During the 2009

Montana State Legisla-tive Session, MFBN received $1.1 million in funding per year for two years for the pur-chase and distribution of emergency food across the state. These funds enabled us to create the FAM pro-gram. In the past year, over 1.1 million pounds of food have been distributed using FAM dollars, for a total of approximately 900,000 meals to hungry Montan-ans. We want to keep this up! How can you help?

Now is the best time to seek out your local legis-lators and talk about what is going on in your agency and with your cli-ents. Between now and the start of the 2011 State Legislative Session on January 3, 2011, call, write, or e-mail your lo-cal legislators to tell them how important food purchase funding has been for you. Please share your stories and explain how vital FAM product has been for your organization and, more importantly, for your clients. Or invite you legislators to your agency to hear these things in person. We all need to make it abun-dantly clear that these funds must continue in response to the growing

need in Montana. If you don’t know who your legislators are, please contact Kate Devino. This is the first step in

a statewide mobilization effort to affect the up-coming legislation. In the near future, the MFBN will be seeking Partner Agency representatives willing to help get the word out and spread in-formation through phone calls to other Partner Agencies and service or-ganizations in their re-gions. We would also l ike to identify individuals who would be willing to testify personally at the State Legislature between January and April 2011 to share the significance of the emergency food fund-ing. Additional informa-tion will be forthcoming, and if you would be inter-ested in either of these opportunities, or have any questions, please contact Kate Devino, Director of Public Policy at kdevino@mfbn.org or ext. 231.

Support Emergency Food Funding!!

We are VERY excited

to be able to offer any FAM participating Partner Agency with the capacity to receive a delivery by a Conway truck the chance to receive 1 or more full pallets of very fresh pears, with no delivery fees! 100% free of charge from our warehouse to yours! The pears are packed in

5lbs bags and come in pallets of 240 bags. To receive one or more pal-lets, please send Michael Gardner an email at mgardner@mfbn.org with the following informa-tion: Name of Partner Agency Number of pallets you are requesting Delivery address Delivery phone number Remember, you must be

able to receive a Conway truck, which requires ei-ther access to a forklift, access to a dock, or sev-eral staff/volunteers read-ily available, and you must have the ability to do this during regular business hours. We can schedule the day the truck comes, but NOT the time. Generally speaking we might be able to pro-vide a 4 hour delivery window in special circum-stances. Pears will be shipped

on a first come first

October 2010 Volume 10, Issue IX

Points of Interest: ♦ Emergency Food Fund-

ing

♦ Agency Invoices

♦ Online SNAP Out-reach Workshop

♦ Online Food Safety Certifications

♦ Holiday Food

♦ Fresh Milk

♦ October Regional Meting in Great Falls

Inside this issue:

Online SNAP Out-reach Workshop

2

MFBN Staff Changes

2

Agency Invoices 2

Holiday Food Fresh Milk

3 3

October Delivery Schedule

4

October Delivery Schedule

5

Great Falls Re-gional Meeting

5

October’s Recipe: Creamy Goulash

6

Free Fresh Pears!

SNAP Outreach Workshop – Now Online!

The Finance Depart-

ment at the MFBN is now sending out paper copies of Agency state-ments. These paper reports will be mailed once per month, and should be used as back-up verifi-cation to the invoice sheets that come when food or product is delivered to your agency. If for some reason you have a question

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about your invoice, and it relates to food delivery – please con-tact Bob Spencer in the Operations De-partment at Ext. 251. If you have a question about where to mail your payment, want to discuss pay-

ment options or have a finance question, please contact either Clark Tower or Paul Tripp at Exts.223 or 224. The MFBN is working hard to reduce outstanding pay-ables that are older than 60 days. Please do your part to help us with this goal. Thank you.

If you have not yet heard, Megan Hill is no longer MFBN Agency Relations Manager. She has moved on to another opportunity after 2 ½ years of working with the MFBN’s Partner Agen-cies. She did an out-standing job of organiz-ing the department and providing additional op-portunities to Partner Agencies and will be sorely missed. Jeff Gutierrez has assumed her position as Agency Relations Manager and is

the main point of con-tact for Partner Agen-cies. Please be patient with Jeff while we seek his replacement, as with limited staff it may take extra time to return phone calls and e-mails. Also, longtime

MFBN employee Linda

Tracy is now Program Manager and the main contact for the MFBN’s Backpack, Food Wagon and Mo-bile Food Pantry Pro-grams. She can be reached at ltracy@mfbn.org or at ext. 235.

Please Note Recent MFBN Staff Changes

Partner Agency

Statements

Learn about the SNAP/food stamp pro-gram and how to help your clients apply. Please join us on Wednesday, October 13 th, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM for MFBN’s first-ever SNAP Outreach Webinar. The webinar will

cover a variety of topics including: ♦Facts about SNAP participation in Mon-tana ♦Current eligibility guidelines ♦What clients should expect during the ap-plication process All you need is a com-

puter with an internet connection and speak-ers. Log on to http://connect.opi.mt.gov/snap/ to see and hear the presentation. No phone or registration required. As a courtesy, please

let Lorianne know if you plan to attend: lburhop@mfbn.org, 721-3825 Ext. 230. She can also send you materials if you are unable to at-tend at that time. Thank you!

Thank You Wal-Mart and Partner Agencies!! A HUGE thank you to all

of the Partner Agencies that called their local Wal-Mart to support the MFBN! Thanks to your support and the hard work of MFBN’s Develop-ment and Public Policy De-partments, we were able to win the Wal-Mart Associate’s Choice Contest this August

and were awarded with $100,000! We will pro-vide you with an update on the contest voting when we receive de-tailed information. Great job everyone!!

Partner Agencies, ‘tis the sea-son to start planning products for holiday food boxes to dis-tribute to your clients. The MFBN currently has turkeys, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes stocked and ready to help make those holiday meals memorable and satisfying! Be sure to check your order forms for the variety of holiday foods available now!

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cation on file with the MFBN by December 31, 2010. The MFBN has food safety train-ing available on the Partner Agency website and can offer two free online ServSafe Starters Food Safety Trainings to all Partner Agencies in good standing. You can find the food safety training on the Partner Agency website at www.insidemfbn.com/foodsafetycert and con-tact Jeff with any ques-tions.

FRESH Milk for Your Clients!!

Reminder—Food Safety Certifications Available Online Partner Agencies—

Please remember that, according to Feeding America guidelines, all MFBN Partner Agencies must have at least one valid food safety certifi-

The MFBN still has 20-pound bags of powdered laundry detergent available for Partner Agencies. Each bag contains enough detergent to wash 100 loads and is a great op-tion if you are able to repack into smaller portions for your clients. It is available this month’s shopping list as Item #5162.

Holiday Food Available Now!!

The MFBN is ex-

tremely pleased to announce that we will have fresh milk avail-able to Partner Agen-cies! The milk is from Kalispell and is processed the Sunday before it is delivered. Since this is fresh milk, it must be re-frigerated. The milk will arrive

in 6 gallon milk crates or banana boxes that we ask you to please return to the MFBN when your next delivery is made. If you have extra milk crates or banana boxes, we would also appreciate any extras. If you have any

questions, please contact Michael at ext. 233 or by e-mail at: mgardner@mfbn.org.

October’s Featured Product: Fruit Punch

The MFBN has cases of thirst-

quenching fruit punch for your parched clients. Each case contains 40 individual boxes that each supply 100% daily value of Vitamin C! The product will be available on this month’s Shopping List as Item #5295.

Don’t Forget Laundry Detergent

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Date Time City Partner Agency 12-Oct 9:00-9:45 Stevensville—Pantry Partners 12-Oct 10:00-10:15 Victor—Victor School (Victor Schools Back Pack) 12-Oct 10:30-11:00 Victor—House of Praise 12-Oct 11:15-11:30 Hamilton—Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel 12-Oct 11:45-1:15 Hamilton—Haven House, WMMHC West House 12-Oct 1:30-2:00 Darby—Darby Bread Box 14-Oct 10:00-10:45 Bozeman—Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Gardiner Food Pantry, Headwaters Area Food Bank, West Yellowstone Food Bank, Yellowstone Social Senior Center, Big Sky Youth Center 14-Oct 12:45-1:15 Helena—Helena Food Share, Helena Pre-Release, Montana Youth Homes, Elkhorn Treatment Facility, Transitional Living Facility, Rocky Mountain Development Council, Helena Salvation Army, (Helena Schools Back Pack) 19-Oct 8:30-9:00 Dillon—Beaverhead Community Food Pantry, (Dillon Schools Back Pack) 19-Oct 10:30-11:30 Butte—Butte Emergency Food Bank 19-Oct 11:30-11:45 Butte—Butte Rescue Mission 19-Oct 12:30-1:00 Anaconda—Project Care, Discovery House 19-Oct 1:45-2:15 Maxville—Granite County Food Bank 21-Oct 10:15-10:30 Livingston—Livingston Food Pantry 21-Oct 12:00-12:30 White Sulphur Springs—Meagher County Nutrition Coalition 21-Oct 3:00-3:30 Lewistown—Central Montana Community Cupboard, B/G of Lewistown, Fergus County Council on

Aging 21-Oct 5:00-5:30 Roundup—Musselshell County Food Bank 22-Oct 7:30-7:45 Hardin—Helping Hands 22-Oct 8:15-8:45 Garryowen—Center Pole Foundation 22-Oct 10:00-10:45 Billings—Family Services INC., Alternatives/Passages, Montana Rescue Mission 22-Oct 11:15-11:45 Laurel—Community Hope 22-Oct 12:15-12:30 Joliet—Joliet Food Pantry 22-Oct 1:00-1:30 Columbus—Project Hope 22-Oct 2:15-2:30 Big Timber—Big Timber Community Food Bank 26-Oct 9:00-9:30 Thompson Falls—Community Harvest Food Bank, Gospel Mountain AOG Thompson Falls Seniors, (Thompson Falls Schools Back Pack) 26-Oct 10:00-10:30 Trout Creek—Open Gate Ranch Youth Group, Trout Creek Seniors 26-Oct 10:45-11:30 Noxon—Community Services Fellowship, Noxon Seniors, Heron Seniors 26-Oct 12:15-1:15 Troy—Troy Food Pantry, The Food Cupboard 26-Oct 1:30-1:45 Troy—Troy Community Baptist Church Food Pantry 26-Oct 2:15-3:30 Libby— Libby Food Pantry, Libby Christian Church, Kootenai Valley Head Start, Libby Seniors 28-Oct 8:00-8:15 Alberton—Alberton Seniors 28-Oct 8:15-8:45 Alberton—Alberton Community Food Pantry, (Alberton Schools Back Pack) 28-Oct 9:15-9:45 Superior—Community Food Bank of Mineral County, Superior Seniors 28-Oct 10:45-11:45 Plains—Plains Community Food Bank, Shekinah Kitchen, Hot Springs Food Pantry, Plains-Paradise Seniors, (Plains Schools Back Pack)

October / November 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

published, MFBN staff will notify you immediately.

Please join us in Great Falls this month for a Regional Meeting! The meeting

will take place on Wednesday, October 27th at Salvation Army Family Services at 527 9th Avenue South in Great Falls. You can view the agenda online or call Jeff Gutierrez at Ext. 232 for more information. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by October 25th. We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events/Updates

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Regional Meeting in Great Falls—October 27th!!

Important

Dates and

Reminders

ORDERS: Due October 8th!

MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS:

Due October 15th!

REGIONAL MEETING

October 27th in

Great Falls!

3-Nov 8:00-8:15 St. Ignatius—St. Ignatius Seniors 3-Nov 8:15-8:45 St. Ignatius—Mission Valley Food Pantry 3-Nov 9:15-9:45 Ronan—Ronan Bread Basket, Mission Valley Seniors 3-Nov 11:45-12:15 Columbia Falls—Columbia Falls Food Bank 3-Nov 12:30-1:00 Whitefish—North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish Four Square Church 3-Nov 2:00-3:15 Eureka—Tobacco Valley Food Pantry, Eureka Four Square Church, Tobacco Valley Seniors 5-Nov 8:00-8:15 Polson—Polson Seniors 5-Nov 8:30-9:00 Polson—Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry 5-Nov 9:45-10:15 Lakeside—Westshore Food Bank 5-Nov 10:45-11:30 Kalispell—Flathead Food Bank, Church 29 Food Pantry, Lighthouse Christian Home, Samaritan House, (Kalispell Schools Back Pack) 5-Nov 11:45-12:00 Kalispell—N.W. MT. Veterans Stand Down 5-Nov 12:30-1:00 Bigfork—Bigfork Food Pantry 5-Nov 2:30-2:45 Arlee—(Arlee Schools Back Pack) 5-Nov 11:30-12:00 Seeley Lake—Seeley-Swan Food Bank 9-Nov 8:30-9:30 Great Falls—Great Falls Community Food Bank, Great

Falls Agency’s, Salvation Army, St. Vincent De Paul, FISH 9-Nov 10:30-11:00 Choteau—Teton County Food Pantry, Pondera Food Pantry 9-Nov 12:15-12:45 Browning—Blackfeet Food Bank 16-Nov 1:45-2:15 Ashland – St. Labre Food Pantry 16-Nov 2:45-3:00 Lame Deer – Boys and Girls of the Northern Cheyenne Nation 16-Nov 3:30-3:45 Colstrip – Colstrip Community Food Bank 17-Nov 7:30-7:45 Miles City – Custer County Food Bank 17-Nov 9:45-10:00 Wibaux—Wibaux Food Bank 17-Nov 10:30-10:45 Glendive – Dawson County Food Bank 17-Nov 11:30-11:45 Sidney—Boys and Girls Club of Richland County 17-Nov 12:30-1:00 Culbertson—Culbertson Food Bank 17-Nov 1:30-1:45 Poplar—New Life Mission 17-Nov 2:15-3:15 Wolf Point—Wolf Point Thrift Store & Food Bank, Wolf Point Seniors 17-Nov 3:15-3:30 Wolf Point—Basket of Hope 17-Nov 4:30-5:00 Glasgow—Valley County Council on Aging 17-Nov 5:00-5:30 Glasgow—Valley Community Food Bank 17-Nov 7:00-7:15 Malta—Malta Food Bank

Delivery Schedule continued... 18-Nov 8:00-8:15 Harlem—Harlem Food Pantry 18-Nov 8:45-9:15 Chinook—Chinook Food Pantry 18-Nov 9:45-10:30 Havre—Havre Food Bank, Feed My Sheep, Boys and Girls of the Hi -Line ??-Nov TBD Missoula—Missoula agencies begin scheduled pick ups

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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

www.insidemfbn.org For the latest information and updates on new prod-ucts, special offers, delivery schedules, shopping lists, Montana’s Pantry, Pioneer Food Buying Service, grants, media featuring issues in food banking today and current outreach programs, log on to our website www.insidemfbn.org. You can even submit your monthly activity report and grocery rescue numbers online!

Find more recipes at www.insidemfbn.org/

recipes

Directions: 1. Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil

over high heat. Once the water is boil ing, stir in the macaroni, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender and has cooked through, about 10 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.

2. Cook the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the beef is browned and no longer pink. Drain excess fat. Stir in the cream cheese until melted, then mix in the mushroom soup until thoroughly combined. Stir in milk, about 1/4 cup at a time, until the mixture is the consistency of gravy. Stir in the macaroni, bring to a simmer, and serve. Note: Fresh or frozen vegetables can be used. Just cook them before tossing with pasta.

Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni 1 pound ground beef 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 cup milk, or as needed

October’s Recipe - Creamy Goulash

Executive Director Peggy Grimes x225 Director of Development Mark Brennan x228 Development Manager Kathryn McCleerey x244 Development Coordinator Ben Darrow x226 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 Jeff Gutierrez x232 Warehouse Cory Simmons x237 Director of Public Policy Kate Devino x231 Public Policy Manager Bernadette Gunn x227 SNAP Outreach Coordinator Lorianne Burhop x230 Community Outreach Coordinator Emily Dunklee x250

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Our lives are to be used and

thus to be lived as fully as

possible, and truly it seems that we

are never so alive as when we con-

cern ourselves with other people.

-Harry Chapin

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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.

Nutrition Facts Recipe makes 8 servings Calories 486 Calories from Fat 201

Amount Per Serving %DV

Total Fat 22.3 g 34%

Saturated Fat 10.4g 52%

Cholesterol 68 mg 23%

Sodium 623 mg 25%

Potassium 368mg 10%

Total Carbohydrate 49.1g 16%

Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7% Sugars 4.1g Protein 21.1g 42% Vitamin A 9% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 10% Iron 40% Thiamin 63% Niacin 84% Vitamin B6 12% Magnesium 16% Folate 79% *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calo-

rie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower

depending on