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LOAVES AND FISHES NEWS F ORMER CLIENT
GIVES BACK
I recently volunteered with Loaves and Fishes in Pittsburg with my current employer during the Corporate Week of Caring. I have a personal reason for volunteering with Loaves and Fishes, it is because when I relocated from Texas to California in 1986 and was living with a friend while looking for a job, after about a month my friend moved away, and I was left tem-porarily homeless. I did not know anyone having just moved to California but I’d heard that Loaves and Fishes served meals to those with a need and I definitely had one. On day 1 of my homelessness and my first day eating in the Loaves and Fishes dining room, I met a woman who let me sleep on her couch while I looked for a job. She had five small children and would never let me contribute to her finances, she just wanted me to get on my feet. Thankfully, I found a temporary, part-time position at a very large bank, and shortly afterwards that position turned into a permanent full-time position that lasted for 10 years. During my first few weeks of working part time I had very little money to save for an apartment and continued to eat lunch at the Loaves and Fishes dining room every day for about 30 days. During that time you could not take food out of the dining room but there was a lady that worked there that would always wrap up a small amount of food and give it to me in a brown paper bag as I left the dining room and this would be my dinner. I later got a job at an oil company where I have now worked for 22 years. I always think back on my month using Loaves and Fishes dining room services and am tru-ly thankful Loaves and Fishes was available to help me during the time I needed it! Loaves and Fishes did not just provide me with a meal, but it allowed me to meet many people in different walks of life who offered me lifetime memories and sound advice that carry with me to this day. Working full time I never had the chance to go back and thank the nice lady that would see to it that I had dinner, though I did try one week when I had a vacation but she was no longer there, neither were the nice people that I had met during my month long jour-ney but hopefully my volunteering is a small way of saying, “thank you to Loaves and Fishes for helping me get through a difficult time in my life.” Forever Thankful, O.H.
Holiday 2018
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Culinary Student, Kelly ..... 2 Our New Website .............. 2 New Board Members ......... 3
Annual Report & Donors ... 4-5 Volunteer Corner ............... 6
UPCOMING EVENTS:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PARTY
SAVE THE DATES FOR 2019:
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019
DRIVE OUT HUNGER GOLF TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019
ROCK OUT HUNGER GALA EVENT
O F C O N T R A C O S T A
Kelly is the parent of an adult child with Asperger’s Syndrome, who she has raised alone. This has afforded her with the op-portunity to meet, engage and learn from a very broad spectrum of people. It has also blessed her with patience she never dreamed she could have. The past almost 25 years have been an amazing rollercoaster ride of extremely high, highs and desperately low, lows. She began this journey as an employee of USDA, from where she thought she’d retire. After working with the USDA for five years, Kelly had a baby who arrived 13 weeks early and changed her life drastically. Her newborn (Pooh) spent 7 months in the hospital and then her husband left. Now it was just the two of them; Pooh and Kelly. No job. No prospects. Unwilling to leave her sickly little baby with sitters, she had to get on assistance. Even though this is not as she planned, it did enable her to spend time with her son — something she wouldn’t trade for anything. Pooh wasn’t expected to mature past childhood, yet here he is at 24 years old.
Kelly is a singer who cooks! These are two of her greatest passions. Doing these two things lets Kelly touch people, spirit-ually and physically, making them happy and hopefully warming their hearts. Feeding people provides instant gratification for her!
Kelly came to Loaves and Fishes Culinary Training Program after seeing the flyer twice at a county office building but only stopping to take one after she heard a voice in her head telling her to, “go back; go back and look at the fishes.” She turned around and took a flyer home. She was amazed that the class was FREE. She has been wanting to attend culinary school for years and had even applied to Le Cordon Bleu, but cost was always the deciding factor. Kelly feels like her childhood fantasy of opening a restaurant is finally attainable.
Kelly is very thankful to Loaves and Fishes. If it wasn’t for Loaves and Fishes, she believes she wouldn’t have taken the leap of faith to follow her dream. She’s excited to serve others through her passion of feeding people. She believes that just because she’s over 50 it doesn’t mean her life is coming to an end…she believes in new beginnings.
APPLY TO OUR FREE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM: www.loavesfishescc.org
MEET KELLY... FROM OUR
CULINARY ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM
CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE:
LOAVESFISHESCC.ORG
Recent graduating class from our Culinary Arts Training Program
Welcome New Board Members
We’re pleased to announce two new board members to our Loaves and
Fishes Board of Directors.
Pam Price-Bergquist Marketing M&A Executive
CISCO
Pam has been in the technology world for over 25 years, with the last 18 years with Cisco Systems leading business development and acquisition strategy
and integration. With Cisco’s vast cor-porate social and global responsibilities,
Pam is an avid activist and volunteer with many agencies, including Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest Food
Bank, Mercy Corp, Destination Home and has volunteered for 2 years at the Bay Point Loaves and Fishes Dining
Room. Pam lives in Walnut Creek with her family and enjoys traveling, sports
and being outdoors.
Michelle Monaco Senior Vice President
Mechanics Bank
Michelle is an accomplished banker with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has been with Me-
chanics Bank for nearly 12 years. As a Sen-ior Vice President, she currently oversees
the Commercial Banking Treasury Services Division in Northern California. Michelle and her family have been residents of Martinez
for nearly 25 years and she regularly partici-pates in community outreach programs
throughout Contra Costa County.
THE BIG LA BOCCE WAS A BIG SUCCESS!On September 22, more than 150 supporters joined us for our annual, The Big La Bocce, ben-efiting Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa and St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County. The 15 courts at Martinez Bocce Federation were full! Together we raised more than $33,500 (gross, a 76% net increase over last year) to help those in need.
The event was a tremendous success because of the hard work by our board of directors, auction chair volunteer, Lisa Allan, auction donors, event volunteers and the wonderful staff at both organizations. A special thank you to our event sponsors for their support.
The Big La Bocce Event Sponsors Sutter Health, John Muir Health, Kaiser Permanente, Leanne & Jim Noe, Green Escrow Services, Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek, Deutscher Properties Corp., Mechanics Bank, STIFEL– Walnut Creek, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Prestige Printing, RINA Accountancy Corporation, Shawnna & Ron Costanzo, RJS & Associates, Karen Introcaso, Eileen & Ron Weston, Stacii & David Gerson, New Mecca Café, Bishop’s Vineyard and E.J. Phair Brewing Company
First Place Winners! Redmon’s Rollers Second Place Winners! Team Stifel
Kaiperm Credit Union Team led by LFCC Board Chair/Karen Introcaso (far right)
Tammy Gard (LFCC board member) and Carol Price
GOODBYE TO LOAVES AND FISHES STAFF MEMBER, VOLUNTEER AND
FRIEND
Thurston Brice October 21, 1945 – October 19, 2018
Thurston passed away after a year battle with AML (acute myeloid leukemia). He spent 15 years with Loaves and Fishes, first as a volunteer, then dining room manager and later as the operations manger overseeing all the
dining rooms.
Thurston celebrated 43 years of marriage with his beauti-ful wife, Florrie, and has two children, Arlene and Ricky
and a grandson, Salvadore. We will miss Thurston’s cheerful spirit and joyful smile.
Jane Silva, 95 years old, passed away in October 2018. She served as the volunteer coordinator for
the St. Catherine's church/school volunteer team in Martinez, and had been a
faithful longtime volunteer with Loaves and Fishes in
Martinez for 26 years. We appreciate and honor her dedication to our mission.
The holiday season is here! It’s time to enjoy our families and friends, have a little holiday cheer and be thankful for who we are, what we have, our family,
our friends, our work, our health and our community. Loaves and Fishes is truly “Nourishing Lives” through our food and culinary programs. This holi-
day season I ask you to consider giving a charitable donation to help us serve our community. We continue to serve 600-700 meals a day and teach valu-
able culinary skills to individuals seeking employment and wanting to work in the culinary industry. We cannot do this without our community’s support.
“What would Contra Costa County look like without Loaves and Fishes in the community? Would more people be hungry, looking for food on the streets, eating at fast food restaurants because it’s cheap, or have no food at all?” There is no reason for anyone to be hungry. Loaves and Fishes is here to help and we are truly making a difference. I often hear from our clients, “Thank you, I love this place. It helps me eat a healthy meal!”
Ways You Can Help
Volunteer at one of our dining rooms or central kitchen
Make a one time donation or better yet… a recurring gift that you don’t need to think about again
Make a 3 year pledge of a dollar amount that is meaningful to you
Donate your required IRA distribution or a portion for a tax write off
We appreciate every donation and volunteer. Loaves and Fishes has made a large impact in the county over the years. Thank you to everyone who is already a generous donor or volunteer who provides support to our community.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
INCOME Individual $342,573 21% Institutions $47,033 3% Foundation Grants $328,068 20% Government Grants $39,149 2% Donated Food $700,000 43% Other/Special Events $133,615 9% Culinary Arts Program $33,906 2%
TOTAL $1,624,344 100% EXPENSES
Administration $68,179 4% Fundraising $202,421 13%
Program Operations $1,230,238 80% Culinary Arts Program $41,016 3%
TOTAL $1,541,854 100% Net Income $98,842.00
$1.31 per meal
136,540 meals served
252 tons of
groceries
1,200 people served
Joleen Lafayette, Executive Director
Unaudited results
Loaves and Fishes helped me to take that first step of hope after being homeless, hungry and feeling hopeless. ~ Barbara W., client
Love Loaves
THANK YOU DONORS! JULY 1, 2017—JUNE 30, 2018 ANNUAL GIVING LIST
Thank you to all our other donors who we are limited by space constraints from listing here. Your contributions of $499 and less are very much appreciated and will be represented on our website. These donations represent all cash donations, but do not reflect the generous in-kind donations we receive from these and many other donors.
$50,000 and above Anonymous Donor Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999 Contra Costa County Employment &
Human Services Dept. CSBG Crescent Porter Hale Foundation Firedoll Foundation Kaiser Permanente George H. Sandy Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999 Alameda County Office of Education -
Career Pathways City of Pittsburg CDBG Funds Pittsburg
Dining Room Contra Costa County CDBG Martinez
Dining Room East Bay Community Foundation Episcopal Impact Fund-Culinary
Program Los Medanos Community Healthcare
District Martin Keith Portnoff, MD Paul Sheehan Sutter Health Pacific Service Credit Union Wells Fargo Foundation Bank of America Foundation YourCause Chevron Matching
Employee Funds
$5,000 - $9,999 City of Antioch CDBG Antioch Dining
Room Tom Bloxham Blumberg Family Charitable Gift Fund Contra Costa County Dept. of
Conservation and Development Nancy and Lawrence Fitzgerald Heffernan Foundation Fremont Bank Foundation Stacii and David Gerson Michael M. Peacock Foundation Jim Price Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation Patricia and Donald Roof St. Joan of Arc Parish St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Lise and Steve Wallace
$2,500 - $4,999 Michelle and Randy Abraham Marilyn and Robert Barham Bright Funds Foundation Rita Caruso Castle Creek Company Inc Contra Costa Crisis Center-Share The
Spirit Julie Cooper and Mike Rounds Geoffrey and Julie Disch—Green
Escrow Services, Inc. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Amy and Mike Dreyer Jon Dunckel Sue and Roger Fernando — Roger
Fernando Insurance Agency David and Brenda Carlson Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Virginia and Mike Hazlewood Karlyn Hunt and Patrick BarthelKaren Introcaso Joleen and Greg Lafayette The Lowell Berry Foundation Mechanics Bank Steve Mirabito Lisa and Mike Mitcheom Morello Hills Christian Church Roger and Nancy Moseley Tracy and Mike Pisenti St. Bonaventure Church St. Matthew Lutheran Church David Deutscher, Trustee Ludell
Deutscher Trust Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 6435 Richard and Bobbie Williams YourCause, LLC Dell Giving
$1000 - $2,499 Italian Catholic Federation, #352 The Aaron and Marie Blackman
Foundation AppWrap LLC BAC Community Bank Linda and Peter Baumhefner Antioch Lions Club Julie and Stephen Bell Mary Bengtson Charles Breckenridge Brian Buenneke Paul Burmeister Kiwanis Club of Martinez City of Martinez Matson Navigation Co. C&T Recycling Corp. Geraldo Cunha Leslie Dawson The Depolo Foundation Julie Divola Sheila and Craig Doré Colliers International - Walnut Creek Linda and Jim Ellman Leo Fontana Justice, Justice Foundation Mabel Horrigan Foundation The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Foundation Sue and Nathan Haese Gina and Ken Hare Diane and Jack Harrington John Hartle John Muir Health Ron and Iris Hillman Richard Hoedt, DDS Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church Vern and Nancy Howard Ann and Donald Hughes
Deborah and Paul Jansen Lois and David Kail Karen and Edward Keegan Janette and Ed Kennedy Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley Andy Kush Colleen and Maurice Lafayette Beverly and Bob Lauderdale Sharon and James Lawrence Marlene and Trace Lee Lescure Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lingane Rosanne and Chris Maloney Jackie and Jeff Mann Stifel Nicolaus, Walnut Creek Branch Katie and Dan McCormick Byron McCulley Patty and Ed McMillan Heidi and Barry Melin Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek Bob Murphy Lynn and Chris Nicks Our Savior's Lutheran Church Pam Price-Bergquist and Ken Bergquist PrimIDEA Building Solutions, Inc Eldon and Marilyn Quast Susan and Jeff Rideout Sonia and Neil Roscoe Eric Samuels San Ramon Valley United Methodist Elizabeth and William Schalich Donald Scott Graham and Margaret Seel Patrick Sende Car Donation Services Julie and Robert Shipp Lynn and Bradley H Smith St. Anselm's Episcopal Church St. Perpetua's Catholic Church Wendelyn and Robert Stannard Dorlee H Taylor Michael Teslar United Way California Capital Region United Way Of the Bay Area Audrey and Lee Wagner YourCause, PG&E Company/Employee
Giving
$500 - $999 L. Matthew AdamsJoellen AdemskiLinda and Robert AmbroseApostolic Lutheran ChurchJennie L. BancroftRosmary S BartschKathy and Steve BenevenutoMichele and Barry BrynjulsonStephen BurrAlfred CadyLynne and Mark CastagnolaNancy and Kent ClancyNancy and Greg ClarkShirley Ann CokeReed and Ann Custer
Bank of America Employee Giving Daniel McCormick Insurance Services David J. DeRose Mary Ann and Michael Di Geronimo Diablo Rod & Gun Club John Dioguardi Judy and Robert Duncan Elizabeth and John Dzenitis Phyllis and Reid A. Edwards Faith Christian Fellowship Robert and Anne Flaig Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Salesforce Foundation Brad Gai Tammy and Jim Gard Carol and Richard Gilpin Robert and Sandra Goldberg Arlene and Alan Gould George Gregory Suzy Pak and Mark Gundacker Gary and Stephanie Hargrave James Hattum Greg Heffron Stephanie and Steve Hitchcock Patricia A Kabler Robert L Kahl Shelley Krompier Lynn and Joe Lawton Drew Learned Sandra and Douglas Leich Anna and John Lodato Claire and James J. Marchiano Dirk Mellema Eugene and Catherine Moloney Eleanor Newman Stanley C Oberg Justin Paek John Pak Paragon Real Estate Group QuestMark Jeanne Rasmussen Michael Rebottaro Mark and Lisa Rochon Bernard A. Schroer Laura and Clifford Seaholm Karen and Stephen Seto Joe Setterlund Janet and Richard Sheehy Theresa and David Shikany Stephanie and Jay Snyder St. Anne's Society St. Paul's Episcopal Church Kevin and Christine Sweeney Colette Tedeschi Bob Turner Karen and Jeffrey Vesely Bernard N Wolf Women of Isaiah Jackie and Sam Yoshioka YourCause Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign Rachel and Michael Zinn
Mechanics Bank team volunteering in Martinez dining room
Loaves and Fishes Operated Dining Rooms/Administrative Offices
VOLUNTEER CORNER
835 Ferry Street Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 293-4792Tax ID# 68-0018077
Write a check or donate online at www.loavesfishescc.org
We also accept food donations
ANTIOCH American Legion Hall
403 W.6th Street
BAY POINT Community Baptist Church
62 Bella Vista Avenue
MARTINEZ Admin Office/Dining Room
835 Ferry Street
OAKLEY Red Man-Pocahontas Hall
1403 Main Street
PITTSBURG LFCC/SVDP Dining Room
1415 Simpson Court
Thankful for our Volunteers!
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa is blessed to have hundreds of dedicated volunteers who give their time, talents, and resources to help us nourish the lives of those in need in Contra Costa County. Without the service of our awesome volunteers, we could not serve the upwards of 700 meals daily and provide groceries to our clients. Thank you to each volunteer and group for their hard work and dedication to help us fulfill our mission to provide community-based food programs and partner services that focus on basic needs.
Foothill Middle School volunteers Chevron volunteers during the Week of Caring
NCL mom and daughter team volunteering
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Mechanics Bank team volunteering in Martinez dining room
Loaves and Fishes Operated Dining Rooms/Administrative Offices
VOLUNTEER CORNER
835 Ferry Street Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 293-4792Tax ID# 68-0018077
Write a check or donate online at www.loavesfishescc.org
We also accept food donations
ANTIOCH American Legion Hall
403 W.6th Street
BAY POINT Community Baptist Church
62 Bella Vista Avenue
MARTINEZ Admin Office/Dining Room
835 Ferry Street
OAKLEY Red Man-Pocahontas Hall
1403 Main Street
PITTSBURG LFCC/SVDP Dining Room
1415 Simpson Court
Thankful for our Volunteers!
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa is blessed to have hundreds of dedicated volunteers who give their time, talents, and resources to help us nourish the lives of those in need in Contra Costa County. Without the service of our awesome volunteers, we could not serve the upwards of 700 meals daily and provide groceries to our clients. Thank you to each volunteer and group for their hard work and dedication to help us fulfill our mission to provide community-based food programs and partner services that focus on basic needs.
Foothill Middle School volunteers Chevron volunteers during the Week of Caring
NCL mom and daughter team volunteering
O F C O N T R A C O S T A
Mechanics Bank team volunteering in Martinez dining room
Loaves and Fishes Operated Dining Rooms/Administrative Offices
VOLUNTEER CORNER
835 Ferry Street Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 293-4792Tax ID# 68-0018077
Write a check or donate online at www.loavesfishescc.org
We also accept food donations
ANTIOCH American Legion Hall
403 W.6th Street
BAY POINT Community Baptist Church
62 Bella Vista Avenue
MARTINEZ Admin Office/Dining Room
835 Ferry Street
OAKLEY Red Man-Pocahontas Hall
1403 Main Street
PITTSBURG LFCC/SVDP Dining Room
1415 Simpson Court
Thankful for our Volunteers!
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa is blessed to have hundreds of dedicated volunteers who give their time, talents, and resources to help us nourish the lives of those in need in Contra Costa County. Without the service of our awesome volunteers, we could not serve the upwards of 700 meals daily and provide groceries to our clients. Thank you to each volunteer and group for their hard work and dedication to help us fulfill our mission to provide community-based food programs and partner services that focus on basic needs.
Foothill Middle School volunteers Chevron volunteers during the Week of Caring
NCL mom and daughter team volunteering