2011-2012 SUPPORT STAFF SERVICE PROJECT

Illinois Valley Food Pantry

www.ivcc.edu/serviceproject

Easter Basket Distribution

April 4-12

Collected food and monetary donations to help fill the need for an estimated 600 Easter baskets.

$267.77

246 lbs.

Cookout

July 13

$555.86

Cereal and Macaroni & Cheese Drive

July 27-August 17

IVFP expressed a specific need for these two items.

Collected55 boxes of cereal100 boxes of macaroni & cheese

131 lbs.

Penny Wars

September 12-October 6

TEAMS NET PENNIES TOTALJalapeno Penny Poppers $129.27 $208.47Full of Cents $48.41 $82.21Pennies Talk $17.90$134.00Copper Crusaders $4.13 $64.53Penny Pinchers $-6.69 $51.21Penny Warriors $-26.32 $80.48Retail Therapy $-28.53$166.57

TOTAL $787.47A special thank you to Ida Brown for baking her famous piesfor the winning team!

Zombie Photo Contest & Raffles

• October 26-30

• 6 photos submitted• Lobby voting took place on Oct. 26 & 27 and at the theatre production of “The Haunted Halloween Show” on Oct. 28-30.

• Voting options: Cash or food donation• Raffles were available at the theatre production

$504.15

128 lbs.A special thank you to the Theatre Department for advertising our event and allowing us to have a table at their production.

Zombie Events (continued)

Photo Contest Winner

“Zombie eating her dog”

Brianna Purcell(Daughter of IVCC student Jackie Heim)

Brianna spending her Bookstore gift card.

A special thank you to Jan Vogelgesang for donating the Bookstore gift card for this event.

Food for Fines

November 7-18

Each item donated was used to pay $1.00 in overdue fines up to a maximum of 25 items to pay $25.00.

Jacobs Library forgave

$95.50 in fines

137 items collected

107 lbs.

$2.00 donation to the IVFP

Craft Fair

November 30

Proceeds raised from vendor fees, raffles, a bake sale and gentle used holiday items.

$1,500.07

Food Fight

January 30-February 10

Winning team determined by the most items collected.

Teams and TotalsAdministration – 230Faculty – 625Support Staff – 755Students – 81

1,691 items

1,516 lbs.

Great Book Giveaway

February 29

Proceeds collected through raffles and donations for books.

Raffles: $167.00

Donations for Books: $517.71

Total: $684.71

Lasagna Dinner

March 14

The idea for this event came fromCountry Catering. The lasagna wasDELICIOUS!

150 meals sold

$402.75A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNTRY CATERING.

THE VALUE OF THEIR GENEROSITY IS PRICELESS!

Thank You!!

IVFP Project TeamSandy Beard

Theresa CarrancoLorri FoockleKim Herout

Diane KreiserSheri Mitchum

Sherri PopurellaSherry Stickney

Mary TullyEileen TwardowskiJan VogelgesangDawn Watson 

Shipping & ReceivingRaeleen BartoltLolita Schmitz

For providing us with storage space and assisting us with the packaging & delivering items for several events.

Country CateringFor donations to the Cookout and the Lasagna Dinner and participation in Penny Wars.

IVCC Professor Paul Leadingham, his welding classes, and Doris Leadingham for their numerous raffle donations.

A special thank you to IVCC student Travis McLaughlin for his creations.

The endless generosity and support of the Support Staff, Faculty, Administration, Students and IVCC Community

FacilitiesFor meeting all our set-up and equipment needs for all events.

Total Donations to the IVFP

2,128 lbs.

Total monetary donations:

In 2011, Feeding America’s valued a pound of food at $1.66.Value of our food donation:

$3,532.48

$4,754.78Total pounds of food collected:

$8,287.26

Total Value Of All Donations to the IVFP