Volume 2, Issue 3
September, 2016
Inter Parish Ministry
Heartlines
Did You Know?
Poverty in the USA
is at its highest level in 17 years.
**
Ohio is 6th in the
nation for the number of people who
are food insecure.
**
Cincinnati has the
second highest
child poverty rate
in the nation.
JELLY—It’s “what’s for lunch” but not when we run out! Jelly (and peanut
butter) are two of the items that disappear from our shelves most often. Every
family on every visit to our choice pantry, gets to choose one of each. That’s hundreds of jars every week! Now that schools are back in session and school lunches are being packed, we know there will be even more demand for the makings
of the ever popular pb&j. These young volunteers at one of our mobile pantries
knew that all of the shoppers would be happy
to see their full table of supplies.
IPM has scheduled 21 mobiles in 2016 and
through August, we have served over 3,000
people at these highly popular mobile pantries. We are grateful to all of our sponsors
and volunteers who make it possible for once
a month mobile shopping in areas where the
need is greatest.
New Pantry Opening Soon! Thanks to the Moores and their
Inside this issue:
Hunger Action Month
2
Newtown Food Fight
2
Back to School Success
3
Charity Gala for IPM
3
Food Drive Thanks
4
Ready for Football?
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crew who are sprucing up the grounds at 1075 Ohio Pike. You will see
the results of hard work, creativity, sweat & the right “stuff”!
Heartlines
We are turning ORANGE in September for Hunger Action
Month and invite you to take action, too! If you are on Facebook and Twitter, turn your profiles orange on Thursday, Sept.
8th and wear orange, too!
Other activities include:
The Newtown Food Fight—all month long at seven area businesses.
Help your favorite win by bringing in a canned food item to their bin. (See below).
“Eat out for Hunger” at Buffalo Wild Wings locations in Anderson and
Milford on September 21 during lunch or dinner.
Most importantly, by participating in any of these activites, you are getting involved
and taking action to help end hunger in your community. 1 in 6 are hungry right here.
It’s a FOOD FIGHT! (No rotten tomatoes involved)
Our business partners in Newtown are “duking it out” in the first
Newtown Annual Food Fight all in fun for Hunger Action Month.
Critically Needed Food
AND Personal Care
Items:
Chunky Soups
Canned Meat
Stew, Chili
“Helper” Meals
Cereal
Pasta Sauce
Pasta
Participating businesses are: Meridian Bioscience, Gardner Media
Services, Village Auto, Newtown Feed & Seed, Lobsta Bakes of
Maine, Revolution Fitness and Ready Shoot.
Here is how it works. Each business will collect critically needed food
items during the month of September. At the end of the month each
business will be judged by the number of food items they receive divided by the number of their employees. The winning business will
receive the First Annual Food Fight Trophy!
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Shampoo
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Cleaning Products
Diapers
Toothpaste/brushes
Volume 2, Issue 3
IPM Back to School Event Helps 250 Children
On August 6, IPM provided backpacks, school supplies and Payless Shoe gift cards to children in grades 1-12 to give them a good
start on the new school year. This event, at Mt. Carmel Christian
Church, included crafts, food, family pictures and a mobile pantry
that provided families with a week’s worth of food.
Sarah Cadle and Jane Connerton
helped the Williamson children get ready
for school at the IPM event.
This year’s program was a collaboration with many of IPM’s partners and volunteers including supporting churches and community members who donated the school supplies and funds for shoe
gift cards. Bake Me Home’s Take Me Home program provided the
family photos. Mt. Carmel Christian Church offered the food, crafts
and hospitality. More than 105 volunteers kept things running
smoothly.
One of the little boys was just so excited with everything he kept
hugging everyone and saying thanks. That was his gift to all of us.
Charity 4 Children Gala to Benefit IPM
Inter Parish Ministry has been named one of the recipients of Cincinnati Eastside Rotary’s
Charity 4 Children Gala that will take place on October 15 at Beltera Park in Anderson
Township. Proceeds will benefit youth in the club’s service area. IPM collaborative partners that will also benefit from the event are CASA of Clermont County, Boys and Girls
Clubs of Clermont County and the Stopping the Abuse program.
Festivities begin at 6 p.m. and will feature a live “wine pull” plus silent and live auctions.
All guests will enjoy two complimentary drinks, a buffet dinner and music for the ticket
price of $99 per person or $760 for a table sponsorship of 8 guests.
Cincinnati Eastside Rotary’s charity gala hopes to provide substantial support to those in
need through the generosity of many kind hearts. If you would like to be one of those
“kind hearts”, please visit http://www.cincinnatieastsiderotary.org/events/gala to purchase tickets and attend this fun event on October 15th.
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Inter Parish Ministry
Inter Parish Ministry
3509 Debolt Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45244
513-561-3932
[email protected]
We’re on the Web!
Inter Parish Ministry Board of Trustees
www.interparish.org
Visit us on Facebook
Twitter @IPMOhio
http://www.pinterest.com/interparish
Cyndy Wright, President
Noah Fleischmann
Robert Grigas, Vice President
Matthew Kite
April Hurak, Treasurer
Kris Mullin
Mary Jo Heintz, Secretary
Cam Parker
Polly Brennaman
Martha Rassi
Sharon Brummett
James Russell
Richard Durand
John Tiffany
Steve Elliott
Special thanks to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for
their annual Feed Ohio food drive! Many pounds of food were delivered to IPM on August 27. We are truly grateful for this great effort as are the families who will not go hungry, thanks to you!
Football Rivalry to Benefit IPM—Are You Ready to “Roll Tide and
“War Eagle”? Auburn and Alabama alumni groups in Cincinnati
are engaging in competitive food drives for IPM between October 5 and November 12 as part of their “Iron Bowl” rivalry.
They are organizing drop off points throughout Cincinnati. Join
other football fans for the Auburn-Georgia game on 11/12 at
the Firehouse Grille, Blue Ash. Watch for more details online.
IPM Staff
Executive Director: Lindsey Ein
Development Director: Gail Koford
Program Coordinator: Sarah Cadle
Pantry Operations Manager: Chuck
Swanson
Volunteer Coordinator: Carol Rountree
Development Assistant: Roseanne White