26 families required delivery because of age, 8 due to illness or injury, 48 due to disability, 38 requested delivery because of lack of reliable transportation and 5 because work hours not compatible with distribution schedule.   90 Delivery families are Caucasian; 24 are African American; 9 are Hispanic/Latino; & 2 are Other.

Delivered          Total bags – 4,327       

Delivered to following towns/localities: (# of families)

 

• 59 volunteers made 1,545 deliveries, total hours donated = 1,312, valued at $ 22,225
• Volunteer mileage:  19,201 miles valued at .41/mile = $ 7,872
• Elaine’s mileage:       2,569 miles valued at .41/mile = $ 1,053   

 

VOLUNTEER SUMMARY

 During 2006 13,285 hours of volunteer service were donated to the Interfaith Food Pantry.  The value of this time is $ 212,306. Adult volunteer time is valued at $17.55/hour*, set by Independent Sector**.  Youth hours are valued at $6.15, the federal minimum wage.

Volunteers at the Interfaith Food Pantry perform such tasks as office work, sorting food, packing bags to be distributed, stocking shelves in the packing room, transporting bags to the distribution site, recycling and taking out garbage, food distribution, delivery to clients and food pick up from the Community Food Bank and area organizations that are not able to deliver their food collections.

Staff volunteers   

182 individuals  (unduplicated)            10,310  hrs              $ 178,308

            173 adults                                      10,079   hrs                        $  176,891

    9 youth                                          231    hrs                         $      1,417

Regular Groups  

431 volunteer visits (duplicated)                778 hrs              $   8,538

6 groups made a total of 35 visits             

170 adults                                          329   hrs             $     5,774

261 youth                                           449  hrs                          $     2,764

Short Term Volunteers  

1,212 volunteer visits (duplicated)                    2,197  hrs            $  25,460

482 adults                                             1,048    hrs                  $    18,397

730 youth                                              1,149     hrs                $     7,063

 Staff volunteers – Volunteers who are scheduled to work at the warehouse and distribution center on a regular basis doing specific tasks such as office work, sorting packing, food distribution, recycling, home delivery and food pickup.

Regular Groups - This includes groups that come on a regular basis through out the year.  These volunteers are involved with restocking 190 Speedwell or assisting at the warehouse. This group includes St Virgil Youth group, Koinonia Youth Group, St Patrick Church, and Christ the King Church.

Short Term Volunteers – Some of these are youth groups who visit the warehouse for a tour and participate in activities such as sorting. This group also includes adult individuals and groups who volunteer on a one-time basis, such as NYLIM, Pfizer and Hyatt as well as those that volunteer sporadically throughout the year.

*The hourly value is based on the average hourly earnings of all nonagricultural workers as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Independent Sector uses this figure and increases it by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Mission of the Interfaith Food Pantry is to:

¨       distribute supplemental and/or emergency food to eligible Morris County residents in need;

¨       provide hands on opportunities for neighbors to help neighbors;

¨       educate the public about the issues of hunger in our area.

 2006 Board of Trustees                                              2006 Staff

President - Russ Hall – ret. Nat West                                                     *Executive Director - Rosemary Gilmartin

Treasurer – Wendy Potkay – Community Volunteer                                 Assistant Director - Elaine Britcher

Secretary – Wen-Ling Lai – UPS                                                            Outreach Coordinator – Carolyn Lake

Asst.Treasurer – Carolyn Hession – Community Volunteer                       Warehouse Manager - Doug McMahon

Mary Ann Caulfield – Star Trac                                                            Office Manager – Ginny Caamano

Igor Fastov – Merrill Lynch                                                                   Intake/Resource Counselor – Kris Lariccia

Don Fink – IronFit Multi-sport Training                                    

Bruce Galton – Senesco Technologies, Inc.

Michael Geraghty – BIS Risk Mgmt.                                                       * also Board Member

Karen Jones-Williams – Morris School District

Anne Marie Manahan – Community Volunteer

Maureen Martin – Sussex Bank

Hope Summerset - Corcoran Jennison Mgmt. Co.

 AGENCIES SUPPORTED IN 2006