Can You Help with These Holiday Needs?

Marysville Community Food Bank

Loaves & Fishes

Our Mission

To provide nutritious food to our community without

question or judgment, to refer clients to other

resources as needed, and to use care and compassion

in all our work.

Board of Directors

President: Mike Mulligan

Vice President: Alonna Chatburn

Secretary: Sherry Haigh

Treasurer: Robyn Warren

Al Elliott

Dorothy Elliott

Tara Mizell

Dana Mulligan

Daniel Pradera

John Snyder

Food Bank Director

Dell Deierling

"We must

adjust to

changing times

and still hold to

unchanging

principles."

Jimmy Carter

VOLUME 15, ISSUE 3 OCTOBER 2015

Newsletter Editor: Sherry Haigh Design: Barbara Edmondson

All-City Food Drive Nov. 7. Please tell your friends and family to look for the red collection barrels at many local grocery stores. (Note: The Walmart at 64th & Hwy. 9 will participate Nov. 14.)

Holiday Needs. Canned goods: canned ham, chicken noodle and cream of mushroom soup, corn, fruit, fruit cocktail, yams, sweet potatoes, olives, peanut butter, jelly, cooking oil. Packaged foods: red and green Jell-o, vanilla and choc-olate pudding mix, gravy mix, stuffing mix. Frozen turkeys: delivered to the MCFB during operating hours or by appointment.

Toy and Gift Collections. The Toy Store will be eagerly accepting donations of new toys and unwrapped gifts for families in need. Drop gifts at the Food Bank or watch for the red collection barrels at a store near you during the holidays. Also, cash donations for toy purchases are always appreciated.

Volunteers Needed! To help at the Marysville Community Food Bank during the busy holiday season, please call (360) 658-1054. Send inquiries about the Toy Store and how you can help to fbtoystore@gmail.com.

Community Gardeners Share Their Bounty

Thanks to donations from home gardeners and larger organizations, MCFB clients have enjoyed healthy fresh produce again this year. Our donors include Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens (8,210 lbs. potatoes, 250 lbs. corn), WSU Master

Gardeners at Jennings Park (3,143 lbs. produce), MPHS International School of Communications in cooperation with Sunnyside Nursery (2,029 lbs. produce) and Redmond Holy Cross Church (300 pumpkins). Thank you everyone who shared the fruits of your labor with your neighbors in need! Photo courtesy Kevin Clark/The Herald. Read more: www.heraldnet.com/article/20150925/NEWS01/150929541

MCFB Hosts Noon Rotary and Open House Fundraiser

We were honored to host the Marysville Noon Rotary’s luncheon meeting on Sept. 30. Food Bank director Dell Deierling spoke to the group and then led a tour of the Food Bank. Later that afternoon, board members and volunteers welcomed members of the community to an open house that showed the inner workings of the Food Bank. Each guest was guided through the shopping line, experiencing what a client does on a typical visit. Shown here are Marysville Fire Chief Martin McFalls and MCFB volunteer Mark Poplar. Guests were then treated to a light meal of soup and salad with soft drinks donated by Pepsi and coffee donated by Starbucks. Guests also browsed informational tables to learn more about the services offered by the Marysville Community Food Bank. Photo courtesy Kirk Boxleitner/Marysville Globe. Read more: www.marysvilleglobe.com/community/330480441.html

V o l u n t e e r s i n t h e S p o t l i g h t

We thank all our volunteers, whose hard work and dedication allow us to serve our community.

May: Sisters Gonzalez and Mohr, and Elders Buchanan, Dowd, Erikson, Gressler, Klein, Knight, Merrill, Niemela, Peterson, Rice, Tempest and Thomas. From a list of service opportunities, MCFB was lucky to be chosen as the place to serve by these outstanding young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. From all over the country (plus one from Australia!) they came to spend from 6 weeks to 8 months in our area. In spite of their demanding schedules, these young people have shown up at the Food Bank with smiles on their faces and a willingness to do whatever is asked. They all have a heart to serve and to help those in need. Each one is pleasant and respectful to clients and volunteers alike. All but Elder Erikson have moved on to other volunteer opportunities but we are fortunate to see them replaced with other equally valuable, committed LDS missionaries. Thank you, former and current missionaries for all your dedicated help!

June: David Leslie A few months after he retired from the Federal Emergency Management Agen-cy (FEMA), David Leslie’s wife, Christ-ina, suggested he volunteer at MCFB. (She volunteers

with the Toy Store and felt the Food Bank would be a good fit for David.) A year later, he’s still with us unloading deliveries in receiving as well as keeping bread and pastries stocked two days a week and making grocery store pickups another two days each week.

He and Christina have a son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Jessica. David is an avid bicyclist who rides the Centennial Trail, around town, and even to and from the Food Bank, a 10-mile round trip! Thank you, David, for sharing some of your wealth of energy with us!

July: Wilson Longstreet If it weren’t for Wilson, our floors would be a sticky mess! Working the night shift (3-11:30 p.m.) as a mechan-ical technician on the Boeing 777,

Wilson comes in every Wednesday morning when the Food Bank is closed to scrub and disinfect all the floors. And on the day of our open house event, he cleaned the floors from midnight to 2:45 a.m.!

Wilson has two daughters, one son, and four grandchildren; they all live locally so Wilson spends lots of time with them. He enjoys get-togethers with his extended family, too, organizing several family reunions each year. He also likes exploring the Pacific North-west, whether it be fishing for salmon and trout, hiking the trails, or camping. Public markets, bowl-ing and listening to classic rock are other favorite pastimes. Thank you, Wilson, for making time for us!

August: Kaitlyn & Jamie Phung

Volunteers since February, sisters Kaitlyn (left) and Jamie Phung chose to fill their extra time this summer by helping others at the Food Bank. On distribution days, they sort all the produce as it comes in and restock the bins — and during the summer that's a big job! Both are students at Marysville Getchell High School. Kaitlyn is a senior as well as a college student in the running start program. She enjoys piano, guitar and snow skiing. Jamie is a sophomore who runs track, plays guitar and loves to read. They have a 6-year-old sister and two loving and supportive parents. We are so happy to have their help!

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A THANKSGIVING STORY Last year on Thanks-giving Day eve, I was in the office wrapping things up so I could have a clear con-science over my long holiday weekend. The Food Bank was

closed as it is every Wednesday. It’s really just by chance that I was there. A woman rang the doorbell. She was referred to the MCFB that morning by someone at her child’s school in hopes of getting food for Thanksgiving. Her son had lost her EBT card and she had no funds to pay for food for a Thanksgiving dinner for her three young children and her father. I worked through the details with her to record her visit, inform her about our Christmas baskets and Toy Store and find out which of the Thanksgiving foods we

had that she would like. While doing this she shared some of the challenges she has faced in her life. She has done admirably over-coming obstacles to make a better life for her kids.

Of the holiday foods we had to offer, she was most interested in a turkey. Our turkeys were all frozen rock-solid. It is possible to thaw a big bird for the next day, but it takes work and it’s not the preferred method. As I was getting ready to collect her food, the doorbell rang again. There stood a woman hold-ing a bag. She asked, "Do you take fresh turkeys?"

Such are the workings of the One who watches over us and a community of people who care for each other. I have seen it happen several times here at the Food Bank. It still blows me away.

Dell Deierling, Director

MCFB

Bulletin

Board

Many Thanks to...

Carol Sauers, who collected 236 lbs. of food and $82 at the Touch-a-Truck event.

Grocery Outlet for their Independence from Hunger Food Drive that collected 1,051 lbs. of food and $2,124 in gift cards.

Marysville Dollar Store for collecting 3,577 lbs. of food.

The MCFB Board of Directors and the 30 enthusiastic volunteers who made our Open House Fundraiser a success, netting over $4,200.

NARPM for hosting a Silent Auction at Cedarcrest Golf Course Restaurant, raising $683.75 and 191 lbs. of food.

Grover Ramsey and Richard Warthen for hand loading and unloading 8,210 pounds of potatoes from Holy Cross Catholic Church.

Rodz on 3rd where 52 lbs. of food and $110 were collected.

Roy Robinson Subaru for their Fill the Outback Food Drive, bringing in 330 lbs. of food.

Kathy and Jack Thompson of LDS for organizing the Helping Hands Food Drive again this year, bringing in 5,861 lbs. of food and $1,057.

The Toy Store Committee for organizing the All-City Food Drive each year.

Clockwise from top left: Pacific Northwest Camp volunteers at the MCFB on Aug. 8; Marysville NJROTC students with a load of freshly picked corn from Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens; Grocery Outlet workers packing Independence from Hunger bags; our Sept. 30 Open House gave community members an inside

look at the MCFB, and netted more than $4,200.

Marysville Community Food Bank

4150-88th Street NE P.O. Box 917 Marysville, WA 98270-0917 (360) 658-1054 marysvillefoodbank@frontier.com www.marysvillefoodbank.org

Does someone you know need services from the Food Bank? Please encourage them to contact us. Clients must bring proof of their Marysville address (PUD bill, phone bill, rent receipt, etc.) showing a 98259, 98270 or 98271 ZIP code. Families need to verify family members living at home with medical coupons, school report cards or forms, etc. Families may come two times a month for full service and an additional two times a month for bread and produce only. We are located at 4150 - 88th Street NE, right behind St. Mary's Catholic Church. Distribution days are Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m., and Fridays from 9 to 11 a.m. Seniors age 62 and older and disabled clients are invited to come on Mondays from 9 to 11 a.m., a day specially designated for their service.

Marysville Community Food Bank Member Churches

Berean Baptist Church

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Cascade Christian Reformed Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Church of the Nazarene

Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Faith Lutheran Church

First Baptist Church of Marysville

The Grove Church

Hillside Church

Holy Cross Church

Marysville Free Methodist Church

Marysville Seventh Day Adventist Church

Marysville United Methodist Church

Mountainside Fellowship Church

Mountain View Presbyterian Church

Second Baptist Church

St. Mary's Catholic Church

St. Phillip's Episcopal Church