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<strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> and Services of Plant City, Inc.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2020</strong>-20<strong>21</strong><br />
Providing a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out<br />
To provide assistance for those in need, moving them from a state of hunger<br />
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Senior hunger<br />
is something<br />
this food bank<br />
knows too well.<br />
Seeing the<br />
need and toll<br />
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are seeking to<br />
alleviate—and<br />
eventually to<br />
eliminate—food insecurity among our<br />
seniors in the nine communities that<br />
we serve in East Hillsborough. One<br />
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be a projected 118 million individuals<br />
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than half again what it is today.<br />
No matter how independent some<br />
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provide for their most basic needs. This<br />
includes the inability to secure enough<br />
food or the proper nutrition. Their<br />
independence will be compromised.<br />
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and even family.<br />
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seniors were not receiving the meals<br />
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in provisions where <strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />
and Services could make a difference.<br />
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a smaller portion of the total senior<br />
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food costs rising along with demand.<br />
Some seniors cannot afford the cost<br />
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sliding-fee arrangement.<br />
The need for <strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> to<br />
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Green delivering to the community<br />
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Empty Bowls Event ......................... <br />
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UFBPC is<br />
proud to<br />
announce<br />
it has been<br />
awarded a<br />
Four Star<br />
Rating<br />
with Charity Navigator. This<br />
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and outperforms most charities
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<strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />
and Services of Plant City<br />
“Our vision is to stamp out hunger in East<br />
Hillsborough County and raise the standard of<br />
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PROGRAMS<br />
Feeding Our Future: Provides food bags for<br />
school and college students during out-of-<br />
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Feeding Our Legacy: Provides food and<br />
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Monthly Mobile Pantry Distribution: Takes<br />
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drive-thru basis<br />
Holiday Meals:<br />
Thanksgiving and Christmas<br />
Outreach Services: <br />
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outreach to low-income areas<br />
In-House Work Experience Internships:<br />
Hillsborough Education Foundation with <strong>Bank</strong><br />
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Source<br />
Partnerships: Hillsborough Community<br />
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Volunteers: <br />
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employees<br />
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seniors lives alone in this country.<br />
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there is very little left for food<br />
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<strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> clients report <br />
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model to deliver food in the community where the needs<br />
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family residential properties that <strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> now<br />
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Feeding Our<br />
program will supply an assortment of health food to<br />
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creative menu planning with fresh produce and fruit options<br />
in cooperation with our local farmers and new<br />
gleaning partner.<br />
Mary Heysek
Fundraising: From Plant City Stadium to Amalie Arena<br />
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fundraiser of the year.<br />
Originally known as Celebrity<br />
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inaugural theme last year<br />
was Tailgate<br />
perfectly with our very own<br />
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the<br />
Super Bowl. The casual evening<br />
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Chutes performing precision aerial parachute landings.<br />
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Evening<br />
on Evers<br />
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the needs of the hungry in Central Florida through the<br />
Goals for <strong>Food</strong> <br />
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designated agencies were able to<br />
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Wish Farms’ Open House<br />
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present check to UFBPC<br />
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Farms celebrated<br />
the grand opening of<br />
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foot headquarters in<br />
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campus. This international<br />
grower and marketer of<br />
strawberries and other<br />
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relationship with the<br />
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and to the entire family<br />
and company that they<br />
remain headquartered<br />
in Plant City. The grand<br />
opening celebration<br />
was complete with a<br />
music festival known as<br />
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<strong>United</strong><br />
<strong>Food</strong><br />
<strong>Bank</strong><br />
Fle et<br />
The <br />
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increased demand for services. Two of these vehicles
Gratitude for Our<br />
Contracted Partners<br />
(Individual Donors Recognized and Honored Separately)<br />
Hillsborough County<br />
Capital Support<br />
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Bristol Myers Squibb<br />
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Star Distribution<br />
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TECO<br />
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participate in local hunger relief efforts<br />
ith an increase<br />
in service<br />
delivery over this last<br />
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a pivot in <strong>United</strong><br />
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model to incorporate<br />
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Healthy Cooking Classes<br />
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volunteer turned<br />
employee with <strong>United</strong><br />
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<br />
ing<br />
the new culinary cart<br />
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is instructing food bank<br />
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<strong>Bank</strong> with a matching grant to purchase a portable
UFBPC ANNUAL EXPENSES FOR FISCAL<br />
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 20<strong>21</strong><br />
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DONATIONS OF INBOUND FOOD IN POUNDS<br />
BY PERCENT<br />
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Hunger Programs Fundraising General/Administration<br />
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Grocery Stores, Distributors, Other <strong>Food</strong> Donations<br />
Cash <strong>Food</strong> Purchases<br />
Feeding America (via Feeding Tampa Bay)<br />
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US Census ACS 5-Year Survey 2015-2019)<br />
Plant City<br />
Hillsborough County<br />
Per Capita Income $25,898 Per Capita Income $32,343<br />
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Feeding Our Future<br />
recipient<br />
Services Provided<br />
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5,899<br />
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Seffner 5,899<br />
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2,881<br />
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FY 2019-20<br />
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FY <strong>2020</strong>-<strong>21</strong><br />
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Volunteers in action
Feeding Our Future<br />
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Feeding Our Future program to provide food security<br />
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outcomes. The program works with nine local<br />
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schools and one community<br />
college in East Hillsborough<br />
County. Supplemental food is shared in weekly bags<br />
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Pet Hunger Program<br />
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a Pet Hunger Program for the<br />
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too many pet owners seeking to<br />
meet their own food insecurity<br />
while also requesting assistance<br />
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are inundated with abandoned <br />
and her pet<br />
animals during the pandemic<br />
from households no longer able to care for (or simply<br />
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so more consistently by supplying emergency pet care<br />
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Colonel<br />
Thomas St.<br />
ents<br />
check<br />
to Gayle<br />
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Thank you to Sheriff Chad Chronister and the Hillsborough County<br />
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11th <strong>Annual</strong> Empty Bowls & 3rd <strong>Annual</strong> Run for Hunger<br />
The Empty Bowls <br />
to make a positive difference in his community. UFBPC added this fundraiser<br />
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community always looks forward to this annual opportunity to raise awareness about<br />
the cause of hunger. Tickets to the event include choice<br />
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of a handcrafted ceramic bowl made by students in<br />
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The Fork<br />
run for hunger that precedes Empty Bowls<br />
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Empty Bowls<br />
Hillsborough County school<br />
students paint bowls for the<br />
Empty Bowls fundraising<br />
event.
Commendation from<br />
Our Commissioners<br />
Gleaning Partnership<br />
Pandemic Response<br />
Hillsborough County<br />
Board of County<br />
Commissioners<br />
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pandemic response<br />
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came a new resource for <strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> through<br />
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This federal program helps supplement the diets<br />
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supplying them with emergency food assistance at<br />
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each state receives is based on unemployment and<br />
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Terrance Green with<br />
gleaned vegetables<br />
<strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> forged a new<br />
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The food bank has participated in two gleaning<br />
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fruits and vegetables after the growers have<br />
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giving to those most in need. UFBPC will coordinate<br />
volunteer groups to glean on its behalf locally.<br />
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Born to migrant farm workers from<br />
Mexico, Magali Garcia and her family<br />
are recipients of UFBPC services. Magali<br />
has now been employed with us for<br />
almost two years. Graduating with an<br />
Associate’s degree in the spring of 20<strong>21</strong>,<br />
she began nursing school in the fall. She<br />
is a valuable addition to UFBPC, being<br />
extremely hardworking, reliable, and<br />
always positive.<br />
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to lead a health<br />
literacy class<br />
Gayle Tindle of UFBPC formalized a<br />
diaper program in <strong>2020</strong>. Diapers<br />
and other baby items come from<br />
community members, Publix, RMS,<br />
and the Children’s Home. An average<br />
of 88 diaper packs a month have been<br />
given out so far in 20<strong>21</strong>. An adequate<br />
number of diapers and<br />
changes prevents rashes<br />
and infections, and also<br />
prevents parents from<br />
having to miss work if they<br />
lack the required amount<br />
of diapers for childcare.
www.ufbpc.org<br />
Upcoming <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Events<br />
Saturday, 11.13.<strong>21</strong><br />
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• Empty Bowls<br />
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Saturday, 2.5.22<br />
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<strong>United</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> and Services of Plant City, Inc.<br />
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Providing a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out<br />
8<br />
UFBPC Board<br />
Chair’s <strong>Report</strong><br />
Board of Directors<br />
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Earl Biggs<br />
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Bruce Rodwell<br />
Bruce Sperry<br />
Beth Tancredo<br />
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too great to face on their own.<br />
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being fed nutritious meals unless they were in<br />
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food bank as part of the Feeding Our Future<br />
Program—each week of the summer—to the<br />
doorsteps of vulnerable children and families in<br />
our community.<br />
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City Chamber of Commerce (four terms ending in<br />
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Bealsville Eagles Youth Football and Cheerleading<br />
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for Bealsville and a creator of the local database<br />
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up Brandon as part of our service area in the last<br />
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completed by a local architect to point us toward<br />
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would like to see a green building design to add<br />
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and help those in need.<br />
William Thomas, Sr.
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