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Mission: Daily Bread Ministries works to spread the message of God’s love by distributing rescued food to area compassion organizations for delivery to hungry families and children in the San Antonio area and beyond. DBM supports the poorest of the poor in their own communities by directly reaching out to them through its affiliates, nourishing peoples’ bodies and sustaining their spirits. Board of Directors: Seth Kuehn, President/Founder Paul Nadeau, DBM Board Chair; Deloitte Consulting Raymond J. Gibson, DBM Treasurer; Ben E. Keith Co. Alice Guerra, DBM Director/Secretary; GTO Advertising Rickey Burks, DBM Director; USAA Stephen Oliver, DBM Director; Gethsemane Partners Jeff Truax, DBM Director; Truax Construction Stephanie A. Harris, DBM Director; Harris Martin Financial 700 W Houston San Antonio, Texas 78207 210.223.4707 dailybreadministries.org Vision: To continue serving the San Antonio hungry and poor at a new warehouse location, providing enhanced food re- distribution services to a larger, more diverse population and geographical area. Programs: Food Distribution- Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, DBM’s volunteers come together to sort bread, pastries, canned goods, produce, and other items into boxes and load them onto partner ministries’ trucks and vans following a prayer of thanksgiving. Kids Against Hunger- Daily Bread Ministries is a distribution partner for Kids Against Hunger, a humanitarian food organization that delivers pre-packaged food to starving children around the world. DBM assembles, packages, and ships the food product specially formulated to meet the daily nutritional needs of a starving child. 2 nd Blessing Thrift Shop- Located on Blanco Road near Fresno and I-10, this thrift shop offers bargains galore and proceeds benefit DBM. Feeding mouths and nourishing spirits in the San Antonio area since 1997. History: In 1996, Seth Kuehn saw a need. He saw thousands of pounds of perfectly good food being wasted daily in our city’s restaurants, grocery stores, wholesale suppliers, and other food companies. He thought about how many hungry San Antonio souls that food could feed. So Seth founded Daily Bread Ministries to rescue food items that would otherwise go to waste and disburse them to churches and compassion organizations. These organizations then distribute the food to hungry and needy people in their local areas. Statistics: DBM operates on a small budget, meaning that for every $1 you donate, we can distribute $20 worth of food! With only 12 full-time staffers, DBM utilizes the help of over 200 volunteers. Over the last four years, DBM has distributed over 20 million pounds of rescued food! Insert Budget Here People Served in 2011: 329,704 Including 137,855 children

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Page 1: DBM Fact Sheet

Mission:

Daily Bread Ministries works to

spread the message of God’s love

by distributing rescued food to

area compassion organizations

for delivery to hungry families

and children in the San Antonio

area and beyond. DBM supports

the poorest of the poor in their

own communities by directly

reaching out to them through its

affiliates, nourishing peoples’

bodies and sustaining their

spirits.

Board of Directors:

Seth Kuehn, President/Founder

Paul Nadeau, DBM Board Chair;

Deloitte Consulting

Raymond J. Gibson, DBM Treasurer; Ben E. Keith Co.

Alice Guerra, DBM Director/Secretary; GTO Advertising

Rickey Burks, DBM Director; USAA

Stephen Oliver, DBM Director; Gethsemane Partners

Jeff Truax, DBM Director; Truax Construction

Stephanie A. Harris, DBM Director; Harris Martin Financial

700 W Houston San Antonio, Texas 78207 210.223.4707 dailybreadministries.org Vision: To continue serving the San Antonio hungry and poor at a new warehouse location, providing enhanced food re-distribution services to a larger, more diverse population and geographical area. Programs:

Food Distribution- Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, DBM’s volunteers come together to sort bread, pastries, canned goods, produce, and other items into boxes and load them onto partner ministries’ trucks and vans following a prayer of thanksgiving.

Kids Against Hunger- Daily Bread Ministries is a distribution partner for Kids Against Hunger, a humanitarian food organization that delivers pre-packaged food to starving children around the world. DBM assembles, packages, and ships the food product specially formulated to meet the daily nutritional needs of a starving child.

2nd Blessing Thrift Shop- Located on Blanco Road near Fresno and I-10, this thrift shop offers bargains galore and proceeds benefit DBM.

Feeding mouths and nourishing spirits in the San Antonio area since 1997. History: In 1996, Seth Kuehn saw a need. He saw thousands of pounds of perfectly good food being wasted daily in our city’s restaurants, grocery stores, wholesale suppliers, and other food companies. He thought about how many hungry San Antonio souls that food could feed. So Seth founded Daily Bread Ministries to rescue food items that would otherwise go to waste and disburse them to churches and compassion organizations. These organizations then distribute the food to hungry and needy people in their local areas. Statistics:

DBM operates on a small budget, meaning that for every $1 you donate, we can distribute $20 worth of food!

With only 12 full-time staffers, DBM utilizes the help of over 200 volunteers.

Over the last four years, DBM has distributed over 20 million pounds of rescued food!

Insert Budget Here

People Served in 2011: 329,704

Including 137,855 children