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The Garden church growing hope for the Tri-CitiesThe Garden church in

Kennewick believes in living out its motto: “Together, we’re better.”

The vibrant congregation has partnered with Second Harvest in the fight against hunger for a year and a half. The church traces its roots to February 2005, when it was founded by pastors Thom and Shelby Fields. Membership has quickly grown over the years, with 600 to 700 people now attending services each weekend.

In November 2014, members collected $20,000 for Second Harvest during the church’s annual “One Day Weekend” event. Church leaders knew that partnering with

Second Harvest would provide them with the opportunity to make a big impact in the community. When it was announced during services

that Second Harvest had been selected as a partner, there was pure excitement.

“Wild cheering began! We never had that before,” commented office manager Lynae Carter.

Since January 2015, The Garden has hosted a Mobile Food Bank in the church parking lot on the last Wednesday of each month. Volunteers from the church greet everyone with a smile. “Our goal is to provide a warm, welcoming and inviting environment,” Thom Fields said.

Attendance at the monthly event is high, with a recent distribution serving more than 300 people. Recently, the church began providing additional services for waiting clients, like free haircuts by licensed stylists and even grilling up hamburgers and hot dogs.

In addition to the monthly Mobile Food Bank, The Garden became the first organization to sponsor Second Harvest’s Bite2Go program in the Tri-Cities. Each Friday,

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church volunteers deliver weekend food kits at neighboring Vista Elementary School for 45 students who might not otherwise have enough to eat.

“Without Second Harvest, we would not be able to do this. The Mobile Food Bank and Bite2Go programs allow us to leverage our finances and it has opened a door of great opportunity for us,”

Fields said. The church and school have built a mutually beneficial relationship that will continue long into the future. Volunteers from both groups rolled up their sleeves for a spring clean-up of Vista’s school grounds one recent Saturday morning.

“We’ve supported missions abroad, but this is closer to our hearts. We are part of the community. This IS us. We do life together.”

Beneath the work of The Garden’s ministry lies the understanding that serving others benefits the giver. “In a faith-based community, you hear the lesson that ‘It’s better to give than to receive,’ but when you’re actually engaged in it, you experience it at a totally different level,” Fields said. “When you’re actually meeting the needs of the community as part of something bigger than yourself, it’s a life-changing experience. We get as much or more out of the experience as the people we’re helping.”

Strong partnerships with organizations like The Garden are essential to Second Harvest’s ability to serve children, families and seniors in need. With their help, healthy food is getting into the hands of those who need it most. Pastors Thom and Shelby Fields

Volunteers get ready to serve at The Garden church.

When you’re actually meeting the needs of the community as part of something bigger than yourself, it’s a life-changing experience.

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It’s been my privilege to direct the Mobile Food Bank program at Second Harvest since February, and it’s been an exciting spring. I’ve had the pleasure of working with several new organizations, which have contacted Second Harvest and asked to host Mobile Food Banks in their towns and cities. One of our most enthusiastic new

partners, Microsoft, has signed on to oversee 10 Mobile Food Banks throughout the year.

Microsoft is focusing most of their efforts in Quincy and Grant County, where they have a regional data center, but the Mobile Food Bank program is growing throughout Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Spokane Community College is interested in partnering with us next year to host 10 more Mobile Food Banks, and the Knights of Columbus in Spokane and Thrivent Financial in the Tri-Cities are examples of other great partners.

Mobile Food Banks are vital to our mission at Second Harvest – maybe you’ve volunteered at one or received food at one of our locations. If you have, you know how these unique events meet people where they’re at – in schools, at church, at a local rotary club or at a community center.

Everyone pitches in to help. I remember one food bank at a Moses Lake elementary school where kids showed up to help serve and set up. They were so happy to be part of the event and help folks in need. Later, I found out some of them were actually beneficiaries of the food bank. The teachers made boxes up for them to take home after their volunteer shifts.

We’ve been ramping up our Nutrition Ambassadors program this spring as well, sending more folks out to rural communities and events like the annual series of “Beef Counts” Mobile Food Banks. (Learn more about “Beef Counts” at beefcounts.org/wa.) Nutrition Ambassadors are volunteers who come to our events and distribute samples of healthy food we make in The Kitchen at Second Harvest. They also bring recipe cards for the crowd. Their debut at a Quincy Mobile Food Bank was quite a success. Some folks weren’t too sure about the chickpea soup at first, but once they tried it, they were pretty sold.

My favorite part about working directly with Mobile Food Banks is the feedback I get from clients, who tell me this program is the reason they can make it through the month. The Mobile Food Bank takes a little stress and worry off their plate and adds some healthy food onto it. I’m excited to see what the next few months bring!

Dear friends,

Ervin RobisonLogistics and Mobile Food Bank Director

Kitchen manager Jandyl Doak sets out bowls of dried peas, chopped onion, carrots and potatoes at gleaming cooking stations. Staff in The Kitchen at Second Harvest are expecting 13 guests at Good and Cheap, tonight’s community cooking class.

When the crowd arrives, it’s bigger than expected. Sixteen people pile into the room, taking off coats and picking up glasses of lemon-flavored ice water as they settle in to listen to Doak’s discussion of the night’s recipe.

It’s a diverse group; the crowd includes two nutrition educators, a few local cooks looking for new technique, an autistic woman accompanied by her caregiver, three expectant mothers from Life Services Pregnancy Care Center and a woman learning to eat differently after a recent surgery.

Kathy, who had a bariatric procedure done a few weeks ago, is here to learn healthier cooking methods from Doak.

“My eating is completely different. She’s changed the way I eat,” she said.

The Kitchen at Second Harvest started a new series of summer cooking classes beginning the last week in June, Doak said, featuring kids’ cooking classes with Spokane’s Northeast Youth Center, as well as

Common Ground - The Kitchen at Second Harvest

secondharvestkitchen.orgThe Kitchen’s dedicated website offers online registration for classes, recipes, and opportunities to donate and volunteer. Some classes are available to the general public for a fee to help support The Kitchen’s free programming.

adult classes on salads, soups and other light summer foods. One class features a how-to on homemade ice cream.

Doak and her kitchen staff make homemade cooking approachable, participants say.

“The fun thing about cooking is first, it’s not hard, and second, if there’s something you like, add it,” Doak said. “Be creative.”

“Here are some Washington-grown potatoes, which we have a lot of in our warehouse right now,” she said, dicing potatoes and carrots into a boiling pot. A jar of turmeric was passed around the counter. Students sniffed approvingly.

“Part of cooking is to do it in the way that’s easiest for you, and to have fun with it,” Doak said.

As the class finishes their pots, Doak invites everyone for a meal of soup and burrito salad, made with fresh avocados and produce from the warehouse. “Who’s going to be first in line?” she jokes as the class hurries to dish up the meal.

A volunteer helps prepare a meal in The Kitchen.

Huckleberry’s at the Paulsen

Huckleberry’s Natural Market is hosting a new fundraiser to benefit Second Harvest on Thursday, July 28, from 4 to 6 p.m. at

the Paulsen Penthouse, located in downtown Spokane’s historic Paulsen Center. Admission

includes hors d’oeuvres, dessert, live music and an open bar. Limited tickets are available and

may be purchased at Huckleberry’s at 926 S. Monroe St. All proceeds will go to

Second Harvest. Must be 21 or over.

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Mirabeau Chapel sponsors Trent Elementary Bite2GoFor Scott Langhans and

the congregation at Mirabeau Chapel, love is a verb. That’s not just a saying; the Spokane Valley congregation has been sponsoring kids at nearby Trent Elementary for about 18 months, Langhans said, ever since Chris and Brenna Sloan came one Sunday to tell them about Bite2Go. A partnership between Second Harvest and local nonprofit At The Core, Bite2Go currently provides weekend meal supplies to more than 2,800 kids in 57 schools in Spokane County, Chris Sloan said. The kits are filled with nonperishable, easy-to-open foods and designed to be accessible by kids with or without adult help.

Langhans and the Mirabeau congregation have been partnering with Trent classrooms for years, he said, working on holiday present and school supply drives and providing backpacks to low-income schoolchildren.

“We’re right next door,” he said, so the partnership made sense, because many kids who attend Trent are low-income. Last school year, 83 percent of Trent attendees were eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, according to data from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“We can’t just tell people we love them. We should follow it up too,” Langhans said. Mirabeau members were eager to help. After the presentation by the Sloans, Langhans said about 100 people signed up to sponsor Trent students through Bite2Go, and several more volunteered in classrooms to pick up and deliver meals and read to children.

They plan to continue the partnership, especially if they find more need at the school. Langhans said they’re considering a summer meal program since many kids don’t have access to a steady food

supply in the summer. At least one in four kids in Spokane County regularly misses a meal, according to Map the Meal Gap 2016, an analysis of food insecurity in the United States that’s conducted annually by Feeding America.

“It was a practical, doable opportunity for us. [We like] knowing it’s effective and making a difference in kids’ and families’ lives,” Langhans said. “This is a game-changer for a lot of kids – not just physically, but relationally – knowing there is a group of people that know ‘me,’ that are thinking about ‘me.’”

Second Harvest’s volunteers gave a total of 18,774 hours during March through May 2016. That included 11,342 hours at the Spokane distribution center and 7,432 hours in Pasco. Several clubs, businesses and individuals made this happen, and we are grateful for your time and talents to help hungry people this spring.

Top volunteer groups for Spokane • Umpqua Bank at 320 hours• Liberty Mutual at 222 hours• Starbucks at 171 hours• Eastern Washington University at 160 hours• Gonzaga University at 159 hours• Honorable mention: Kohl’s at 146 hours

Top volunteer groups for the Tri-Cities • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Missionaries at 774 hours• Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties

at 154 hours• ConAgra Foods at 132 hours

Dedicated volunteers make a difference

Scott Langhans, a pastor at Spokane’s Mirabeau Chapel, stands with students from Trent Elementary, who are part of Second Harvest’s Bite2Go program.

Thanks to compassionate friends and neighbors Western States CAT

locations hosted their annual Dump Hunger Golf Tournament March 25 in Richland at Horn Rapids Golf Course. Employee and customer teams raised $3,785 to feed hungry kids, families and seniors.

Lamb Weston held its eighth annual Spring Food Drive March 28-April 1, which included raising $2,382 for Second Harvest.

CHS, Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative, held its sixth annual Harvest for Hunger food drive March 1-20. The national event, which began in 2011, raised nearly 400,000 pounds of food and more than $650,000 this year. Locally, the event raised $1,100 for Second Harvest from Kennewick, Connell and Moses Lake facilities.

Local farmers’ co-op LINC Foods embarked on a farm-to-pint collaboration with some of our favorite breweries to give us a first taste of some delicious local beer. The Palouse Pint Showcase, held May 11 at LINC’s new craft malting facility in Spokane Valley, raised approximately $1,000 for Second Harvest and allowed us to provide 5,000 meals.

Huckleberry’s Natural Market held a two-week food and fund drive in May, collecting $776 and more than 60 pounds of food. Huckleberry’s will also host a new fundraiser to benefit Second Harvest at Spokane’s Paulsen Building Penthouse in July. Many thanks to this longtime community partner!

Dollar Tree held its nationwide food drive in partnership with Feeding America May 13-June 18. The drive raised 7,696 pounds of food for Second Harvest in the Tri-Cities and more than 8,700 pounds of food in Spokane and Post Falls.

The 22nd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, held May 14 in Spokane and the Tri-Cities, raised a total of 141,165 pounds of shelf-stable food to stock pantry shelves in these communities. Thank you to the letter carriers and volunteers who worked hard to pick up food donations; to the National Association of Letter Carriers for sponsoring the event; and to Progressions Credit Union and Yoke’s Fresh Markets for sponsoring the collection bags.

KNDU Bechtel AECOM and its Hanford affiliates held the annual Feeding Families Food Drive May 16-26 and raised $63,188, including a $25,000 match from Fred Meyer. They also raised 1,211 pounds of food.

The 22nd annual Taking a Bite out of Hunger, held May 18 at the Spokane Arena, brought together 52 top-notch food and beverage vendors, 1,100 guests and 110 volunteers to raise $197,000, enough for 985,000 meals. Laura Papetti, Jane McCarthy and Jen York of KREM TV did an amazing job of generating enthusiasm for supporting the cause.

As part of Ford Motor Co.’s national campaign to feed hungry children, two local Ford dealers hosted peanut butter drives on May 20-21. Gus Johnson Ford and Trading Co. stores in Spokane raised 2,731 jars of peanut butter and 500 loaves of bread from Franz Bakery. A huge thank you to 105.7

Now-FM and QUINN Advertising for helping spread the word. Wendle Ford and Yoke’s Fresh Markets also collected 180 jars (365 pounds)of peanut butter.

In the Tri-Cities, Corwin Ford and Yoke’s Fresh Markets also held a peanut butter drive May 20-21. They collected 578 pounds of peanut butter for children in need in the Mid-Columbia. Assuming an average serving size of 2 tablespoons, the

drive brought in enough peanut butter for 8,092 sandwiches. Many generous sponsors made the 14th Annual Karts

4 Our Community a success. This go-kart racing event, put on each year by the Food Circle Group in Spokane, netted $24,000 to split among three charities (Second Harvest, Because There is Hope and Blessings Under the Bridge). Fifty-five local teams sponsored by area businesses had the opportunity to hold qualifying events at FastKart Indoor Speedway leading up the finals on May 22. Trophy winners were Brandon Rieken, El Jay Oil, first; Joel Schrader, Edge Construction Supply, second; and Stephen Trainor, Kraft Heinz, third. Rieken also earned the trophy for the fastest qualifying time going into the finals. The Food Circle Group includes Acosta Sales and Marketing, Coca-Cola, Franz Bakery, Harvest Foods, Mondelez International, Rosauers Supermarkets and

Williams Inland Distributors.Yoke’s Fresh Markets and KXLY in

Spokane and KVEW in the Tri-Cities were instrumental in promoting, hosting and donating to this year’s What’s for Lunch? Food Drive held June 3. Customers donated $5,955 and 13,299 pounds of food, and dozens of volunteers donated their time throughout the day to make this drive happen. Thank you.

Spokane’s 14th annual Street Music Week, held June 13-17, raised $26,545, which translates into 132,270 meals for people who are hungry in the community.

Doug Clark of The Spokesman-Review and his key volunteer, Jim Lyons, put together another incredible week. Second Harvest appreciates the musicians and other performers who donated their time and talents during the noon hour each day in downtown Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, and in the Garland Business District. Thanks to all those who dropped donations into those trademark red buckets while enjoying the free entertainment.

As a member of the Feeding America national food bank network, Second Harvest was among the recipients of proceeds from an inaugural star-studded fundraising event that aired live on NBC last year. Hollywood’s biggest stars were lined up to have fun, raise money and change lives on “Red Nose Day,” a great night of comedy, music and more. The $10,000 grant that Second Harvest received went toward child hunger outreach in the Inland Northwest. The gift was the equivalent of 50,000 meals for children in need.

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Employees of Corwin Ford in the Tri-Cities collected peanut butter donations May 20-21.

Volunteers from Safeway and Albertsons helped pull off the first Hunger Run put on by Second Harvest and Union Gospel Mission.

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Pasco Taking a Bite out of Hunger coming up this fallSecond Harvest’s Pasco distribution center

will host its Taking a Bite out of Hunger food and beverage tasting and auction on Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

This is the 11th year for the event, which features more than 25 top restaurants, wineries, breweries and other purveyors of fine food and beverages, as well as live and silent auctions with dozens of items up for bid.

Second Harvest is looking for donations of fun items; certificates for airfare, hotels, restaurants, golf and outdoor adventures; and tickets for sporting events, concerts and other

entertainment for the silent auction. To donate an item, contact Ethan Flatau (545-0787 ext. 200 or ethan.flatau@2-harvest.org).

Tickets cost $75 each and tables are available for $600. Sponsors are needed to ensure that all the proceeds can be put toward fighting hunger in the Columbia Basin. Sponsors at the $1,500, $3,000 and $5,000 levels receive recognition benefits. To find out about sponsorships, tables and tickets, contact Jean Tucker (545-0787 ext. 201 or jean.tucker@2-harvest.org).

It’s been a fun and busy spring here at Second Harvest – thanks to all our hardworking volunteers who put in time at our first Hunger

Run in partnership with the Union Gospel Mission, as well as everyone who showed up to our 22nd annual Taking a Bite out of Hunger to volunteer or financially support Second Harvest’s mission. Taking a Bite out of Hunger, Second Harvest’s largest fundraising event of the year, raised enough to provide 985,000 meals for people who are hungry. Over the past 22 years, Taking a Bite out of Hunger has generated support from generous people for more than 10 million meals for those in need in the region. The Hunger Run raised more than $14,000 to help Second Harvest and Union Gospel Mission feed hungry people. Thank you to all the 750 folks who signed up to participate and all the generous sponsors, who helped put the pieces in place for an annual event.

Fighting hunger the fun way at Second Harvest

Events and Volunteering

July 1-31 (Tri-Cities): Independence from HungerGrocery Outlet in Kennewick invites customers to purchase pre-packed groceries for $4.99 or $9.99 to donate. Cash donations of $1 or $5 can be made at the register for Second Harvest.July 28 (Spokane): Huckleberry’s at the PaulsenHuckleberry’s Natural Market will hold a fundraiser for Second Harvest that includes food, drinks and live music at the Paulsen Penthouse downtown from 4 to 6 p.m. Limited tickets are available at Huckleberry’s (926 S. Monroe St.). Aug. 26-28 (Spokane): Macy’s Shop for a CauseSecond Harvest has 50 Macy’s savings passes for sale for $5 each with the proceeds benefiting local hunger relief.September (Spokane and Tri-Cities): Hunger Action MonthVisit 2-harvest.org to find out how you can get involved.September (Spokane): Spokane Association of REALTORS® (SAR) Food DriveSAR and Albertsons will partner for their annual food drive. Watch for dates and other details at 2-harvest.org.Aug. 31-Sept. 5 (Spokane): Pig out in the ParkEnjoy a great Labor Day weekend tradition with live music and food vendors while supporting Second Harvest. Vendors will have donation cans at this event, held in Spokane’s Riverfront Park.Sept. 30 (Spokane): Night in the Warehouse The fifth annual Night in the Warehouse at the Spokane distribution center runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Details still to come, but be prepared for an evening of food, drinks and unmitigated fun. Oct. 12 (Tri-Cities): Taking a Bite out of HungerTaste some of the area’s best entrees, appetizers, desserts, beers, wines and other beverages while bidding on auction items from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Pasco distribution center. Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, vendor check-in and other tasks.Nov. 18 and 19 (Spokane): Tom’s Turkey Drive Spokane’s premier turkey drive is held at local Rosauers stores and promoted by KREM 2 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sherry. The event rallies the Spokane community to contribute Thanksgiving dinners for families and seniors in need.Nov. 19 (Tri-Cities): Second Harvest’s First Annual Tri-Cities Turkey DriveHelp Second Harvest feed 2,000 Mid-Columbia families in need this Thanksgiving. A $30 donation provides a complete Thanksgiving meal (a turkey and all of the fixings. Packing days for food boxes are Nov. 17 and 18. Distribution is Saturday, Nov. 19, at the TRAC Center in Pasco. Watch for more details at 2-harvest.org/tcturkeydrive.Nov. 22 (Spokane): Tom’s Turkey TuesdayVolunteers are needed to help distribute the fixings for Thanksgiving meals to thousands of families and seniors in need at this one-day distribution at the Spokane Arena.

Learn more about these and other volunteer opportunities at 2-harvest.org or contact Jill Wilson in Spokane (252-6257 or volunteer@2-harvest.org) or Lamar Cloy in the Tri-Cities (545-0787 or tcvolunteer@2-harvest.org).

ChairpersonCarla Altepeter, Numerica Credit UnionVice Chair and Audit and Finance Committee ChairpersonMark Bray, Lydig ConstructionPast ChairpersonKevin Rasler, Inland Empire Paper CompanyPresident and CEOJason Clark, Second HarvestSecretary/TreasurerJennifer Milnes, Second Harvest

Paul Bridge, BDOPaul Davis, Lukins & Annis, P.S.Mike Dunford, Insurance AgentMichael Gadd, Clearwater Paper CorporationPastor Craig Goodwin, Millwood Community Presbyterian ChurchAlex Jackson, Providence Sacred Heart and Holy FamilyColleen McMahon, Gonzaga UniversityBruce Nelson, Agricultural ProducerCarl Sohn, Northwest Farm Credit ServicesRay Sprinkle, URM Stores, Inc.Kimberly Thielman, Asuris Northwest Health

Board of Directors

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Check with your employer’s human resources department to confirm if a matching gift program exists. If you have given a gift recently or in this calendar year, you may still be able to ask your company to match it. Help us multiply your impact! Let us know if your employer provides a match.

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