Pictured: Colin Baumgartner, Communications Director for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank, and Tanya Hitchens, Byesville Rotary President.
Chicken BBQ this Saturday, August 13, at the Rotary Gazebo at the corner of Main and 2ed. streets in Byesville. Chicken sales will begin about 10:00am and continue until chickens are gone. Rotary members are invited to work a shift or drop by and buy a chicken--they are delicious.
A speaker is still needed for the August 30th meeting. Contact Tanya if you know someone who would be willing to speak.
The first meeting of September will be the District Governor's visit. Board members and officers should plan to stay after the regular meeting for a short meeting with the DG. This meeting will also be a membership breakfast. Tanya is asking each club member to invite a guest who is interested in joining Rotary. Deadline for a breakfast headcount is August 30. Please invite a guest by than. Thank you.
Ticket sales for the Red Eye to New York have begun. Flyers will be available next week. All members are asked to sell at least one ticket. Tanya would like to fill two buses this year--that totals about 108 tickets.
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“Records kept by the Mid-Ohio Foodbank reveal that in 2010 there were over 37,000 requests for food at local Guernsey County food pantries,” stated Colin Baumgartner, Communications Director for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.”Twenty six percent of those requests came from children and 28% from seniors over 60.” Over 728,000 pounds of food was supplied to Guernsey County partner agencies. Over 220,000 pounds of the food supplies was fresh produce.
The mission of the Mid-Ohio Foodbank is fourfold. In addition to collecting and distributing food, the Foodbank also works to education communities about hunger, advocates for hunger programs, and collaborates with other agencies to reduce hunger in Ohio.
Local agencies collaborating with the Mid-Ohio Foodbank include the Food Pantry at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Byesville, the Pleasant City Food Pantry, the Byesville Assembly of God, and the Salvation Army.
The Mid-Ohio Foodbank is able to leverage the value of all cash donations. For every $1.00 donated, the Foodbank is able to distribute $8.00 of groceries.
The Mid-Ohio Foodbank serves 20 counties in the mid-section of Ohio, stretching from Union county west of Columbus east to Belmont County on the Ohio River. Within this area, over 500 local agencies work to provide food to senior citizens, homeless citizens, afterschool programs, soup kitchens, and food pantries. It is a big job—80% of the food offered by local agencies comes from the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.
Thirty-five per cent of food bank users are working families who are struggling to get by. Their struggle tends to be temporary. Families want to get back on their feet and support themselves. Providing food to these families is the first step to recovery. Most are able to provide for themselves within a year. Almost half of the food distributed goes to the most vulnerable citizens—kids under 18 and seniors over 60.
More information about the work of the Mid-Ohio Foodbank can be found at www.midohiofoodbank.org.
Byesville Rotary 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Randy Launder, 740-801-0017
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