American Diabetes Association, “Feria de Salude” at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.  Feria is a street fair event to reach the local Latino population with information about the high risk of developing diabetes.

Schedule of Events:

Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Live entertainment by blues pianist Arthur Migliazza
Silent Wine Auction
Caricatures by David Fitzsimmons
Tarot
Palmistry

*After-party tickets are available for purchase at the door. Tickets are no longer available online or by phone.*

After-Party 10:00 p.m. (Dinner tickets include access to the after party)
Live Entertainment by the King Bees, winners of the 2006 Southern Arizona Blues Challenge
Trapeze Performances

Valet Parking Included

Last year’s costumes

St. John School and the Community Food Bank cordially invite you to Farm to School Day, Tuesday, January 15, 2008
during St. John School’s “Eat Well, Be Well” Health Week.
Come to school to eat an Arizona-grown salad bar and celebrate healthy children and local small-scale agriculture. St. John School Health Week features the

Community Food Bank Mobile Market, special recess activities, agriculture education in classrooms, and a community health fair with dental health checks by Reach Out America.

Location
Saint John The Evangelist School
School Cafeteria
600 W. Ajo Way, Tucson, Arizona 85713

10:30 a.m. Introduction to Farm to School
11:00 a.m. Enjoy a free Arizona-grown salad bar with the students

Please RSVP by January 11, 2008
To: Amber Herman, National Hunger Fellow at the Community Food Bank

Email: aherman@hungercenter.org
Phone: (520) 622-0525

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A 5k Run/Walk and a 2k Fun Walk will be held at Quail Creek on Saturday, February 9 to raise money for the Green Valley Community Food Bank.  Your dog is invited to participate in the 2k Fun Walk.  Early registration fee is $20.  Entry forms are available at the Quail Creek Clubhouse, Fitness Center, Pro Shop & on-line at http://members.cox.net/quailcreekrun/.  The event is open to everyone.  There will be drawings for over $2,500 in prizes.  For more information contact Mary Ellen Pruess at (520)399-2314.

The Dish Bistro, 3131 E. 1st, will be hosting a Champagne fund raising event for the Community Food Bank from 3 to 5 PM on New Year’s Eve.  The cost is $15.00 each, with the entire proceeds going to the Community Food Bank.  No reservations are required.  This will be a wonderful “pre” event for those going out, or can be a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration for those older folks, that wish to retire early. 

The Champagnes under the LVMH umbrella are:  Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, and Dom Ruinart.

The newest offering from Moet & Chandon - “Grand Vintage 2000″ - will be debuted at the tasting.

The tasting will be arranged as a “flow through” event - i.e. “informal” - participants will get started with a flute and proceed through the line-up of Champagnes (9 wines).  Though informal, the tasting is designed to be informative (and hopefully festive), as the line-up will show the nuance of various types and styles of Champagne:  Demi-Sec, Extra-Dry, Brut, Blanc de Blancs, Rose, and Vintage Champagne. 

Participants can then decide which style best suits their tastes.

Champagne-appropriate light snacks will be served.

Participation in the event will require a $15 donation to Community Food Bank. 

100% of that $15 will be forwarded to the Community Food Bank - the costs of food, wine, and service are underwritten by RumRunner/Dish and LVMH.

The tasting will run from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM, Monday, December 31, 2007.

You are cordially invited to dinner and conversation with Brother David Andrews

Eating Between the Lines:
Where Our Food Comes From And Where It’s Going

View printable flyer

Thursday, January 17, 2008, 6 - 8:00 pm
Trinity Presbyterian Church
400 E. University Blvd.

$6.50 per person, vegetarian option available
Please make reservations by contacting: Kitty Ufford-Chase at the Community Food Bank,
622-0525, x251 or kitty@communityfoodbank.org

View “The Ethics and Practices of Our Food System” event with Brother David Andrews that will happen 2 days later on the 19th of January.

Brother David Andrews:
25 year national and international advocate for a just food and farm system
Executive Director of National Catholic Rural Life Conference (1994—2007)
which sponsors the “Eating is a Moral Act” campaign, and the
Agribusiness Accountability Initiative
Law degree from Loyola University
Coordinator of Peace and Justice for Congregation of the Holy Cross
Accredited participant in last three World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle,
Cancun, and Hong Kong
Attended last two World Food Summits in Rome and World Summit on  
Development in South Africa
Board Member, Heifer Project International

Sponsored by the Community Food Bank Community Food Security Center 
and the Punch Woods Endowment Fund

Since 1949 the Winterhaven Festival of Lights has been a Tucson tradition.  Every year over 100,000 people tour the neighborhood to view the holiday lights. 

Admission is free but visitors are asked to make a food or monetary donation to the Community Food Bank.

This year’s Festival of Lights runs from Saturday, December 15th through Friday, December 28th from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM.  Visitors may walk all nights.  Drive through nights are December 18th, 20th and 27th. 

Horse drawn-drawn hay wagons and trolley rides are $12.00 to $16.00 per person. 

Information is available at the Winterhaven Office, 327-0111 or on line at www.winterhavenfestival.org.

Are you wondering about how you
support “justice for all?”
The Community Food Bank Community Food Security Center has asked Brother David Andrews to facilitate a no-cost, day-long gathering on the ethics and practices of our food system on Saturday, January 19, 2008, from 9 am to 4 pm.  People whose day to day work or lives do not specifically focus on food issues, but who wish to acquire a substantial understanding of food and food system issues to add to their knowledge of justice issues, will particularly benefit from the gathering. 

Some issues for consideration:
• Concentration of the food system
• Food insecurity for local people with low-incomes
• Farm workers and rural economies
• Access to federal food programs
• The Farm Bill in Congress
• Global trade in food
• Food production effects on the environment
• Public health

Fifteen participants will be invited to attend the January 19th gathering to consider and discuss complexities of the food system we all depend on.  If you would like to participate, please email Kitty Ufford-Chase at the Community Food Bank, kitty@communityfoodbank.org by Tuesday, January 8, 2008 with a brief list of your food issue questions, thoughts and experiences.  If you have any questions or would like more information, please email Kitty or call her at 622-0525, x251.
Brother David Andrews:
25 year national and international advocate for a just food and farm system
Executive Director of National Catholic Rural Life Conference (1994—2007)
which sponsors the “Eating is a Moral Act” campaign, and the
Agribusiness Accountability Initiative
Law degree from Loyola University
Coordinator of Peace and Justice for Congregation of the Holy Cross
Accredited participant in last three World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle,
Cancun, and Hong Kong
Attended last two World Food Summits in Rome and World Summit on  
Development in South Africa
Board Member, Heifer Project International

For the seventh year, the Rooftop Dancing Santa Show will collect non-perishable food donations for the Community Food Bank on December 23, 2007 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.  

The Rooftop Dancing Santa Show will be at 4352 Bryn Mawr Road in Tucson (one block south of 5th Street just off of Columbus).  Live music will be provided by the First Brethren Church and there will be photo opportunities to take pictures of the kids and Santa.

The event is free, but a donation of non-perishable food items (canned meats, canned vegetables, canned soups, cereal, peanut butter, canned fruit and canned tomato products) will help the Community Food Bank feed the hungry during this holiday season. 

For information on the Rooftop Dancing Santa Show on December 23rd, call (520) 405-7704.

The December 18th Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert will benefit the Community Food Bank once again this year.  The concert will be held at 7 pm at the Berger Performing Arts Center on the campus of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. This is the 10th Annual Holiday Concert put on by the Sons of Orpheus to benefit the Community Food Bank.

“We are thrilled that guitarist, Ismael Barajas has agreed to be a special guest performer, as he already contributes greatly to the Community Food Bank via his musical talents. ASDB Students will perform in the concert as well as Frank Hernandez, ASDB Board Member and talented musician. ”
- Mia Handen, Vice President/ Board Member, Sons of Orpheus

The concert is free with a donation of non-perishable food or cash donation to the Community Food Bank.