time to set up a program for the summer for the kids in your area. Here are some ideas to
get you started to get a program at your church or organization:
• Set a time frame. Decide how many weeks, and what days you would like to serve children in your
community.
• Think of the children you would like to target. Perhaps have your church or organization pick them up
for the program.
• If at least 51% of the children who attend your summer feeding program fit the income guidelines for
food assistance, you can serve all children who attend.
• Shop the Food Bank as often as you can before you start the program to acquire enough food to start
the program and keep it sustained. Then continue to shop as the program is running to stay stocked.
• Keep an eye out at each visit for items that will fit your program. Acquire items that can be frozen.
Stock up to keep the program going during your specified time frame.
• Be sure to get a menu form from the Food Bank to record the food you provide in this program.
USDA, Feeding America, and MAFB are equal opportunity providers, employers, and lenders.
Keeping Us Informed
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We so proud at the Montgomery Area Food Bank
to have over 300 active agencies helping us Feed
Hope to those in need. It is a monumental task
sometimes to keep accurate information on all our
agencies.
This is why are asking YOU, our eyes and ears for
the agencies to please let us know if there is ANY
change in your agency.
Things you need to let us know to keep your
agency current and up to date would be:
Changes to your Non-Profit’s Executive Director
Changes to your Church’s Pastor
Changes to your Agency’s shoppers list. Add
shoppers, delete shoppers.
Address changes.
Phone number changes.
Changes to your agency’s program.
Changes to your agency’s contact person.
Changes in e-mail addresses.
Please be aware of changes to your agency and
notify us as soon as you can so we can make changes
to your account.
We greatly appreciate your cooperation in the
matter.
Our 2017 Agency Conference Steering Committee has been working very hard to plan this year’s conference. Below is the Theme for this year’s conference
along with the schedule. By suggestion of many in attendance last year, we are making the conference a 1/2 day only with shorter classes. T-shirts and lunch will be provided as in past conferences. We will also have vendors with great information to pass along to your clients. We have a new twist on the way you will visit the vendors. Come to the conference to find out what that will be! Date, Time, Location Friday, October 27, 2017 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dalraida Church of Christ, Montgomery, AL Theme: “Helping Hands Feeding Hope” Classes: Reaching Out: To our Rural Areas To our Seniors and Children To other Agencies to Help Your Clients Schedule for the Day
8:00 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:30 Opening Words from CEO Rich
Deem 9:30 – 10:00 Reaching Out to our Rural Areas 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 10:45 Reaching Out to Our Seniors and
Children 10:45 – 11:15 Reaching Out to Other Agencies
to Help Your Clients 11:15 – 12:00 Vendors 12:00 until done – Lunch with door prizes and a
possible skit by youth capturing the theme of the day.
Keep watching the Agency Link and e-mails for registration information!!!
Dates to Remember (adjust orders—do not count these days as
one of your 3 days for your pre-order)
May Friday 5/26/17 & Monday 5/29/17
Closed for Memorial Weekend
A Sneak Peek — 2017 Agency
Conference
UPCOMING MONITORS
MARCH
APRIL
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Fresh Oil Revival Center — Pantry Program The City of St. Jude — Backpack Program & Senior Supplement Program
Faith Crusades - Chilton Co., Mobile Pantries
Southlawn Baptist Church — School Pantry Program & Mobile Pantry Program First Baptist — Nehemiah Ctr. The Dream Center Montgomery, Inc. First Baptist Church — Ripley, Meals on Wheels, Senior Supplement & Missions Elizabeth Baptist Church — Holiday Program Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church — Pantry & Mobile Pantry Programs Word of Life Church — Pantry Program True Word of Life Church — Pantry Program Evangel Temple — Pantry Program Metropolitan United Methodist Church — On-Site Feeding & Backpack Program Renascence, Inc. — On-site Feeding Program Restoration Baptist Church — On-Site Feeding & Pantry Program
ELMORE COUNTY Progressive Healthcare Providers — Apts., Houses 1-5 — On-Site Feeding Program The Learning Tree, Inc. — On-Site Feeding Program
Tri City Baptist Church — Pantry Program AUTAUGA COUNTY Old Kingston Outreach Ministry — Mobile Pantry Program Petra Ministries, Inc. — Pantry Program
PIKE COUNTY Christian Love Community Develop. Corp. — Pantry & On-Site Feeding Programs TALLAPOOSA COUNTY Promise Land Church — Pantry Program FQR AGENCIES Service Dogs Alabama — Reject/Pet Johnson Farms — Reject/Pet
RECHECK Fresh Anointing Church Springboard Education Foundation (Hippy of AL) ARC Montgomery RLU 1 Westside Church of Christ
MAY MONTGOMERY COUNTY Montg. Area Family Violence - Sunshine Center — On-Site Feeding Prog. RESTOR — On Site Feeding Program Shiloh AME Zion Church — Pantry Program Christ's Center Church — Pantry Program Greater Harvest Apostolic Church of God —Pantry Program Rivers Edge Church — Pantry Program Nellie Burge Comm. Ctr./ Mary Ellen's Hearth — On Site Feeding Prog. Reality & Truth Ministries - Senior Supplement Program
BUTLER COUNTY New Beginning Ministries — Pantry Program Rock West Missionary Baptist Church — Pantry Program
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Pantry Programs
All Invoices (with co-signatures)
Filled in Eligibility Criteria Forms for each
Household helped.
USDA paperwork
On Site Feeding Programs
All Invoices (with co-signatures)
Filled in Menus with date served, number of
people served, which MAFB products were
used.
USDA paperwork
Mobile Pantry Programs
All Invoices (with co-signatures)
Filled in Eligibility Criteria Forms for each
Household helped.
Sign In Sheets
Senior Supplement Programs
All Invoices (with co-signatures)
Filled in Eligibility Criteria Forms for each
Household helped.
USDA paperwork
Reject/Pet Programs
All Invoices (with co-signatures)
STAY
• Low Key
• At Peace
• Smooth
We do not BITE!
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Agency Link Agency Newsletter for the
Montgomery Area Food Bank
Vicky Manley, Editor
Montgomery Area Food Bank
521 Trade Center St.
Montgomery, AL 36108
334-263-3784
www.montgomeryareafoodbank.org
MOBILE PANTRY SIGN UP
REMINDER Once again we would like to remind you that Jolene Kearns
will be setting the 6-month Mobile Pantry schedule, July—
December 2017, beginning early May. Choose your pre-
ferred dates with alternate dates for each and e-mail, mail
or FAX them in to Jolene. She will notify you when the
schedule is set. Tuesdays are reserved for Bullock and Pike
Counties.
E-mail to:
or
FAX request to: 334-262-6854
Orientation Sign Up for New Agency Shoppers
2nd Friday of each Month (except December)
9-11 a.m. Next class — Friday, May 12, 2017
Please call and sign up shoppers that have not attended an orientation. The class teaches
you what to expect at a shopping visit, rules & regulations of the food acquired from the
Food Bank, and how to keep the records of the food acquired.
Call today to set up for the next class!