We now have a crew for Jan. 19 - From Gail Mailhott-Foster

From: Gail Mailhott-Foster [mailto:gemfoster@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:57 AM
To: …
Subject: We now have a crew

Thank you for your quick response  

Margit     8:00

Cindy      8:00

Jan         8:00

Larry Dziedriz   welcome to the crew   11:00 for clean up

See you all there      
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Enjoy the day
Gail

Food For Friends - Weekend - From Gail Mailhott-Foster

From: Gail Mailhott-Foster [mailto:gemfoster@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 7:22 PM
To: ...

Subject: Food For Friends weekend

Hello all, now that the holidays are behind it is more important than ever to think of others, and in doing so, it is our weekend to serve meals.  I am looking for so willing persons to help out in the kitchen on Saturday morning.  We will need three persons at 8:00 and  one person at 11:00.  Can anyone help me out?  Email your responses please.

Take and Eat, Inc. - Request for your Vote for Funding from Berkshire Bank

Dear Weekend Meals Ministry Coordinator for the Take and Eat, Inc. Program,

On December 16 I sent each of you a request for assistance in a Grant we are seeking that is being offered by Berkshire Bank Foundation to 4 community non-profits. Essentially, the $20,000 that will be equally shared by the four recipients will be awarded to the "top 4 vote-getters".  A copy of that request with details can be found below and it is also detailed on our website: www.takeandeat.org  The Deadline for Voting is January 31, 2010.

Gladys, the Parish Secretary for Most Holy Redeemer – Hadley, was gracious enough to contact the Berkshire Bank Foundation on our behalf and advises that the Foundation will accept on-line as well as mail in votes.  In order to assist us, Gladys furthered the voting opportunity by creating a ballot which can be used by those individuals who wish to vote but don't have access to a computer. Instructions are also furnished on this ballot for those individuals who can vote on-line.  I am attaching this form which you may personalize with your Parish/Meals Ministry name and would very much appreciate your furnishing a ballot to your clients and parishioners. Those clients who wish to vote can return their ballot to their weekend driver who should provide it to you (Meals Ministry Coordinator) to turn in to the Parish office.  Those votes can be sent in to the Berkshire Bank Foundation:

Berkshire Bank Foundation, Inc.  P. O. Box 1308  Pittsfield, MA 01202 Attn: "$20,000 Non- Profit Vote"

with those collected by parishioners in the weekend collection baskets.   If it is agreeable to the individual parishes, as Most Holy Redeemer is doing, this ballot/information could be included in the Parish Bulletin as an insert.  I have copied those parish offices for whom I have email addresses to "put them on board" so they will have a heads up when you contact them.

As stated in my earlier correspondence, Take and Eat is competing with the "big boys" and we need as much support as we can obtain.  $5,000 would greatly assist us in sustaining and growing this Meals Ministry to our Homebound Senior Communities – as many of you realize, we are currently providing all of the packaging supplies to the majority of our sites through another Grant we were awarded last year from Bank of America and Community Foundation of Western Mass.  However, as our client base continues to grow, obviously so do those costs to expand it. 

We greatly appreciate your assistance and thank you for continuing to "put shoes on the Gospel Message" through Take and Eat's mission of "people feeding people".  Thank you and God Bless,

Deacon Frank and Kathleen Ryan

Take and Eat, Inc.

www.takeandeat.org

Blessed and Happy New Year from Take and Eat from Kathleen Ryan

A very blessed and happy, healthy and peaceful New Year to each of you, your volunteers in the Meals Ministry Programs and your families from Deacon Frank and me – we cannot begin to thank you enough for your dedicated works in this program serving the homebound senior community in Berkshire County (North Adams, Adams, Cheshire, Pittsfield, Williamstown) and the Pioneer Valley (Greenfield, Turners Falls, Chicopee, Ludlow, S. Hadley, Granby, Hadley, North Hadley, Easthampton, Holyoke)…thanks to you and your volunteers devoted and selfless efforts, over 30,000 meals were delivered during 2009 to over 1600 clients…you are all truly “putting shoes on the Gospel Message” and we and all of the clients being served through your caring works of charity are blessed to have you part of this program. 

We look forward to a continuation of your collective works in this ministry during 2010 as well as the expansion of this ministry through the participation of others in faith based communities throughout the Commonwealth.

Blessings for a Happy 2010,

Deacon Frank and Kathleen

Take and Eat, Inc.

                        “People Feeding People”

To volunteer Delivery DRIVERS RE: Saturday, December 19

Dear Food for Friends Volunteer:

I plan to schedule you to deliver meals on Saturday morning, December 19.

If you not already done so, on Saturday I will ask you to complete a form that will authorize Center Church to conduct a Criminal Offender Record Information (C.O.R.I) check.  Please bring your driver’s license.

By the Wednesday preceding our November delivery, I was able to give you your route assignment.  I will not have the routes worked out until Thursday or Friday.  However, I want to send you this email reminder tonight.  I will send you your route assignment on Thursday or Friday.  For those of you who drove in November or October, your assignment will be similar or identical on December 19.

I took the liberty to post some photos from our November delivery day at http://southhadleygranbyfoodforfriends.blogspot.com/.  If a photo of you is there, and you do not want it there, please tell me, and I will remove it.

Please respond to this email so that I can plan on you, or so that if necessary, I can find a replacement for you.

Thank you for volunteering! Please arrive at Center Church by 11 am. I look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning.

- Bob Judge
BobJudge@comcast.net
413-351-2309

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This email has been sent to:
Sarah Baughman
Elizabeth Bowdan
Greer Clarke
Suzanne Cordes
Carolyn Deren
Jim Dunn
Martha Dunn
Sarah Etelman
Bill Foley
Joan Vohl Hamilton
Elisa Loeser
Rich Lovelace
Bruce Maccullagh
Susan Newton
Chloe Saabs
Karen Saabs
Katherine Washburn
Kay Washburn

This weekend is the one!

From: Gail Mailhott-Foster [mailto:gemfoster@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:19 PM

Hello all you wonderful kitchen workers.  It is that Saturday again. This is what we will need for help this weekend.  On Friday afternoon to helpers in the kitchen from 3 to 5 will be most helpful.  On Saturday morning, I will need 3 helpers at 8:00 and 2 for cleanup at 11:00.  Please email me back or call me or text me at 413 575-1587.  I will not be to answer the phone between 8 and 3 so if you call, leave a message. 

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Enjoy the day
Gail

Countdown to Meal Prep 12/19

Hello Coordinators,

Thanks to all of you for your efforts this past week to prepare for our next meal on Saturday.

Steve let me know that the cooks have set the menu:

Sat.
Roast Pork
Rice
Corn
Apple Sauce
Dinner Roll

Sun.
Turkey / Meatloaf Sandwich
Pineapple

Bev is having her bakers make cherry bars and assorted Christmas cookies.

Bobbie has confirmed the packing supplies.

Allan will report on the budget tonight; Steve reported that the Lutheran church will be sending a check this week.  Steve is also working on a cabinet, but will hold off on pots and pans.

Sarah will deliver cards made by her Daisy troop on Thursday and place them outside the kitchen on the table in Fellowship Hall.

I will be purchasing some additional dish washing soap and scrub sponges.  I have a large Christmas playlist loaded on my iPod!

The next big step is to get the client delivery list from Kathleen; and then let everyone know the exact count.  Kathleen, it would be helpful on a monthly basis to know how many people there are for St. Theresa's week, just to have some guidance on how many meals we can expect, a little ahead of time.

Please let me know if you are having any issues or concerns.

Thanks,
Charlotte