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6HSWHPEHU '/E' Θ /^ />/dz Z ^KhZ Ed Z ΀ Z Î ĎłĎŽĎ KÇ†Ä¨Ĺ˝ĆŒÄš ǀĞŜƾĞ ZŽŽž ĎĎĎŻĎŹ Ăƾ ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄž t/ ϹϰϳϏϯ DŽŜĚĂLJ Ͳ &ĆŒĹ?ĚĂLJ Ď´ Ăž Ͳ Ďą Ɖž ĎłĎĎąÍ˜Ď´ĎŻĎľÍ˜Ď°ĎłĎŻĎą ĎÍ˜Ď´Ď´Ď´Í˜ĎŻĎŻĎ´Í˜Ď°Ď˛ĎŻĎ˛ y: use Relay (711) Ç Ç Ç Í˜ÄžÄ‚ĆľÄ?ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ÄšĆŒÄ?Í˜Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ? Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä¨Ä‚Ä?ÄžÄ?Ĺ˝Ĺ˝ĹŹÍ˜Ä?Žž͏ ͘ Z Z K Z
Voluntary Contribu ons: Important As Ever
I’m guessing by now you have heard about the exci ng changes coming ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Z Í›Ć? ^ĞŜĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? WĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ĺľ Ç ĹšĹ?Ä?Ĺš Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ůƾĚĞĆ? Ä?ŽŜĹ?ĆŒÄžĹ?ĂƚĞ ÄšĹ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ DĞĂůĆ? ŽŜ tŚĞĞůĆ? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚ĹľÍ˜ &Ĺ˝ĆŒ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞŜ͛ƚ ĹšÄžÄ‚ĆŒÄšÍ• Ç Äž Ä‚ĆŒÄž in the process of transi oning from ge ng all of our meals from outside vendors to preparing it all ‘in house’. We are going to be ren ng the ĹŹĹ?ĆšÄ?ŚĞŜ Ä¨ĆŒĹ˝Ĺľ ƚŚĞ ǀĂÄ?ĂŜƚ &Ăůů ĆŒÄžÄžĹŹ EĆľĆŒĆ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ,ŽžĞ ĂŜĚ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ‰Ä‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? all of our own meals which is very exci ng!
The nutri on program has struggled ďŹ nancially for many years. We ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?ǀĞ ĨƾŜĚĹ?ĹśĹ? ĆšĹšĆŒĹ˝ĆľĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞ &ÄžÄšÄžĆŒÄ‚ĹŻ KĹŻÄšÄžĆŒ ĹľÄžĆŒĹ?Ä?ĂŜĆ? Ä?ƚ͕ ĨƾŜĚĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä¨ĆŒĹ˝Ĺľ the State and we rely heavily on the contribu ons from our par cipants ĂŜĚ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ĺ?ÄžĹśÄžĆŒĹ˝ĆľĆ? Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ žĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒĆ? ƚŽ ĞŜĆ?ĆľĆŒÄž Ç Äž ĚŽŜ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ start a wai ng list for the program. In fact, over 26% of the funding for the nutri on program comes from par cipant contribu ons and other dona ons.
DÄ‚ĆŒÇ‡ WĹ?ÄžĆŒÄ?Äž
dĹšĹ?Ć? ĹśÄžÇ Ç Ä‚Ç‡ ŽĨ ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ĆľĆ?Ĺ?ŜĞĆ?Ć? Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç ĆľĆ? ƚŽ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄž ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ĺľ more cost eec vely and stretch our dollars even further as we con nue to see increasing demand for services such as Meals on Wheels Ä?ÄžÄ?ĂƾĆ?Äž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĚĞžŽĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć‰ĹšĹ?Ä?͘ tÄž Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ć?ĂǀĹ?ĹśĹ? žŽŜĞLJ Ä?LJ Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆšĹśÄžĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ &ĞĞĚ DLJ WĞŽƉůĞ &ŽŽĚ ĂŜŏ ƚŽ ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?ǀĞ Ä‚ por on ŽĨ Ĺ˝ĆľĆŒ ĆŒÄ‚Ç Ä¨Ĺ˝Ĺ˝Äš Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ćš Ăƚ Ä‚ ĆŒÄžÄšĆľÄ?ĞĚ ĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄžÍ˜ EŽƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä?ŽžĞ from the food bank, but even receiving a por on will allow for ďŹ nancial ‘breathing room’. That being said, we desperately need our par cipant contribu ons to con nue at the rate that we currently receive or we Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ä?Ä‚Ä?ĹŹ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ć?ĂžĞ Ć‰ĆŒÄžÄšĹ?Ä?ĂžĞŜƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ç Äž ŚĂǀĞ Ä?ĞĞŜ Ä¨Ĺ˝ĆŒ žĂŜLJ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ?͘ We even hope to see contribu ons increase as the quality of the food Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€ÄžÄš Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€ÄžĆ? Ä?LJ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ‰Ä‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ˝ĆľĆŒ Ĺ˝Ç Ĺś žĞĂůĆ?Í• Ä¨ĆŒĹ˝Ĺľ Ć?Ä?ĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄ?Ś͕ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹŻÄž ĚĂLJ͘
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