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John Tanasychuk — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

Grainger Gives to Daily Bread

Randy Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

On Tuesday, May 19th, Daily Bread Food Bank welcomed Grainger Industrial Supplies representatives Eric McHugh, David Meingasner, Ray Muniz and Shelly Thayer to our administrative office in Miami. These good people from Grainger toured our facility and learned about our daily operations of ending hunger in South Florida. After the tour, West Palm Beach branch manager Eric McHugh and Broward/Pompano Beach manager David Meingasner each presented Daily Bread Food Bank a check for $10,000 on behalf of The Grainger Foundation.

"We are proud to be helping the Daily Bread Food Bank with this donation," said branch manager Eric McHugh. "It is important to help our local community during such extraordinary times. We hope this gift will make a difference."

This wonderful gift will certainly make a difference to the less fortunate people in South Florida. Daily Bread Food Bank would like to thank The Grainger Foundation and the fine people of the South Florida Grainger branches that helped make this donation possible.

THANK YOU GRAINGER!

2009 NALC Food Drive

Randy Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

The 2009 NALC Letter Carrier's Food Drive Comes Through Again!

On Saturday, May 9, the 17th annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive was held nationwide. Here in South Florida, Daily Bread Food Bank was one of the event's beneficiaries and the donations we received will go to help over 800,000 people who are hungry and needing assistance. This year the food drive couldn't have come at a better time as the effects from our country's current economic downturn have only compounded the annual food shortage in South Florida. Traditionally, there is a decrease in donations leading up to and during the summer months, which causes our shelves to go bare. Additionally, with the increase in struggling families and needy children being out of school and not receiving their free or reduced meals, the demand for food has been even greater.

The numbers are still being tallied, but this already looks like another great year for the NALC 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive. Daily Bread Food Bank would like to thank everyone who helped make this another great day of giving!

To see pics from the 2009 NALC Food Drive, click the stamp on the right.

New Board President

Randy Miller — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST

NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT COMMITS TO MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES.

SOUTH FLORIDA, JULY 1, 2008 - Daily Bread Food Bank is pleased to announce that Bruce Berman, a senior partner in the Miami office of international law firm McDermott Will & Emery, has been elected as President of the Board of Daily Bread Food Bank, an affiliate of America's Second Harvest and the largest charitable organization feeding the hungry in South Florida. The Board of Directors of Daily Bread is a committed, passionate and diversified group of citizens dedicated to the mission of ending hunger in South Florida.

"I am honored by the opportunity, and invigorated by the challenges, of leading this dedicated organization during this time of increasing prices, concerns over food shortages and the critical need to serve more of South Florida's hungry families and children," commented Mr. Berman. "I look forward to engaging the many generous donors in our community to work with us in this vitally important mission."

Mr. Berman joined Daily Bread's Board of Directors in 2002, serving for the last six years as the organization's chief legal officer. He will serve a two-year term as the Board's President, commencing July 1, 2008.

Mr. Berman is a commercial trial lawyer, whose practice encompasses a broad range of commercial disputes, in federal and state trial and appellate courts and in domestic and international arbitration tribunals, involving substantive areas of law including corporate, federal and state securities, aviation, intellectual property (copyright, trademark and unfair competition), health law and real estate.

McDermott Will & Emery has a long-standing relationship with Daily Bread as a provider of pro bono services. The people of McDermott are committed to giving back to the communities where they work and live, assisting those who are unable to afford legal services. They strongly encourage their lawyers and staff to participate in pro bono activities, volunteer services and charitable activities. www.mwe.com

Daily Bread Food Bank is a not-for-profit organization which empowers other South Florida not-for-profit organizations to feed needy people and improve their lives. We do this by providing food and other grocery products; and by educating and engaging our community to fight hunger and poverty. Through a network of 800 other not-for-profit organizations, Daily Bread strives to serve children, the elderly, the mentally and physically challenged, pantries, soup kitchens and the working poor with compassion and integrity.

For more information about Mr. Berman or the International Law Firm McDermott Will & Emery click the logo link below.

790 The Ticket Helps Daily Bread

Randy Miller — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST

790 The Ticket & Dania Jai Alai Collect Food for Daily Bread!

On Wednesday, August 20th, 790 the Ticket's Dan Lebatard Show with Stugotz had another one of their popular Dania Jai Alai outings. These events are always fun to attend, but this time they decided to do more than just have a good time. The guys at 790 chose to promote a food drive for Daily Bread Food Bank at their event. The result was over 612 pounds of food collected from the loyal listeners of the Dan Lebatard Show with Stugotz! Daily Bread Food Bank would like to thank Dan LeBatard, Stugotz, Marc Hochman and everyone at 790 the Ticket for their promotion and help. We would also like to thank Marty Fleischman of Dania Jai Alai for providing a fantastic venue for the food drive. We look forward to any future partnerships with these great people who have a sincere interest in ending South Florida hunger!

Macy's Bag Hunger

Randy Miller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

This month, Macy's Department Store is doing their annual "Bag Hunger" program. In this community service program which helps Daily Bread Food Bank, individuals from the corporate office as well as regular store employees will be volunteering time, food or money to help fight hunger in South Florida. Daily Bread Food Bank is excited and thankful to have a great partner in the fight against hunger like Macy's Department Store. As their logo suggests, they are "stars" in our community!

Below: Macy's volunteers sort food at Daily Bread Food Bank.

JM Family Sort Day and Donation

Randy Miller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

On Saturday, June 8th, JM Family Enterprises, Inc. announced it will provide Daily Bread Food Bank $50,000 to provide immediate aid to Broward residents struggling to put food on their tables. In addition to this incredible amount, JM Family will also match up to $25,000 donated by Local 10 viewers, bringing the potential contribution to $100,000! Along with this exciting announcement, JM Family Enterprises sorted a massive amount of food. In all, over 100,000 pounds of food was sorted by the JM Family volunteers. Daily Bread Food Bank would like to thank everyone at JM Family Enterprises, Inc. for volunteering, their large donation and their devotion to helping end hunger in South Florida!

To read the JM Family article on the event and donation, click the logo link below.

San Francisco Mayor visits Daily Bread Food Bank

Randy Miller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tours Daily Bread Food Bank!

Being in town for the annual United States Conference of Mayors, on June 23rd the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom took a moment out of his busy schedule and paid a visit to Daily Bread Food Bank. There he was greeted by Associate Director Robert Peters and staff, given a full tour of the facility and informed of the many programs Daily Bread Food Bank runs in the community. Specifically, Mayor Newsom was excited to hear about our backpack program for children and he requested a detailed summary of the program to pass along to the food bank in his city. We were happy to have Mayor Newsom as our guest and share our ideas about feeding hungry people. We thank him and his staff for taking the time to visit us.

Hard Rock Cafe Founder's Day Donation

Randy Miller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

Hard Rock Cafe Founders' Day a Huge Success!

The Hard Rock Cafe along with it's partners, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and Sysco Food Services, celebrated 37 Years of Rock and Roll in true Philanthropic Style. On Saturday, June 14 they presented Daily Bread Food Bank with a $10,000/4 ton donation!

Daily Bread Food Bank would like to thank Robyn Melvin and everyone at the Hard Rock Cafe for this incredible donation, their hard work and for helping us fight hunger in South Florida!

Dinner on the Diamond 08

Randy Miller — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

The 2008 Dinner on the Diamond!
The Florida Marlins Community Foundation once again hit a home run with the 12th Annual Dinner on the Diamond! Marlins, Mermaids, games, food and the bright summer sun, what more could a fan ask for? On May 18th fans were able to enjoy a picnic on the field with their families along side the Florida Marlins players and their families. The picnic with a purpose is held yearly to benefit our community. Daily Bread Food Bank was once again honored to be one of the recipients this year! A warm thanks to our friends at the Florida Marlins Community Foundation for making this event a success!