Weekly Update
This Week’s Numbers
Households served via Drive-Thru
- 76 on Tuesday, September 27
- 52 on Thursday, September 29
- 59 on Tuesday, October 4
- 32 on Thursday, October 6
Households served via Pop-Up
- 20 on Wednesday, September 28
- 35 on Wednesday, October 5
September 2022
Service Statistics
- Households Served: 575
- Seniors Served: 283
- Adults Served: 1,022
- Children Served: 745
- Individuals Served: 2,050
- Meals Served: 18,450
- Families Served by Drive-Thru Pantry: 401
- Families Served by Pop-Up Pantry: 174
Food Received
(in pounds)
- First Community Church: 5,496
- Giant Eagle: 480
- Marc’s: 304
- Penzey’s Spices: 231
- Mid-Ohio Foodbank: 14,972
- Order: 11,631 ($6,645.16)
- Shop Thru: 3,341
Click here to view Statistics by Month
Announcements
Next week we will share plans for our holiday assistance program. We will also share an announcement about financial donations!
Volunteers
Monday, October 10
8:30 – 9:30 am Cold Stocking (1)
5:00 – 6:30 pm Stock & Shop (2)
Tuesday, October 11
8:30 – 10:30 am Drive-Thru (3)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm Drive -Thru (5)
Wednesday, October 12
1:00 – 2:00 pm MOFB Shop Thru (1)
Thursday, October 13
8:00 – 9:00 am MOFB Shop Thru (1)
8:30 – 10:20 am Drive- Thru (4)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm Drive-Thru (2)
Friday, October 14
9:30 – 10:30 am Cold Stocking (1)
November Sign-Up Genius has been published, as well.
Message to the Staff
FCC Team:
It is with great pleasure and gratitude that I announce two promotions:
Amy Caskie has been promoted to Director of Missions and Yohan Kim has been promoted to Heart to Heart Food Pantry Manager. Yohan will now be reporting to Amy. This re-alignment simply makes sense organizationally and acknowledges the level at which both Amy and Yohan have been performing for some time now.
Please join me in congratulating them!
Seth Stearns | Executive Director of Operations
First Community | Where Everyone is Accepted
1320 Cambridge Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 43212
(614) 488-0681, Ext. 287
sstearns@fcchurch.com | FCchurch.com
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Pop UPdate
In September, the Pop Up Pantry, delivered to the following sites:
- Sept 7: Commons at Livingston – 35
- Sept 14: Hope Resource Center – 35
- Sept 19: South Park Apartment/Franklinton Farms – 20
- Sept 21: Southpoint – 37
- Sept 22: Riverview International Center – 27
- Sept 28: Commons at Grant – 20
Total served for the month of September: 174
Pop Up 2022 Monthly Totals:
- January: 161
- February: 159
- March: 154
- April: 162
- May: 162
- June: 225
- July: 187
- August: 210
- September: 174
1,594 Households served Year to Date
Plans are underway for our Pop Up Team to bring some joy to the children at Southpoint. Once again we are joining forces with Upper Arlington’s Wickliffe Progressive Elementary School. This will be our third year giving the children at Southpoint a special Christmas. More details to come in our October/November Report.
Our numbers have gone down at The Commons at Grant. Some of the residents have said they are receiving the same items from other pantries. It’s too much of the same and they have extras. We explained to Grant that Mid-Ohio Food Collective plus all the pantries have a food shortage which makes supplies short and not as varied. Many are still very grateful for our continued help. We plan to continue even with the numbers being lower. We told them we would still serve those residents that are counting on us for help.
Hope Resource Center has been in the news recently. They are working on fixing some issues to better serve their neighborhood. We are grateful to continue to be a part of their mission and serve those in need.
We welcome our recent and newest volunteers: Katie Halley, Marcy Miller and Cathy Wheaton. The Team is blessed to have the help. They are a wonderful addition to our Pop Up Team.
Melody and I are continually blessed to have the support of First Community and Heart to Heart staff and all the dedicated volunteers who give so much of their time and energy.
Serving in Faith,
Rose Kandel and Melody Smiley
Training Opportunities
FreshTrak Training
This workshop will provide the fundamentals to get started with FreshTrak at your agency. Participants with learn how to administer the intake process using FreshTrak and will be guided on best practices for developing an efficient process in registering your clients. For agencies already using FreshTrak, this workshop will be helpful as a refresher of the basics.
Food Safety Training
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify food safety risks
- Take appropriate action when someone has symptoms of foodborne illness or is diagnosed with a reportable disease
- Follow good personal hygiene and hand care practices
- Identify cross-contamination risks and methods for prevention
- Implement effective cleaning and sanitizing procedures
- Identify appropriate pest prevention measures and signs of pest infestations
- Maintain facilities and equipment in compliance with regulations
This training will be held via Zoom and registration is required to attend. Heart to Heart is Agency #1042
Advocacy 101
Register today and join the conversation. Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s Tim White- Director, Government Relations and Advocacy, and Hallie Carirno – Grassroots Government Relations Specialist will lead the open forum discussion as you-
- Explore ways to push back and advocate against the continued assault on the SNAP program.
- Dive into the issues both state and federal which impact foodbanks and pantries; from funding to regulatory oversight.
FreshTrak Training
This workshop will provide the fundamentals to get started with FreshTrak at your agency. Participants with learn how to administer the intake process using FreshTrak and will be guided on best practices for developing an efficient process in registering your clients. For agencies already using FreshTrak, this workshop will be helpful as a refresher of the basics.
And what does the Lord
require of you
But to do justice,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly
with your God?
Micah 6:8 NKJ
Our mission at Heart to Heart is to respond to God’s commandment to love one another.
Our vision of Heart to Heart is to model God’s love by:
Cultivating a loving community
Honoring individual gifts
Feeding bodies and souls
…and seeing everyone as a child of God
In accordance with Federal law and U.S.D.A. policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or disability.