As Partner Agencies of the Montana Food Bank Network work to provide food to an increasing number of clients, the specific elements that are necessary for increasing food distribution to individuals ex-periencing food insecurity are being identified. Your organi-zation has the opportunity to apply for a mini-grant to help individuals and households in your community have greater access to emergency food. This Partner Agency Capacity Building Mini-Grant is being offered as a service of the Montana Food Bank Network. Mini-grants of up to $1,000, $2,000, or higher will be awarded to Partner Agencies that take positive, sustainable

action steps to build their or-ganization’s capacity and fulfill the mission to end hunger in Montana. The announcement and ap-plication will be posted on www.insidemfbn.org, sent through email blasts, and fur-nished to Partners upon re-quest starting Monday, July 12, 2010. Partner Agencies in good standing with the MFBN(meaning agencies that have updated contracts on file with the MFBN and have submitted their 2010-2011 annual dues) may submit mini-grant applica-tions for capacity building equipment for their organiza-tion. The application must be received by August 10, 2010

2010 Capacity Building Grants for Partner Agencies Now Available

July 2010 Volume 10, Issue VII

Points of Interest: ♦ Need Food Now?

♦ Hungry in Montana Client Hunger Survey

♦ GAP Analysis Update

♦ Rocky Boy Flooding

♦ Feed the Children Distribution

♦ July Delivery Schedule

♦ Kalispell Regional Meeting

♦ July’s Network Con-nection

Inside this issue:

Need Food Now? 2

Partner Contract and Dues!

2

Artful Veggie Reci-pes

2

2010 Client Hunger Survey

3

GAP Analysis Up-date

3

Partners Respond to Rocky Boy Flooding

3

Feed the Children 3

July Delivery Sched-ule

4-5

Upcoming Events 5

July’s Recipe — Roasted Beets and Greens

6

Due to the change in our delivery cycle from 4 weeks to 6 weeks, we have created an addi-tional way for you to or-der food from the MFBN. All partner agencies can request pre-packed pal-lets of food product by completing the request form at www.insidemfbn.org/content/need-food-now. Continued on page 2...

Help MFBN receive $100,000 Grant from The Montana Food Bank Network is excited to be a part of a great opportunity offered through Wal-mart to help feed low-income residents in Montana. As many of you know, Walmart partners with Feeding America and Feeding Amer-ica Members, like the Montana Food Bank Network, to provide agencies and clients with more food product and reduce waste. In addition to providing this wonderful service to MFBN’s partners, they have announced a huge grant opportunity for selected charita-ble organizations in each state where Walmart stores are located. They will be giving a grant of 100 thousand dollars to one of five Montana charities, and the Montana Food Bank Network is hon-ored to have been named among the five possible candidates to receive the award. Here’s the catch! Walmart employees have from July 9th to Au-gust 13th to go to www.mywalmart.com and vote for one of the five candidates. To help spread the word, we need your help! If you are willing to support us, please log on to www.insidemfbn.org/walmartvotes and print flyers, hang up posters, and write a letter of support! This award will help us, help you!!! Please contact Mark Brennan, Ext. 228 or Kathryn McCleerey, Ext 244 by calling (800)809-4752 with questions. Thanks for your support!

Grant awards will be an-nounced as early as 30 days after submission, and the funds must be spent by the end of the project period for which the funds were awarded. A Final Report will be due by November 30, 2010. To learn more about this mini-grant opportunity, please keep your eye out for the an-nouncement and application scheduled to go out to agen-cies next Monday, contact Megan Hill at Ext. 235 or Jeff Gutierrez at Ext. 232, or call in to this month’s Network Connection on July 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. We look forward to review-ing your applications. Good luck!

The type of product and quantity will vary from month to month and we will not be able to adjust product for any agency. What you see listed on the website each month, is what you get! Just remember that the pallets will only include dry, shelf stable product and will only be available in pallet quantities. This food will be shipped to you at no charge; however, you must be able to accommodate the carrier. In order to receive a shipment, you must be able to re-ceive the delivery during an 8 hour window, and have a dock or forklift with which to unload the food. Once you complete the webform request, you will be notified via email when the food has shipped (expect the food to be shipped the day after the submission), when to expect to re-ceive it, the tracking number, and the phone number to call in the case that you need to find out further delivery details. The first list of product will be posted Monday, July 19th. Please log on to www.insidemfbn.org and click on the “Need Food Now” block (like the one in this article) and request your pallet after the 19th. Please feel free to contact the MFBN with questions or concerns at (800)809-4752 Ext. 233, 235, or 232.

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The requested and thoroughly advertised date to submit Partner Agency contracts was May 28th, and the submission deadline for Partner Agency annual dues was June 30th. As both deadlines have passed, all remaining dues and contracts are consid-ered late and should be submitted immedi-ately. If you have not already done so, please send in your annual dues and/or contract as soon as possible. Thank you.

Every two years the Montana Food Bank Network and the Food Security Council conduct a survey of food pantry clients at agencies across the state. This survey allows us to learn more about factors contributing to food insecurity, the level of participation in public food programs, the prevalence of skipped meals for adults and chil-dren, the hardest times of year for people, and many other details

concerning the challenges faced by clients. The resulting Hungry in Mon-tana report is a valuable tool for both education and advocacy. This year, we are conducting the survey in Miles City, Glendive, Bill-ings, Hardin, Great Falls, Dillon, Havre, Troy, and Libby. A big THANK YOU to all of the participat-ing agencies!

You can view the 2008 survey at www.mfbn.org/hungry2008 And stay tuned for the completion of the 2010 report!

The MFBN’s 2010-2011 Gap Analysis is under-way and the framework has been laid. Erik, our talented graduate student intern, has completed a preliminary report that outlines the structure and goals of the upcoming research. The analysis will be composed of four phases: Food Sourcing, State-Level Food Distribution, County-Level Distribution, and Results. By analyzing the relationship of food insecurity and multiple variables such as food distri-bution sources, percentage in poverty, and number of households served each month, the results of the Analysis should provide us with the proper guidance to “fill in the gaps” in Montana in terms of food insecurity. As this is quite a detailed analysis, we will be working on the project until December, 2010 and will keep Partner Agencies posted as the research progresses. If you have any questions about the Gap Analysis, contact Jeff Gutierrez at Ext. 232

Reminder – Partner Agency Contracts and Annual Dues Now Significantly Late!

Need Food Now continued...

Artful Vegetable Recipes for Your Clients from the Missoula Food Bank A special thanks to the Missoula

Food Bank and Garden City Har-

vest for providing some wonderful

vegetable information! Each

month we will feature one or two

different veggies and include tips

on storage, preparation, and nutri-

tional content as well as some

beautiful original illustrations! See

the back page for this month’s

feature or log on insidemfbn.org

for the full set.

Hungry in Montana – 2010 Client Hunger Survey Update

Comprehensive GAP Analysis off to a great start!

On Friday, June 18th, the Chippewa-Cree tribe issued a Stage 2 flood advisory for the Rocky Boy Indian Reser-vation and began evacuating homes. Flooding from re-cent storms had damaged major water lines, leaving hundreds of residents with-out drinking water, and washed away many roads, including the one to the local health clinic, whose building was also severely damaged. In response, Voluntary Organizations Active in Dis-aster (VOAD) contacted the Montana Food Bank Net-work with an urgent request for food and water for the crews of first responders. The MFBN immediately called the closest Partner Agency, the Havre Food Bank. Penny Velk of the Havre Food Bank had al-ready received and re-sponded to a call for food and water for the residents of Rocky Boy. Penny said that after the initial phone call, she made a list and pre-pared to take whatever she could. Having never thought about what to bring to an emergency situation outside of town, Penny admits to being “a little freaked out” at first, until she looked and was surprised by what they actually had. Canned vegeta-bles & beans, lots of bread for sandwiches, large scale recipes like sloppy joe’s, and food stretching ideas & reci-

pes using chicken and dried beans turned out to be ideal. The following day, the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) stepped in and requested 3 pallets of water every day for up to 45 days. The MFBN contacted Feeding America and arranged for 1 ½ truckloads to be deliv-ered by Saturday, July 3, and called the Great Falls Com-munity Food Bank (GFCFB), who were emphatically on board with the relief effort. Gayle Gifford of the GFCFB explained that they had not yet been contacted by VOAD but immediately began mobilizing local re-sources to prepare a 26-foot truck with food, water, and supplies for delivery. Given the rushed situation, Gayle was impressed that the supply needs were so specific. Knowing exactly how many pallets of water were needed within a spe-cific amount of time was extremely helpful. The majority of Rocky Boy’s residents were evacu-ated to Havre, resulting in an increased and continual need for food and water. Many of those evacuated were housed by friends and family in Havre and Penny Velk praises the Havre com-munity circle for their rapid,

Partner Agencies Respond to Rocky Boy Flooding

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Feed the Children Distribution in Missoula—August 11th!

ATTENTION PARTNER AGENCIES!!! DON’T FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR MONTHLY ACTIVITY

REPORTS BY THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH FOR THE PRIOR MONTH’S REPORTING PERIOD!!!!

The Montana Food Bank Network and the Missoula Food Bank are excited to announce the first Feed the Children distribution in Mon-tana taking place on August 11th. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, non-profit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individu-als, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. Missoula was chosen as one of the desig-nated 65 cities to conduct distributions to help low-income residents in the area based on poverty and unem-ployment statistics. The dis-tribution will provide a 7 day supply of food and personal hygiene products for 400 families of 4. The Montana Food Bank Network and the Missoula Food Bank will be working together to coordi-nate the event and spread the word throughout the Missoula community. If you have clients in the Missoula area, please let them know that additional assistance will available in August through the Feed the Children event!

effective response. Using products from their pantry and local eggs, they pre-pared meal kits for displaced residents such as: chow mein, chili, Mexican, boil-in-a-bag omelets, and monkey bread. Both the govern-ment and clients were ex-tremely grateful and gave updates to staff as they re-ceived their food. One cli-ent even paddled food out to a stranded family! The day after the MFBN received the call from FEMA, another call came through saying that they would handle everything in Rocky Boy and there was nothing that had to be done. Although the relief effort did not come to fruition, all those agencies involved agree that it was a very valuable exercise for emer-gency situations; especially at the statewide level, adds Gayle of the GFCFB. The situation was an important test of both the emergency food supply and our re-sponse system, which seemed to work wonder-fully and reflects the impor-tance of coordination and communication between organizations within the Network.

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Date Time City Partner Agency 20-July 10:00-10:30 Stevensville—Pantry Partners 20-July 10:45-11:00 Victor—House of Praise 20-July 11:15-11:30 Hamilton—Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel 20-July 11:45-12:30 Hamilton—Haven House, WMMHC West House 20-July 1:00-1:30 Darby—Darby Bread Basket 22-July 10:00-10:45 Bozeman—Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Gardiner, BSYC, West Yellowstone, YSSC, Headwaters 22-July 12:45-1:15 Helena—Helena Food Share, Helena Pre-Release, Montana Youth Homes, Elkhorn Treatment Facility, Transitional Living Facility, Rocky Mountain Development Council 27-July 8:30-9:00 Dillon—Beaverhead Community Food Pantry 27-July 10:30-11:00 Butte—Butte Emergency Food Bank 27-July 11:00-11:30 Butte—Butte Rescue Mission 27-July 12:15-12:45 Anaconda—Project Care, Discovery House 27-July 1:30-1:45 Maxville—Face to Face Food Pantry 29-July 10:45-11:00 Livingston—Livingston Food Pantry 29- July 12:30-1:00 White Sulphur Springs—Meagher Country Nutrition Coalition 29- July 3:30-4:15 Lewistown—Central Montana Community Cupboard, B/G of Lewistown, FCCOA 29- July 5:45-6:15 Roundup—Musselshell County Food Bank 30-July 7:30-7:45 Hardin—Helping Hands 30-July 8:00-8:30 Garryowen—Center Pole Foundation 30-July 9:30-10:15 Billings—Family Services, Alternatives/Passages, Montana Rescue Mission 30-July 10:45-11:15 Laurel—Community Hope 30-July 11:45-12:00 Joliet—Joliet Food Pantry 30-July 12:30-12:45 Columbus—Project Hope 30-July 1:30-1:45 Big Timber—Big Timber Community Food Bank 3-Aug 9:00-9:30 Thompson Falls—Community Harvest, Thompson Falls Seniors, Gospel Mountain AOG 3-Aug 10:00-10:30 Trout Creek—Trout Creek Seniors, Open Gate Ranch Youth Group 3-Aug 10:45-11:30 Noxon—Community Services Fellowship, Noxon Seniors, Heron Seniors 3-Aug 12:15-12:45 Troy—Troy Food Pantry, Food Cupboard 3-Aug 1:00-1:15 Troy—Troy Community Baptist Church Food Pantry 3-Aug 1:45-2:30 Libby— Libby Food Pantry, Libby Seniors, Libby Christian Church, Kootenai Valley Head Start 5-Aug 8:00-8:15 Alberton—Alberton Seniors 5-Aug 8:15-8:30 Alberton—Alberton Community Food Pantry 5-Aug 9:00-9:30 Superior—Community Food Bank of Mineral County, Superior Seniors 5-Aug 10:30-11:30 Plains—Plains Community Food Bank, Shekinah Kitchen, Hot Springs Food Pantry, Plains-Paradise Seniors 6-Aug 11:30-12:00 Seeley Lake—Seeley-Swan Food Bank 10-Aug 8:00-8:15 St. Ignatius—St. Ignatius Seniors 10-Aug 8:15-8:30 St. Ignatius—Mission Valley Food Pantry 10-Aug 9:00-9:30 Ronan—Ronan Bread Basket, Mission Valley Seniors 10-Aug 9:45-10:00 Polson—Polson Seniors 10-Aug 10:00-10:30 Polson—Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry 10-Aug 11:15-11:45 Lakeside—Westshore Food Bank 10-Aug 12:45-1:15 Columbia Falls—Columbia Falls Food Bank 10-Aug 1:30-2:00 Whitefish—North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish Four Square Church 10-Aug 3:00-3:45 Eureka—Tobacco Valley Food Pantry, Eureka Four Square Church, Tobacco Valley Seniors 13-Aug 9:30-10:30 Kalispell—Flathead Food Bank, Church 29 Food Pantry, Lighthouse Christian Home, Samaritan House 13-Aug 10:45-11:00 Kalispell—N.W. MT. Veterans Stand Down 17-Aug 8:30-9:30 Great Falls—Great Falls Community Food Bank, Salvation Army, Fish, St. Vincent DePaul 17-Aug 10:30-11:00 Choteau—Teton County Food Pantry 17-Aug 11:45-12:00 Conrad—Pondera Food Pantry

July Delivery Schedule All delivery times will be published online and in the Affiliate concurrently to scheduled delivery dates. If for any reason your scheduled delivery time changes from what has been pub-lished, MFBN staff will notify you immediately.

Please join the MFBN for the monthly Partner Agency conference call on Wednesday, July 21st at 2:00 p.m.

Topic: “Capacity Building Mini-Grants Available to all Partner Agencies” This month the MFBN would like to introduce the first Mini-Grant opportunity for Partner Agencies. Ca-pacity Building Mini-Grants will be available to all Partner Agencies of the MFBN in good standing. All appli-cations will be due back to the MFBN by August 10, 2010. Please join us for this month's Network Con-nection to learn more about the grant opportunity. We encourage all who can to participate.

To participate in the conference call: Dial 866.740.1260 Enter your access code: 7213825

Upcoming Events/Updates

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June Delivery Schedule continued…

The Summer Food Service Program is growing, but it is still under-utilized. Many of your clients don’t know the program exists. That’s where you come in! Find free food sites in your community by visiting our Summer Food Map: http://mfbn.org/summerfoodmt. Then, spread the word using our customizable and printable flyers, bookmarks, and door hangers: http://mfbn.org/summerfoodoutreach. Remember to tell your clients that there is no sign-up or I.D. required. Kids can eat once, twice, or all summer long! To order flyers, contact Emily Dunklee: edunklee@mfbn.org or 721-3825 Ext. 250. Thanks for your support!

Free Meals for Kids over the Summer—Spread the Word!

July 21st @ 2:00 p.m.—The Network Connection

17-Aug 1:15-1:45 Browning—Blackfeet Food Bank 25-Aug 1:45-2:15 Ashland – St. Labre Food Pantry 25-Aug 2:45-3:00 Lame Deer – Boys and Girls of the Northern Cheyenne Nation 25-Aug 3:30-3:45 Colstrip – Colstrip Community Food Bank 26-Aug 7:30-7:45 Miles City – VA Warehouse, Custer County Food Bank 26-Aug 9:00-9:15 Glendive – Dawson County Food Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Dawson County 26-Aug 9:45-10:00 Wibaux—Wibaux Food Bank 26-Aug 11:30-11:45 Sidney—Boys and Girls Club of Richl and County 26-Aug 12:45-1:15 Culbertson—Culbertson Food Bank 26-Aug 2:00-2:15 Poplar—New Life Mission 26-Aug 2:30-3:30 Wolf Point—Point Thrift Store & Food Bank, Wolf Point Seniors 26-Aug 3:30-4:00 Wolf Point—Basket of Hope 26-Aug 5:00-5:30 Glasgow—Valley County COA 26-Aug 5:45-6:00 Glasgow—Valley Community Food Bank 26-Aug 7:30-8:00 Malta—Malta Food Bank 27-Aug 8:00-8:15 Harlem—Harlem Food Pantry 27-Aug 8:45-9:15 Chinook—Chinook Food Pantry 27-Aug 9:45-10:30 Havre—Havre Food Bank, Feed My Sheep, Boys and Girls of the Hi Line 23-June TBD Missoula—Missoula agencies begin scheduled pick ups

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO

THE JULY DELIVERY

SCHEDULE!!

Regional Meeting in Kalispell—July 28th! Please join us in Kalispell this month for a Regional Meeting! The meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 28th at the Samaritan House Administration Building - 1110 2nd Street West. Invitations were sent out this week so you should be receiving them soon. You can view the agenda online or call Megan Hill at Ext 235 for more information. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by July 23rd! We hope to see you there!

Special Thanks to Walmart! Special thanks to Walmart Foundation for granting $50,000 to the Montana Food Bank to continue funding our school Back Pack Program! We are especially thank-ful for the opportunity to take a huge step forward to end childhood hunger in Montana. Currently 85,000 Montanan children live at or below the Federal poverty level and are a t risk of food insecurity. Walmart funds will be used to provide food for children on the week-ends, when they are away from the school breakfast and lunch programs they depend upon. A portion of these funds will also be used to start several new programs, in addition to helping those that are already up and run-ning!

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MISSION

Working to eliminate hunger in Montana through food acquisi-tion and distribution, education,

and advocacy.

VISION Building a unified force to address hunger in Montana.

The Montana Food Bank Network 5625 Expressway

Missoula, MT 59808

Phone: 406-721-3825 800-809-4752

Fax: 406-542-3770 agencyinfo@mfbn.org

Log on to our website!

www.insidemfbn.org

Find more recipes at www.insidemfbn.org/

recipes

Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and arrange a rack in the middle.

2. Rinse the beets and trim off any leafy tops (see option below). Wrap the

beet in aluminum foil and place in the oven. Roast until tender and easily pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.

3. Remove beets from the oven and let cool. When the beets are cool enough to handle, remove

peel using a paring knife or by pushing the skin with your fingers. Slice the beets, drizzle with olive oil, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Option: if you want to cook the greens too, wait until the beets are 10 minutes from being done, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan, add 1 clove of minced garlic and chopped beet greens. Sauté, stir-

Ingredients: 3 medium beets (optional: with greens attached) 1 tablespoon olive oil

July’s Recipe - Roasted Beets and Greens

Executive Director Peggy Grimes x225 Director of Development Mark Brennan x228 Development Manager Kathryn McCleerey x244 Development Assistant Tirzah Juskalian x252 Director of Finance Paul Tripp x224 Accountant Clark Tower x223 Director of Operations Michael Gardner x233 Transportation Manager Rob Shipley x240 Purchasing & Inventory Control Manager Bob Spencer x251 Agency Relations Manager Megan Hill x235 Agency Relations & Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Gutierrez x232 Warehouse Randy Neel x234 Director of Public Policy Kate Bradford x231 Public Policy Manager Bernadette Gunn x227 SNAP Outreach Coordinator Lorianne Burhop x230 Community Outreach Coordinator Emily Dunklee x250

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Nutrition Facts Recipe makes 4 servings Calories 204 Calories from Fat 125

Amount Per Serving %DV

Total Fat 13.9 g 21%

Saturated Fat 1.9g 10%

Cholesterol 0 mg 0%

Sodium 442 mg 18%

Potassium 1570 mg 44%

Total Carbohydrate 18g 6%

Dietary Fiber 8.9g 36% Sugars 8g

Protein 5.3g 11% Vitamin A 203% Vitamin C 26% Calcium 26% Iron 50% Thiamin 20% Niacin 18% Vitamin B6 16% Magnesium 49% Folate 76% *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

REMINDER FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Please include your invoice number on all payments to the Montana Food Bank Net-work. We want to make sure your checks get applied to the correct agency and in-

voice. Thanks for your cooperation!