Fast Facts During the 2011 holiday

season, KLF received more than 107,500 lbs. of food through community donations.

In 2011, KLF distributed more than 1.8 million lbs. of food via our anti-hunger feeding programs.

KLF anticipates a need to distribute 2.3 million lbs. of food through our programs in 2012.

NEW DAY FOR FOOD SECURITY Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes was open for its first day of service in our new facility at 901 Portage St. on Jan. 16. How appropriate that we open this new chapter of our history on the same day that we celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

KLF continues to learn from Dr. King and to be challenged by his encouragement that we each work to ‘live the true meaning of the dream.’ King also understood the simple dignity of having enough to eat. In his address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965, King urged: “Let us march on poverty so that no American parent has to skip a meal so that their children may eat.”

Today, 44 years after his death, hunger across this nation remains a real issue in the lives of many. One in six Americans is not food secure. Parents still skip meals and children still go to school with empty stomachs. While we’ve made progress towards the vision of a ‘hunger-free community’, this simple goal is still out of reach for too many local families.

The demand we have witnessed locally in the nearly 30 years since our inception continues to startle and alarm us (see the graph below). The need for a lasting food security infrastructure in this community is necessary and ongoing.

Thank you for continuing on this journey with us and for having the ‘audacity of hope’ that King urged us to live. Inside is our 2010/11 Annual Report which gives a closer look at the work accomplished through KLF in the past year. We invite you to stay with us as together we work to build this hunger-free community.

INSIDENew Building Open House

Over 100,000 People Served

10 Years of Potluck Pals

Empty Bowls Helps Feed Kids

Thank You Church Women United

Bread for the World Workshop

FEBRUARY 2012

YOU’RE INVITED!to an open house of our new facility

on March 15, 2012 Tours and light refreshments 4-6 pm

Ribbon-cutting ceremony 5 pm

We’re located at 901 Portage St.(near the intersection of

Portage and Vine Streets)

Come meet the staff & volunteers who make this work possible

Questions? Contact Jennifer Johnson at

488-2617 ext. 213 or jennifer@kzoolf.org

OVER 100,000 PEOPLE SERVED IN 2011

The Grocery Pantry Program—Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes’ largest emergency food assistance program—provided food to 100,269 people in 2011.

This service included 58,443 adults and a record amount of children—41,826. We anticipate that the need for this important service will only continue to grow. Currently we are targeting a 20% expansion for the first half of 2012.

10 and 12 person households are becoming more of a norm at Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes. Volunteers report a growing number of multi-generation households forced together by the continued harsh economic conditions.

National reports indicate that the federal program SNAP (food stamps) generally only meets 2.5 weeks of a household’s monthly food needs. Since many families don’t have the resources to supplement the rest of their food needs, many experience a 1.5 week gap each month.

To help fill that gap, KLF has worked to expand its emergency food assistance programming. Our newest programs, the Mobile Food Initiative and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, both provide a lifeline for local neighbors in need.

In 2011, KLF distributed more than 1.8 million pounds of food to people in Kalamazoo County in a facility designed to hold about 800,000 pounds of food. That means we worked harder and faster than ever before to ensure that all of our food assistance programs had the stock needed to deliver high quality service.

We are pleased to report that our new larger facility has

already proven itself in increasing our ability to meet the continuing food needs of people across this community. We project continued growth in service demand through 2012 and anticipate distributing more than 2.3 million pounds of food.

As the economic crisis slowly recedes, we find many families who are working hard to rebuild their lives. Ready access to food assistance remains critical to our ability as a community to learn, work and grow. Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes is committed—today more than ever—to ensuring food security in Kalamazoo County.

DOLLARS RAISED—NEW FACILITY OPENSWe’re proud to announce that less than a year since the public

announcement—and more than 750 individual community donors later—we have met our $2.8 million Build Nourish Sustain

Facilities Campaign goal.When we began this campaign, we knew it was a lofty ambition—

certainly nothing we had ever imagined before. As it has come to fruition over the last several months, both on-time and on-budget, we were both excited and maybe even a little anxious. After all, as the construction project hummed along, we were simultaneously delivering record-breaking food assistance across the community.

The move itself went remarkably well and today we are ensconced in our new home where we are getting food into the hands of hungry people and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger.

Join us on March 15 to see what your support will provide for this community. Every gift towards this campaign has made KLF better equipped to meet the emergency food needs of Kalamazoo County. We hope to see you all at the open house this spring.

Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes’ anticipates distributing about 2.3 million pounds of emergency food throughout the community out of our new warehouse in 2012

$1 million giveaway to fight

hunger through april

Every year, the Rhode Island-based Feinstein

Foundation sets a $1 million challenge for anti-

hunger agencies across the country. All donations

made to KLF from March 1 to April 30 will be eligible to

receive a portion of the $1 million challenge.

Give today at www.kzoolf.org with the name

“Feinstein” included with your gift to help us raise

more than ever before.

EMPTY BOWLS HELPS FEED KIDSEvery spring, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes partners with Kalamazoo Public Schools to host a series of Empty Bowls events. Students craft ceramic bowls in class while learning about local hunger issues and what Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes does in the community.

The bowls are then put on display during a school event where guests can purchase them for a donation to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes. There’s also a community meal for everyone to enjoy, sometimes free of charge. In previous years, food has been graciously donated by area companies, including Sodexo, Inc.

This year, KLF is sponsoring three Empty Bowls events at Arcadia Elementary, Spring Valley Center for Exploration, and Prairie Ridge Elementary. All include a simple meal and are open to the public. Attending is a great way to support ending childhood hunger in Kalamazoo County.

Another great way to help out is to become one of our lead volunteers for a school’s Empty Bowls event. KLF is seeking several people interested in helping plan a school’s event in the weeks prior and attending the night of. No experience or special skills are required. If you love kids and like to plan parties, this is the opportunity for you!

Please contact Kimberly Schoetzow at 488-2617 ext. 218 or kimberly@kzoolf.org with questions or to get more details.

POTLUCK PALS 10TH ANNIVERSARY A SUCCESS FOR KLFLori Moore has done it again! WKZO radio personality sells her Potluck Pals community cookbooks every year for donations to local non-profits. This year—the 10th anniversary of these sales—was all about hunger.

11 organizations with ties to people with emergency food needs benefitted, including KLF, who received $31,728. These cookbook sale funds will be used to support our anti-hunger programs.

Thank you to everyone who contributed a recipe, purchased a cookbook, or came out to one of the sales just to make a donation. Your support every year makes a huge impact on our efforts to feed hungry people in Kalamazoo County.

If you didn’t get a chance to get your cookbook, stop by our new facility at 901 Portage St. and pick one up for $5. There’s still a few left.

KLF staff member assists students in making ceramic bowls

Lori Moore signing a cookbook for “Santa Clause” at University Roadhouse on Dec. 9, 2011

Calling all volunteers!Interested in helping Kalamazoo become a hunger-free community? We’ve got a place for you! Attend an orientation meeting to get started.

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION DATES: Saturday, February 11 Friday, February 24 Saturday, March 10 Friday, March 23

Sign up with our Volunteer Coordinator, Laura Winther: 269/488-2617, ext. 209 laura@kzoolf.org

Many people made a gift in honor or in memory of someone special to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes during the holiday season.

Visit the next page to see who was tributized with a gift between 11/1/2011 and 12/31/2011.

Please contact Jon Riccio at jon@kzoolf.org if you believe a name was wrongfully omitted from this list. Thank you.

THANK YOU CHURCH WOMEN UNITED FOR YOUR SUPPORTThe local branch of Church Women United have supported Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes for decades and we’d like to thank them for their continued partnership in our work.

Since 2001, they’ve contributed more than 900 lbs. of food and nearly $2,000. Their support comes every month, rain or shine. “We just really feel it’s needed,” said Dora Mann, member.

Thank you, to Dora and every member of Church Women United, for helping feed hungry people in Kalamazoo County.

FOOD WISH LIST

February: Oatmeal

March:Peanut Butter

Foods high in protein (6 grams or more) are always needed in our warehouse too.

KLF February GivinG CouponAMOUNT $ _______________

KLF can stretch your dollars—on average, just six cents can purchase one pound of food! So every penny really does make a difference.

Please send your contribution by February 24.

FEBRUARY2012

COUPON #103

KLF MarCh GivinG CouponAMOUNT $ _______________

Spring has sprung and so have the food needs of the people we serve. Every penny and pound makes a difference in a person’s life.

Please send your contribution by March 23.

KLF & BREAD FOR THE WORLD HOST ADVOCACY WORKSHOP

Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes is partnering with Bread for the World—a national anti-hunger organization—to educate and train community members in promoting programs and policies that protect the hungry in our community.

Bread for the World will highlight its annual Offering of Letters Campaign, where appeals are sent to key policy makers to instill and protect legislation that contributes to a hunger-free community.

KLF will highlight local hunger issues and ways that community members can make a difference.

Please join us on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 2-4:30 pm at Westwood United Methodist Church, 538 Nichols Rd. The event is free and open to the public.

Please contact Kimberly Schoetzow at 488-2617 ext. 218 or at advocacy@kzoolf.org for more information or to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

MARCH 2012

COUPON #104

IN HONOR OF…Mr. & Mrs. Ramon AbuevaScott AdamsAnn & Jollie AllenElly AllenKay & Rick AndersonFrank Arcangeli DDSJohn Austin & Allison

DowneyBarb & Dick BakerDave & Tracy BarnettGordon & Andrea

BarrowsVictor Beauchamp’s

birthdayThe Beegan FamilyKae & Kelly BennettBethel Pantry VolunteersHarold Beu & Julie Mack’s

childrenNick & Sue BeuteThe Boehm FamilyMary BowerMildene BradleyBronson HealthcareDr. Robert D. Brouwer Linda BrownDr. & Mrs. George BruzzaRuth C. Burness’ birthdaySister Michel BurrellChristy & Brian BurtonBrooke BuysBill & Laura ByceCaitlyn ByceRichard C. ByceMichael, Natalie, Anna,

Jack & Emily ChilesDaniel CoatsSteven CoatsGay Colby’s retirementArt ColeEmployees, clients

& colleagues of Construction Labor Services, Inc.

David & Beth Werner Cook’s wedding

Gloria CopelandEvar CorradiniSister Rita Agnes CostelloMarcia Cowell’s children

& grandchildrenBob & Jean Cox’s 50th

wedding anniversary Pam & Al CoxMargaret CrainRon & Karen CrandallPeg Cunningham & Jane

CrosbyKim & Mimi CummingsPortage Curves membersSister Pat DennyCarlos & Cheryl DiazJeff & Amy DillScott & Jody DillGreg DimentVicki DintamanDick & Sherry DonahuePat EarlyTom & Nancy EdmondsMerinda EdwardsSam EilerTucky & Chuck ElliotLizzie Emmert

Nancy & Joe EngemannKen & Aimee EubankJeff & Stephanie

EvergreenKay & Patrick Farrell, Sr.Finn & Parker FamiliesWill & Bess FitzgeraldMonsignor William

FitzgeraldChristine Flagler & James

IshidaMr. & Mrs. Michael

FlahertyJeff FlemingTom & Jean FoghinoLinda FoxAl & Sandra GarciaHarold & Mary Beth

GarmanMr. & Mrs. Thomas

GauntlettThe Gauthier FamilyBetty GeibMarjie Gells’ birthdayMarlin GerberKen & Lois GernaatDr. Heidi S. GjersoeLydia GomarDr. Robert Gorman’s

birthdayCharlie GrdinaThe Greene FamilyKatherine GrossRichard & Virginia GrossScott & Debbie GrosseDr. Thomas P. GushurstSister Mary HallockDr. William F. HanavanRuth HarringDan HarrisonNathan HartmannDolores HeidanusPhyllis HeppSister Mary Claner

HickmaontThe Hill FamilyRichard HoffmanRobert & Donna Holmes’

friends & neighborsThe Holmes FamilyJohn HolmsCarol & Richard HowardRoy & Sandy HowardFather Michael HowellMr. & Mrs. Clark HurlbertBill & Doris InksterKathleen IzenbaardZadie JacksonJames Jasiak & StaffJay & Heather Heckler &

familyJohn Post LandscapeGrady Nell JohnsonArnie & Debby JohnstonSister Mary JosephaKLF VolunteersKalamazoo Mennonite

FellowshipKrista KatrovasRobert KellerD. King’s family Sallie KittredgeDort KlepperFather Don Klingler

Anita KominekRev. Lisa KotheBill KruegerSara Morley LaCroixJohn R. LawlorJoyce LebrechtJeff LemonsScott LemonsLucia LeonardelliRobyn LilekFaye LineAnne Wend LipseyBette LisekThe LOL Lunch GroupMark & Carol LueckDave & Georgia

LundquistThe Macatawa GangEd ManningDave & Ann MartinBill & Emily MasonRev. Jill McAllisterSean McCannCathy & Mike McCarthyJim & Ellen McDonaldDon McDougallMichele McLaughlinGil McWethyVicki MerloBill & Delores MillerMarilee Miller & Robert

YoderLori MooreScott MooreThe Mumme FamilyJohn MusickKris NapLindsey NassBoyd & Char NaylorKris Neff’s birthdayNeighbor JeriDr. Kim T. Nguyen MDThe Noricks & Isgrigg

FamiliesTamara NormanHelen NorrisThe O’Bryan FamilyDJ O’BryantSister Kathlene O’DonnellRev. James O’LearyDr. Roy & Priscilla OltonBetty Lee OngleyThe Oorbeck FamilyThe OrtsOshtemo Veterinary

HospitalAnn & Don ParfetBrian & Johanna PaulMark & Sharon PaulPaw Prints GroomingMr. & Mrs. James PohlBuffy PrysonAnne QuinnMartha A. ReamSid & Nancy RhindKaris & Mark RobbinsSteve Rochow’s familyElnora RodriguezHank & Joan RohsThe Root FamilyRuben RosarioJudy RossDorothy RothrockSarah Rider & Oscar Sage

Dr. Patrick & Sarah Sandell

The Saracina FamilyCarol & Miles

ScharfenbergCynthia & Mark SchauerThe Schmitt FamilyFather Ken SchmittSchoolcraft Middle

School staffKathy Schultz, Ben

Longstreth & Katie Longstreth-Tokstad

Katherine & Harvey Seilheimer’s 65th anniversary

Liz Semaan’s birthdayJack & Gloria ShearerPatricia Shiley’s familyChristopher & Kim

SiekluckiJames & Susan SiekluckiVictor SiemersFriends & Clients of

Silverman, Smith & Rice

Charles Simpson & FamilyMartha SimpsonRobert & Pamela

SimpsonWilliam SimpsonChris SiwikEd SiwikPam SiwikSmallmouth BandJan & John SmithSean & Alison SmithRoger SnowChet Socia’s birthdayEstil & Edna Stamm’s

FamilyKatie StenensThe Stohrer FamilyThe Stoops FamilyJohn & Nancy StroupeMichael P. SullivanPhysician Colleagues of

the Surgical Group of SW MI

Mary SwansonJody TaylorJon Taylor’s birthdayRuth & Bill ThornleyTrinity Evangelical’s

CongregationThe Tuesday Bridge

GroupSister Marie UrsulaJulio J. UseraBarbara Van DalenKay Van DisJoan & Charles Van

ZoerenDon & Sue VanderMeerTerry & Laura VanderMeerCraig & Gloria

VanderNootNeil & MJ VanderNootLaura VanVlack-AilesJoey & Maya VeederMr. & Mrs. Ron Verleger’s

marriageSister Betty VesnhuisMr. & Mrs. William

WagnerSister Mary Joan WalshDr. William W. WebbThe Welborn FamilyBruce & Donna

WellingtonSally Wells’ birthdayMichael, Stephanie & Paul

WhiteMike & Sue WilliamsLinda WinkelmanTim WinkelmanLouis WintersBill & Nancy WoodsMrs. Jacqueline WylieLiz Yoon & Lys BuckSister Pauline ZelaznickRaye Ziring’s birthdayMaria Luisa Zuniga

IN MEMORY OF…George AckerYetta AckersonRalph AllenRobert P. AmrheinAn Gorta Mor victimsHoward AshbrookLeo AssenmacherJustin BaileyMary BalinskiMary BalintJohn BolenbaughRoger BoothMorris & Wilma BosJean BradleyPatrecia BreenHerma BreisachCarol BrondykeEJ & Judy BruneJohn BuffongThe Buist FamilyJoseph BurgieBruce L. BurrowsSteve CarlsonDavid CatrowPhillis ChristiansonDonald & Wilsona

ChristliebW. Ward ChristliebJack ClayJohn CleasbyArthur ColeDavid A. CollinsLowell & Leona ComstockRobert CoppsLouis CorwinNancy CorwinTom CrooksMartha & Ed DanielsCecil & Ethel DayDale DeatherageDennis DeneauErnest DerhammerJoyce DeRightViolet DeYoungJoseph DillonLucille DillonHerman DykemaRobert Eager, Sr. Erminie EatonTerri EatonEvan EblingEdna EnglerDorothy Eppstein

Chuck EricksonJeanne Maltby

FahrenbachPatricia Pryson FawleyJohn FenamaJerald FinneganHarold FitzgeraldJohn P. FlynnToni FreedPaul FrenthwayJames E. GooleJanice L. GooleMarie HagermanE. Arnold HamlinHarold HaselmonPastor Bob HeerspinkElaine HerbertChris & Margaret HirschArt HoekstraHelen HopfingerJohn C. & Mary Jane

HowardEmmett & Maureen HurstPhillip HutchinsJames H. IppelMarcia JacksonAlan JacobsRobert B. JonesPaul KeanSu KehresRichard KetelaarThe Kettenbeil FamilyHarry KindleJohn KokalesMarguerite KolbJohn KrakeTerry KusekeLance LambertPeter Anthony LangoneGretchen LaReauLillie LaurellDic & Nadia LeonardelliNancy LockwoodGuin LoftisJeanne M. LongMaxine LoudenLinda Renauld LutzEtrole “Jackie” MarconWayne MartzJim McCollumLaMoine McMurrayD. MikkolaRobert A. MillerRaymond MilotKathy MizeurCarl & Lorna MontgomeryVictor W. MowPatricia Turner NelsonVerne NelsonDonna NicholsErnest NicolaidesMichael NobleJamie OorbeckThomas OorbeckGlenn OsbornFrank Ossiff, Jr. Bill & Jean OstermannDavid ParkChip PassavantShirley PearsonJean PetersonJohn Phillip PletcherGerald L. PochylaHedviga Polis

Delvin PowellElizabeth Purchase &

Harold & Florence Bulgar

Paul RandallBrandon ReedF.L. ReedGordon ReinelJames ReishJessica RenauldOswald & Alvina RenauldMary Ann “Mitch” RendaKirk RichertIrene, Walt & Keith RileyJim RinkerKaty Van RiperRoy & Eloise RobinsonIrvena & Rino RognaWilliam RosegrantJosh RuhrupFrances RussellTimothy SchauMarilyn ScheelMartin & Emma SchmittDr. Peter SchmittJean SchraderEric SelnerHarry SelnerJackie ShawJoani SiwikNancy SmallDr. Robert & Doris

SmithsonTom SondayEdward J. StafinskiIrma StanhopeLaVerne Bishop StanleyJoan StitelerDoug & Marie Renauld

StoneDora A. SulkaMyrtella SwenFreda SwinehartRichard “Dick” W. TannerBernice ThompsonCarol Marcon TillerMr. & Mrs. John ToddJennie TownMarrell & Mae TuckerEdward Van DalsonWilliam Van DalsonAnthony VanDenBergRev. Dewey VanDenBergDick Vander StraatenMaryLou & Fred

VanStreainAl & Geri VickeryMr. Jan VisserRoon VisserShirley WalterRalph R. WebsterWillie Earl WebsterJane & Jerry WendMary WettlesWesley C. WhiffinLuella Grace WhitingJoe WilloughbyWelford R. WilsonJake WinterowdDon & Ruth WisserHoward WolpeMegan Burness YinBen Van’t ZelfdeGene Zimmer

Our MissionKalamazoo Loaves & Fishes will

feed hungry people and engage our community in the fight to end hunger.

Our ValuesCompassion

RespectJustice

IntegrityAdvocacy

Staff / Business Office269/488-2617 EXT.Joan Atwell, Call Center Lead 201Art Cole, Services Director 207Pat Early, Warehouse Assistant 211George Geissel, Bookkeeper 222Kathy Gernaat, Operations Director 212Dave Hafer, Warehouse Assistant 211Phyllis Hepp, Organizational Development Director 210

Board of DirectorsPatricia CarlinBob EzelleBruce GelbaughAlan HarbaughMike HendersonLynn JesselCheryl KnappRobert Lohrmann

Elizabeth MakohnHarvey MyersHelen NorrisMaija PetersonsStacey RandolphMartha SimpsonJan Tiderington

Mary Hutchins, Warehouse Coordinator 211Jennifer Johnson, Public Relations & Development Director 213Deb Josephson, Services Coordinator 214Marvin King, Warehouse Director 224Anne Wend Lipsey, Executive Director 208Ruth Matteson, Call Center Lead 201Jon Riccio, Donor Database Coordinator 206Kimberly Schoetzow, Communications Coordinator 218Carolyn Tyler, Operations Coordinator 222Laura Winther, Volunteer Coordinator 209

GET THE “KLF DISCOUNT” AT THE KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAJoin Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes for a night of music, courtesy of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.

Get your tickets for “Spanish Rhapsody” and receive a “thank you” discount of 15% off your ticket price when you mention the “KLF Discount”. As part of the deal, KLF will also receive a 15% donation from the KSO.

The show is on Saturday, March 10 at 8 pm. The evening will include a prelude talk at 7 pm by Maestro

Raymond Harvey, followed by a performance by cellist Johannes Moser and the KSO for an evening of “sensitive, sensual, and sparkling Spanish sounds,” according to the KSO.

“The KSO greatly values the work of Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes and is proud to team with them again this March as part of the national Orchestras Feeding America effort,” said Thom Andrews at the KSO.

Call the KSO at 349-7759 or stop by their office at the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, to get your tickets today. Remember to mention Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes to receive the special “thank you” discount and to secure a donation to support our anti-hunger programs.

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performs

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