• Association of Realtors, Thursday, November 20, 9 am – 3 pm, Continental Mall in Green Valley
• Arizona Family Restaurant, Saturday, November 22, 10 am – 3 pm, 80 W. Esperanza, Green Valley
• Long Realty, Saturday, November 22, 10 am – 2 pm, Fry’s Marketplace, Sahuarita

The following local businesses have food donation boxes available throughout NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

• Arizona Self Storage, 18240 S La Canada, Sahuarita
• Arizona Family Restaurant, 80 W. Esperanza, Green Valley
• Bank of America 410 W. Continental, Green Valley
• Bank of the West, 180 W. Continental Road #170, Green Valley
• Dave Polsky Auto Center, 171 W. Continental Road, Green Valley
• Edward Jones Investments, 101-28 S. La Canada, Green Valley
• Green Valley Cooling & Heating, 880 W. Camino Casa Verde, Green Valley
• Jerry Bob’s Family Restaurant, 1325-195 W. Duval Mine Road, Sahuarita
• Long Realty, Fry’s Marketplace, Sahuarita
• Washington Federal, 303 W. Esperanza, Green Valley

Marana Physical Therapy
November 13th-December 22nd
4249 W Ina Road, Suite 125
For more information contact: Michele 520-297-5837

Olsson Associates at 3025 W. Ina Road is collecting food for the Marana Community Food Bank;
November 14th – November 24th.
You can drop off your non-perishable food items between 8:00a.m.and 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. For more information contact: Jen 520-498-6229.

FitCenter is pleased to sponsor a food drive for the Community Food Bank this November. You may make an actual donation with a bag of groceries or a virtual donation of $10 on line. If you wish to join the health club, FitCenter will waive your enrollment fee for membership, a savings of $75! FitCenter is a full-service health club specializing in fitness for people age 50 and beyond and boasts an indoor pool; sauna, steam, and jacuzzi; complete weight room facilities, and over 50 group exercise classes each week in two studios and the pool. Located at 5555 East 5th Street, at the NE corner of Craycroft and 5th Street, FitCenter is a central, convenient location for food donation drop-off as well as your exercise workout! Stop by to drop off your donation and receive a free one-week pass to exercise, or visit us at www.azfitcenter.com for information and a free guest pass.

Marco Liu (right), Program Administrator, DES Family Assistance has been elected chair of the Community Food Bank Board of Directors.  Joining him as Co-Vice Chairs are Michael Dorer, Human Resources Manager, Citi and Fran McNeely, Community Volunteer.

Rosalva Bullock, Lead Research Project Manager, Title 1 Family Centers will serve as secretary and Bill Young, owner of Horseshoe Management Company will serve as Treasurer.

Sam R. Levitz, President/CEO and Managing Partner of Sam Levitz Furniture has been elected to the Community Food Bank Board for a three year term.

“We at the Community Food Bank are excited about the diversity and dedication of the board members and, with the completion of our strategic plan, look forward to becoming a stronger resource for Southern Arizona,” said Bill Carnegie, President and CEO.

The new officers and board member were elected at the October 24, 2008 Annual Community Food Bank board meeting.

Other continuing board members are K.C. An, Bret Berry, Jennifer Casteix, Kyle Cooper, Barry Corey, Mark Fay, Diane Frisch, Jamie Gutierrez, Tom Hall, Monique Grigg Harley, Sarah Jezairian, Gregg Johnson, Jim Kolbe, Stephanie Porter, Stellisa Scott, Terri Valenzuela and James Watson.

For additional information, contact Jack Parris at (520) 622-0525 x 215 or at jparris@communityfoodbank.org.

Dollars for Dreams committee at the Sheraton.
From left to right:  Paul Vasquez, Housekeeping;
Ana Pivaral, Sales and Marketing, Laura Barnett,
Humane Resources, and Gary Jones, Accounting.

Each Sheraton employee is holding the Dollars for Dreams cookbook.  All proceeds from the sale of the cookbook for the 4th quarter of 2008 benefit the Community Food Bank.

The cookbooks sell for $7 each and contain approximately 60 recipes from the staff and associates at the Sheraton Tucson.

The books can be purchased at the Front Desk at the hotel at 5151 E. Grant Rd.

The Sheraton will also be working on a Christmas Tree raffle to benefit the Community Food Bank.  Each associate at the hotel will bring in an ornament, we will decorate an artificial tree with the ornaments, and then raffle off the tree, via the Sheraton’s corporate email database.

Sons of Orpheus, The Male Choir of Tucson along with the Students from the Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind raise funds and gather food for the Community Food Bank each fall. The food drive culminates with a Gala Holiday Concert at the Berger Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, December 17th at 7:00 PM.

In this 11th Annual Concert the performers include students from the ASDB music department, the Sons of Orpheus and some surprise guests.
Admission to the concert is at least one non-perishable food item or, preferably, a monetary donation which you can make right now. If you choose to make an online donation please keep your receipt for concert admission.

If you would like tickets or information please contact Jim Hogan: jim@hoganschool.com or 237-3655.

Please keep in mind that every $1 donation enables the Food Bank to procure $9 worth of food.  Also check out the tax credit info on this web site.

Students of the Music & Dance Academy of Tucson will be holding a Music Department Recital and Food Drive on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at the Oro Valley Music & Dance Academy, 7954 N. Oracle Road. The recital is scheduled from 2:00PM to 5:00PM with each department including strings, guitar, winds, piano and percussion performing at designated times. Contributions for the food drive can be made two convenient ways.  Donations can be dropped off at either the Tucson or Oro Valley Music & Dance Academy, or through a virtual donation. For every dollar donated, the Community Food Bank can distribute almost $9 of food, or enough for about four meals. Money donated online is also tax deductible.

This is the fourth year Music & Dance Academy students have held a food drive in conjunction with a Student Department Recital. The Department Recitals are only one of many frequent performance opportunities offered throughout the year where Academy students of all ages and abilities perform from their current repertoire. This recital is free and open to the public to attend.

The Music & Dance Academy, celebrating its 14th Anniversary, provides comprehensive music and dance education for all ages, fostering ability in each student and inspiring a learning community that embraces diversity. Academy students perform throughout the year in public recitals and Gala Concerts. Each season the Academy offers the community workshops featuring nationally and internationally renowned artists and leading Suzuki Master Teachers, Magic Rug Concerts, engaging and interactive musical concerts for families and children, and an Artist Faculty Concert Series.

Founded in 1995 by accomplished pianist and educator Nina Tishkevich, the Music & Dance Academy provides classical music & dance education using innovative teaching methods for students of all ages in strings, guitar, woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, voice and dance. Committed to excellence in teaching, the Music & Dance Academy is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.

The Tucson Animation Screening Society will hold a Halloween Mega Super event on Thursday, November 1, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  The event will be held on the University of Arizona Campus in the Harvill Building Auditorium, Room 150.  Parking is available at the Park Avenue garage at Speedway and Park Avenue.

The Tucson Animation Screening Society is a long running organization that supports the promotion of Japanese anime and other aspects of Japanese visual arts pop culture in the Southwest.

Scheduled events include a Voice Dubbing Contest/Dub Your Own Anime, Cosplay Contest, Raffles, Anime Music Videos and much more.

Food donations will be good for entry into the first tier raffle. One to three food items will be good for one ticket and more than three food items will be good for two tickets. Two tickets are the max.  The most needed items are canned meats, canned vegetables, canned soups, cereal, peanut butter, canned fruit and canned tomato products. Please, no pre-opened items or glass containers.

For information on the Tucson Animation Screening Society’s Halloween Mega Super event contact the event organizers at tassanimeclub@hotmail.com.

“TUCSON 2008 CROP WALK” TO BENEFIT
THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd

Tucson:   Join the “Tucson 2008 Crop Walk” on Sunday, November 2, 2008 to benefit the Community Food Bank.  The Crop Walk will kick off at Ramada #5 in Reid Park at 2:00 PM.  The Community Food Bank and Casa Maria Hospitality House will share 25% of the proceeds from the walk. .

What is a Crop Walk?  It is neighbors walking together to take a stand against hunger in our world.  Together members of the community raise awareness and funds for international relief and development as well as for the Community Food Bank.  The “Tucson 2008 Crop Walk” is part of a local, national and international effort sponsored by Church World Service to raise money for anti-hunger programs. More than 2,000 communities across the nation will walk to raise money in 2008-2009.

The Community Food Bank is experiencing an unprecedented demand for help due to the economic downturn.  How serious is the problem?  In August 2008, the Community Food Bank gave out 17,567 family food boxes. That is a 34% increase over August 2007. Monetary donations go a long way to help the hungry.  Every $1 the Food Bank receives, it can be leveraged into $9 worth of food due to its national buying power. 

Join the “Tucson 2008 Crop Walk” on Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00 PM at Reid Park, Ramada #5 and help feed the hungry in Southern Arizona.
To sign up for the “Tucson 2008 Crop Walk” contact Allan and Teddy Wintersteen at (520) 807-9797 or tevafoot@yahoo.com.

Back by popular demand, the Empty Bowls Luncheon will be hosted by Kino Community Center this fall. For $10.00 guests will receive bread, soup—donated by local restaurants—and a beautifully hand-crafted ceramic bowl donated by Southern Arizona Clay Artists.

Last spring’s event raised $2,145 to help the Community Food Bank fight hunger in Southern Arizona.

Thursday, November 13
Any time between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Kino Community Center, 2805 East Ajo Way