United Food Bank Annual Report 2020-21 Press Copy

United Food Bank and Services of Plant City, Inc.
Annual Report 2020-2021
Providing a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out
To provide assistance for those in need, moving them from a state of hunger
Senior hunger
is something
this food bank
knows too well.
Seeing the
need and toll
are seeking to
alleviate—and
eventually to
eliminate—food insecurity among our
seniors in the nine communities that
we serve in East Hillsborough. One
be a projected 118 million individuals
than half again what it is today.
No matter how independent some
provide for their most basic needs. This
includes the inability to secure enough
food or the proper nutrition. Their
independence will be compromised.
and even family.
seniors were not receiving the meals
in provisions where United Food Bank
and Services could make a difference.
a smaller portion of the total senior
food costs rising along with demand.
Some seniors cannot afford the cost
sliding-fee arrangement.
The need for United Food Bank to
Green delivering to the community
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UFBPC is
proud to
announce
it has been
awarded a
Four Star
Rating
with Charity Navigator. This
and outperforms most charities

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United Food Bank
and Services of Plant City
“Our vision is to stamp out hunger in East
Hillsborough County and raise the standard of
PROGRAMS
Feeding Our Future: Provides food bags for
school and college students during out-of-
Feeding Our Legacy: Provides food and
Monthly Mobile Pantry Distribution: Takes
drive-thru basis
Holiday Meals:
Thanksgiving and Christmas
Outreach Services:
outreach to low-income areas
In-House Work Experience Internships:
Hillsborough Education Foundation with Bank
Source
Partnerships: Hillsborough Community
Volunteers:
employees
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seniors lives alone in this country.
there is very little left for food
United Food Bank clients report
model to deliver food in the community where the needs
family residential properties that United Food Bank now
Feeding Our
program will supply an assortment of health food to
creative menu planning with fresh produce and fruit options
in cooperation with our local farmers and new
gleaning partner.
Mary Heysek

Fundraising: From Plant City Stadium to Amalie Arena
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fundraiser of the year.
Originally known as Celebrity
inaugural theme last year
was Tailgate
perfectly with our very own
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the
Super Bowl. The casual evening
Chutes performing precision aerial parachute landings.
Evening
on Evers
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the needs of the hungry in Central Florida through the
Goals for Food
designated agencies were able to
Wish Farms’ Open House
present check to UFBPC
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Farms celebrated
the grand opening of
foot headquarters in
campus. This international
grower and marketer of
strawberries and other
relationship with the
and to the entire family
and company that they
remain headquartered
in Plant City. The grand
opening celebration
was complete with a
music festival known as
United
Food
Bank
Fle et
The
increased demand for services. Two of these vehicles

Gratitude for Our
Contracted Partners
(Individual Donors Recognized and Honored Separately)
Hillsborough County
Capital Support
Bristol Myers Squibb
Star Distribution
TECO
participate in local hunger relief efforts
ith an increase
in service
delivery over this last
a pivot in United
model to incorporate
Healthy Cooking Classes
volunteer turned
employee with United
ing
the new culinary cart
is instructing food bank
Bank with a matching grant to purchase a portable

UFBPC ANNUAL EXPENSES FOR FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021
DONATIONS OF INBOUND FOOD IN POUNDS
BY PERCENT
Hunger Programs Fundraising General/Administration
Grocery Stores, Distributors, Other Food Donations
Cash Food Purchases
Feeding America (via Feeding Tampa Bay)
US Census ACS 5-Year Survey 2015-2019)
Plant City
Hillsborough County
Per Capita Income $25,898 Per Capita Income $32,343
Feeding Our Future
recipient
Services Provided
5,899
Seffner 5,899
2,881
288
FY 2019-20
FY 2020-21
Volunteers in action

Feeding Our Future
Feeding Our Future program to provide food security
outcomes. The program works with nine local
schools and one community
college in East Hillsborough
County. Supplemental food is shared in weekly bags
Pet Hunger Program
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a Pet Hunger Program for the
too many pet owners seeking to
meet their own food insecurity
while also requesting assistance
are inundated with abandoned
and her pet
animals during the pandemic
from households no longer able to care for (or simply
so more consistently by supplying emergency pet care
Colonel
Thomas St.
ents
check
to Gayle
Thank you to Sheriff Chad Chronister and the Hillsborough County
11th Annual Empty Bowls & 3rd Annual Run for Hunger
The Empty Bowls
to make a positive difference in his community. UFBPC added this fundraiser
community always looks forward to this annual opportunity to raise awareness about
the cause of hunger. Tickets to the event include choice
of a handcrafted ceramic bowl made by students in
The Fork
run for hunger that precedes Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls
Hillsborough County school
students paint bowls for the
Empty Bowls fundraising
event.

Commendation from
Our Commissioners
Gleaning Partnership
Pandemic Response
Hillsborough County
Board of County
Commissioners
pandemic response
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came a new resource for United Food Bank through
This federal program helps supplement the diets
supplying them with emergency food assistance at
each state receives is based on unemployment and
Terrance Green with
gleaned vegetables
United Food Bank forged a new
The food bank has participated in two gleaning
fruits and vegetables after the growers have
giving to those most in need. UFBPC will coordinate
volunteer groups to glean on its behalf locally.
Born to migrant farm workers from
Mexico, Magali Garcia and her family
are recipients of UFBPC services. Magali
has now been employed with us for
almost two years. Graduating with an
Associate’s degree in the spring of 2021,
she began nursing school in the fall. She
is a valuable addition to UFBPC, being
extremely hardworking, reliable, and
always positive.
to lead a health
literacy class
Gayle Tindle of UFBPC formalized a
diaper program in 2020. Diapers
and other baby items come from
community members, Publix, RMS,
and the Children’s Home. An average
of 88 diaper packs a month have been
given out so far in 2021. An adequate
number of diapers and
changes prevents rashes
and infections, and also
prevents parents from
having to miss work if they
lack the required amount
of diapers for childcare.

www.ufbpc.org
Upcoming Food Bank Events
Saturday, 11.13.21
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• Empty Bowls
Saturday, 2.5.22
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United Food Bank and Services of Plant City, Inc.
Providing a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out
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UFBPC Board
Chair’s Report
Board of Directors
Earl Biggs
Bruce Rodwell
Bruce Sperry
Beth Tancredo
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too great to face on their own.
being fed nutritious meals unless they were in
food bank as part of the Feeding Our Future
Program—each week of the summer—to the
doorsteps of vulnerable children and families in
our community.
City Chamber of Commerce (four terms ending in
Bealsville Eagles Youth Football and Cheerleading
for Bealsville and a creator of the local database
up Brandon as part of our service area in the last
completed by a local architect to point us toward
would like to see a green building design to add
and help those in need.
William Thomas, Sr.