UP AND GOING

Since the great Recession began in 2008, people needing food has been increasing at a starling pace.  Our Feed My Sheep Food Pantry/Mini Mart faces a challenge to keep food on our shelves. We can only keep up with the pace with the help of monetary donation and various food banks.  We are grateful to have the support at this tough economical times.

We need your help!  You can help us right now.  You and your family, friends, colleagues or any group can sponsor a food drive or make a monetary donatio.

QUARTERLY REPORT

# of families served:

April: 330, May: 220,  June: 722

Bag Lunches to Seniors: April; 51,  May: 51, June: 51

TOTAL: 1,272

With your help we will be able to increase the  total number of 1,272 for the next quarter.  

COME CHECK US OUT!!! Feed My Sheep Food Pantry/Mini Mart open house on October 14, 12:00-3:00 pm at 8229 Plymouth, Oakland, CA.


THE TIME IS RIGHT TO VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are always needed when people ask how they can help, we turn to our tagline: Donate, Volunteer.  Go to our website if you wish to donate or volunteer or call:510-384-8604.

Transition to 8829 Plymounth Strreet, Oakland, Ca have been made.  It was a success.  A lot of hard work was put into this transition and now I can say it was worth the effort.

A new format for helping those who are hungry and need food is called:  Client Choice.  
Instead of people standing in lines to get food, there is a waiting area inside the panty for them to sit  enjoy a cup of coffee and donuts while they wait to shop for their food items.
The Food Pantry opens it doors on March 2, 2012.

CLIENT CHOICE CUSTOMER QUOTE: “It is great that you are able to select food items you actually need and will use. It is so appreciated” Aqueelah Easley

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Hope to see you at our open house on October 14, 2012.   Peace Out!!!

Faye G., Program Director

The Feed My Sheep Food Program have transition from a distribution of food bags to a food pantry/mini mart.  Those in need of food are able to shop for various food items that they need from the food pantry.

Our current location  is 8229 Plymouth Street, Oakland, CA.  

Our distribution days are Fridays 11:00 am-1:00 pm.

The food panty/mini-mart open on March 4, 2012. The nutritional  brown bag lunches continued during the food pantry transition.

DISTRIBUTION REPORT
Month	Total # of individuals served in household	Total # of Adults served	Total # of Children served	Percent of Adults served	Percent of children served
March	335	147	188	43.90%	56.11%
161: Brown Bag Lunches served to senior citizens & homeless Jan, Feb, Mar.

Due to the  struggling economy, our local hunger issues are with us. Our food pantry faces a challenge to keep food on our shelves. With your monetary or food item donation, we will be able to increase the number of  335 individuals that are served in a household. Call: 510-384-8606 to make a donation or visit our website.       

If you have a S.H.A.R.E. Card, please continue to use it.

When you shop at Lucky and participating stores and use your S.H.A.R.E card,  FMS earn 3% of your qualified purches,  goes towards ipurchasing food items for the food pantry.  Participating stores: Food Maxx, S.Mart Foods, Save Mart Supermarkets.

Visit our website: www.FeedMySheepFoodProgram.org

If you  would like to be on our mailing list for our newsletter, Please notify e-mail me or call: 510-384-8604.  

The FMS food pantry are in need of volunteers, please call and/or visit our website. 

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         NUTRITIONAL TIP

It is important to eat at regular intervals, ideally every 3-5 hours as this helps to keep blood sugar levels stable. Aim to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day to stay well hydrated and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day for general health.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT DOING OUR TRANSITION PERIOD

Faye Gabriel, FMSFP/Mini-Mart Program Director

The  Feed My Sheep Food Program is still under transition and transformation; so please bear with us. The distribution of food bags and nutritional bag lunches are still taking place.  For August & September, total food bags distribution were:  246 food boxes/bags,200 nutritional bag lunches. Also,  a variety of clothes are available for our clients.

Currently, we have been blessed with the use of parking lots for the distributions. The parking lot located on the corner of 90th Ave and MacArthur(previously a car wash) is the current distribution site. The day of distribution is the 3rd Friday of each month from 1:00-2:00 pm. Volunteers and monetary donations are much needed. If you would like to volunteer or donate, please call  (510) 384-8604.

The Feed My Sheep Food Program have made a slight change in its name. New name: Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: Promoting Healthy Eating. A fresh produce section have been added as a part of our food boxes/bag distribution.  Our clients have the option to choose from a variety of fresh produce. Basic healthy recipes are provided on how to prepare some of the fresh produce that  our clients receive.

For  November & December the food pantry will be giving out turkeys for the holidays.  Therefore, we need your help. 100 turkeys for November & 100  for December.   We need individuals and organizations to donate these turkeys. Please call the number listed above if  you or your organization wish to make a donation to our turkey drive. Your donation will needed on or before November 18 & December 16

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April, 2011

The food  boxes and bag lunch distribution went well for the month of April.  We gave out 55 food boxes and 100 nutritional bag lunches along with clothing for women, men and children. We increased the food boxes by 5 for the month of April. With the increase in food boxes, we ran out and  had to say" no more" to a lot of people. Our goal is to reach 60 by the end of July.  In order to make this happen, we need your help through financial or non-perishable food item donations.

The Feed My Sheep Food Program  website is up and going.  Do check  it out.  the web address is: FeedMySheepFoodProgram.org.  You can make your donations through this website.  For a list of  non-perishable foods go to the website.  If you wish to drop off non-perishable food items, you may do so at Peoples Baptist Church, located at 8825 MacArthur Blvd on Tuesdays 6:30 -7:30 pm. or call 510-384-8604 to arrange a pickup.

Our next distribution will be May, 21, 2011, starting at 12:00 noon

 The Feed My Sheep Closet  need women, men, children clothing  that is  in good condition. Because we do not have ample storage space, please drop off your clothing on the day of our distribution  at 10:30 am. at  PBC -See Sis Velma Woods who in charge of the FMS closet.

S.H.A.R.E.S Card--Free Cash!  When you shop at Lucky and participating stores and use your S.H.A.R.E.S card, the Feed My Sheep Food Program earns 3% of your qualified purchases, which goes toward the increase of the food boxes.  Post your name and mailing address or call me and I will mail your card to you.

We also need volunteers-please sign up through the website.

Finally, for the month of November & December of this year, the program would like to give out: 500 turkeys for the month of November and 500 for the month of December.  If anyone knows of a foundation,  organization,  professional football or basketball player or individual to contacted,  let us know by posting the information on the blog in the comment section.

Please signup to be a friend on our Face Book page - we need some friends.
Post  a comment to let us know what you think of the website.

Well, this is all for now until next month.


Farewell and peace out, Faye Gabriel, Program Admin. for the Feed My Sheep Food Program.



August 1, 2011

         

The Feed My Sheep Food Program is still operating but at a different location. No doubt about it, the economic downturn is a major element in  the life of people .  Therefore, the Program is currently under  transition and transformation from its previous location to one that will provide an opportunity for growth. 

 
More people is the East Oakland and surrounding communities are needing more food, clothes and  some have special requests. In order to help meet the physical and service needs of the people  we serve, expansion of our food program is very much needed. Doing the transition period, monetary donations can only be accepted. Check the the blog for up-to- date information regarding the transtition.


Our distribution for April, May and June: 650 food boxes & 350 bag lunches

Use Your S.H.A.R.E. Card(there are still cards available)

Free Cash! EVERYONE CAN DO THIS!

When you shop at Lucky and participating stores and use your S.H.A.R.E.S. card, FMSFP earns 3% of your qualified purchases, which goes towards increasing our food boxes. Participating Stores: Food Maxx, S.Mart Foods, Save Mart Supermarkets

e-mail or send me your address and I will mail a card to you.


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Farewell and peace out, Faye Gabriel, Program Admin. for the Feed My Sheep Food Program.