Loaves and Fishes newsletter.

1. November 13, 2008
Volume 1, Issue 1
Loaves & Fishes
Special Interest
It’s a bare time…
Articles: Nobody donates decline. Nobody wants of the year, though,
denture cleaners and to go out in the cold and Loaves & Fishes has to
• Add a highlight adhesives, and there is collect food, Mitrenga buy most of that food.
or your point of never enough baby said. There are collections
interest here. food to meet the food Loaves and Fishes here and there.
pantry’s monthly receive the bulk of its “We would be turning
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or your point of
demand of 45 cases. cash donations in people away without
interest here. So, even in May when November and food, which is totally
“Right now we food donations are December. The food unacceptable. Right
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are not even
or your point of highest and the food pantry would not now we’re not even
meeting
interest here. pantry’s shelves are survive without that meeting people’s food
packed, Loaves & money. “We would be needs.”
people’s food Fishes executive turning people away We need the
needs.” director Joanne without food, which is following items:
Mitrenga must take a totally unacceptable,  Personal care
few trips to Aldi and Joanne said. “Right now items, such as
Wal-Mart. we are not even shampoo,
Individual On an average, the food meeting people’s food toothpaste, and
Highlights: pantry spends $10,000 needs.” deodorant
a month in an attempt The pantry provides  Dishwashing
Inside Story 2 liquid
to meet the food needs each family with three
Inside Story 3 of area needy families. bags of groceries a  Laundry
When January and month, and those detergent, paper
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February roll around, groceries are valued at towels, and
Inside Story 5 tissues
food donations begin to roughly $200. This time
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Volunteers may register to work in the Pantry between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and Sundays from 12-2 p.m.
Groups are also welcome to help! Please call the Pantry to reserve a time.
The Minimum age to work in the Pantry without a parent present is 16. With a
parent present, the minimum age is 10. These limits are for the safety of all
volunteers. For all children under 18, a parent must sign a consent form.
Clean pantry warehouse Run errands
Help by cleaning the pantry
warehouse or sorting and Pick up groceries in local area Substitute for baggers or food
shelving the food. Assist with home deliveries distributors
Work in the office Sort and shelve food

2. Loaves & Fishes Page 2 of 2
Changes address dietary concerns
Loaves and Fishes free products will also packaging, the shift
strive to provide a be stocked. would also increase the
variety of foods in These foods are now number of servings, an
accordance with the available on a special added bonus.
USDA Food Pyramid so cart near the three self- Part of this broad-
clients can create serve carts that reaching improvement
balanced meals. Now, a currently contain is discontinuing the
new focus will be mainly ethnic and purchase of chili,
placed on meeting cultural foods. Mitrenga canned pasta, and high
“Our goal is to limit special dietary needs.
sodium to less than 500
said this would have to sodium soup.
Executive Director suffice for now. “Since Substitutions include
milligrams per serving”
Joanne Mitrenga said our parking shortage healthy pasta sauce,
the change is part of prevents us from doubling the canned
ongoing efforts to offering shopping tuna, providing extra
continuously improve opportunities, this is a cereal, and introducing
nutritional aspects of key first step to self-stable, low-fat milk.
our food program. “We meeting clients’ special Our goal is to limit
plan to address special dietary needs and sodium to less than 500
needs our clients have restrictions.” milligrams per serving,
indicated to us, she Reducing the amount of she added. The
said. Among the most sodium in foods in all program is being
popular recent clients’ bags is another implemented in two
concerns were sugar- goal. Since many of the steps to provide clients
“Lactose- and gluten-free
free and reduced healthier options also with a smooth
products will also be
sodium products. come in larger transition.
stocked.” Lactose- and gluten-
Healthier choices
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