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Dollar Drive-Thru Feeds Kids Shop-N-Drop on Aug. 10 for a Cause Frozen Yogurt Grand Opening for KLF Simply Give Donation Cards at Meijer Church Garden Feeds Dreams Thank You to Area Businesses AUGUST 2013

Fast Facts

LETS TALK ABOUT FOOD...

Having enough to eat everyday is important for all of us and particularly for our kids. The reality in this community is that regular access to food can be a real effortparticularly in households struggling with poverty. In 2011, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes launched its Food is Fuel Kids Campaign a fund-raising effort that focuses attention on the special needs of low-income children and their families during the summer months. This campaign highlights the challenges faced by thousands of area households when school meals are suspended and the broader world is on vacation mode. Food is Fuel recognizes that our kids need access to healthy foodit is essential to their development and to our communitys well-being now and in the future. The Michigan Department of Education provides meals at 23 sites across Kalamazoo County during a six-week period between June and August. Recognizing that food can be extra tight during the summer, we encourage participation in the summer meal program and heighten our efforts to let folks know about the full range of food assistance programs available through KLF and other local agencies.

A $1 donation to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes can provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to a child or adult in need.

In August 2012, more than 12,000 people received food through our Grocery Pantry Programincluding more than 5,000 children.

Community Hunger Awareness Month

ugust 2013 will be publicly recognized as Community Hunger Awareness Month in Kalamazoo County by county and city officials. The proclamation will call upon residents, agencies, faith groups, businesses and others to acknowledge food insecurity in our community. Stay tuned to www.kzoolf.org for a list of clear action items you can take to help reduce hunger in our area.

Over the summer, dozens of volunteers have re-packaged more than 20,000 lbs. of bulk rice and pasta in our Clean Room.

In the spring, we began a broader community conversation about food insecurity with a public screening of the documentary, A Place at the Table. We have a copy of the film available should you wish to schedule a viewing with your group. To keep this conversation going, we are inviting you to participate in Community Hunger Awareness Montha public recognition during August 2013. Only by working together can we shed light on the harsh realities and hopeful solutions of hunger in our community.

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SHOP-N-DROP COMING AUG. 10

Shop-N-Drop your food donations for our communitys kids on Aug. 10! Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes volunteers will be at D&W Fresh Market in Portage to collect highneed items, including: peanut butter, oatmeal, granola bars, fruit snacks and other kid-friendly snacks. The food drive comes at a crucial time for both KLF and our communitys kidsthe Michigan Department of Educations summer meal program ends on Aug. 9, which means thousands of local kids will not have access to free breakfast or lunch until school resumes in the fall.

At last years collection, community members donated more than 1,200 lbs. to support our Food is Fuel Kids Campaign. This is the last big event of our summer campaign, so lets beat that record this year and try to feed every hungry kid in this community. Both food and fund donations will be accepted from 9 am-3 pm at D&W, 525 Romence Rd. Look for KLF volunteers at the Shop-n-Drop in 2012 our truck and volunteers in the parking lot. For more information, visit us at www.kzoolf.org.

DAY OF FREE YOGURT TO SUPPORT FOOD IS FUEL KIDS CAMPAIGN

Red Mangoa health-conscious frozen yogurt franchise is opening its doors right here in Kalamazoo County. The kid-friendly frozen yogurt and smoothie shop, located in Southland Mall in Portage, will be a hosting grand opening event on Aug. 10 from 3-7 pm. Radio station WKFR 103.3 FM will be doing a live remote broadcast from 3-5pm. Frozen yogurt, and all its fresh fruit toppings, will be

free all day. Guests will recieve a dollar off coupon to be used at a future date in exchange for every dollar they give to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Food is Fuel Kids Campaign. All donations will be matched by Red Mango. For further information, visit Red Mangos Facebook page at facebook.com/redmangosouthlandmall.

RIVALS TEAM UP TO FIGHT HUNGER

The Sept. 27 football clash between Portage Northern and Portage Central is shaping up to be much more than just a gridiron quarrel between the two rivals. Prior to the contest, which

will be held at Centrals home field at 7 pm, the two schools will join forces in the first annual Rivalry Run to help promote a hungerfree Portage. With the help of Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes, both student councils plan on donating the proceeds of the eventincluding the sale of commemorative

wristbands representing each schoolto help support KLFs Grocery Pantry site located at the Portage Community Center. The run will begin at 5 pm on gameday at Northerns stadium, when students from the school will begin the trek, football in hand, between the two high school fields. They

will be met halfway through the route by a group from Central, who will carry the ball the remainder of the path before handing the pigskin to a referee at midfield. All community members are encouraged to run along with the groups.

WMU FRESHMAN FOOD DRIVE

As Western Michigan University welcomes new freshman, the school will hold its first-ever Fall Welcome Gives Back food drive with all proceeds benefitting Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes. Taking place from Aug. 26-30-one week before the beginning of the fall semesterstudent ambassadors, incoming students and their families are encouraged to drop off nonperishable food items at various locations around campus. This is Fall Welcomes first

community service project, fall welcome coordinator Adrienne Fraaza said. We greatly value our partnership with the Kalamazoo ve y Gi community, and t impl . 28. Jus S a t h t p i we want to foster t e t e o L F w d by S S t re to K r e a g 0 an awareness c 1 a t on e$ or h re e onat r donati ice on P one of t , 5121 among our new e ff y Meij y ou r o w ing b u ll Road to students about the s b G d p St . 0 n o 0 t a s 58 ain a rd M c s . importance of giving n e W gift io up t h n y ou r ocat 6660 back. pick Meijer l Ave, or ina lize unger i h f h c l t e d a a h g n e c a h lo f ig By coming ed estn the ca rd ation to ill matc W . w S ic together to raise 2,800 hase ded eijer pu rc . In its unty, M pantry items, I think F o L to K oo C it will really give them ma z a l a K . ation a sense of unity and d on accomplishment. and the By reaching the 2,800 Parent and Family donation milestone, WMUs Hospitality Tent on Aug. 26 and 2013 freshman class could 27 from 11:30 am-5 pm. potentially provide 452 individuals For a full list of Fall Welcome with a four-day food order through activities at WMU, find their event KLFs Grocery Pantry Program schedule at www.wmich.edu. before even attending their first collegiate class. Drop off locations will be at the Bernhard Center lobby Aug. 26-30

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Join the Loaves & Fishes Team

Interested in helping Kalamazoo become a hunger-free community? Weve got a place for you! Attend a brief orientation meeting and tour to get started. VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION DATES: Thursday, August 15 Saturday, September 14 Friday, September 20 Sign up with our Volunteer Coordinator, Laura Winther: 269/488-2617, ext. 209 laura@kzoolf.org

ST. ANDREW CHURCH: SMALL GARDEN, BIG DREAMS

On the surface, St. Andrew Community Churchs quaint garden is merely two small plant beds. But for Pastor Jim Dyke and his collection of dedicated volunteers, the gardening effort is sure to yield much more than the soon-to-sprout onions, peppers and tomatoes they recently plantedit is about cultivating relationships with those accessing the supplemental food available at the church. The garden makes the connection a little bit more personal for everyone involved, Dyke said. We think there is a need for it. People love it when we have fresh food to offer. As a part of KLFs Mobile Food Initiative, the church, which is located at the corner of Covington and Sprinkle road, offers a variety of food items during the early morning the third Saturday of every month. For Dyke and his base of volunteers, their task expands beyond fighting hungerthey are also aspiring to deliver a message of hope with the intention of strengthening the bonds of the surrounding community. We challenge ourselves to do this with as much love as we possibly can without any judgement, Dyke said. We need to keep working on always being joyful and generous. And that generosity has often times extended beyond food, ranging from other forms of personal donations to getting to know the people they serve on a first-name basis through genuine conversation. The two raised beds that symbolize this pursuit of a stronger society sit in the middle of a much larger plot of grass that stretches behind the church. It appears as though, just like the community around it, there is always room to grow.

FOOD WISH LIST

August:
Whole grain pasta

KLF August Giving Coupon

AUGUST 2013 COUPON #121
AMOUNT $________________ I wish to remain anonymous. Providing meals during the summer months is critical for local youth. Your gift helps bridge the summer vacation gap, when more than 17,000 children are without free or reduced-price school meals. Please send your contribution by August 24.

September:
Canned meat Foods high in protein (6 grams or more) are always needed in our warehouse, too.

KLF September Giving Coupon

SEPTEMBER

2013

AMOUNT $________________

I wish to remain anonymous.

COUPON #122

Its back to school time! Your donation helps fuel the minds of local kids as they return to the classroom. Please send your contribution by September 27.

THANK YOU TO BUSINESS DONORS AND BUSINESS IN-KIND SUPPORTERS

In our Food for Thought newsletter, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes recognizes some of our recent supporters. Local businesses and companies provide valued support to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes through the donations of food, funds, products or services. Employees rally together to collect food donations and business owners support our mission through their generous gifts. These are the businesses that gave between 7/1/2012 and 6/30/2013.

Businesses/ Companies
A-1 Refrigeration AAA Aaron Willson DDS Access/Care Management Division Accretive Health Advance America Alpha Massage Alta Resources Anderson Bros. Steamatic Apollo Mortgage Apple Bus Armstrong International AT&T Michigan Autobody USA-Westside Awake & Aware Yoga Studios B.A.S.I.C. Bank of America Bells Brewery, Inc. Benteler Automotive Corp Berts Bakery Beta Sigma Phi Chapter of Kalamazoo Big Apple Bagels Big Lots Biggby Coffee Biggs-Gilmore Bingen & Associates PLLC Bonamego Farms Borgess 8NW Borgess Health Borgess Medical Center Borgess Research Institute Bova Bakery Bread of Life, LLC Bronson Educational Services Dept. Bronson Healthcare Group Bronson Practice Management Buist Electric Buyers Choice Realty Carpenter Farms Central MFG Services Inc. The Centre Apts Charles River Chartwell Financial Management, Inc. ChemLink, Inc. Child & Family Psychological Services Christopher Productions, LLC Clips & Clamps CLS Continental Uniform & Linen Service Coldwater Creek Coloma Frozen Foods, Inc. Comprehensive Care Services, LLC Construction Labor Services, Inc.

Consumers Credit Union Consumers Energy Foundation Cottage Inn Pizza CRB Consulting Cummins Label, Inc. Curves For Women Daves Security Corporation David F. Cooley, DDS Denso Manufacturing Michigan, Inc. Discover Kalamazoo Dollar General Doorlag Realty Company Dover Hills Apts. Downtown Kalamazoo, Inc. Dr. Goodman DDS Drake Dental Drake Pond Apts. Drew Telecom Group, Inc. Druskovich Brothers Farms Eaton Corporation Edward Rose & Sons Edwards Industrial Sales, Inc. Eighth Street Veterinary Care Enterprise Rent-A-Car Experis Express Fabri-Kal Foundation Fifth Third Bank First Community Federal Credit Union First National Bank of Michigan Fitness Yoga, LLC Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C. Food Dance Cafe, Inc. The Fountains at Bronson Place Four/Ten, LLC Foust Electro Mold, Inc. Gazelle Sports General Reinsurance Corp. Gentive Health Services The Gerber Foundation The Grainger Foundation Grapevine Furniture Graphic Packaging International Great Clips Great Harvest Bread, Co. Green Earth Hydroponics Gruizenga Home Inspections, LLC H & B Market H & R Block Hall & Hall, Inc. Hamlin Farms Hardings Friendly Market Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP Honor Credit Union Horizon Bank Hyland Machinery Sales IHS Distributors

Im Your IT Inforum of Southwest Michigan Instant Cash Advance Institute for Massage Education, LLC J. M. Wilson Insurance Jasper Clinic Jeffrey Schimp, DDS John A. Wolfe CFP & Associates, Inc. Jubilee Farms Kalamazoo County Chapter of Thrivent Financial Kalamazoo County Farm Bureau Kalamazoo Dance Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce Kalamazoo Sportswear & Regalia Kalsec, Inc. Keith R. Konvalinka, DDS Keller-Williams Realty Kelly Dugan Image Consulting Ken Beadling Dentistry Keystone Community Bank Keystone Product Development The Kitchen Shop Knappen Milling Company Kozar Construction, Inc. The Lakes of Woodbridge Condominium Association Legal Aid of Western Michigan Lennard Ag Company Liberty Beef Farms Life EMS Lindsey Dedicated Services, Inc. Little Chick Shoe Shop LVM Capital Management, Ltd. MacKenzies Bakery Magnuson Dental Design Maine Plastics Mall City Containers, Inc. Mann & Hummel Automotive Mattress Mart The Med Joint Community Compassion Center Meeting Professionals International - Michigan Chapter Meijer, Inc. Mid-America Psychological Services Midwest Enterprises for the Blind MillAssist Services Mol-son, LLC Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal Nate Bailey Media National Flavors, Inc.

Nelson Hardware Niebor Heating & Cooling Niles & Associates, Inc. OnStaff USA Outlaw Transport Papas Italian Sausage Paramount Charter Academy Park Street Chiropractic Paw Paw Wine Distributors Pease Packing Corp. Penn Station Pepperidge Farm Distribution The Peoples Food Co-Op Pepsi Bottling Group of Kalamazoo Pfizer Pipedream Glass Plunkett Cooney PNC Bank Portage Printing Prairies Golf Club Precision Pipeline, LLC Promotion Concepts Prudential Preferred Realtors Qdoba Quality Air Service Rajzer Farms, LLC Randstad Raymond James & Associates Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. Richland Meat Center Robert E. Boot Agency, Inc. Robinson Industries, Inc. Rollerworld Rolling Paradise Farm Ross Farms Ross Medical Rural Acres Farm S. Rangrass, DDS LLP Sage Orthodontics Sanitor Manufacturing Company Scholten Kitchen & Bath Schupan & Sons, Inc. Shoemaker Inc. Heating & Cooling SignArt, Inc. Sodexo Foundation, Inc. Southwest Michigan Credit Union Southwest Michigan Imaging Center, LLC Spry, LLC SPX Foundation State Farm Companies Foundation States Golf Course Steeg & Glista PC Stokes Homestead Farm Market Stonehenge Condominiums Stryker Corporate RAQA Team Stryker Instruments

Studio 33 Ltd Summit Polymers Super Book Team Support Services, LLC Tempo Vino Winery Theresa & John Spurr, DDS, PLC ThermoFisher Scientific Thomson Reuters Toms Bee-Loved Honey Town & Country Bridge Marathon Trillium Staffing Solutions Two Thumbs Ranch Tyco United Healthcare Services, Inc. Vans Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners Victorian Bakery Visser Construction, LLC Walnut Manor Farms Walnut Trail Apts. Weight Watchers West Michigan Document Shredding, LLC West Milham Dental Professionals PLLC Wester Dental Care, P.C. WestPort Village Condominiums Wonder/Hostess Bakery

Thank you to these businesses for your support. Your spirit of giving creates a community where we help each other. In the October Food for Thought newsletter, well recognize civic groups, non-profits, unions, schools, foundations, and government entities that have recently donated to Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes. Please contact us if you believe you were wrongfully omitted from this list.

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IN HONOR OF Jan Anderton Joy Anderton Pamela Brink Dorothy & Paul Butch Father Robert Consani Norm Copeland Brenda (Kean) Darlings Birthday Dr. Phillip Doyle Robin Entenmans Birthday Bess Fitzgerald Debbie Gillespie Shobha & Sadananda Gouds 50th Anniversary Ruth Evelyn Grahams Birthday Kelly Gray Catherine Grostics 90th Birthday Richard Hutsons Birthday Knobby & Liddy Ivens 60th Anniversary Jean Lealofi Anne Wend Lipseys Birthday
Jack Abate Patricia Carlin Rob DeWit HJ DuBrule Bob Ezelle Martin Glista Alan Harbaugh Mike Henderson Sam Lealofi

TRIBUTES 5/3/2013 7/2/2013 Special thanks to those who honor friends and family through contributions to KLF.
LVM Capital Managements 25th Anniversary Dean Margaret Merrion Andrew, Emily & Michael Neevel Douglas Pauls Birthday Ron Petroski Franklin Preslers Birthday Paula Preslers Retirement Judy Shrimplin Sister Rita Ann Teichman, CSJ Nancy & Bill Smiths 50th Anniversary Shannon & Jeremiah Smith Nicholas & Tessa Stauffer Tom & Char Stohrer Mike & Mary Sullivans Anniversary June Swansons Birthday Reverends Howie & Betsy Tobak Trinity Lutheran Churchs Staff & Pantry workers Jay Von Phelps Birthday IN MEMORY OF Alvin Amundsen Olive Apter Diana Artz-Iffland Stanley Besbris John & Nancy Bouma Tracy L. Bowen Marion Branch Helen Buist Mary Bullock Richard Burlington Maxine Bush Vern A. Camburn Richard Combs Dr. Ray Croasdale Tom Crooks Jenny Davenport James Dillon, Sr. Joseph Dillon Lucille Dillon John Doot Robert Downs Chuck & Leota Duffield Robert Eager, Sr. Evan Ebling Arlon Egan Robert Elliott Jeanne Maltby Fahrenbach The Parents of Mary Ellen & David Fischer John P. Flynn Marge Ford Harry Fry Margene Fuller Leon Garcia Joyce Garnaat George Gilchrist Margaux Hajek Otis Harper Juanita & Kristen Harris Betty Hawk Joann P. Himschoot Robert Holt Lois Hoppe David Hubert Marie E. Iagnocco Bernice Ippel Bert T. Johnston, Jr. Margaret Jean Judy Bob Kelley Marian Kettenbeil Marguerite Kolb
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Lance Lambert Linda Mary Renauld Lutz Robert H. Luscombe Charles T. & Helen Lynch Colleen Magnan Paul & Mildred Matyas Gil McWethy Kathy Mizeur Ron Moore Egon Nithammer Gary Nuyen Jaimie Oorbeck Thomas Oorbeck Frank Ossiff Jr. James Pellowe Thomas R. Pyke Janice Radtke Jim Reish Jessica Renauld Oswald & Alvina Renauld Brian Rife Kathleen Roberts Oddie & Lola Robinson Roy & Eloise Robinson Mary Roche Darrell Rostami

Toni Rostami August Roty, Jr. M.D. Frances Russell Carol Sakstrup James H. Schaap Marilyn Scheel Dr. Peter Schmitt Martin & Emma Schmitt Leo L. Sell Victor Siemers Roger Simonton Joani Siwik Tom Sonday John Stanton Marie Renauld Stone & Douglas Stone Clara Van Til Al & Geri Vickery Roon Visser Carole Walsh David Williams Don and Ruth Wisser Faye & Walt Zinter

Board of Directors
Robert Lohrmann Karen McPhail Harvey Myers Helen Norris Stacey Randolph Martha Ream Martha Simpson Jan Tiderington

Staff / Business Office

269/488-2617 Mary Adams, Finance Coordinator Joan Atwell, Call Center Lead Paul Bushek, Warehouse Assistant Art Cole, Services Director Bob Dekker, Warehouse Assistant Joe Galaviz, Warehouse Assistant Kathy Gernaat, Operations Director Dave Hafer, Warehouse Coordinator

Phyllis Hepp, Organizational Development Director Jennifer Johnson, Resource Dev. & Public Relations Director Deb Josephson, Services Coordinator Marvin King, Warehouse Director Anne Wend Lipsey, Executive Director Ruth Matteson, Call Center Lead Kevin Minor, Communications Coordinator Jon Riccio, Donor Database Coordinator Carolyn Tyler, Operations Coordinator Laura Winther, Volunteer Coordinator

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