St. Francis House Food Pantry

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St. Francis House Food Pantry

• Program Overview

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St. Francis House History

• St. Francis House began in 1962 in a small
  downtown house next door to Holy Family Cathedral
• Service offered included food, clothing, lodging,
  rent money, utility assistance, groceries, and
  transportation to medical appointments.
• 45 year history of volunteerism
• In the summer of 2006, SFH terminated its
  furniture and clothing assistance because .

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St. Francis Houseone of several food pantries
in the Municipality of Anchorage

• Several food pantries in Anchorage
• Downtown
• New Hope on the Last Frontier, First Assembly of
  God
• Fairview
• Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation
• Eagle River
• Eagle River Presbyterian Church, Eagle River
  Church of God, Kings Way Assembly of God
• Midtown
• Anchorage Senior Center, The Salvation Army
• Mountain View/Muldoon
• Gods Place Mother Lawrence, Latino Lions
  Club, Muldoon Road Baptist Church, St.
  Christophers Episcopal Church
• South
• Abbott Loop Social Services, First Samoan
  Congregational Christian Church
• Turnagain/Spenard
• Lutheran Social Services, Spenard Lions Club
• All food pantries obtain their food from the Food
  Bank of Alaska
• FBA as central repository where food availability
  is guaranteed

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Why SFH is unique

• Client choice
• Why should you have to eat corn when you want
  green beans? Carroll Warren
• Need policy.
• Supplemental items such as rice and beans

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How does SFH obtain its food?

• Purchased each day from the Food Bank
• Costco (why cant we just go to Costco and
  purchase food when our shelves are empty?)
• Catholic Parishes
• Catholic food drives
• others?.....

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Where does SFH get its money?

• Good question

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Why does the quantity of food we give out often
change?

• Who decides? Gabrielle
• Explain why the amount of rice and beans we give
  out changes from day to day
• Why did SFH stop the take as much as you need
  policy?
• How is the daily food shopping guide determined?
• Why did we begin to weigh-in food each day?

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Staff Responsibilities

• Irene
• Gabrielle
• Sr. Jean
• Rick
• Chelsea
• Iris/Ace students

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Volunteer Responsibilities

• Who do I call if I cant make a shift?
• What if I have a problem with a client?
• Introduce yourself to new volunteers and make
  them feel welcome.
• Orientate new volunteers
• How can we get you to read the message board?

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Questions? Concern? Ideas?
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• Of all the places you could have chosen to
  volunteer, you chose us thank you!