Montana Food Bank Network Partner Agency News February 2014

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Hunger Relief Forum

Featured Product: Applesauce

PAGE 4Shopping List Dates

PAGE 5Farm Bill Update

ORDERS DUE:February 14

This month’s featured product is applesauce. We have 3 varieties including: 1) Seneca Applesauce (I6734), 8/47.8 OZ case--655 available, $3.80/case. 2) Haggen Applesauce (I6737), 12/24 OZ case--476 available, $3.80/case. 3) Essential cinnamon Applesauce (I6738), 12/24 OZ case--105 available, $3.80/case.

MARs DUE:February 15

Serving Underserved Counties in MontanaAs a statewide agency with a mission of ending hunger in Montana, MFBN works to serve agencies in our established network. MFBN also looks outside of the network to identify counties with underserved populations. Counties in need are identified using a metric created by Feeding America, the national hunger organization. The measure, called “Pounds per Person in Poverty”, or PPIP, uses an equation that calculates the amount of food poundage distributed in a county, per person living below the poverty line. Feeding America uses this metric to identify Gap Counties, or counties that are not reaching a certain PPIP. MFBN is currently working to reach these Gap Counties with two programs, the Mobile Food Pantry and Mail-a-Meal programs.

Mobile Food Pantry: Some of you may remember Mobile Food Pantry from a few years ago. We are bringing the program back with some new improvements. Through the Mobile Food Pantry program, food is brought by a semi-truck directly to a community and distributed right off the truck. We hope to create recurring routes to be able to sustainably serve the same community a few times a year. Mail-a-Meal: The mission of the Mail-a-Meal Program is to reach food insecure Montanans in rural, remote, low population areas without access to emergency food assistance or fresh, quality food. Through the program, boxes are shipped from MFBN to a centralized location for distribution to the identified families.

We hope that these programs will be beneficial tools helping to combat hunger in these rural and remote areas. If you would like to know more about Gap Counties, whether or not you are a Gap County, or how to help a Gap County, please contact us!

Green=Meeting PPIP Yellow=Not quite meeting PPIPRed=Gap County

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Beginning this delivery cycle we will be sending a reminder email to all agencies on the day of the Shopping List release date. We hope these reminders will be helpful for you and also ensure that we receive Shopping Lists in a timely manner. If you have any questions about items on the Shopping List, please contact Brad Argo at bargo@mfbn.org or 406-721-3825, ext. 251.

Also, if you have an up-to-date account on insidemfbn.org, you should receive an automated email notification when the Shopping Lists are released. If you do not receive notifications and would like to receive notifications, please contact Diane Matthews at dmatthews@mfbn.org or 406-721-3825, ext. 222. Please also contact Diane if you do not have an account and would like to create an account, or if you have any other questions about insidemfbn.org.

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Shopping List Reminder Alerts

Save the Date!

Date: Friday, May 16, 2014Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Wingate, Missoula, MTRSVP: May 2, 2014

Travel ScholarshipsGetting hung up on travel costs? In an effort to make the forum accessible to all agencies, MFBN provides travel scholarships to assist with the travel costs associated with attending the forum. Travel scholarships may be used for fuel or lodging. To receive a travel scholarship application, please contact Jeff Gutierrez at jgutierrez@mfbn.org or 406-721-3825, ext. 232.

Shopping Lists are due 1 week following the release date.

Upcoming Shopping List Release Dates

February 7March 21

May 2June 13

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* All delivery times will be published online and in the Affiliate concurrently. If, for any reason, your scheduled delivery time changes from what has been published, MFBN staff will notify you.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

Date Time City Partner Agency

19-Feb 10:00-10:45 Bozeman—Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Headwaters Area Food Bank, West Yellowstone Food Bank, Gardiner Food Pantry, Big Sky Youth Home 19-Feb 12:45-1:30 Helena—Helena Food Share, Salvation Army, Rocky Mountain Youth Resources, Elkhorn Treatment Facility, Transitional Living Facility, Helena Pre-Release, Lewis and Clark Group Home, Alternative Youth Adventures

20-Feb 9:00-9:30 Stevensville—Pantry Partners20-Feb 9:45-10:00 Victor—Victor School Backpack20-Feb 10:15-10:30 Victor—House of Praise20-Feb 10:45-11:00 Hamilton—Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel20-Feb 11:00-12:00 Hamilton—Haven House, WMMHC Eddy Meuchel Group Home, WMMHC ADT New Beginnings20-Feb 12:30-1:00 Darby—Darby Bread Box

25-Feb 8:30-9:00 Dillon—Beaverhead Community Food Pantry, Dillon School Backpack25-Feb 10:15-11:15 Butte—Butte Emergency Food Bank25-Feb 11:15-11:30 Butte—Butte Rescue Mission25-Feb 12:15-12:45 Anaconda—Project Care, Discovery House, Anaconda Schools Backpack25-Feb 1:45-2:15 Maxville—Granite County Food Bank

27-Feb 9:00-9:30 Thompson Falls—Community Harvest Food Bank, Thompson Falls Seniors, Thompson Falls AOG Church, Thompson Falls School Backpack27-Feb 10:00-10:30 Trout Creek—Open Gate Ranch Youth Group, Trout Creek Seniors, Trout Creek School Backpack27-Feb 10:45-11:30 Noxon—Community Services Fellowship, Noxon Seniors, Heron Seniors27-Feb 12:15-12:30 Troy—Troy Community Baptist Church Food Pantry27-Feb 12:30-1:30 Troy—Troy Food Pantry, YAAK Food Cupboard27-Feb 1:45-2:15 Libby—Libby Food Pantry, Libby Christian Church, Libby Seniors

4-Mar 8:15-8:30 Livingston—Livingston Food Pantry4-Mar 10:00-10:45 White Sulphur Springs—Meagher Country Nutrition Coalition4-Mar 1:15-1:45 Lewistown—Central Montana Community Cupboard, FCCOA, B/G of Lewistown4-Mar 3:15-3:45 Roundup—Musselshell County Food Bank, Roundup School Backpack

5-Mar 7:15-7:45 Hardin—Helping Hands, Set Free Ministries, Hardin School Backpack5-Mar 8:15-8:30 Garryowen—Center Pole Foundation5-Mar 10:00-10:30 Billings—Family Service, INC., Alternatives/Passages, Montana Rescue Mission, Teen Pantry Program5-Mar 11:00-11:30 Laurel—Community Hope, Laurel School Backpack5-Mar 12:00-12:15 Joliet—Joliet Food Pantry, Boys and Girls Club of Carbon County5-Mar 12:45-1:30 Columbus—Project Hope, Columbus School Backpack5-Mar 2:15-2:30 Big Timber—Big Timber Community Food Bank

7-Mar 8:00-8:15 Alberton—Alberton Seniors7-Mar 8:15-8:45 Alberton—Alberton Community Food Pantry7-Mar 9:15-9:45 Superior—Community Food Bank of Mineral County, Superior School Backpack7-Mar 11:00-11:45 Plains—Plains Community Food Bank, Shekinah Kitchen, Plains-Paradise Seniors, Plains School Backpack

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Events and Reminders

DELIVERY SCHEDULE continued7-Mar 12:30-1:00 Hot Springs—Hot Springs Food Pantry, Hot Springs School Backpack, Camas Hot Springs Community Senior Center7-Mar 1:45-2:00 Dixon—Dixon Senior Citizens Center, Dixon School Backpack

11-Mar 7:15-7:30 Arlee—Arlee School Backpack11-Mar 8:00-8:15 St. Ignatius—St. Ignatius Seniors11-Mar 8:15-8:45 St. Ignatius—Mission Valley Food Pantry11-Mar 9:15-9:45 Ronan—Ronan Bread Basket, Mission Valley Seniors11-Mar 11:30-12:00 Columbia Falls—Columbia Falls Food Bank, Columbia Falls Schools Backpack11-Mar 12:15-1:00 Whitefish—North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish Schools Backpack11-Mar 2:00-2:30 Eureka—Tobacco Valley Food Pantry, Eureka Four Square Church Tobacco Valley Seniors

13-Mar 8:15-9:00 Polson—Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry, Polson Seniors, Polson Schools Backpack13-Mar 10:15-11:15 Kalispell—Flathead Food Bank, Lighthouse Christian Home, Samaritan House13-Mar 11:30-11:45 Kalispell—North West Montana Veterans Stand Down

18-Mar 12:30-1:00 Ashland—St. Labre Food Pantry18-Mar 3:30-3:45 Miles City—Custer County Food Bank

19-Mar 8:30-9:00 Wibaux—Wibaux Food Bank19-Mar 9:30-10:00 Glendive—Dawson County Food Bank19-Mar 11:00-11:15 Sidney—Fellowship Food Pantry19-Mar 12:00-12:45 Culbertson—Culbertson Food Bank19-Mar 1:30-1:45 Poplar—New Life Mission19-Mar 2:15-2:30 Wolf Point—Wolf Point Seniors19-Mar 3:30-4:00 Glasgow—Valley County Council on Aging19-Mar 4:00-4:30 Glasgow—Valley Community Food Bank19-Mar 6:00-6:30 Malta—Malta Food Bank, Malta Opportunities, INC

20-Mar 8:00-8:15 Harlem—Harlem Food Pantry, Harlem Area Senior Citizens Center20-Mar 8:45-9:15 Chinook—Chinook Food Pantry20-Mar 9:45-10:30 Havre—Havre Food Bank, Feed My Sheep, Boys and Girls of the Hi-Line

20-Mar 10:15-10:45 Lakeside—West Shore Food Bank, Lakeside School Backpack20-Mar 11:00-11:30 Bigfork—Bigfork Food Pantry20-Mar 12:45-1:15 Seeley Lake—Seeley-Swan Food Bank, Seeley School Backpack

25-Mar 8:30-9:30 Great Falls—Great Falls Food Bank, Salvation Army, St. Vincent DePaul, FISH, Great Falls Schools Backpack, Chouteau County Food Bank25-Mar 10:30-11:15 Choteau—Teton County Food Pantry, Pondera Food Pantry25-Mar 12:30-12:45 Browning—Blackfeet Food Bank

??-Mar TBD Missoula—Missoula Agencies begin scheduled pick ups

February 7March 21

May 2June 13

Upcoming Shopping List Release Dates

Shopping Lists are due 1 week following the

release date.

Don’t forget to read the Food Recalls posted on insidemfbn.org! Recalls

are posted every week or so and contain all food

recalls that pertain to the region!

Food Recalls!

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Farm Bill Passes CongressAfter clearing the House last week, the Senate

also passed the new Farm Bill in a 68 to 32 vote on Tuesday. The bill now heads to President Obama for his signature. Senator Baucus, Senator Tester, and Congressman Daines all voted for the bill, which sets funding and policy for numerous farm and nutrition programs including SNAP.

Though less than the $40 billion in cuts proposed in the original House version of the bill, the final bill includes nearly $8.6 billion in SNAP cuts, which will have a devastating impact on approximately 850,000 households. These households will see a decrease in their benefit amount by an average of $90/month; a decrease that will be especially damaging following the cuts experienced by all SNAP households November 1, 2013. The cuts will almost certainly result in increased demand at emergency food agencies at a time when these agencies are already struggling to keep up with record levels of need.

We commend all of our partners who called, emailed, and contacted our Congressional leaders to protect SNAP throughout this long process. While we are disappointed that the bill does contain cuts to SNAP, we successfully avoided the most drastic and damaging proposals included in the original version of the House bill.

Highlights from the Nutrition Title of the Farm Bill include:• $8.55billioncuttoSNAPbylimitingstates’abilitytocoordinateLIEAPenrollmentandSNAP

benefits.• $205millionincreaseforTEFAP.• Newdairyprogramthattriggersadairyproductdonationtononprofitswhendairyprices

fall below a certain level.• $250millionforstatestopilotinnovativeprogramshelpSNAPparticipantsgetbackto

work.• ClarifiesallowableSNAPoutreachactivities.• ImprovesSNAPaccessbyallowingSNAPhomedeliveryforhomeboundseniorsand

disabled participants.• PromotesaccesstonutritiousfoodbytighteningstockingrequirementsforSNAPretailers

and testing new ways to use EBT cards.• ImprovesSNAPintegritythroughnewmeasurestocombattraffickingofbenefitsby

retailers and recipients and policy changes forbidding benefits for lottery winners and affluent college students.• ProtectsSNAPnutritioneducation.

For more information, contact Lorianne at lburhop@mfbn.org or 721-3825 x230

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Phone: 406-721-3825Fax: 406-542-3770

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MISSION:To end hunger in

Montana through food acquisition,

distribution, education, and

advocacy.

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Chief Operations Officer Brent Weisgram x233Transportation Manager Rob Shipley x240Inventory/Warehouse Supervisor

Brad Argo x251

Agency Relations Manager Jeff Gutierrez x232School Programs Coordinator Stephanie Stratton x229Agency Resource Coordinator Diane Matthews x222Warehouse Chuck James x234Lead Warehouse/Driver Cory Crocker x234

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Applesauce Baking SubstitutesUsing featured products I6734, I6737, and I6738

Applesauce is an easy way to add some nutrition to your fa-vorite baking recipes. Apple-sauce can be used as a substi-tute for oil or eggs in bread or cake recipes. When using as a substitute for oil a 1:1 ratio is recommended. When using as a substitute for eggs, 1/4 cup of sauce and 1 tsp of baking powder is equivalent to one egg. It is not recommended using applesauce as a substitute for butter. For example, using applesauce rather than butter in a cookie recipe may lead to a cake-like cookie. If using a sweetened applesauce, try reduc-ing the amount of sugar in the recipe. Happy baking!

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