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Page 1: Kent County’s  Community Food Pantry  (The Pantry)

Kent County’s Community Food Pantry

(The Pantry)

A 501 (3) (c) non-profit corporation

established to provide nutritional food to

Kent County families who are living at or

below poverty level. The Pantry is located at

Christ United Methodist Church in

Chestertown.

Located at corner High & Mill Streets,

P.O. Box 346, Chestertown, MD 21620 –

Telephone: 410-778-0550

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KENT COUNTY’S COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY

P.O. BOX 346, 401 HIGH ST., CHESTERTOWN, MD 21620 410-778-0550

WEB ADDRESS: WWW.KENTFOODPANTRY.ORG•The Pantry) is a 501 (3) (c) non-profit corporation established to

provide nutritional food to Kent County families who are living at or

below poverty level.

•The Pantry is located at Christ United Methodist Church in

Chestertown (Mill St. entrance). It is open from 10 AM to 12 PM

every Tuesday and Thursday and second Wednesday for 20 – 30

“regular” clients.

•Almost all clients are referred to The Pantry by The Kent County

Department of Social Services. Clients are only eligible for food

assistance once every 30 days.

•The Pantry must purchase 60% of the food that is distributed. Less

than 40% is donated. About 10,000 pounds of food a month is

distributed.

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Contents

History of The Food Pantry

Hours of Operation

Profile of Clients

Source of Food and Most Needed Food Items

A Typical Month at The Food Pantry

Client-Related Statistics

2010 Income and Expenses

Support for Backpack Program

Eat Better/Shop Smarter Workshops

Hunger Never Takes a Holiday

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History of The Food Pantry

An independent 501(3) (c) nonprofit

corporation since 2001.

Christ Church provides low-cost space

and food storage.

Independent Board of Directors that

represent Kent County.

Member of Maryland Food Bank

Member of the Chester Valley Ministers’

Association (CVMA)

Established in 1991 by Christ United Methodist Church in

Chestertown.

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Hours of Operation

Open from 10 AM to 12 PM every Tuesday and

Thursday and second Wednesday for 20 – 30

“regular” clients.

Almost all clients are referred to The Pantry by

The Kent County Department of Social

Services.

Clients are only eligible for food

assistance once every 30 days.

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Profile of Clients

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Profile of Clients

Half of Kent County clients have children age 18 or younger.

A large majority are females (71%). 69% have annual incomes of $10,000 or less. 47% are White and 48% are African-American. 27% work full-time (13%) or part-time (14%). Most clients are between 30 and 64 (71%).

Seniors (12%) and the young (17%) are the balance.

Half of clients are from Chestertown and the rest in live in Rock Hall, Galena, etc.

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Source of Food & Most Needed Items

The Pantry must purchase 60% of the food that is distributed.

Less than 40% is donated.

The Pantry distributes about 10,000 pounds of food a month.

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Source of Food & Most Needed Items

Examples of non-

perishable foods that

are purchased or

donated: flour and

sugar, dry cereal,

canned tuna, chicken

and salmon, canned

vegetables and fruit,

peanut butter and jelly,

pork and beans, rice

and pasta with meat

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A Typical Month at the Food Pantry

Program director Miriam

Greenlee and dozens of

volunteers provide food to about

200 different families during the

month.

Approximately 50 pounds of food

are distributed to an average

family.

In 2010, 118,931 pounds of food

were distributed to 612 different

families.

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A Typical Month at the Food PantryApproximately 30 different food items are provided to each family. Those items include:

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Typical Food Items Distributed (about 35 different items/family)

Sugar and flour Pancake mix and syrup Eggs Peanut butter and jelly Tuna fish Mayo Canned meat Hash, gravy & beef Beans and rice Dry milk Spaghetti with meat

balls in tomato sauce

Pasta with meat Pork & beans Cereal & oatmeal Crackers and soup Canned tomatoes Apple sauce and canned

fruit Corn bread Beans and vegetables Mac & cheese Fresh produce in the

summer

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A Typical Month at the Food Pantry

Joe Baker and 4 to 6

volunteers pick up food

from SuperFresh and

unload food from

Maryland Food Bank

several times a month –

about 10,000 pounds of

food are handled each

month

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A Typical Month at the Food Pantry

Volunteers check

expiration dates and

stack approximately

thousands of pounds

of donated food each

month

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Over 70 Volunteers Work at the Community Food Pantry

Volunteers greet clients, unpack hundreds of boxes of food, check labels of donated food, stack thousands of cans of food on shelves and do what is required to serve struggling Kent Co. families

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Client-Related Statistics

The number of people who need assistance in Kent County grows every year.

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Client-Related Statistics

2006 through 2010

Average for each year

Families Served per Month

Total men, women and children per

month

2010 200 554

2009 207 544

2008 167 430

2007 119 300

2006 107 267

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Family Units Served Monthly:2008 -2011

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Summary - 2010

Serviced 612 individual

families

2,404 family-visits

3.9 visits per family

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Number of Family Visits - 2010

Number of Families

Percent

1 Visit to Pickup Food 201 33%

2 Visits 90 15%

3 times 72 12%

4 Visits 51 8%

5 Visits 44 7%

6 Visits 31 5%

7 or more Visits 123 20%

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It’s about food…and more…

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2010 Income and Expenses

Individual donors: $46,248

Churches: $22,298

Clubs/businesses: $10,937

United Way: $13,459

Kent Co. and State of MD:

$2,000

Weinberg Foundation:

$10,700

Value of non-cash items: Donated food: $55,795

Volunteer hours: 1,500+

Purchased food and non-food

items: $60,732

Food director (salary and

taxes): $13,103

Weinberg workshops: $6,637

Office supplies, rent, telephone,

postage and utilities:

$5,393

Income Expenses

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Over One Thousand Students Qualify for Free Lunches in Kent Co. Public SchoolsKent County Schools: 2011-2012 School Year

Total

Enrollment Free LunchReduced Lunch

Total Freeor Rediuced Percent

KC High Schooland AlternativeSchool 654 265 55 320 49%

KC Middle School 450 192 39 231 51%

Elementary Schools

Garnett 207 132 17 149 72%

Galena 184 56 8 64 35%

Millington 181 109 10 119 66%

Rock Hall 208 112 19 131 63%

Worton 290 152 10 162 56%

Total Enrollment 2174 1018 158 1176 54%

Data provided by J. Bramble, KCS Food Service 9/27/11

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Backpack Program Helps Make Healthy Kids! Provides food assistance

over the weekend to children in need

Program is national, but Kent County program is being run independently

Approximately 50% of Kent Co. public school student participate in reduced lunch or free lunch program – those children most in need are provided backpacks

Schools with sponsors: Middle School and Galena, Garnett, Millington, Rock Hall and Worton Elementary Schools

Food Pantry is purchasing breakfast, lunch and snack items from Maryland Food Bank

Churches are packing and delivering hundreds of food items to Kent County schools each week

In September we purchased 1,464 pounds of food (98 cases -- $1,367)

Examples: cereal bowls, white milk, juice, tuna, fruit snacks, noodles, ravioli, peanut butter crackers, applesauce, pudding, pop tarts and granola bars

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Eat Better and Shop Smarter

2010/2011 workshops, attended by over 100 clients,

are supported by a grant from Harry and Jeanette

Weinberg Foundation Grant and Washington College

SIFE.

Surveys are used to gauge changes in behaviors and

attitudes.

Dietitian has designed recipes and is helping clients

deal with obesity, blood pressure and diabetes.

Washington College SIFE is helping clients with

budgeting and comparison shopping.

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Marcia Yeager, a dietitian, and WC SIFE students discuss food purchases and budgeting, portion size and food labels.

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Hunger Never Takes a Holiday

The Pantry needs your donated

food every month.

Support The Pantry with a

contribution during Food Pantry

Nov. fund drive and support the

United Way.

A donation of $50 will buy 3 bags

of food for a family of four. Each

month The Pantry distributes

600+ bags of food.

For more information, visit:

www.kentfoodpantry.org


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