PETOSKEY ROTARY SUNRISE
Manna Schedule:
Thursdays about 2:00 at McBride Park (East of M-119 off W. Conway Rd.)
Call Kathy @ Manna for scheduled time (347-8852) on Wed.
[for backup - contact Jim Kan (w: 347-8122)]
Contact John Phillips (348-2750) for extra help
See Below for pictures at Manna

 DATE: NAMES:
 December 4  Hob Ingelson & John Johnson
 December 18  Jim Kan & Joe Kanine
 January 1, 2009  Gene & Gina Klco (no delivery this week)
 January 15  Mike Malone & Bill Marshall
 January 29  John Marshall & Dave Meyer
 February 12  Tim Murphy & Rod Niswander
 February 26  Lori O'Neill & Sean Pollion
 March 12  Dan Rasmussen & Tom Ritchie
 March 26  Karen Sherrard & Jim Shirilla
 April 9  Carlin Smith & Dan Tierney
 April 23  Jerry VanSlembrouck & Sue Antoine
 May 7  Bill & Jenny Brower
 May 21  Doug Brown & Robert Coston
 June 4  Kristy Fralick & Randy Galloway
 June 18  Steve Hajek & Andy Hayes

Off W. Conway Rd. at the end of Mc Bride Park is the Manna Building. About every two weeks, a semi-truck drops off a load of food.

The food comes from Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank in Grand Rapids & a number of area groceries, bakeries & markets.

Inside is a warehouse to the left where the semi-trucks are unloaded and boxes upon boxes of groceries are stacked. The Rotary volunteers help with the unloading process and put the frozen foods in the freezer & other perishables in the cooler.

(Bill Blackburn moving frozen foods into the cooler.)

From the warehouse, the food is brought to the display area for unboxing & shelving. Sometimes we do the shelving, but often it is done by other volunteers.

 The food that is disbursed here is of all varieties of non-perishable foods (even some frozen) and a few assorted non-food items (aspirin, etc.). Here you see bags of bread and rolls.

The Manna Project distributes over 1.2 million pounds of food annually - absolutely free. With weekly distribution, they distribute to 19 food pantries in Emmet, Cheboygan, Charlevoix & Antrim counties. Some of the food is picked up directly there by those in need.

Kathy Hart is the smiling face that greets you and directs all the efforts here. She runs the place with great enthusiasm. She needs the other 100 volunteers that help to make it happen.

So volunteer to help out with this worthwhile work.

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