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<strong>Sustenance</strong><br />

2012 Newsletter<br />

Mother Earth Farm, a program of<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />

Providing a reliable food<br />

supply so that no person in<br />

Pierce County goes hungry.


Executive Director’s Report<br />

One meal can make a difference in someone’s<br />

life, and each and every one of us has the<br />

power to provide it.<br />

January 1 to March 31st we saw 336,583<br />

client visits to our partner food banks and<br />

meal sites and the number of people being<br />

served continues to increase. The mix of<br />

people needing assistance has changed. In<br />

years past, families would go to the food<br />

bank once a month or every other week to<br />

supplement their income. More and more of those same families need to<br />

go once or twice a week. Individuals are making choices between paying<br />

the rent or mortgage, buying necessary medicine or having enough food<br />

to feed their family. We have seen an increase in the number of seniors and<br />

families with young children needing assistance.<br />

In 2010, EFN began purchasing truckloads of food to keep pace with the<br />

increasing need. This strategy allows us better pricing and the ability to<br />

select nutritious food. Thanks to the generous donations of our many<br />

supporters, our partner programs can count on a reliable, predictable<br />

supply of staple items.<br />

To budget effi ciently, we are asking our donors to consider becoming<br />

monthly supporters. We recognize, for example, that it can be very<br />

diffi cult to write a $600 check, but committing to $50 per month is more<br />

manageable. Many lives would be touched by meals from EFN because of<br />

your monthly generosity.<br />

You can provide meals for people in other ways:<br />

• Many of you receive our email updates and contact your legislators to<br />

stress the importance of maintaining the state food assistance programs<br />

How you can help<br />

Organize a food and donation drive at your workplace, school, place of worship, or<br />

civic goup. Donation drives are more effective than food drives because EFN can turn<br />

$1 into $12 worth of food!<br />

Donate money directly to EFN by mail or through our secure PayPal site that you can<br />

fi nd at www.efoodnet.org.<br />

Designate <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Network</strong> through your workplace payroll deduction plan.<br />

in the budget. The Farmers Market Nutrition Program for WIC and<br />

seniors, School Meals, and the <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Assistance Program<br />

were all preserved. You made a difference in someone’s life.<br />

• More and more of us are growing gardens than ever before. Did you<br />

know that all of your extra produce can be taken to your local food<br />

bank? I visited a neighborhood garden the other day in the north<br />

end of Tacoma and saw that two of the raised beds had “<strong>Food</strong> Bank”<br />

signs on them. All of the produce grown and lovingly tended by all<br />

the neighbors goes to the food bank closest to the garden. Farmer’s<br />

market-style fresh produce; it doesn’t get any better than that! Seeds<br />

will be available in all branches of Pierce County Libraries in May. You<br />

can make a difference in someone’s life, one tomato or zucchini at a<br />

time.<br />

• If you have a fruit tree or trees in your yard, please register them with<br />

the Pierce County Gleaning Project (Page 5). You can also become<br />

your neighborhood’s coordinator and promote the program to your<br />

friends. In 2011, approximately 50,000 pounds of fruit and produce<br />

that would have been wasted was gleaned and distributed. That made<br />

a difference in someone’s life.<br />

• There are volunteer opportunities at our warehouse and at our farm.<br />

One person or a group of most any size is welcome to come and assist.<br />

Without the many wonderful volunteers giving of their time we could<br />

not operate. Please consider this hands on way to make a difference in<br />

someone’s life.<br />

Thank you for the power we have as a group to make a difference in<br />

hundreds of thousands of lives each year by supporting EFN and the more<br />

than 15.5 million meals that we provide annually.<br />

-Helen McGovern, Executive Director<br />

Volunteer at one of EFN’s projects such as Mother Earth Farm or our Repack Project.<br />

Contact (253) 584-1040 or volunteer@efoodnet.org for more information.<br />

Plant an Extra Row (or more) of fruits and vegetables in your personal garden and<br />

donate your harvest to a local food bank.<br />

Register your fruit tree online for gleaning by volunteers.<br />

www.piercecountygleaningproject.org<br />

Make a planned gift through your will. Conact jeff@efoodnet.org.


Get to know one of<br />

the 67 meal programs<br />

in EFN’s network!<br />

From an interview with Stew Bowen of Bonney Lake <strong>Food</strong> Bank:<br />

EFN: What is the name of your food bank?<br />

SB: Bread of Life Bonney Lake <strong>Food</strong> Bank.<br />

EFN: What community do you serve?<br />

SB: We serve east Pierce County (anyone who comes to us).<br />

EFN: How long have you been in operation?<br />

SB: 18 years.<br />

EFN: Tell us a little bit about your program. (Who you serve,<br />

what it’s like, why you do it)<br />

SB: We serve lunch at 5 sites and supper at 1 site, we serve<br />

sack meal style and we are looking at another site to better<br />

serve the kids over the summer. Hunger does not stop<br />

because the last school bell rings.<br />

EFN: What does EFN mean to your food program and the<br />

community?<br />

SB: EFN is vital to our success providing guidance, support,<br />

food, and encouragement. Without the support of EFN and<br />

other partners we could not serve the community in need<br />

with the variety or volume of items we are able to serve.<br />

In Pierce County, 15.1% of our population is<br />

food insecure and 20% of children do not get<br />

enough food to eat. In the United States 30%<br />

of all food, worth $48.3 billion, is thrown away<br />

each year. The Pierce County Gleaning Project<br />

exists precisely because of these two statistics.<br />

We work to connect the dots between hunger<br />

and waste.<br />

We have all seen the results of food waste in<br />

our local communities- a neighborhood fruit<br />

tree ripens beautifully, only to have all of the<br />

fruit fall and rot on the ground, uneaten. Meanwhile, many of our neighbors<br />

don’t have enough to eat. Diet related diseases in low-income populations<br />

are now on the rise due to reduced access to healthy foods like fresh produce.<br />

It doesn’t have to be this way!<br />

Last year, the Pierce County Gleaning Project harvested over 29,700 pounds<br />

of fresh produce from neighborhood fruit trees, farmers markets, and local<br />

farms. This year, we expect to increase this<br />

number, and we need your help to do so.<br />

What can you do?<br />

The Pierce County Gleaning Project, a<br />

collaboration between <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong><br />

<strong>Network</strong> and Harvest Against Hunger,<br />

depends on volunteers to run these three<br />

main programs:<br />

Neighborhood Fruit Tree Harvest: We<br />

can help you pick your excess tree fruit<br />

and donate it to a local food bank. If you<br />

have a fruit tree, register it online at www.<br />

piercecountygleaningproject.org or call<br />

(253) 383-5048. You can also volunteer to<br />

harvest trees in your neighborhood!<br />

On-Farm Gleans: Gleaning, the ancient<br />

practice of harvesting excess food for those<br />

in need, is an important way for food banks<br />

to get produce. Every Friday morning beginning in June we host farm harvest<br />

parties starting at Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup. Email emily@efoodnet.org<br />

if you are interested in this opportunity.<br />

Plant an Extra Row: When planning your garden this year, consider planting<br />

an extra row or crop for your local food bank. Every squash counts! Visit www.<br />

efoodnet.org for a list of food sites to donate your produce.


EFN Staff Profile<br />

EFN is excited to welcome new staff<br />

member Elizabeth Chipps-Freeman.<br />

Elizabeth is our Associate Development<br />

Director, a new position created to<br />

bolster the organization’s efforts to<br />

gain more support throughout the<br />

community.<br />

Elizabeth comes to EFN on the heels<br />

of her return from managing an<br />

orphanage in Kenya for three and a half<br />

years. The Dunga Orphanage Project is<br />

a nonprofi t organization dedicated to<br />

providing for the basic human needs<br />

of roughly 40 orphan children within a<br />

small AIDS ravaged village in Kenya.<br />

Most of these children lost both of their<br />

parents to the virus. Elizabeth managed<br />

the fi nances of the orphanage and coordinated communication between sponsors<br />

and kids. In addition, she created many of the policies, set up a board, worked with<br />

the Children’s Department, and worked with teachers.<br />

Her passion for serving in Africa started when she was young, after seeing a video in<br />

school about children in Ethiopia. “It just stuck with me,” she says. Knowing this, her<br />

mother invited her to hear a Kiwanis Club speaker who ran a nursery school in Kenya.<br />

Elizabeth met with the speaker and agreed to volunteer to fulfi ll her childhood dream.<br />

After six months in Kenya, Elizabeth knew she wanted to stay longer and applied for<br />

a permanent position with the Dunga Orphanage Project.<br />

Abundance<br />

Auction OCTOBER 27, 2012<br />

Abundance will feature a delicious dinner, exciting live and silent auctions,<br />

and a meaningful opportunity to give back to our community. Proceeds<br />

from this special night will provide food and essentials for low-income<br />

children, adults and seniors in Pierce County.<br />

$75 PER PERSON, $750 TABLE OF 10<br />

$1,000 FOR A PATRON TABLE<br />

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE<br />

SHARON MCGAVICK CENTER<br />

CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE<br />

LAKEWOOD, WA 5:30PM - 10PM<br />

RSVP TODAY!<br />

Call 253-584-1040 or email<br />

abundance@efoodnet.org<br />

Experiencing another culture and helping kids at the orphanage is something that<br />

Elizabeth values tremendously, along with the opportunity to see elephants, her<br />

favorite animal. Still, she was happy to return to Washington to enjoy familiar foods<br />

and to shower under hot running water.<br />

Why EFN? “It’s an organization that I believe is important and everyone working<br />

here seems very dedicated to the mission of the organization.” That is why after<br />

taking a month off after returning home, Elizabeth decided to interview and accept<br />

the position. It was easy for her to see the benefi ts of fi ghting hunger in Pierce<br />

County, and she found ties to the work she did in Kenya. “The guardians of the<br />

children, if they had them, couldn’t always provide basic essentials like food for the<br />

orphans,” she says, “so part of my job was making sure basic needs were always<br />

being met.”<br />

Prior to Kenya, Elizabeth worked at the Seattle Children’s Home for two years as a<br />

Primary-2 Residential Counselor, working with children who were not yet ready for<br />

the foster care system. Many were teenager dealing with trauma, so the nurturing<br />

she provided would help get her clients to a place where they could succeed in<br />

foster care. Elizabeth grew up in Puyallup, attended Puyallup High School, and<br />

majored in Social Work at Seattle University.<br />

“Development” at a nonprofi t of EFN’s size and scope encompasses a range<br />

of activities, including fi nding and securing major gifts from caring individuals,<br />

sustaining annual giving, writing grants, coordinating events, working with<br />

volunteers, connecting with corporations and local businesses, creating newsletters<br />

and other publications, maintaining a donor database, managing social media, and<br />

community relations. Development Director Jeff Klein has worked with Helen and<br />

various support staff to expand the budget in order to meet the increased need in<br />

our community, but a healthy, thriving organization needs a solid balance of multiple<br />

funding sources. Elizabeth will write grants and help on the public relations side,<br />

allowing for more of a focus on individual giving as a greater source of revenue. Our<br />

goal? More money for more food to alleviate hunger in Pierce County!<br />

Saturday, November 17, 2012<br />

1:00pm - 4:00pm<br />

Charles Wright Academy<br />

7723 Chambers Creek Rd W, Tacoma WA 98467<br />

Bowl Sales benifi t EFN<br />

Free soup from area restaurants


Corporate/Civic Partner Program<br />

Corporate/Civic partners are<br />

companies and organizations<br />

with a special tie to EFN. We will<br />

feature our corporate partners<br />

prominently whenever possible<br />

on our website, in newsletters, on<br />

Facebook, and anywhere else we<br />

can promote our partnership.<br />

Bank of America<br />

Boeing<br />

Business Examiner<br />

Chuckals<br />

DaVita<br />

Franciscan Health System<br />

Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell<br />

KeyBank<br />

LaborWorks<br />

Lakewood Police Department<br />

LeMay Pierce County Refuse<br />

Corporate/Civic Partners actively<br />

demonstrate a commitment to<br />

civic engagement and workplace<br />

giving.<br />

Corporate/Civic Partners engage in our efforts to fi ght hunger in at least<br />

three of the following ways:<br />

• Contribute $1,000 or more<br />

• Host a donation or food drive<br />

• Place a link to EFN on your<br />

website<br />

• Have an employee involved on<br />

EFN’s board or a committee<br />

• Purchase a table at EFN’s<br />

auction for $1,000<br />

• Bring a group to volunteer at<br />

EFN’s warehouse or farm<br />

Current EFN Corporate/Civic Partners:<br />

MultiCare Health System<br />

Murray Pacifi c Corporation<br />

Pacifi c Lutheran University<br />

Roman Meal Company<br />

Rotary Club District 5020<br />

Schnitzer<br />

Stadium Thriftway<br />

Tacoma-Pierce County Association<br />

of Realtors<br />

Tucci & Sons<br />

Thirty years of<br />

3<br />

30th Anniversary Recognition<br />

Breakfast Honorees<br />

Silver Spoon Awards<br />

United Natural <strong>Food</strong>s, Inc<br />

Rotary Club of Tacoma #8<br />

Key Peninsula Lutheran Church<br />

Marsh Allen<br />

The Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation<br />

American Fast Freight<br />

Totem Ocean Trailer Express<br />

Schnitzer<br />

Retiring Board Members<br />

Michael Hansch<br />

John Long<br />

Walter Waisath, Jr.<br />

David P. Ottey Lifetime Achievement Award<br />

Carrie Little, Little Eorthe Farm<br />

Past Farm Manager of Mother Earth Farm<br />

<strong>Food</strong> collected during<br />

a food drive hosted by<br />

American Fast Freight,<br />

one of EFN’s Silver<br />

Spoon Award recipients.


VOLUNTEER<br />

VOLUNTEER!<br />

Volunteers are a signifi cant part of <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Network</strong>’s success.<br />

Whether it’s weekly, monthly or every so often, your willingness to<br />

help those in need is invaluable.<br />

Distribution Warehouse:<br />

Groups of volunteers help out in our warehouse Monday through Saturday<br />

with a variety of tasks. <strong>Food</strong> sorting, order building, truck loading and<br />

unloading, and repacking are just a few of the important jobs that keep EFN<br />

running.<br />

Mother Earth Farm<br />

Volunteers prepare the land for cultivation, plant seeds, weed the fi elds, and<br />

harvest food throughout the growing season. Once food is harvested it is<br />

immediately available for Pierce County feeding programs, often arriving<br />

within hours of harvesting.<br />

Other Volunteer Opportunities<br />

• Administrative Needs: Mailings, data-entry, fi ling, typing, etc.<br />

• Special Events: EFN has several events throughout the year.<br />

• Community Outreach: Help educate the community about EFN.<br />

• <strong>Food</strong> Drives: Download EFN’s <strong>Food</strong> Drive Kit at efoodnet.org<br />

• <strong>Food</strong> Banks: EFN serves 67 sites that always need a helping hand.<br />

For more information about volunteer opportunities<br />

contact Stephanie Genton at 253-584-1040 or stephanie@efoodnet.org<br />

A Word from an<br />

EFN Volunteer<br />

-Erika Tucci, TPU<br />

Each October, Tacoma Public Utilities’<br />

Community Connection Leadership<br />

Team evaluates our programming<br />

and makes recommendations for the<br />

coming year. As part of that evaluation,<br />

we take a look at the most pressing needs in the community based on current call<br />

volume to 2-1-1. Utility assistance and food are consistently among the top needs in<br />

our community, so, it just made sense for us to direct employee volunteer resources<br />

toward hunger issues. We see it as another direct way we can help our customers.<br />

We also noticed that many of our employee volunteers did not have large amounts of<br />

time to commit to volunteering. It better suited them to have several smaller volunteer<br />

opportunities throughout the year rather than just a few with a larger time commitment.<br />

EFN Repacks offer our employees a chance to get to know each other as they work.<br />

I’ve been in on some really funny conversations over a table full of frozen corn! We’ve<br />

noticed that volunteers love this opportunity. Each time we have a Repack on the<br />

calendar, we don’t even have to advertise it. People just ask when the next event will<br />

be and we keep a running list.<br />

It also helps that our volunteers<br />

tend to be motivated and<br />

competitive. There have also<br />

been Repacks where the<br />

volunteers were so focused on<br />

working fast that the chatter<br />

was at a minimum. Volunteers<br />

have found their expertise,<br />

whether it’s bagging, taping<br />

or moving large boxes around.<br />

Our volunteers take their work<br />

seriously – no matter what it is,<br />

and they are very proud of the<br />

results! Each Monday after a Repack, someone will call, email, or stop by my desk<br />

to tell me how many pounds of what food they packed on Saturday. It has given<br />

our employees something fun to talk about around campus and there is an ongoing<br />

debate about the best type of food to repack. Naturally, it’s usually the heavy stuff!<br />

Repacking food is a very tangible activity for our volunteers. They can see their results<br />

immediately. It has also been nice for our volunteers to see the full circle of food<br />

assistance in Pierce County. Our employees also volunteer with My Sister’s Pantry and<br />

FISH <strong>Food</strong> Banks. They see repacked food from EFN come through their hands as they<br />

work at these other agencies and the whole circle just clicks. We also had volunteers<br />

working at Mother Earth Farm last fall. So really, our employees have touched all<br />

aspects of the food circle in our community.<br />

I like to think that this experience has made our employees more thoughtful members<br />

of this community. They now understand why it is important to donate items like<br />

peanut butter and tuna to food drives rather than whatever they may have on their<br />

shelf at home. They also seem more attentive to the needs of our community. Once a<br />

person has an understanding of the challenges related to the most basic needs, it is<br />

easier to understand how the entire puzzle fi ts together.


Saturday, May 12 marks the date of this year’s National<br />

Association of Letter Carriers <strong>Food</strong> Drive. This event<br />

brings in over 300,000 pounds of food to help feed<br />

the hungry children, seniors and adults that visit food<br />

banks, shelters and meal sites 110,000 times each<br />

month. All of the food donated by the community is<br />

picked up by letter carriers and is collected, weighed,<br />

sorted, and distributed by EFN to local emergency<br />

food programs throughout Pierce County.<br />

What you can do...<br />

1. Fill a bag with food.<br />

2. Place it by your mailbox on May 12<br />

3. Job well done! Your Postal Carrier will deliver<br />

the food to <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Network</strong>.<br />

Sunday, October 7, 2012<br />

For more information visit:<br />

www.associatedministries.org<br />

More Than Words...<br />

Once upon a time (last year),<br />

in the land of books and<br />

publishing, Harlequin asked<br />

readers, authors and fans to<br />

help choose the recipients for<br />

the 2012 Harlequin More Than<br />

Words award—a national<br />

contest that recognizes and<br />

rewards women making<br />

extraordinary contributions to<br />

their community. After more<br />

than 111,000 online votes and<br />

7,800 Facebook shares, the<br />

2012 recipients of the eighth<br />

annual Harlequin More Than<br />

Words award were chosen –<br />

one being EFN’s own Helen McGovern! Each of the three honorees<br />

received $15,000 for her charity. The story continues as the three<br />

award winners are paired up with three of Harlequin’s authors to<br />

write short stories inspired by the life and work of the recipients. The<br />

short stories will be available in 2013 in ebook format to download<br />

at no cost (but alas, Fabio will not be on the cover with Helen).


Next Generation Growth<br />

at Mother Earth Farm<br />

Maybe it’s true that the apple doesn’t fall<br />

far from the tree. This is certainly the case<br />

at Mother Earth Farm, where in January,<br />

Canyon Little succeeded Carrie Little as<br />

Farm Manager.<br />

We are happy to welcome Canyon in his<br />

new role, and even happier that Carrie<br />

will stay involved with farm activities,<br />

including caring for the 8 bee hives that<br />

keep our produce bountiful.<br />

Canyon spent the past two years learning the “ins and outs” of EFN’s lush,<br />

eight-acre organic farm, which provides 150,000 pounds of produce annually to<br />

roughly 27 food banks. These programs receive the food on the same day that<br />

it is harvested, so hungry families and individuals in Pierce County often receive<br />

better fruits and vegetables than the average person could purchase in the store.<br />

Growing up, Canyon’s mom always had gardens, she was always opposed to<br />

genetically modifi ed produce, and she taught Canyon from a young age the<br />

importance of eating healthy and organically farmed food. The Littles settled<br />

in Puyallup and Tacoma when Canyon was 9 years old. He attended Western<br />

Washington University where he received a BA in Business with a concentration<br />

in Marketing. After managing some retail stores, he went to UW-Tacoma for a<br />

post-bach in environmental studies. When he fi nished school in 2009, he spent<br />

time helping at Mother Earth Farm, where he had volunteered since 2001. Carrie<br />

needed a farm assistant, and after a search, Helen McGovern, submitted Canyon’s<br />

name to the Board.<br />

He learned about things like soil structure, crop rotation, cover crops, drip tape<br />

irrigation, harvesting seeds, seed germination, pruning fruit trees (thinning cuts<br />

and leading cuts), bees, cross pollination, and more, all of which prepared him to<br />

take over the farm when Carrie retired to work more on her family farm. Canyon<br />

wakes early each morning to grab the 6:15 bus from Mercer Island to King Street<br />

Station. The 6:50 Sounder Train gets him to Sumner, where he then bikes 25-35<br />

minutes to the farm at 8am. At 4pm, he hops on his bike to return home.<br />

Canyon says he is very optimistic about his new role at Mother Earth Farm<br />

“because it has so much potential to have an impact on the lives of people in<br />

need.” His goals are to increase production from 150,000 pounds of vegetables,<br />

fruits, and honey to 200,000 pounds annually. To do this, the farm will harvest on<br />

more days, use more volunteers, and work more closely with the Pierce County<br />

Gleaning Project coordinator. As always, Mother Earth Farm will rely heavily on<br />

a core of 8-10 women from the Washington Corrections Center for Women. For<br />

years, this group has provided the core hours and skills needed to keep farm<br />

operations going, receiving college credit for their efforts.<br />

At EFN’s 30th Anniversary Breakfast on May 2, our community recognized Carrie<br />

with the David P. Ottey Lifetime Achievement Award for her work at Mother Earth<br />

Farm. She and David were a part of the farm from its roots.<br />

Distribution Centers<br />

don’t have farms.<br />

That was the way it<br />

had always been until a<br />

meeting took place over<br />

breakfast at a restaurant in<br />

Bonney Lake in March of<br />

1999. That meeting was<br />

between Doreen Johnson<br />

- the grandmother of an<br />

EFN volunteer who owned<br />

eight acres of farmland<br />

located between Sumner<br />

and Orting, and past EFN<br />

Director, David Ottey.<br />

The land in question was part of twenty acres that had been “in the family” for<br />

more than 50 years, providing the owner’s family with vegetables during the time<br />

Doreen grew up and also serving as a source of income from vegetables sold at<br />

the Tacoma Market where her father dropped them off each morning on his way<br />

to work at The News Tribune. After Doreen’s parents died, the land was split into<br />

eight acres owned by Doreen, ten acres owned by her brother, and two acres that<br />

were sold. For more than a decade, Doreen leased her acreage to a valley grower,<br />

but decided that she wanted the land to do “something special” and offered to<br />

lease it at minimal cost to provide food for those in need. Although a radical idea<br />

in the larger emergency food community, EFN was well aware of the “seed to the<br />

table” approach of providing low-income folks with food. A deal was cut allowing<br />

for the project to be attempted, once two years of funding specifi c<br />

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to the project, was in hand. The funds were provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates,<br />

Ben B. Cheney, Fuchs Foundations and Grantmaker Consultants, Inc. In 2000 the<br />

project began.<br />

Enter Carrie Little<br />

In 1993, Carrie became a volunteer at the newly formed Guadalupe Gardens<br />

urban community garden project. It was the goal of this group to provide fresh<br />

vegetables, free of charge, to homeless and low-income people in Tacoma by<br />

turning empty space in the economically depressed areas of that city into organic<br />

gardens. By the end of that fi rst season, Carrie had become “the farmer in charge”<br />

and by 1996, the project had grown from one lot to nine lots providing signifi cant<br />

produce not only to low-income individuals but also to the community’s largest<br />

food bank, St. Leo’s <strong>Food</strong> Connection, and largest hot meal site, The Hospitality<br />

Kitchen.<br />

EFN immediately sought<br />

out Carrie Little and<br />

offered her the daunting<br />

task of turning the high<br />

production, pesticideriddled<br />

acreage into an<br />

organic farm. Carrie,<br />

having conquered the<br />

task of developing<br />

scattered urban organic<br />

gardens, accepted the<br />

offer of rebuilding soil<br />

and producing food that<br />

would go directly into the<br />

community’s emergency<br />

food system.<br />

While not certifi ed,<br />

Mother Earth Farm uses<br />

no non-organic materials of any kind in the production of fruits and vegetables.<br />

Since full acreage use began in 2004 (after four years of rebuilding the soil), the<br />

farm has produced more than 1,000,000 pounds. All of this food has gone into<br />

food banks and hot meal sites in Pierce County.<br />

It’s not just about the food. It’s also about building community and giving<br />

people hope.<br />

It was Carrie’s idea to provide customers of local food banks with an annual<br />

survey to suggest crops to plant. Based on the results of the surveys and growing<br />

capabilities in the northwest, Carrie planned crops for the upcoming year.<br />

It was Carrie’s efforts that developed a model program for the Washington State<br />

Department of Corrections, bringing crews of female inmates from the Purdy<br />

Correctional Center for Women to plant, weed, and harvest crops on a regular<br />

basis. The success of this program led to the development of a curriculum<br />

providing successful crew members with a certifi cate in organic farming from a<br />

local post-secondary school. It was also Carrie who was responsible for creating<br />

a fl ower garden at Mother Earth<br />

Farm that was tended by a Girl<br />

Scout Troop imade up of girls with<br />

mothers incarcerated at Purdy.<br />

While the mothers and daughters<br />

were not allowed to be at the farm<br />

at the same time, each could watch<br />

in the development of the labors of<br />

the other. The Girl Scouts delivered<br />

all of the fl owers to seniors in<br />

housing centers.<br />

Carrie also worked to link local<br />

school district classes with<br />

volunteerism at the farm and to<br />

tie that work into the curriculum of<br />

those classes. One middle school<br />

student, when interviewed while<br />

weeding at Mother Earth Farm,<br />

was asked by The News Tribune<br />

columnist, Kathleen Merryman, how<br />

he felt about working on the farm.<br />

He responded by saying: “ I do<br />

things for my family when they tell<br />

me to, but this is different. It makes<br />

me feel good to do something<br />

for somebody I don’t even know.<br />

It makes me feel like I am not just<br />

taking up space.”<br />

After so many years of hard work to foster a program with such a tremendous<br />

impact, it is time for the next generation to carry on Mother Earth Farm. We wish<br />

both Carrie and Canyon success.


2011 FOOD DRIVES<br />

The following businesses and individuals held food drives for EFN in 2011, helping<br />

to accommodate the 110,000 monthly visits to feeding programs in Pierce County<br />

each month. We appologize for any names we may have missed. Thank you for<br />

your commitment to helping EFN ensure that no person goes hungry.<br />

100,000 pounds<br />

and above<br />

Fort Lewis Commisary<br />

National Association of Letter Carriers<br />

10,000-99,999<br />

pounds<br />

American Fast Freight<br />

Fallen Offi cers <strong>Food</strong> Drive - Lakewood Police Department<br />

McChord AFB Commisary<br />

Host a <strong>Food</strong>/Fund<br />

Drive for EFN!<br />

1,000-9,999<br />

pounds<br />

A Storage Center<br />

Boeing Company<br />

Dollar Tree<br />

Franciscian Health System<br />

Graham Kapowsin High School-ROTC<br />

Joint Base Public Works Deptartment<br />

Point Defi ance Zoo & Aquarium<br />

Tacoma General Hospital<br />

The News Tribune<br />

TCCF<br />

Totem Ocean Trailer Express<br />

999 pounds<br />

or less<br />

Albertson’s - Steilacoom<br />

Aldebaran Center<br />

Alder Court<br />

AmericanWest Bank<br />

APA - The Engineered Wood Association<br />

Aspen Park<br />

Bolero Lanes Poker Room<br />

Brass Monkey<br />

Cedar Court<br />

Chuckals Offi ce Supplies<br />

Davita Inc.<br />

Dockyard Derby Dames<br />

Dupont Library<br />

Eatonville Library<br />

Fidelity National Title<br />

Figures<br />

Fire Station 5 Tacoma<br />

Freddie’s Club Fife<br />

Gig Harbor Library<br />

Graham Library<br />

Graymont Western US<br />

Harrison Prep<br />

Interstate Distributor Co.<br />

Kappa Alpha Theta - Delta Iota Chapter<br />

Key Center Library<br />

Lakewood Career Academy<br />

Lakewood City Hall<br />

Lakewood Library<br />

Les Schwab Tire<br />

Metro Parks Tacoma - Center at Norpoint<br />

Milton/Edgewood Library<br />

Mindy Oniel<br />

Mulitcare Social Work & Care Management<br />

NALS of Pierce County<br />

Olympia Occupational Center<br />

Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitation<br />

Order of Eastern Star, Chapter #35<br />

Park Place Apartments<br />

Parkland Library<br />

Parks & Recreation<br />

Pierce County Library Administration<br />

Progress Rail Services<br />

Round Table Pizza<br />

Rusty’s Auto & Truck Repair<br />

Safeway - Milton<br />

Schnitzer<br />

Slavonian American Benevolent Society<br />

South Hill Library<br />

Spencer Air Craft & Safety In Motion Flight Center<br />

Spring Tree Apt<br />

Steilacoom Library<br />

Sumner Library<br />

Tacoma Library<br />

Tacoma Musical Playhouse<br />

UFCW Local 367<br />

University of Puget Sound<br />

University of Wahington Tacoma Education Program<br />

University Place Library<br />

US Offi ce of Personnel Management<br />

Walsh Trucking<br />

West Pierce Fire & Recue<br />

YMCA<br />

Looking for a meaningful way to take action and a great opportunity<br />

to get involved? <strong>Food</strong> drives and fund drives raise awareness of<br />

hunger in the community, collect food for people in need, and play<br />

an essential role in the fi ght against hunger. Whether it’s your child’s<br />

school, your family’s church, your place of employment, your local Girl<br />

Scout Troop, or any other caring group, every item and dollar you<br />

donate to food drives makes a difference to a hungry person.<br />

Let EFN help coordinate your efforts with posters, bins, and delivery<br />

and pick-up of items. Visit our website at www.efoodnet.org to<br />

download our <strong>Food</strong> and Fund Drive Coordinators Kit.<br />

E -mail joanna@efoodnet.org or call (253) 584-1040 with any questions<br />

you may have about your upcoming food drive.


2011 DONORS<br />

The following individuals and businesses are active participants in the system of<br />

generosity required to help those less fortunate in our community. We appologize<br />

for any names we may have missed. Thank you for your commitment to helping<br />

EFN ensure that no person goes hungry.<br />

Donations<br />

$50,000<br />

and above<br />

City of Tacoma<br />

Gary E. Milgard Family<br />

Foundation<br />

Gottfried and Mary Fuchs<br />

Foundation<br />

M.J. Murdock Charitable<br />

Trust<br />

Pierce County<br />

Puyallup Tribe of Indians<br />

State of Washington<br />

Tucci & Sons<br />

Washington Women’s<br />

Foundation<br />

Donations<br />

$10,000-$49,999<br />

Darrell & Anne Jesse<br />

Ottie & Clara Kinner Ladd<br />

City of Lakewood<br />

Federal <strong>Emergency</strong><br />

Management Agency<br />

Florence Kilworth Foundation<br />

George & Dorothy Babare<br />

Family Foundation<br />

Franciscan Health System<br />

Green Partnership Fund<br />

Boeing Company<br />

J. R. Albert Foundation, Inc.<br />

L. T. Murray Family<br />

Foundation<br />

Lucky Seven Foundation<br />

Medina Foundation<br />

Murray Pacifi c Corporation<br />

Safeco Insurance Foundation<br />

Tacoma Pierce County<br />

Association of Realtors<br />

The Hendrix Foundation<br />

The Norcliffe Foundation<br />

Transportation Club of<br />

Tacoma<br />

Ueland Foundation<br />

Walmart Foundation<br />

Weyerhaeuser Company<br />

Donations<br />

$5,000-$9,999<br />

Bart & Berta Brynestad<br />

Jack & Angela Connelly<br />

Henry Schatz<br />

Cynthia Thompson<br />

Bank of America<br />

Ben B. Cheney Foundation<br />

Catherine Holmes Wilkins<br />

Foundation<br />

DeFalco Family Foundation<br />

Lakewood Chamber of<br />

Commerce<br />

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe<br />

Nelson Family Foundation<br />

Rotary Club of Tacoma # 8<br />

Safeco Insurance<br />

Schnitzer<br />

Simpson<br />

SL Gimbel Foundation<br />

The Bamford Foundation<br />

The Titus Will Families<br />

Foundation<br />

William Kilworth Foundation<br />

Donations<br />

$2,500-$4,999<br />

Marsh & Helen Allen<br />

Timothy & Lauren Atwill<br />

Bruce & Lauren Dammeier<br />

Andie Gernon<br />

Bonnie Kern<br />

Bradley & Rebecca Maxa<br />

L. T. Murray<br />

Todd & Teresa Silver<br />

Joel Snodgrass<br />

John Van Buskirk<br />

& Kitty-Ann van Doorninck<br />

David & Mary Young<br />

Bruce W. Gilpin Memorial<br />

Foundation<br />

Cooper Levy Trust/Union Bank<br />

Dimmer Family Foundation<br />

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation<br />

KeyBank Foundation<br />

Mary Redman Foundation<br />

MultiCare Health System<br />

Pierce County Lawyer’s Helping<br />

Hungry Children<br />

Rotary Club of Lakewood<br />

St. John Bosco Church<br />

Stadium Thriftway<br />

State of Washington<br />

SuperValu<br />

TD Ameritrade Clearing<br />

The Baker Foundation<br />

United Natural <strong>Food</strong>s, Inc.<br />

Washington State Employees<br />

Credit Union<br />

Wells Fargo Foundation<br />

Windermere Foundation<br />

In 2011, EFN distributed<br />

13.1 million pounds of food<br />

valued at $16.1 million to 67<br />

food banks in Pierce County.


Donations<br />

$1,000-$2,499<br />

Janet Ash<br />

Julian & Stephanie Ayer<br />

Paula & Donald Ballantyne<br />

David & Janet BeMiller<br />

Ed & Carmen Brooks<br />

Judith Bumbaugh<br />

Dan Clark<br />

Brian & Sydelle Denman<br />

Danny & Amy DeWalt<br />

William Driscoll & Lisa Hoffman<br />

Michael & Liz Dunbar<br />

Talmage & Mary Edman<br />

Susan Eidenschink<br />

Steven & Bertha Fitzer<br />

Bruce Funkhouser<br />

Corina Going<br />

William Harrison<br />

Charlean Hill<br />

Bill Holt<br />

Chris Hruza<br />

James & Eileen Kelley<br />

Bruce & Sara Kendall<br />

Clyde & Sydna Koontz<br />

Wayne & Sally Larson<br />

Diane Lee<br />

John & Sara Long<br />

Mary Long<br />

William & Janice Ludwig<br />

Jerry McLaughlin<br />

Larry & Susan Meany<br />

Michael Mirra & Nancy Sprick<br />

Deena Moody<br />

Jamie & Sandra Murray<br />

Toby & Laurie Murray<br />

Guy & Gloria Neff<br />

Donald & Phyllis Ann Nidek<br />

Sara Offi cer<br />

Eugene Pearson<br />

Peter Philley & Monica Bulter<br />

Aaron & Liana Potts<br />

Christine Quinn-Brintnall<br />

Michael & Colleen Rogers<br />

John Rowley<br />

Daniel Sargent<br />

Carolyn Simonson<br />

Jerry Stanton<br />

L.T. Stieben<br />

Buck Thompson & Joanne Titus<br />

Robert & Mary Thompson<br />

Mike & Mary Jo Tucci<br />

Chuck & Deedra Walkey<br />

Roger Wells<br />

George & Wendy Weyerhaeuser<br />

Nancy Woodworth<br />

Janessa Michelle Wright<br />

John Xitco<br />

David & Barbara Young<br />

Charles & Madelyn Zimmerman<br />

Absher Construction<br />

Allison Foundation<br />

American Family Insurance<br />

APM Terminals Pacifi c Ltd.<br />

Christopher Kimball Financial Services<br />

Chuckals, Inc.<br />

D.V. & IDA McEachern Charitable Trust<br />

Davies Pearson, P.C.<br />

DaVita, Inc Charity Committee<br />

Diane and Fred Matthaei Gift Fund<br />

Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson P.C.<br />

Financial Insights Inc.<br />

GKT Motorcars<br />

Gordon Thomas Honeywell<br />

Gus Paine Insurance<br />

Harkness Furniture<br />

Heritage Bank Tacoma<br />

Immanuel Presbyterian Church<br />

Korum for Kids Foundation<br />

LaborWorks, Inc.<br />

LeMay Pierce County Refuse<br />

Luce Lineberry & Kenney P.S.<br />

Microsoft Matching Gifts<br />

Moon Rise Cafe<br />

Moss Adams LLP<br />

Mountain View Memorial Park and Crematory<br />

Northwest Steel & Pipe, Inc.<br />

Northwest Van Council<br />

Old Republic Title<br />

Pacifi c Northwest Title Holding Co<br />

PMA Foundation<br />

Roman Meal Company<br />

Rotary Club of Tacoma South<br />

Russell Investments<br />

Snuffi n’s<br />

Southwestern Washington Synod<br />

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church<br />

Starr Family Fund<br />

Tacoma Goodwill<br />

Tanz Charitable Fund<br />

The MacDonald-Will Foundation<br />

The Sandy and Steve Hill Family Fund<br />

The Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation<br />

Totem Ocean Trailer Express<br />

UFCW Local 21<br />

UFCW Union Local 367<br />

Washington Renaissance Arts & Education<br />

Donations<br />

$500-$999<br />

Jesse Allen<br />

Robert Allen<br />

Margaret Archer<br />

Al & Aileen Bacon<br />

Daniel & Mariam Barnett<br />

Jonathan & Kristine Bartels<br />

Wolfred & Marlene Bauer<br />

Aaron Bemiller<br />

Constance Bender<br />

Charles Bingham<br />

James & Elaine Brock<br />

Aaron Brooks<br />

William & Sandraki Cammarano, Jr.<br />

Don & Gretchen Campbell<br />

Ellie Chambers<br />

Meiling Chi<br />

Winston Churchill<br />

Dennis & Patty Clark<br />

Shelley Clayton<br />

James Colburn<br />

Joan Eisenhardt<br />

Lynn Epstein & Allan Epstein<br />

Terry & Kay Estvold<br />

Karen Fischer<br />

Bill & Betty Fleming & Lise McKinney<br />

John Folsom & Mary Folsom-Lobrovich<br />

Austen Freeda<br />

Margaret Garrison<br />

James & Cathy Giste<br />

Neil Gray & Meagan Foley<br />

John & Jennifer Guadnola<br />

David & Darlene Hale<br />

Veronica Hamling<br />

Joseph & Kathryn Hammond<br />

Kellen Harkness<br />

Michael & Susan Harlan<br />

Mary Healey & Ruth Cornwall<br />

Mack Hogans<br />

Andrea Hynes<br />

Michael & Debi Jackson<br />

Charles & Sheryl Jacobson<br />

Donald & Mary Johnson<br />

Elizabeth Lee Johnson<br />

Sieglinde Johnson<br />

Wild Bill Jones & Dyann Lyon<br />

Gretchen Jordal<br />

Debra Kelley<br />

Anthony & Kathy Kim<br />

Ron & Margo Klein<br />

John & Evelyn La Fond<br />

Rod & Shelley Ladd<br />

William & Martha Larkin<br />

Steven & Lois Ann Larson<br />

Dave & Kim Lawson<br />

Peter & Jiffy Lemcke<br />

Kim Lintott<br />

Margery Lovely<br />

Mary Lyle<br />

Gary & Linda Matteson<br />

Kenneth Matthews<br />

Kenny Mayne<br />

Greg & Melanie McFarland<br />

C & J McNeely<br />

Glen Mills & Angela Cassedy<br />

Rita Morkrid<br />

Rick & Joan Myers<br />

Mary Nadeau<br />

Sheila Ogburn<br />

William & Patricia O’Grady<br />

Michelle Ost<br />

Stanley & Sharon Palmer<br />

Neel Parikh & Patricia Guy<br />

Steve & Therese Pasquier<br />

Brain & Patricia Randall<br />

William & T.L. Reid<br />

Dennis & Suzanne Schmidt<br />

Jon Seward & Joanne Henry<br />

Surinderjit & Sukhjiwan Singh<br />

Georg Smith & Gail Perstein<br />

Kyle & Gayle Smith<br />

Aaron Sparks & Emily Ritter<br />

George & Mildred Stebbins<br />

Sara Steel<br />

Troy & Jean Tackett<br />

Dean & Barbara Tankersley<br />

Brewer & Joanne Thompson<br />

Mark Tran<br />

Gwen Turbyfi eld<br />

John & Marcia Vaccaro<br />

Carol Vandervort<br />

Neal & Karen Veitenhans<br />

Lisa Wagner<br />

Kenneth & Sheila Wagoner<br />

Walt Waisath & Linda Shaffer<br />

James & Sally Will<br />

Joseph & Elizabeth Williams<br />

Thomas & Marlene Wissler<br />

Robert & Michie Yamashita<br />

America’s Credit Union<br />

Ann and Peter Darling Fund<br />

Apple Physical Therapy<br />

Arthur Foss Foundation<br />

Automated Systems of Tacoma, LLC<br />

Cirquetrie<br />

Concrete Technology Corporation<br />

Connelly Law Offi ces<br />

Cutco Closing Gifts<br />

DalBalcon Gift Fund<br />

Edward P. and Juanita J. Miller Fund<br />

Heritage Bank Olympia<br />

Island Tug & Barge Co<br />

Kiwanis Club of Tacoma<br />

Kopperstone Family Outreach<br />

Lawyers Helping Hungry Children<br />

Mailhandlers Services, Inc.<br />

Margy McGroarty Endowment Fund<br />

Military Order of World Wars<br />

Murphy and Company<br />

Museum of Glass<br />

NMRA, The Tacoma Clinic<br />

Northwest MHP<br />

Pierce County Mustang Club<br />

Professional & Techinical Employees<br />

Public Safety Employees Insurance, Inc<br />

Puget Sound Energy<br />

Quota Internationa of Tacoma<br />

Schuler Properties<br />

Schwab Charitable Fund<br />

Sound Screening Services<br />

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church<br />

Sterling Savings Bank<br />

Superior Linen Service<br />

Tacoma Grocery Outlet<br />

Tacoma Public Utilities<br />

Tahoma Associates<br />

The Cafaro Foundation<br />

The Hyde Family Foundation<br />

Thomas Capital Group<br />

Ticor Title<br />

Tom Taylor Insurance Brokers, Inc.<br />

Two Labs Charitable Fund<br />

Wells Fargo<br />

For every $1 donated<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />

Distributes $12 worth<br />

of food for low-income<br />

families and individuals.


Donations<br />

$100-$499<br />

Denise Alexander<br />

Edward Allen<br />

Timothy Allen<br />

Vicki Allinson<br />

Charla Andersen<br />

Delores Anderson<br />

Dennis & Patricia Anderson<br />

Donald L. & Nancy J. Anderson<br />

John & Karen Arbini<br />

Michael Archbold & Kathleen Merryman<br />

Peter C. & Florence S. Ariessohn<br />

Sean Armentrout<br />

Kathy Arnberg<br />

Walter Baade<br />

James & Janine Baker<br />

M. Eileen Baker<br />

Thomas & Margaret Baker<br />

Calvin & Joanne Bamford<br />

Leslie Barnes<br />

Aaron & Jennifer Barnett<br />

Lynn Barnett<br />

Bruce & Marie Barth<br />

David Bates<br />

Johan & Anne Marie Battie<br />

William Baxter<br />

Gerald & Kathleen Beckendorf<br />

David & Nancy Beers<br />

Matthew & Amy Bellante<br />

Robert & Azile Bennett<br />

Joseph & P. Bentvelzen<br />

Anthony Berg<br />

Kevin Berg<br />

Alan Bergen<br />

Fred Bernal<br />

Richard & Joy Best<br />

Kumar Bhatia<br />

Alan Billingsley<br />

Benjii Bittle<br />

Erich & Angela Bittmann<br />

Richard & Gretchen Bittmann<br />

Gerry & Nancy Blank<br />

Lynda Blankinship<br />

Stephanie Bloomfi eld<br />

Mary Bohn<br />

Lester Bona<br />

Kent & Theresa Boyle<br />

Raymond & Wanda Brabham<br />

Michael Brandstetter<br />

John & Peggy Brannon<br />

Gina Breukelman & Frank Rottell<br />

Pat Brewer<br />

Greg & Cathy Brewis<br />

Kristi Briggs<br />

Patricia Briggs<br />

Barry & Shirley Brockmann<br />

James & Ann Brown<br />

Kathleen Sue Brownfi eld<br />

Frederick & Judith Brune<br />

M. David & Carolyn Bugher<br />

Donald Bulcher<br />

Garry & Margaret Burris<br />

Thomas & Diane Butler<br />

John Butson<br />

Charles & Patricia Buzzard<br />

Maurice & Mary Byrd<br />

Tane & Angela Cabe<br />

Thomas & Carol Cabe<br />

Robert & Sharon Camner<br />

Joel Camp & Nancy Olsten<br />

Catherine Campbell<br />

Alfred & Annelies Caprez<br />

George Cargill<br />

Richard Carlisle<br />

Kelly Carlson<br />

David & Gail Castimore<br />

Carl & Jane Chadsey<br />

David Chadwick<br />

Keith Chaffee-Ellis<br />

Todd Chambers<br />

Scott & Mary Chapman<br />

William & Jeanne Charlton<br />

Judi Chelotti<br />

Bobbie Chipman<br />

Chin Hyo Chong<br />

Alisyn Christensen<br />

Troy & Karen Christensen<br />

Brian & Vicky Churchill<br />

John & Sharon Ciccarelli<br />

Robert & Deanna Cleaveland<br />

Paul Clement<br />

William & Wanda Coats<br />

Bill & Gertrude Colby<br />

John Conkle<br />

John & Angela Connelly<br />

Dianne Conway<br />

Bruce Conyers<br />

Louis & Dawn Cooper<br />

Wesley & Tammy Corey<br />

Ralph Corkrum<br />

Cathie Cornie<br />

Stuart & Paula Correll<br />

Kim Cosgrove<br />

David & Florence Covey<br />

Gary Coy<br />

Tom & Fae Crabill<br />

Jay & Joanne Cramer<br />

Frank & Debbie Crawford<br />

H F Crawford<br />

Leslie Cummings-Lindenbach<br />

Charles Cuthbert<br />

Michelle Dahlen<br />

Dean Dardzinski<br />

Dorothy Davis<br />

Katherine Davis<br />

Katheryn Davis<br />

W. Cary & Laura Deaton<br />

Florence DeBruler<br />

Deborah Denison<br />

Maria DeVore<br />

Tracy Devose<br />

Kim Dewaard<br />

Keith Diablo<br />

Robert & Judy Dickson<br />

Herman & Dorothy Diers<br />

Gary & Deborah Dill<br />

Frank Dittrich<br />

Georgia Doane<br />

Michael Donnelly<br />

William Dorner<br />

Willie Downing<br />

Dan & Lori Durr<br />

Edwin & Kathryn Duthie<br />

Colleen Dutmers<br />

Harold & Jacque Eastman<br />

Randy Eaton<br />

James & Catherine Ebbert<br />

Alton & Margaret Ellingson<br />

David Ellis<br />

Mark Ellis<br />

Larry & Carol Else<br />

Melissa Elsing<br />

James & Virginia Eshelman<br />

James Espinosa<br />

Erlinda Estrada<br />

Linda Estrada<br />

Michael R. L. & Dina Ewing<br />

Thomas & Sonya Fannings<br />

Bret Farrar & Cindy Salazar<br />

Shelley Farrell<br />

Jeffrey & Michelle Fearing<br />

Sandy Fedasch<br />

Matthew & Rachel Fengler<br />

Virginia Ferguson<br />

Mark & Maureen Fife<br />

Doug & Diane Fisher<br />

Mark & Lindsey Fleischer<br />

Michele Flinner<br />

Bryan Flint<br />

Jon Flora & Shannon Williams-Flora<br />

James Florian<br />

Michael Flynn<br />

Mandon & Kelly Foley<br />

Diane Formoso<br />

Chuck & Dorothy Foster<br />

Laura Fox<br />

Jean Fraser<br />

Leigh Frazier<br />

Becky Frehse<br />

David & Betty Fry<br />

Jason Fumasi<br />

Kris Gabler<br />

Judith Galbraith<br />

Julie Garcia<br />

Grant & Laura Gardner<br />

John Garner & Caroline Harris<br />

Michael Garrity & Elise Richman<br />

Ricka Gerstmann<br />

Linda Gerull<br />

Patricia Gessler<br />

Laurence Gezelius & Dawn Umstot<br />

Joe & Carolyn Ghilarducci<br />

April Gibson & Pual Gibson<br />

Christopher & Dana Gillis<br />

Robert & Lori Girvin<br />

Marilee Glasman<br />

Nancy Glen<br />

Nancy Glenn<br />

Tom Glenn<br />

William & Shirley Goelzer<br />

Blake Goldberg<br />

Britt Gordon<br />

Susan Gordon<br />

Carl & Violet Gove<br />

Clifford & Vera Jo Grace<br />

David & Erika Graff<br />

Ronald & Sandra Graff<br />

Esther Grant & Kristine McLean<br />

Heidi Grantham<br />

Glen & Marlene Graves<br />

David & Kortney Graybill<br />

Carol Green<br />

Jacob & Julie Green<br />

Jim & Wendy Griffi n<br />

David & Patricia Groot<br />

Patrick Gross<br />

Mark & Nancy Grubb<br />

Paul Gustie<br />

Patrick & Karen Haas<br />

Frank Hagel<br />

Alan & Linda Hall<br />

Dale & Susan Hall<br />

Monica Hall<br />

Ron Hamakawa<br />

Randi Hamilton<br />

Kenneth Hamrick & Isabel Ragland<br />

Mark & Janet Hanks<br />

Michael Hansch<br />

Don & Jean Hansen<br />

Gretchen Hansen<br />

Mark Hansen<br />

Dan & Diane Hargreaves<br />

David & Cyndi Harkness<br />

Dennis & Evelyn Harlowe<br />

Lance & Mary Harris<br />

Lee Harris & Maria Estrada-Harris<br />

Mary Harris<br />

Phyllis Harrison<br />

Daneen Hart<br />

Larry & Dorothy Hayden<br />

Terry Hayes<br />

J. M. & E. A. Hayford<br />

Donita Hellmann<br />

Thomas Henderson<br />

Roy & Sandra Herting<br />

Herbert & Patricia Hildebrandt<br />

Rolland & Dorothy Hill<br />

Wayne Hill<br />

Martin & Sue Hines<br />

Howard & Nancy Hoadley<br />

Gary & Becky Hoff<br />

Charles & Rebecca Hoffman<br />

Larry & Sandra Hoffman<br />

Carl & Betty Hogan<br />

Todd Hoiland<br />

Diane Holmstrom<br />

Stephanie Holthaus<br />

Greg & Mary Horn<br />

William & Rowena Horn<br />

Gilbert Hough<br />

Monica Howard<br />

George & Kim Howe<br />

Marion Howe<br />

R. Brian & Carol Howell<br />

John & Rebecca Huber<br />

Jurgen Huck<br />

Lawrence & Natalie Humphrey<br />

Debra Huntley<br />

Clyde Hupp<br />

Charlie Hyde, III<br />

Carolyn Hyke<br />

Patricia Illman<br />

Jean Jacobson<br />

Jehna Jamero<br />

Michael Janukowicz<br />

Chris Jensen<br />

Howie Jensen & Cindy Bouillon-Jensen<br />

Dwight & Patrice Jewson<br />

Gordon Johns<br />

Carl & Bok Nam Johnson<br />

Deborah Johnson<br />

H.L. & M.A. Johnson<br />

Christine Jones<br />

Thomas & Jean Jones<br />

Stuart & Lynn Julin<br />

Kyle Jung<br />

Phyllis Kaiser<br />

Carol Kankelborg<br />

Michael & Sharron Kanter<br />

Sally Kapphahn<br />

Margaret Kareken<br />

Marilyn Karlstrom<br />

Alexandra Kasucke-Carroll<br />

Gary Kato<br />

Judith Kautz<br />

Dan & Melinda Keane<br />

Susan Keith<br />

D. Reed & Laurie Kelley<br />

Dan & Nancey Kelley<br />

Ryan Kelly<br />

Paul & Dianne Kerwin<br />

Alan & Dana Kies<br />

David & Aldean Kilbourn<br />

Barbara Kimbrough<br />

Susan Kiminki<br />

Patricia King<br />

Mary Kinsley<br />

Dennis Kirby<br />

Morris & Bette Kirk<br />

John & Nancy Kirner<br />

Mark & Marie Kitabayashi<br />

Robert & Byrna Klavano<br />

Jeffrey Klein<br />

Donald Kleiven<br />

William & Sarah Knouff<br />

Rich & Rene Knudson Knudson<br />

Karen Kolley<br />

James & Cindy Komorous<br />

Rudy Kosarek<br />

Richard & Joanna Koss<br />

Rebecca Kranz<br />

Leta Kremer<br />

Don & Anne Kress<br />

Walter Kunschak<br />

Louella Lamb<br />

Faye Landskov<br />

Cynthia Lantry<br />

Walter & Martha Larkins<br />

Rebecca Larson<br />

Marceline Lazzari<br />

Bonnie Lee<br />

Bradford Lee<br />

Bradford Leibbrand<br />

Richard LeMaster<br />

Nancy LeMay<br />

Aviva Lemberger & David Scott<br />

Lavita Lester<br />

Mark Lesyna<br />

Bruce LeTourneau<br />

Daniel Lewis<br />

Robert Lewis<br />

Susan Liedke<br />

Alison Lilley<br />

Sok-Khieng Lim<br />

Mark & Chelsea Lindquist<br />

James & Mary Jane Lockemy<br />

Joel Lopez<br />

Robert & Janet Lordahl<br />

Peter Lovrovich<br />

Verdelle & Emma Low<br />

Elizabeth Lufkin<br />

Leonard Lukin<br />

Nancy Lunsmann<br />

Margaret Lykins<br />

Elizabeth Lynn<br />

Jean Lynn & Mary Henley<br />

Gina MacDonald<br />

Brandon Mackey<br />

Ronald & Linda Magid<br />

Patricia Main<br />

Lawrence & Laura Majovski<br />

Kristie Mangialardi<br />

James & Bonnie Manke<br />

Amy Mann<br />

Mary Manning<br />

Angel & Josephine Manuel<br />

Judith & Patrick Manza<br />

Guy & Janet Marsh<br />

Courtney Marshall<br />

Steve Martin<br />

Karen Martinac<br />

James & Mary Mason<br />

Mark & Nancy Mathieson<br />

Charlie & Kathy Maxwell<br />

David & Suzanne McDonald<br />

Carolyn McDougal<br />

John & Nancy McGinnis, Jr.<br />

Ruben McKnight<br />

Peter & Kris McLean<br />

Earl McNally & Nargo Forstrom<br />

Andrea McNeely<br />

Dean & Joan McSweeney<br />

Barbara Mead<br />

Bob Mead & Janet Grimes<br />

Howie Meadowcroft<br />

Roger & Donna Melby<br />

Ryan Mello<br />

Barry Mesher<br />

Maria Metzger<br />

Corinne Meyer<br />

David & Kathryn Meyer<br />

Michael & Patrice Micic<br />

John & Linda Robinson Miller<br />

Bruce Milsten<br />

Mark & Elizabeth Mirante<br />

Scott & Nancy Moeller<br />

Lowell & Margaret Moholt<br />

Marie Monahan<br />

Paul & Joanna Monroe<br />

Jerry & Barbara Moore<br />

Daniel & Donna Moran<br />

Joy Moritz<br />

Philip & Natalie Morrell<br />

Todd & Lillian Morrow<br />

Chris Morton & Kathy Hintz<br />

Timothy & Tammy Moses<br />

Suzie Motto<br />

Kenneth & Gayle Mowry<br />

Christina Mudgett<br />

Vernon Myers<br />

Joe & Suzy Nealon<br />

Doug & Heather Neff<br />

Andrew & Marie Neiditz<br />

Sarah Neufeld<br />

Robert Newell<br />

Gale Nickel<br />

Susan Noack<br />

Joan Norton<br />

Christopher & Kuniko Nutter<br />

Anne Irene Nygard & Myrna Robinson<br />

Jody Nyvall<br />

Ralph & Rosemary O’Connor<br />

Ethan & Marianne Offenbecher<br />

Ed & Stacey Ogle<br />

Lisa Oldoski<br />

Gerald & Carolle Olson<br />

Gordon & Sharon Olson<br />

William Oltman<br />

James Osborn<br />

Sally Otterson<br />

David & Elinor Ottey<br />

Arthur Ozolin<br />

Doris Page<br />

Vern Page<br />

Greg & Lori Paine<br />

Janet Palmer<br />

Nancy Paris<br />

Matthew & Patricia Parker<br />

John Parrish<br />

John Parrott<br />

Philip & Mary Pascoe<br />

Fred & Susan Pasquale<br />

Marcia Patrick<br />

Carole Pauw & Jan Pauw<br />

Cheryl Peach<br />

Charles Pearson<br />

Sidney Pearson<br />

Teresa Pedilla<br />

Maris Peters<br />

Jay & Kristeen Petersen<br />

Robert & Judy Peterson<br />

Frank Petrena<br />

Camilla Petsche<br />

Elizabeth Pfeiffer


Greg Piacitelli<br />

Peter Porietis<br />

Paul & Kaaren Porter<br />

Stephen Poteet<br />

Michael & Kelly Poth<br />

Nancy Powell<br />

Pamela Powell<br />

Ken & Vicki Powers<br />

Debbie Price & Mike Corcoran<br />

Barbara Racine<br />

Phyllis Rader<br />

Anniley Raihl<br />

Ed & Sharie Ramos<br />

Carol Randall<br />

Allen Ratcliffe, PH.D.<br />

Barry & Rebecca Ray<br />

Linda Raymond<br />

Dave & Barb Reames<br />

Leo & Debbie Regala<br />

Robin & Linda Rego<br />

Mark & Lori Reiman<br />

Bryan & Nicole Ressler<br />

Douglas & Charlene Richardson<br />

Marguerite Richmond & Tam Jackson<br />

Alfred Ricks<br />

John & Gayle Rieber<br />

Gregory & Diana Rigelman<br />

Russell Riggs<br />

Sean Rimkus<br />

Anthony Rivera & Lori Milgard<br />

Jeffrey Robinson & Mary Dicke<br />

Mike & Julie Robinson<br />

Rosemarie Robinson<br />

John Rodgers<br />

Nina Rook<br />

Jaqueline Rosenblatt & Garold Johnson<br />

Erik Rossum<br />

Sandra Roszman<br />

John & Mary Rowlands<br />

William & Sandra Rudd<br />

Kirk & Sharon Rue<br />

William & Pamela Rychart<br />

Joy Sage<br />

Michael & Deborah San Soucie<br />

Phillip & Jean Sanborn<br />

Spencer Sandberg & Lei Lani Jackson Lee<br />

Mike & Ann Sanders<br />

Sothary Sang<br />

Paul Sass<br />

Norman & Lina Sather<br />

Larry & Sally Saunders<br />

Leo Scafturon<br />

Angelo & Linda Scalici<br />

Terry Scavelli<br />

Jeffrey Schaffrath<br />

Michael & Jodina Schauer<br />

William Schmidt<br />

Stanley & Mary Schmidtke<br />

Liz Schroedel<br />

Mel Schuckenbrock<br />

Pam Schuler<br />

Shawn Schuler<br />

Charles Schultz<br />

Rob Schwab<br />

Francis Schwartz<br />

Joseph Scorcio<br />

Gary & Jan Scott<br />

Karen Seinfeld<br />

Rick & Sharron Selden<br />

Gary & Katharine Severson<br />

Don Sevin<br />

Jane Shanaman<br />

Douglas & Alice Sharp<br />

Sallie Shawl<br />

David & Carol Sheean<br />

Linda Shelton<br />

Persis Shook<br />

S Short<br />

Steve Short<br />

David & Sharon Sidor<br />

Leo & Mary Siegenthaler<br />

Cathie Simpson<br />

Mary Simpson<br />

Kimberly Skagen<br />

Steve Skibbs<br />

Thomas Slagle<br />

Judith Sloan<br />

Gena Smith<br />

Joann Smith<br />

Linda Smith<br />

Pamela Smith<br />

Patricia Sobczyk<br />

Janis Soderlind<br />

Robert & Denise Sokol<br />

Jessica Sommerville<br />

Jack & Betsy Sonntag<br />

Allan Sorensen<br />

James & Bernita Sorensen<br />

Lee & Diann Sorensen<br />

William Sorrell<br />

Robert & Carol Sotnik<br />

Dale & Mary Beth Sowell<br />

Bob & Kathy Spence<br />

Patricia Spencer<br />

Bradley Springer<br />

Carol Starr<br />

Jim & Megan Stebbins<br />

John A. & Cindy Stella<br />

Leigh Ann Stemm<br />

John & Donna Stenger<br />

Larry & Diana Stephenson<br />

Ruth Stevick<br />

Donna Stewart<br />

Virginia Stowell<br />

Steve Swafford & Carrie Jakeman-Swafford<br />

Cynthia Swanberg<br />

Gabriele Swe<br />

Gaylen & Dolores Swearingen<br />

James & Jenise Sweeney<br />

Chellis Swenson<br />

Thomas & Rebecca Sydnor<br />

John & Sharon Szumlas<br />

Glen Thomas<br />

Donald & Joan Thompson<br />

Milton & Anita Thompson<br />

Richard & Jennifer Tobin<br />

Lauren Tolle-Bulley<br />

Justin & Nikki Toner<br />

Lawrence & Jane Treleven<br />

Ed & Pam Trobaugh<br />

Molly Tuohy<br />

Vincent Uchytil<br />

Helen Unfred<br />

Terrill & Beverly Utt<br />

Julie Utter<br />

Elvin & Doris Vandeberg<br />

Ricahrd Veith<br />

Michael & Sue Veseth<br />

Florence Vining<br />

John & Dorothy Vipond<br />

Ann Voves<br />

Corydon & Judy Wagner<br />

Patricia Wagner<br />

George & Jill Walk<br />

John & Ann Walker<br />

Gregg & Stephanie Walsh<br />

John & Penny Walstrum<br />

Allan Warner<br />

Robert & Alicelia Warren<br />

Bob & Janeene Webber<br />

Matthew Weinstein<br />

Robert & Linda Welander<br />

Barbara Werschkul<br />

John & Audrey West<br />

William & Gail Weyerhaeuser<br />

George Weyerhaeuser, Jr & Kathleen McGoldrick<br />

John & Patricia Whalley<br />

Chris Whane<br />

James & Kathryn Whitacre<br />

In 2011, there were 1,285,903 visits<br />

to food banks in Pierce County. You<br />

can make a difference in the lives of<br />

hungry children, seniors, and adults.<br />

Dan White<br />

Lynn White<br />

Ron Whitlock<br />

Robert & Sally Wiggins<br />

Joe Wilczek & Karen Garvey-Wilczek<br />

Larry & Dalene Wilder<br />

E. Duane Wilkerson<br />

Susan Wilkie<br />

Alexis Wilson<br />

Thomas & Bonnie Wilson<br />

Frederick Wolf & Anna Graham<br />

Gertrud Wolfbauer<br />

Brian & Robin Wood<br />

Judith Wood<br />

Rex & Judith Wood<br />

John & Judy Woodworth<br />

Carol Woolery<br />

Yvonne Woolf<br />

Mark Worden<br />

Laura Wulf & Laurie Jinkins<br />

Lenore Wyatt<br />

Linda Wyborney<br />

Karen Yates<br />

Lonnie & Linda Yates<br />

James Yoder & Marlene Ford<br />

Roger & Debra Young<br />

William & Gwen Young<br />

Laurie Youngblood<br />

Gregory & Margaret Yuckert<br />

Bryce Zimmerman<br />

Monica Zimmerman<br />

Robert & Audrey Zimmerman<br />

Peter & Terry Zitka<br />

Aldebrah Center<br />

American Association of Uni. Women<br />

Ameriprise Financial<br />

AMR Insurance<br />

BCRA, Inc<br />

Berg Scoffolding Co Inc.<br />

Beta Sigma Phi<br />

Biltmore Motel, Inc<br />

Book Babes<br />

Broadway Center<br />

Brown & Brown Insurance<br />

Carlile Transportation Systems<br />

Centro Latino<br />

Chapter DE of PEO<br />

Chapter FJ of PEO<br />

Columbia Bank<br />

Commonwealth Land Title<br />

Consolidated <strong>Food</strong> Management, Inc<br />

Container Stuffers LLC<br />

Designated Escrow<br />

Division of Nutrition Center Inc<br />

Dockyard Derby Dames<br />

Emerald Home Furnishings<br />

Exchange Club of Tacoma<br />

Systems for Public Safety Inc.<br />

Tacoma & Fife Trailer Repair<br />

Tacoma First Church of God<br />

Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association<br />

F. James Weinand & Associates CPA’s Tacoma Screw Products<br />

Fircrest Presbyterian Church Tacoma Towing, Inc.<br />

First Presbyterian Church of Kent Tacoma Trains & Hobbies<br />

GFWC Commencement Bay Teamsters Local Union No. 117<br />

Graybar<br />

Tern Pension Services<br />

Great American Casino Lakewood The Brian Fisher Memorial<br />

Happy Thymes Garden Club The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation<br />

Harborstone Credit Union<br />

The Schooner Pub & Galley<br />

Harold A. Allen Company<br />

The Thompson Smitch Consulting Group, Inc.<br />

Hilltop Artists<br />

Top Dollar<br />

Hot Yoga Tacoma<br />

Trapper’s Sushi<br />

ILWU #23<br />

United Church in University Place<br />

Independent Metals<br />

United States Treasury<br />

Innogive Foundation<br />

WACO, LLC<br />

John Korsmo Construction, Inc Washington State Patrol ITD<br />

Johnson, Stone & Pagano, P.S. Washington Women’s Employment & Education<br />

Keesal Young & Logan<br />

Waste Connections of Washington Inc.<br />

Kiwanis Club of Clover Park<br />

Lakewood Towing and Transport<br />

Laureate Pi Of Beta Sigma Phi<br />

Liberty Movers, inc<br />

Luxtom Homes<br />

Mashell Telecom, Inc<br />

McCament & Rogers LLC<br />

Mercedes-Benz Club of America<br />

Metso Minerals Industries<br />

Mortgage Master Service Corp.<br />

Northwest Harvest<br />

Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitatation<br />

Olympus Spa, Inc<br />

Order of the Eastern Star<br />

P & M Marketing<br />

P E O Chapter F J<br />

Pacifi c Lutheran University<br />

Physical Therapy Associates<br />

Picture Tacoma<br />

Pierce County Planning Commission<br />

Pierce County Public Works & Utilities<br />

Pierce County Sheriff Reserve Program<br />

Progressive Mortgage<br />

Rainer Family Physical Therapy<br />

Riverside Enginerring<br />

Sanders Transfer Company<br />

Skyline Presbyterian Church<br />

SMC Marshals Guild<br />

Society for Creative Anachronism Barony of Blatha an Oir<br />

Soroptimist International of Tacoma<br />

South Tacoma Glass<br />

State Farm Insurance


Donations of<br />

$99 or less<br />

John & Megan Abbott<br />

John & Mary Adix<br />

Jeremy Afdem<br />

Rosa Aguirre<br />

Audrey Alande<br />

Myron & Gretchen Alden<br />

Robert Allen<br />

Kelly Allyn<br />

Bettye Anderson<br />

James & Sandra Anderson<br />

Jennifer Anderson<br />

Julie Anderson<br />

Karen Anderson<br />

Lila Anderson<br />

Sheryl Anderson<br />

Wendy Anderson<br />

Janie Andrew<br />

Gene Ankli<br />

Thomas Arkins<br />

Arthur & Rosemarie Artz<br />

Ivanona Ash<br />

Stephen Ashurst<br />

John & Annmarie Ausness<br />

Kevin Bachel<br />

Mark Backus<br />

Constance Bacon<br />

Christine Badger<br />

Dawn Badger<br />

Mona Baghdadi<br />

Greg Ballew<br />

Joann Barcott<br />

John & Martha Bargren<br />

John & Bickley Barich<br />

Alan Barthuly<br />

Herbert & Susan Bauer<br />

Becky Beasley<br />

Marty & Jode Beauvais<br />

Jared & Stephanie Beck<br />

Miles & Chieko Becker<br />

Susan Becklund<br />

Renee Bedard<br />

Charles & Catherine Bellon<br />

Aldo Benedetti<br />

Renata Benett<br />

Stephen & Karen Benjamin<br />

A. Gail Bennett<br />

Frances Bentley<br />

Gregory & Carla Berry<br />

Lois Best<br />

Judy Bickenbach<br />

Ray Bickerton<br />

Dirk Bidleman<br />

Nels Bjanke<br />

Leslie Blaisdell<br />

Danielle Blanchette<br />

Susan Blyler<br />

Dale Bobb<br />

Terry & Carleen Bohannon<br />

Lillian Bohn<br />

Chris Boldt<br />

Rick & Kathleen Bolieu<br />

Norma Bosch<br />

Gary Bosley<br />

Beth Bowden<br />

Charles Bowker<br />

Kristy Boxx<br />

Gary & Jacquette Brackett<br />

Cheryl Bradford<br />

Dorothy Brandt<br />

Carl & Carl Bridge<br />

William & Sandra Bridges<br />

Sheila Brierly<br />

Joe Britt<br />

Jennifer Bronks<br />

Charles Bronson<br />

Kristie Brooks<br />

Pat Brooks<br />

Kimberly Brown<br />

Rick Brown<br />

Ruth Brown<br />

Ken & Janice Brownlee<br />

Jess & Jess Bullard<br />

Howard & Karen Burd<br />

Victor Burgos Ortiz<br />

Troy Burki<br />

Jennifer Burklund<br />

Joan Burns<br />

Jane Burster<br />

Rick Butner<br />

Danny C<br />

Elaine Cady<br />

Peter J. Callaghan & Susan B. Dardarian<br />

Stephen & Susan Campbell<br />

Wayne Campbell<br />

David & Rene Canzler<br />

Terri Card<br />

Blanche Carlson<br />

Brooke Carlson<br />

Robin Carlson<br />

Stanley & Gwen Carlson<br />

Alicia Carter<br />

Helen Carter<br />

Elmer Casaday<br />

Lucille Case<br />

Angela Cassidy<br />

Mary Chaffee<br />

Ray & Charlotte Chalker<br />

Joan Champion<br />

Bonnie Chandler-Warren<br />

Hyun Chang<br />

Robert & Donna Chapman<br />

Katherine Chappell<br />

Merle & Ellen Cheeseman<br />

James Chess<br />

Melissa Chilson<br />

Mary Chouinard<br />

Christ Episcopal Church<br />

Candace Christenson<br />

Turp Christianson<br />

Pat Chubb<br />

Abigail Chung-Jones<br />

Leon & Betty Anne Clark<br />

Tim & Muriel Clark<br />

Robert & Doris Claypool<br />

Nancy Clemons<br />

Frances Coade<br />

Christine Colleran<br />

James & Karlyn Collins<br />

Mauneen Collins<br />

Richard & Mary Collins<br />

Cindy Connally<br />

Michael Contreras<br />

Steven & Georgiann Conway<br />

Ross Coogan<br />

Charles Cook<br />

Bradley & Annette Cooper<br />

Shirley Cornell<br />

David Cotant<br />

Denette Cowan<br />

Craig Cowden<br />

Stephen & Janet Cox<br />

Jim & Carrie Crabbe<br />

Karen Crabtree<br />

Lia Craven<br />

Leonna Crayne-McCaffery<br />

Alexandria Criss<br />

Ruth Cross<br />

Wanda Crow<br />

Chester & Angela Cullers<br />

David Cullinane<br />

Lynn Cunningham<br />

Damon Curtis<br />

Sarah Curtis<br />

Wendy Cushner<br />

John Dack & Kathleen Dorgan<br />

Dorie Dalton<br />

John & Kathleen Daly<br />

Linda Danforth<br />

Cort Daniel<br />

Kent Daniels<br />

Sarah Davies<br />

Albert & Rachel Davis<br />

Thomas & Patricia Davis<br />

Michael Dayton<br />

Marie DeBenedictis<br />

Dorothy Anne Dedrick<br />

Jamie Deering<br />

John & Elise Deguiseppi<br />

John Denny<br />

Michael Deponte<br />

Ella DeVerse<br />

Mary Dill<br />

Tracy Dillard<br />

Frank & Dolores Dippolito<br />

Adam Dockstader<br />

Margaret Doman<br />

Katherine Dorr<br />

Michael & Joelene Dorry<br />

Bryan & Janice Dorwin<br />

Sharon Doty<br />

Carey Douglas<br />

Georgina Douglas<br />

Paul & Jane Dow<br />

Nancy Carol Draper & Craig Schweikart<br />

Philip Drexler<br />

Robert & Deborah Drugge<br />

Russel & Heather Dubois<br />

Devere Duby<br />

Dwight & Toni Dudley<br />

Aurora Dumo<br />

David & Selena Dunning<br />

Elmer Dzul<br />

Kim Eads<br />

Suzy Ebalo<br />

Drew & CJ Ebersole<br />

Elizabeth Edwards<br />

Robert Eggleston<br />

John Ehrhart<br />

Bruce & Barbara Eklund<br />

Lorraine Ellis<br />

Tabitha Ellison<br />

Christopher Ely<br />

Ralph Emerson<br />

Mark & Paula Emery<br />

Richard & Vicki Emm<br />

Cindi Engelhardt<br />

Ken & Evelyn Enslow<br />

Arlo Eslinger<br />

Vern James & Beth Essenberg<br />

Richard Everson<br />

Sandra Farewell<br />

Hugh & Lois Farmer<br />

Debra Farnworth<br />

Ann Farrell<br />

Dan & Jacki Fath<br />

Paul & Eileen Fellows<br />

T. M. & M. W. Finnie<br />

Zach Fisher<br />

Jim Fisker-Andersen<br />

Michael & Nancy Fitta<br />

Diane Flahaut<br />

Dennis Flannigan<br />

Nickolas Fletcher<br />

Wayne Flood<br />

Ellen Floyd<br />

Timothy Flynn<br />

Jacqueline Fors<br />

Michael & Grace Franich<br />

Jonathan & Jamie Frans<br />

Christopher & Kim Frazier<br />

Gerald Frazier<br />

Joseph & Iris Fredenburg<br />

Burman & Nancy Freeman<br />

Cheryl French Nevin<br />

Gary & Laura Fuller<br />

Michael & Connie Fuller<br />

Barbara Gaillard<br />

Thomas & Colleen Galdabini<br />

Gary Gallagher<br />

James & Linda Gallinatti<br />

Hillary Gandy<br />

Ronda Gann<br />

Nicolas Garcia<br />

Raymond & Beverly Gardner<br />

Alice Garofalo<br />

David Garza<br />

Josie Gebhardt<br />

Lorraine Gerlitz<br />

B.P. & V.J. Gibson<br />

Gary & Lorraine Gieser<br />

Gordon Gilbert<br />

Dorothy Giriat<br />

Sharon Glassy<br />

Margaret Glover<br />

Bill Glynn<br />

Nathaniel Goldsby<br />

Elizabeth Goldyn<br />

Aida Gonzales<br />

Brenna Gonzalez<br />

Robin Good<br />

Scott & Jill Goodrich<br />

Carolyn Goolsby<br />

Dexter & Sharon Gordon<br />

Sherri Gordon<br />

Karen Grace<br />

Sean Grady<br />

Rob Gramenz<br />

Robert & Randy Graves<br />

Steven & Beth Ann Gray<br />

Raymond & Luanne Green<br />

Deborah Greene<br />

JoLynn Greenwood<br />

Robert Grenley<br />

Terri Gribbon & Thelma Ward<br />

Thomas & Marie Griffi th<br />

Keith Gruenewald<br />

Jay Guenthard<br />

Barbara Guffey<br />

Leo & Patricia Guidi<br />

John & Carol Gulczynski<br />

Robert & Patricia Gunther<br />

Dori Gustafson<br />

Tiffany Gutierrez<br />

Howard & Patricia Guy<br />

Patricia Guy<br />

Richard & Muriel Haglund<br />

Cliff Hall<br />

Gini Hall<br />

Jeff Hall<br />

Arthur & Della Hallengren<br />

Kate Halstead<br />

Elizabeth Hammer<br />

Wendy Hamai & Henry Stoll<br />

Andrew & Amy Hand<br />

Michael Hanks<br />

Jeffrey & Paige Hansen<br />

Philip Hansen<br />

Francis & Lou Ann Hanson<br />

Lynette Hanson<br />

John & J.T. Harbottle<br />

John & Pat Harbottle<br />

Charles & Elizabeth Harkins<br />

Eric Harlington<br />

Steve Harlow<br />

Michelle Harper<br />

Lewis & Mary Harrey<br />

J.H. Harris<br />

Rita Harris<br />

Paul & Patty Hart<br />

Gerald & Sheila Hartman<br />

Gene & Renee Harvey<br />

Cathy Haskins<br />

Randy Hasselaar<br />

Jeanette Haugen<br />

Nancy Hausauer & Dane Meyer<br />

James & Kristina Hay<br />

Robert & Teddy Hayden<br />

Alan & Carrie Hayes<br />

Wanda Hayes & Verna Lou Wood<br />

Charin Hedstrom<br />

Bill & Becky Helin<br />

Ernest & Theresa Heller<br />

Ronald Hendry<br />

Wyleen & Anne Hendry<br />

Gerald Henneman<br />

Claudia Henry<br />

Floyd & Mildred Herron<br />

Joni Herwick<br />

Rebecca Hester<br />

Phyllis & Carson Hickey<br />

Roger & Sandra Hieb<br />

Christopher Highsmith<br />

Cliff Hill<br />

John & Jolynn Hilsendeger<br />

John Hinson<br />

Patricia Hodges<br />

Michael & Sheri Hodson<br />

Melissa Hoefer-Krauagna<br />

Heidi Hoffman<br />

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