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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 />
Scott Hogman & Janice Brevik<br />
Sharon Holcomb<br />
Rachel Hollowell<br />
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