Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry Annual Report 2009
With the generous help of community donors and volunteers, Oak Park River Forest
Food Pantry provides hunger relief throughout our community. This report touches
on the highlights of the past year and articulates how the Pantry met its stated
goals for 2009.
In its effort to provide hunger relief in 2009, the Pantry provided nutritious groceries, produce, meat
and dairy products to 11,088 local families comprised of 40,442 individuals. This represents a 63%
increase from 2008 visits to the Pantry. Over 350 volunteers participated in a variety of ways to
help serve this burgeoning client base.
The Pantry marked 2009 as its most successful year of fundraising to date. Income rose 51% from
2008 for a total of $268,340. In recognition of its overall excellence in the field of finances, the
Pantry received the 2009 Best Fiscal Management Award from the Greater Chicago Food
Depository.
Pantry partnerships were developed and strengthened in 2009. Advocacy efforts on behalf of the
Pantry led to a partnership with Breakthrough Urban Ministries and the Greater Chicago Food
Depository. This collaborative effort resulted in the development of a cooperative transportation
plan and purchase of a 22-foot commercial delivery truck. The delivery system now services 20
different food pantries on the west side of Chicago allowing pantries to decrease delivery costs and
purchase more food. A partnership with West Suburban PADS and AmeriCorps allowed the Pantry
to expand its service to clients to include benefits counseling.
2009 Food Distribution Goals

Continue to serve increasing numbers of Food Pantry clients in a loving and caring manner during their
time of need
Respect and dignity to our clients are threshold values at the Pantry. Volunteers and staff are trained to
provide Pantry services while keeping client respect and dignity as a high priority. A more tangible marker of
the Pantry’s respect for clients is demonstrated in its commitment to listen to clients themselves. The Pantry
performed a Needs Assessment Survey in the fall of 2009 to determine what clients saw as their greatest
needs. 517 Pantry clients participated in the survey. Funded by a grant from the Greater Chicago Food
Depository, the needs assessment highlighted key areas of concern for Pantry clients including food
insecurity, housing and job needs, utility assistance and clothing. The full Needs Assessment is available
upon request.
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To further determine how best to serve clients, the Pantry undertook a comprehensive strategic planning
process. Funded by the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation and several donors, this process
resulted in an ambitious three year strategic plan which will lead the Pantry forward. The Pantry’s mission
has expanded upon its initial base of providing hunger relief, to include the community-involving aspects of
hunger education and awareness as well as anti-hunger advocacy. Major initiatives of the Pantry Strategic
Plan include altering the relationship with the Community of Congregations from a program of, to a partner
with, establishing a separate 501(c)3 agency, expanding staff and searching for more appropriate space to
enable the growth of the Pantry to meet the needs of the client population. The full Strategic Plan is
available upon request.
In the second quarter of 2009, the Pantry responded to rapid increase of client visits by seeking advice from
the Greater Chicago Food Depository. A thoughtful decision was made to decrease the boundaries of the
service area of the Pantry from all of Cook County to include 28 specific zip codes in Cook County. This
decrease in service area allows the Pantry to provide greater quantity and enhanced quality of foods to those
from a smaller service area. Each person outside of the service boundaries who visits the Pantry receives
food once and is given a referral to pantries located in his/her zip code. Although the new service boundaries
stabilized the number of visits to the Pantry for two months, the economic downtown resulted in even higher
numbers of visits to the Pantry particularly in the fourth quarter of the year.

Add one monthly food distribution shift
The Pantry added an additional distribution shift on the 3rd Wednesday afternoon of the month beginning in
April 2009. After only a few months, this shift serves as many families as the 2 nd and 4th Wednesday
afternoon shifts. Since April, the Pantry serves families eight to nine shifts per month.

Increase amounts of meat, dairy and produce for clients & set up weekly produce rescue with Trader Joe’s
In January 2009, the Pantry began to purchase additional meat and dairy products from GCFD in order to
increase the amount of food each family receives. Clients now receive 2 meat and 2 dairy products per visit
instead of 1 of each in 2008. The Pantry was able to maintain these increases in meat and dairy despite the
dramatic increases in family visits.
The second Annual Great Turkey Give Away and Great Ham Give Away occurred in November and December.
Six hundred turkeys and six hundred hams were distributed with the assistance of 150 volunteers.
Food donations increased this year due to the school-wide Feinstein Challenge Food Drive, as well as the
Annual Girl Scout and Postal Workers Food Drives. In addition, multiple congregations, businesses, youth
group and individuals ran food drives for the Pantry.
In March 2009, the Pantry increased its rescue of produce from Whole Foods from once per week to twice
per week. In February, the Pantry began to rescue produce from Trader Joe’s on a weekly basis. In the
summer, the Pantry rescued food on monthly basis from the Oak Park Farmer’s Market. These rescues
provided produce to most families on both the Wednesday and Saturday distribution shifts. The Whole
Foods produce rescues are managed by the Pantry Volunteer Manager and staffed by Pantry volunteers. The
Trader Joe’s produce rescues are managed by volunteer Barbara Moline and staffed by volunteers from Unity
Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Pilgrim Church.

Increase number of food vendors
The Bread Angels Program was developed by volunteer Bob Haisman. Bread is purchased by the Pantry and
picked up by volunteers from The Hostess Store. Bob coordinates the volunteers for this process on a weekly
basis.
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2009 Development/Fundraising Goals

The Pantry received the 2009 Best Fiscal Management Award from the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Continue to implement the Development/Fundraising Plan
Income of $268,340 was collected from a variety of sources, representing a 51% increase from 2008 income.
Much of the income resulted from two direct mail petitions for funds from past donors—the Feinstein
Challenge in the spring and the end-of-the-year appeal in November. The November direct mail appeal
resulted in the receipt of $120,695, representing a 38% increase from 2008’s end-of-the-year direct appeal.
The Pantry website is a significant source of information to clients, partners, donors and volunteers. Hits to
the website resulted in over 400 volunteer applications and $28,393 in funds donated through PayPal.

Complete implementation of donor database by March
The donor database, DonorPerfect, was utilized to streamline direct mail appeals in 2009. Over 1000 donors
were entered into the database. The database was used for both the Feinstein Challenge appeal and the
November appeal.

Increase cash donations to Feinstein drive by 10% by implementing a fund drive
The direct mail appeal during March and April for the Feinstein Challenge resulted in the receipt of $57,367
in monetary donations and 14,916 in food donations. This is a 159% increase from 2008.

Increase participation in and donations to Hunger Walk by 10%
The Annual Greater Chicago Food Depository Hunger Walk held in June resulted in funds of $5,301
representing a 109% increase from the previous year. Participation in the Walk itself remained flat.

Send out a quarterly newsletter to all donors and prospective donors
Issues of the Pantry Pulse were sent to everyone in the donor database four times in 2009. Programs of the
Pantry were highlighted in the lead article including the Thanksgiving turkey program, Illinois state
representatives of Congress visit to the Pantry, launch of the Westside Delivery Program and partnership
with West Suburban PADS and AmeriCorps. Four donors and eight volunteers were highlighted in the 2009
issues of the Pantry Pulse. Remittance envelopes were included in each of the newsletters.
2009 Volunteer Goals

Develop a systematic volunteer/donor recruitment plan for congregations
The Pantry recruited individuals from First United Church of Oak Park, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, Calvary
Memorial Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Pilgrim Congregational Church and Unity Temple Unitarian
Universalist Congregation to coordinate various volunteer activities at the Pantry. Additionally, the Pantry
submitted an article for each issue of the Community of Congregations Newsletter, Common Call.

Increase volunteer recognition
In March the Pantry held its second Annual Volunteer Recognition Party. Eight volunteers were highlighted
in the Volunteer Spotlight section of the Pantry Pulse. Pantry management coordinated an effort to thank
various volunteers with handwritten notes on a quarterly basis.

Communicate Pantry news quarterly to all volunteers
The volunteers received three e-newsletters from Pantry management during 2009.
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2009 Client Advocacy Goals
Needs assessment

Provide clients consistent assistance with Real Benefits
From February through October, a staff member from the Great Chicago Food Depository offered monthly
on-site screening and applications for Real Benefits (food stamps and medical benefits). This resulted in 35
Pantry clients being screened and 26 applications filed. In September 2009, West Suburban PADS and
AmeriCorps partnership with the Pantry began. An AmeriCorps member was assigned to the Pantry as a
Benefits Counselor on a half time basis. Shavora Steward was oriented to this position, and since November
has screened 72 individuals and completed 35 food stamp applications.

Collaborate more effectively with Walk-In Ministry
The Pantry participated in a task force with the Walk In Ministry (WIM) which met over a period of six
months. A final report is available upon request. Accomplishments as a result of this collaborative task force
are: Pantry to share Needs Assessment with WIM, shared use of technology, shared use of AmeriCorps
benefits counselor for food stamp applications, consistent service areas for both WIM and Pantry,
coordinated hours of WIM office hours and Pantry distribution hours, regular communication to all Pantry
clients regarding WIM services.
Suggestions from the Task Force are:
o Creation of a strategic policy board for the FP
o WIM be open during all FP distribution hours.
o WIM improve fund raising and outreach to local congregations
o WIM and FP continue to share technology resources
o Both agencies work toward a People’s Resource Center type model

Participate in client advocacy with various government officials
Letters are written on a quarterly basis to Illinois congressional representatives in Springfield. In February,
the Pantry Operations Managers attended a Lobby Day in Springfield sponsored by the Greater Chicago Food
Depository. State Senator Don Harmon, and State Representatives La Shawn Ford and Deborah Graham
visited the Pantry in April. As a result of the local press coverage of that meeting, a Pantry donor stepped
forward with $10,000 seed money for the purchase of a delivery truck. The Pantry partnered with
Breakthrough Urban Ministries and the Greater Chicago Food Depository on the development of a
transportation plan and purchase of a 22-foot commercial delivery truck which now services 20 different
food pantries on the west side of Chicago. This transportation plan allows pantries to decrease their
transportation costs, thus allowing more money to be spent on food.
Pantry Co-Operations Managers were invited to join the Public Policy Committee of the Greater Chicago
Food Depository and the Illinois Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee. The Pantry is a member of the
Anti-Hunger Action Committee of the Illinois Hunger Coalition.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Russell and Michele Zurakowski
Co-Operations Managers
Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
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Where Our Clients, Donors, and Volunteers Reside
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Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
Clients Served 2005-2009
2009***
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TOTALS
2008**
2007
2006*
2005
Families
Individuals
Families
Individuals
Families
Individuals
Families
Individuals
Families
Individuals
782
715
843
902
946
773
838
1016
923
1136
1220
994
11,088
2743
2551
3125
3274
3472
2763
2997
3675
3332
4229
4578
3703
40,442
447
390
464
531
583
498
565
674
635
623
788
612
6,810
1506
1365
1665
1929
2137
1786
2057
2272
2208
2163
2806
2212
24,106
334
302
427
383
436
444
429
379
487
489
390
464
4,964
1111
1029
1248
1130
1315
1359
1303
1128
1523
1711
1814
1934
16,605
266
258
270
315
299
287
432
375
459
498
333
331
4,123
947
843
860
896
901
791
1264
1172
1347
1639
1108
1101
12,869
166
163
178
211
157
170
200
171
220
330
280
276
2,522
511
546
525
695
500
539
731
524
731
1181
1021
947
8,451
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN FAMILY VISITS FROM PREVIOUS YEAR:
2009
2008
2007
63%
37%
21%
*Nov. 1, 2006--client visits restricted to once per month
**Oct. 1, 2008--client photo ID and proof of residency in Cook County required
***June 1, 2009--service boundaries restricted
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2006
64%
2009 DONORS OF FOOD
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Don Adeli
Dr. Agonau
Alpine Foods
Jeanne Anderson
Martha Anderson
Atonement Lutheran Church
Austin Boulevard Church
Mary Lou Backe
Lori Barnicke
Dylan Baus
Erica Berg
Ruth Bohannon
Sue Boyer
Brooks Middle School
Melinda Brown
Carolyn Brune
J. Bularzik
Karen Carreras
Marlena and Patrick Carthy
S. Chan
Cheney Mansion
Anna Clissold
Community Temple
Concordia College SAAC
Sean and Natalie Conway
Peggy Coon
Cornerstone United Methodist Church
Paul Curatolo
De Forest Group
Jake Dickens
Dominican University
Andi Dunn
Jean Ellickson
Mildred Erhardt
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church
Maribeth Faland
First Presbyterian Church
First United Church
Fitness Formula Club
Fly Bird
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Gregg Family
Fenwick High School
Fenwick Cheerleading Team
Flavour Cooking School
Focuscope, Inc.
Kate Foy
Kris Gallagher
Geppetto's Toy Box
Ben Gierl, Meridian Heights Farm
Allen Green
Wendy Greenhouse
Ruth Greenwood
Maya Guerriero
Harvard Church
Harvard Family
Hatch Elementary School
Hepzibah Center
Hesso Family
Hines VA Hospital
Holmes Elementary School
L. Hoppe
Jenkins Family
Donna Jensen
Lisa Johnson
Norma G. Kanter
Noah Kapian
Sherry Kent
Joe Kiefer
Jarmila Klubertora
David Koe
P. Kudlaney
Legetzhe Family
Christopher Leporini
Edward Liss
Barbara Litscher
Lincoln Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Cathy Lunel
Cathy Masterson
Jerry Masterson
Kevin Matorley
McGarry Family
Eric McGavin
Tim and Quinn McGavin
More World Change
Naurectas Family
Kathy Nesley
Jessica Nowida
OPRF Bahia Children's Class
Oak Park Friends Meeting
OPRF Newcomers Club
OPRF Running/Cross Country
Oak Park School District 97
Oak Park Temple
P. Brester Family
Panera Bread
Parkview Presbyterian Church
Andy Pascodella
Penzey's Spices
Rachel Pildis
Pilgrim Church
Amanda Plancon
James and Elaine Podraza
Positive Attitudes Working Daycare
Gretchen Pudvaza
Regency Terrace Condo Assoc
Hilary Reiff
River Forest Community Center
Beetha Rodriguez
Sachem Company
Shaker Advertising
Trattoria 225 Restaurant
St. Catherine/St. Lucy Church
St. Christoper's Church
St. Giles Church
Kathleen Shaw
H. Starzewska
S. Stein
Tanya Taylor
Anna Thetarp
Sherry Toberman
Julia Tortolani
Kathy Tortora
Toby Trabert
W & S Trestrail
Tracy Truesdale
United Lutheran Church
Unity Temple
Weight Watchers of Oak Park
Well Adjusted World
West Suburban Montessori
West Suburban Temple
Anita Whooper
Willard School
Michele Wolford
West Cook County YMCA
Kathy Zanioli
Zelis Family
This is by no means a comprehensive list of food donors, but is a list of those that donated food and left their
names with the Pantry.
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2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Andrew and Elizabeth Hibel
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Smith and Eva Powell
Leslie Sutphen
Rebecca Ross and Dennis Linder
Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest
Kathy Russell and Charlie Krikorian
Shaker Family Foundation
St. Giles Church
Moira Staggs
The Lumpkin Family Foundation
United Lutheran Church
Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist
Congregation
Naomi D. Williams
Diana and James Wright
$1,000-$4,999
$500-$999
Ann Alexander
Anonymous
Architectural Consulting Engineers
Aria Group Architects, Inc.
William Beam
Laura and Michael Beebe
Rosemary Camilleri
Michael and Nancy Carr
CROP/CWS
Michael and Barbara DeHaan
Daniel Doyle
Fair Oak Presbyterian Church
Barry and Kimberly Fields
John Filosa and Cathleen Roach
First Baptist Church of Oak Park
Faith In Action Committee, First United
Church of Oak Park
First United Methodist Church
Claire Gerbeck
Great Harvest Bread Co.
Van Holkeboer and Linda Backhelder
Janning Family Foundation, Jason and
Elizabeth Jenning
Lisa and Lamar Johnson
Laura and Eric Jordahl
Heidi and Marc Kieselstein
Thomas Liao & Beverly Sha
LJ Foundation
Katherine and Gerald Lynch
Julie and Scott Moller
Alan & Kathryn Nesberg
Oak Park River Forest Community
Foundation
Empty Bowls, OPRF High School
Marie T. Rock
Susan and Daniel Arends
Daniel and Spencer Baker
Stephen Barnard
Michael and Linda Caprile
Nancy and J. Peter Clark
Frances and Donald Coe
Kimberly and William Cornman
Karen Daniel
Timothy and Rebecca Doar
Nancy Dummer
Wendy Epstein
Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church
Karin Evans
First United Church, Evening Division
Jennifer Lynne Flynn
Ruth A. Foley
Freddy Jones Band
Mitzi M. Geiser
Argene and Donald Giannetti
Cindy K. Gilmore
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church and School
Patrick Guinan
Marcia and David Harms
Kendra and Roger Heerema
Nancy Hess and Norm Amos
Dean and Marion Hogenboom
Nancy and John Ide
Donna Hanlon Jensen
Sarah and William Kooser
Donna and Ronald Kotulak
William and Kathryn Ksander
M. Kathi Kyrias and John Gann
Chris Liskiewitz
Lynette Lum
$10,000 +
First United Church of Oak Park
Donna Myers & Aaron Lebovitz
John Mahoney
$5,000-$9,999
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John and Catherine Masterson
Mary and Stephen Matichak
The Meyers Fund
Ronald and Barbara Moline
Zachary A. Nauth
Nineteenth Century Club
Sarah L. Olson
Online Trading Academy of Chicago
Lorraine and John Padour
Parkview Presbyterian Church
River Forest United Methodist Church
Saint Luke Parish
James Scherer
Janet K. Schiffman
Judith Shepelak
Patricia and David Spagat
St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy
Anna and Patrick Staunton
David Stoklosa
Heather and Marc Stone
Brian and Lois Thiessen Love
Laura Mercier and D. Michael Thompson
Thomas and Rebecca Turk
Kenneth and Nancy Van Der Griend
Michele Zurakowski and John Flanigan
$200-$499
Barbara Schindler Allelujka
Patricia and John Allen
Truman and Mary Ann Anderson
Lesa Andree
Barbara Ballinger
Susan and Paul Balter
Dorothy A. Banks
Theodore Barnes
Deborah Bluminberg
Linda and Donald Bolte
Vivienne and Joseph Botsch
Anna and William Brennan
Brennans Pest Control
Michael Brown and Christina Marciniak
Kevin Buckley
Helen and Nicholas Camasto
Marilyn Cantisano and Donald Southworth
Linda and Steven Coberly
Richard H. Collins
John F. Connell
Michael and Charity Cooper
Kimberly and William Cornman
2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
C.V. Cortelyou
Stephen and Amy Crilly
Christine Dame
Jean DeCaro
Jayne L. Doyle
Mary and James DuBoyce
Catherine Duke
Dorothy and Jacob Dumelle
C. Stuart Edwards
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Women
Maribeth Faland
Barbara Fanta
Mark C. Fedota
Alan Shawn Feinstein
Laura Feldman
Dale and Marilyn Fitschen
Kristin and Seth Flanders
Millie Cox and John Flannery
Frank M. Fletcher
Forest Agency Inc.
Karl and Kelly Frantz
Margaret Fulkerson
Jane and Joseph Gallo
Paul and Nina Gegenheimer
Glasser Preschool
Anne and Ori Gottlieb
Grace Episcopal Church
The Gray Family
Joan and Michael Gumbel
Janet and Robert Haisman
Teresa and Donald Harmon
Harriet Hausman Living Trust
Melissa Hjalmarson and Jerry Kennedy
Suzanne and David Holmes
Inner Wisdom Yoga
John and Erin James
Mark and Laurie Jolicoeur
Gregory and Peggy Jones
Margaret and Mike Jones
Judy and Jon Klem
Robert and Eileen Kleps
Jonathan Laney
Robert Larson
Byron Lee and Audrey Williams-Lee
Janet Leong and Kevin Crowell
Carol Lewis
Susanne Lodgen
Kristin M. Logerquist
Ruth F. Luthringer
Alice and James Marshall
Loraine and Patrick Martin
Philip McAndrew
Terry and Jana McIlroy
Patricia R. McMillen and Samuel Bader
Pamela A. McNamara
Pamela and Jan Michaels
Michael Mizen
Elisabeth and John Muhlenberg
Katherine and Frank Murphy
Nancy Norton
Donald and Margaret O'Brien
Wendy Owen and Greg Wolski
Nicole Paniaguas
Allen and Georga Parchem
Susan and Robert Parks
Margaret Patner
Donald B. Patterson Jr.
Donna and John Patterson
Harold and Mary Duffy Pelzer
Jeffrey and Joan Peteril
Pamela Peterson
Edward and Patricia Petrick
Please Releash Me, Inc.
Susanne Poppe
Prince Charitable Trusts
Margaret and John Puccini
Quality Cleaning Fluids and Mfg., Inc.
Joan Radovich
Mary Raleigh and Edward McGillen
Diana Olson Rasche and Thad Rasche
Mary Kay, Roger and Fran Reckers
Elizabeth M. Reed
River Forest Methodist Women
Nada and John Robel
James Rolfes
Joshua and Nancy Rolock
Joanne Rosenbush
S.R. Drug Corporation
Marian and Robert Sasseti-Kent
Kristin Schnabel
Daniel and Carmencita Senseng
Sandra and Jim Shimon
Barbara J. Sivertsen and Stepven Latterell
P. and Vivian Soderdahl
Carollina Song and Alexander Harris
George and Kathleen Stewart
Meghan and Douglas Strubel
Joan Suchomel
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Ross Thomas
Audrey Todd
Kris Torkelson and Charles Twitchell
Alice and John Tulley
United Methodist Women
Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, Early 6th Grade Class
Wayne and Barbara Vanek
George Vinyard and Judith Shepekal
Winthrop and Gretchen Waterman
David Wilson
Robert C. Worley
Susan and John Zaruba
$100-$199
Paul Aeschleman and Patricia Feeley
Mary L. Altenbaumer
Martha Ambrosino
Martha Anderson and Kathleen Shaw
Thomas and Karen Ard
Claire and Paul Ashley
Laura and Michael Baig
Cynthia Barnard and Len Grossman
Gary G. Barnes
David and Kathi Baron
Carole and Robert Batlivala
Bonnie Beck and Boyd McDowell
Susan and William Black
Jeffrey and Sue Ellen Blaine
Maarten Bosland
Ryan Boyle
Kristi and Paul Braun
Charles and Patricia Brauner
Susan and Nicholas Bridge
Patrick Brown
William and Caroline Browne
Brownie Troop 44021
Elizabeth and Stephen Bruner
Kathleen and David Burna
Coramae and Robert Burton
Beth Butler-Del Rio
Mary S. Carney
Diana Carpenter
Paulette M. Cary
Sara Caswell
Donna Cervini
Eileen Chapa
Chase Fasteners, Inc
Judith Chrisman and William Crozier
2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
Paul Clark
Bruce and Gloria Cox
Keary Cragan
Shirley A. Dahlgren
Judy and Tapas Das Gupta
Judith Davy and Stephen Kovats
Denise Delaurent and Louis Thetard
Dental Care of Oak Park, John J. Perna
Bruce Deviller
Downtown Oak Park
Mildred Erhardt
Audrey S. Falkenberg
Fenwick High School
Janet Ferguson
First United Church of Oak Park, Staff
Ellen Mason Foster
Laurie L. Freeman
Barbara A. Furlong
Louise and James Gates
Girl Scout Troop 44314
Girl Scout Troop 44814
Don Glassford
Joyce Ford Gradel
Andrea Green
Joyce and Timothy Greening
Nancy Greer
Henry Guerriero and Cara Hendrickson
Alison and Thomas Hafner
Robert and Patricia Hahn
Dorothy Harrold
Barbara Hausman
Ellen Hickey
Thomas and Nancy Holmes
Stephen and Judy Humowiecki
Penelope Ingalls and Jack Hurwitx
Patricia and Fred Jacobs
Marilyn Johnson
Janet Jones
Henry Jones
Kaksells
Robert Karrow
Colleen Keleher and Dennis Ryan
Sherry L. Kent
Elizabeth J. Keys
Joseph and Jo Ann Kiefer
Paul and Patricia Koko
Henry J. Kranz
William Kuehl
Maureen and Lawrence Lantero
Karl Lauger and Denise Parnell
Angela M. Lengerich
Joan and Don Lennie
Valerie Lester
Barbara and Martin Letscher
Mary Daly Lewis
Hilarie Lieb
Mary Liebner
Larry and Rita Lipps
Russell Lorraine and Rebecca Cook
Jean Caffey Lyles
Linda Cansler Martens
Margaret M. Massarello
Patricia McDonald
Betty Lou McGhee
Karen McGirr
Kathleen and Francis McGovern
Jean E. McGuire
David and Deloris McMullin
Michael McNallan
Joan and Louis Mercuri
Priscilla Mims
Melanie and Gary Minnix
Susan Mlot
Barbara M. Moch
Rocio Munoz
Michael and Laurel Murphy
Edward T. Naureckas and Sarah Mahaffrey
Maureen Newman
Nancy and Robert Nicholas
Helen Nickelson
Peter Jaffe and Tamara J. Notier
Oak Park Friends Meeting
John R. O'Brien
On the Shores of Lake Chicago
Kathy and Adekunle Onayemi
Jennifer and Matthew Packheiser
Darla Patterson
Betty and Donald Peaslee
Frank and Mary Pellegrini
Anibal and Ann Pepper
Viktoras L. Petroliunas
Elizabeth Margaret Picone
Rachel Pildis
Constance Pinc
Ellen Plourde
Elizabeth Plummer
Diane Donald Pochyly
Sheila Pont
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Jacquelyn J. Pope and Donald Share
Deborah Dowley Preiser
Ruth and Richard Prescott
Mrinalini Chatta Rao and G. Ralph Strohl
Hilary Reiff
Warren H. Ritzma
Harriette and McLouis Robinet
Joan Rogers
James and Suzanne Rohr
Robert and Marguerite Rourke
Wilmer M. Rutt
Stephen Schlesinger
Mary T. Schneider
Alison Schoen
Thomas and Susan Schouten
Elizabeth and Michael Shanahan
Ron Sherman
Florence D. Sims
Mark Smith and Sarah Maxwell
Nancy Soro
Joy and Joseph Stastny
Susan J. Stearns
John O. Stephenson
Michele and Peter Stern
Kathryn Stewart
Sheryl and Walter Stoller
James Strait and Janina Levy
Kathryn Sullivan and Christopher Bing
Sushi House Six Ltd.
Kelly and Mary Jo Taira
Litjen (L.J) Tan and Lara Pullen
Suzanne Terry
The Schmitz Family
David Thomas
William and Diane Trimble
Unity Church of Oak Park
Mary Sue Voth
Gordon G. Waldron
Sally Wallace
Debra Walters
Cynthia Woods Weinand
Mary Jane Welter
West Suburban Temple Har Zion
David and Barbara Westerman
Keli Wojciechowski
Richard and Susan Wolfe
Valerie J. Woods
Stephanie F. Yeager
Carol and Charles Young
2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
Sara and Joshua Yount
Kathy and Albert Zaniolo
Under $100
Erin Ader
Tammy Adkins
Advance Screw Products, Inc.
Carol Lynn Aldous
Kathleen Allison
Marcia and Jonathan Alpert
Joan and Lascelles Anderson
Gay and David Anderson
Patricia M. Anderson
Sheila and Cory Anderson
Michelle and Albert Anderson
James and Joyce Angell
Pamela Bachman-Reynaud
Dwight E. Bailey
Larry and Pat Beaudry
Grace Behrendes
Lisa and Bradley Benshop
Doreen Berger and Wayne Luepker
Linda Bernas
Linda L. Bernat
Gail Bieschke
Lisa Bleed and Michael Neal
Marc and Doris Blessoff
Joseph and Yvonne Bobak
Hank Bode and S. Cartand-Bode
Bottega M for Her
Elizabeth D. Botts
Anne E. Bowhay
Judith and Michael Bowker
Sue and Kenneth Boyer
Gayle and Paul Brinkman
Lee Brooke
Christopher and Donna Brown
S. Bryan
Sarah Buerger
Jane Bularzik
Laurel and William Bunkers
Nancy and Fred Burghardt
Renee Burnett
Peter N. Campbell
Pattie Campuzano
Nancy and Anthony Cap
Carriage Flower and Gift Shop
Thomas Carroll
Carol and Donald Carter
Chapter Bi P E O Sisterhood
Susan Charrette
John Cherachi
Christ Epsicopal Church
Ruth Ann Clark
Elizabeth Talley Clark
Barbara and Patrick Cody
Mark and Kristen Coe
Margaret M. Condor
Maureen Connell
Natalie Conway
Roberta Coolidge
Cornerstone UMC Women
Kristen and Kevin Crosby
Marilyn Curren
Tracey Cymbal
Christopher and Connie Damon
Nancy and Dennis Dassoff
Valerie Davis
Randi and John Dawson
Lyle and Judith Kay De Garmo
DGS, Inc.
Angela Dodd and Richard Merz
Pamela A. Doman
Joy Donahue
Jospeh J. Donovan III
Mary Dring
Susan and Kerri Druckmiller
Tracey Dummer
Andi Dunn and Marion Kessy
Brunella Notarmarco Dutton
Michelle Dybal
Dianne and Robert Ebert
Jason Edgecombe
Mercedes and Charles Eitz
Wilma Evans
Monique Fanning
Madeline M. Fera
Debra Figel
Evelyn Finegan
Fine Art Co. D/B/A Marion Street
Gallery
Firas Ice Cream Inc. D/B/A Ben & Jerry’s
Lua and G. David Fisher
Gail Fisher and Eric Gyllenhall
Fitzgerald's Fine Stationery, Inc.
Frances Fleming
James and Jean Foley
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David Forman
Kristin and Edward Gallagher
Sherry Galloway
Heidi Gannon
Rosemary Garrigan and Brian Hepner
Carol M. Gates
Franklyn and Olive Gautier
Nona and Albert George
Anne Marie Gibbons
Marjorie Gockel
Tim Godfrey
Rachel P. Grainer
Wendy Greenhouse
Barry and Marjorie Greenwald
Terry A. Griffin
James Haglund and Mary Sue Komaniecki
Norman R. Hane
Julie Ruth Harley
Lynn Hayes
Nancy and Robert Heezen
Mary F. Hegarty
Ralph and Marilyn Heinrichs
Heirloom Textiles
Stephen V. Heller
G. Herron
Robert and Dorothy Hetzel
Joan F. Hickey
Nancy and Edgar Hiestand
Sandra and Talmadge Hill
Rosa H. Hill
Peter and Suzanne Hohman
Robert and Deborah Hollis
Evelyn C. Homuth
Deborah Hopkinson
Evelyn C. Housenga
Henry F. Howe
George Hunter
Cheryle and Daniel Hurtado
Innerpeace/Worldpeace
Jean Irons
James L. Jackson
Jennifer A. Jaros and Edgar Rossbach
Carolyn and Thomas Johnson
Peggy and Clyde Johnson
Cherenia Jones
Kathy L. Jones
Mary E. Joyce
Gail A. Kalmerton
Maria Bruno Kane
2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
John Keane
Joanne M. Kelly
Elizabeth Khoodikians-Guillette and
Arthur Lifshin
Sarah and Scott Kilburg
Inger O. Klumpner
Linda Knutson
Joan and Joseph Koenig
Michael L. Kohn
Karen K. Komala
Jane Kornblith
Melissa and Robert Kowalski
Jeanne and Robert Kwas
Elizabeth J. Labbe
Annette B. Lamaire
Jane Lambshead
Roberta and Shaun Lane
Marilyn Lehman
Annette Lemaire
Sue Leurgans
Lido's Cafe'
Theresa and Frank Lipo
Philip and Lousanne Lofgren
Janet A. Lorch
Susan Lord
Laura Lowe and James Tabel
Wayne and Phyllis Lucht
Deborah and Kenneth Ludington
Mary Lydon
Loretta Lyons
Richard and Barbara Mackowiak
Mary E. MacNeish
Michael Macoun
Kate Maehr and Samuel Pickering
Ernest and Jane Malik
Carol Ann Maranto
Fidencio V. Marbella
Eleanor and Candido Marquez
John Martin and Joanne Georgulis
Joseph A. May
Kamana Mbekeani
Carolyn and James McClure
Maureen McDonald
Gahan Jacobs McDonald
Mary A. McEnroe
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Kenton McMillen
Jennifer and Dan McNulty
Kathleen McShane
Beth and John Messina
Alexandra Mikesell and David Freeman
Elaine Miller and Rover Bartlett
Nancy Miller
Tom Mohr and Rose Marie Reed
Amy Moriarta and Mrunil Champaneri
Dennis Murawski and Judy YangMurawski
Roselen Murphy
John F. Murphy
Joanne Murray
Patricia J. Nania
Kalin R. B. Nash
Patricia Nelson
June M. Noonan
Frances Norlock
Wendy Norris and Stuart Nelsen
Dennis Nyberg
Sabine E. Oberberger
Loretta A. O'Dowd
Patricia and Steven Olderr
Cecelia Olis
Olive Oil Organics Inc.
Lynn Olson
Doris O. Oltman
Jean A. Omara
Donna A. Oswald
Joan Ouellette and Patrick Berry
Grayce Papp
Amy and Demetrios Pappageorge
Norman and Valerie Parish
Patricia A. Parsons
Rozette S. Patterson
Elizabeth Ann Payne
David Pearce
Mark and Kathleen Pedigo
Heidi Peterson
Mary Pittman
David Pochyly
Robert and Joan Pope
Mary Ann Porucznik
Carolyn J. Potokar
Elisabeth Powers
Jean Powlesland
James L. Poznak
Philip and Maureen Prale
James Price
Patricia Pruitt
Michael D. Ptacek
Kenneth P. Purcell
Puree, Inc.
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Thomas and Toni Rapach
Wendell and Gloria Rayburn
David Rey and Patricia Mcleedy-Rey
Lorraine S. Richter
Mina S. Riddle
Mary Rodino
Erika Ronnow
Dorothy Ross
Daniel E. Sack
Lisa and Dion Sartoriao
Maria Sawka
Patricia and Paul Schaper
Marilyn J. Schmid
Michael and Martha Schnell
Donna Schuler
Diane Scott
Scratch 'n Sniff
Denise Seibert
Joanne B. Selden
Paul and Lynda Shadrake
Kathleen and Gustave Shapek
Monica Rogers Sheehan
Maureen Sheerin
Alexandra Sherman
Shriners Hospital for Children
M. Smith
Georgia Smith
Sandra and David Sokol
Elaine and Russell Sorber
Carol Southern
Farah Bulsara Speer
Eileen and Thomas Stanton
Dean Stern
Earlene E. Strayhorn
Michael and Irene Sullivan
Andrew and Lisa Swanson
Melissa Taub
Diane P. Taylor
Ten Thousand Villages Oak Park
Eleanor Teng
David and Hilarie Terebessy
The Book Table
The Jewelry Studio
The UPS Store
Jacob Thilk
Marilyn Bayne Thomas
Lynn Ann and Michael Thomas
Donald and Nadine Thompson
Mary A. Thrantell
Merle and Donald Tillery
2009 DONORS AND FUNDERS
TO THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY
Total Funds Raised in 2009 = $267,676
Phyllis and Richard Tresselt
UTUUC-Purple Sages
Mary Vanoutrive
Lidia Varesco
Mark Veselak
Christine Vesely
Perry Vietti and Melanie Nowacki
Donald and Mary Vogel
Karen and Noman Waheed
Louise Walker
Linda Walker
Greg Watts
Cary H. Webb
Suzanne Austin Wells
Wells Street Popcorn LLC
Attila J. Weninger
Karen Wenzlaff
Cassandra West
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Anita R. White
Lawrence and Maureen Wilkinson
Joanne S. Williams
Cheryl and Lawrence Witham
Within Your Reach
Mosheh Wolf
Gisele and Robert Worley
E. C. Yee
Gale Zemel