A Lotta Storage Mail & U Haul
7651 N. I-10 EB Frontage Rd
Marana, Arizona 85743
phone: 520-572-8881
fax: 520-572-0042
This A Lotta Storage Location is offering $1.00 credit for every 3 items of non-perishable food donated during this time.
On June 2nd, a Garage Sale will be held at this location, along with the food drive.
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is partnering with Feeding America in support of the Farm Bill and we need your help:
On April 26, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed the Farm Bill out of committee. The House must do the same. Right now, members of the House Agriculture Committee are working on developing their version of the Farm Bill and seeking public comments to inform their decisions. In April, that same committee approved a proposal to cut SNAP by $36 billion as part of the budget reconciliation process. The full House is expected to vote on this measure later this week. While the budget reconciliation votes are non-binding, they show how serious the threats to hunger-relief programs like SNAP and TEFAP really are, particularly in the House.
As a result, we need to send a strong message about the importance of protecting and strengthening these programs by generating comments from anti-hunger advocates throughout the country. If every food bank can mobilize 100 people to make a comment on the House Agriculture Committee’s website, we can generate more than 20,000 public comments and show real grassroots support for hunger-relief programs. Urge your volunteers, donors, partners, board members, social media followers, and other community supporters to post a comment and help us show Congress that Americans want their elected officials to stand up against hunger in America!
For more information please see the Farm Bill’s Website.
Here’s what you can do:
1. Go to the House Agriculture Committee Website
2. Post a comment: You can post your own comment or use our sample. The more local and personal your comment is, the more impact it will have.
I am a supporter of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Right now, many families in our community are struggling. With increased demand for emergency food assistance, high food and gas prices, and declines in TEFAP commodities—a major source of the food we distribute—our food bank is having difficulty meeting the needs of our community. We need a strong Farm Bill to make sure that struggling families can put food on the table. I ask that you pass a Farm Bill that protects and strengthens programs like SNAP, TEFAP, and CSFP. Our community cannot afford cuts to these programs.
3. Spread the word: Help us reach our goal of 20,000 comments by sharing this call to action. If every food bank successfully mobilizes 100 people, we can generate 20,000 comments!
If you have questions, please contact Brett Weisel at bweisel@feedingamerica.org.
20TH Annual National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive to Benefit the Community Food Bank
For the 20th consecutive year the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona will team up to collect donations on Saturday, May 12, 2012 for the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive
“This is the 20th Anniversary of the Letter Carriers Food Drive,” said Bill Carnegie, Food Bank CEO. “The problem of hunger in our community has never been greater and we need our community to help make this year’s food drive a success. Thousands of local families are counting on your support,” he added.
To help “Stamp Out Hunger” in Southern Arizona, residents are asked leave a bag of non-perishable food, such as canned meats, canned vegetables, canned soups, cereal, peanut butter, canned fruit or canned tomato products next to their mail box before the time of their mail delivery on Saturday, May 12th. Food should be in non-breakable containers. Letter carriers and volunteers will collect the food donations and forward them to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
Monetary donations will be accepted for the “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive and on-line donations may be made as well:
For further information, contact the NALC Branch #704 at (520) 323-2117 or Jack Parris at (520) 882-3287.
Benefitting the Marana Branch of the
Southern Arizona Community Food Bank
The Solana, Dos Lagos, and Canyon Pass neighborhoods have challenged each other to a competitive food and cash drive to benefit the Marana Branch of the Southern Arizona Community Food Bank. Bragging rights will be awarded in two categories: most food collected and most cash collected.
We have made it simple to participate. Food donations will be collected between April 13th and April 15th. 
If you would prefer, you can make a cash donation anytime between April 1st and April 15th on the Community Food Bank’s web site – Simply select your neighborhoods button to the Right – or you may bring your check to one of the neighborhood collection points.
April is a great time to clean out your pantry, especially if you are leaving for the summer, and we’d love to have your boxes and cans of food.
The Marana Community Food Bank has announced that it has received a $10,000 TRICIO Electric Cooperative Power Grant for 2012.
With this TRICO Power Grant the 2,947 food insecure families in the Marana Community Food Bank service area will continue to receive peanut butter as one of the staples in the monthly TEFAP emergency food distribution. 6,536 jars of peanut butter will be purchased for the TEFAP food boxes.
“We are thrilled to partner with TRICO Electric Cooperative to ensure that those in need in our community continue to receive peanut butter in our food boxes,” said Linda Hampton, Marana Food Bank Executive Director. “35% of our clients are children who will directly benefit from this purchase of peanut butter for our food boxes.”
The Marana Community Food Bank is a branch of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and serves the areas of Marana, Avra Valley, Dove Mountain, Tucson Estates, Three Point, Picture Rocks, Old Tucson and Pascua Yaqui.
Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit electric cooperative serving more than 38,000 customers in northwest Tucson, Marana, Corona de Tucson, Sahuarita, Green Valley, Three Points, Arivaca and Sasabe. Trico was formed in 1945 by farmers in Avra Valley seeking to bring electric power to their rural area.
For more information, contact Linda Hampton at (520) 682-3001.
Beginning April 3, 2012 the Marana Community Food Bank is changing the hours during which food will be distributed. The Food Bank will add one late day during the week to make it easier for working people who require food assistance.
The new hours for food distribution are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Please note this reminder, that the Marana Community Food Bank is always closed on the first working day of each month.
“By staying open later on Wednesday we hope to help those working families who are still struggling to get by,” said Linda Hampton, Executive Director. “We know that some families have one or two members working but, with the rising costs of other essentials, these families sometimes must turn to the food bank. We want to be here for them.”
The Marana Community Food Bank serves the areas of Marana, Avra Valley, Dove Mountain, Tucson Estates, Three Points, Picture Rocks, Old Tucson and Pascua Yaqui. In January 2012 the Marana Community Food Bank served 2,039 households or 7,137 people.
The Marana Community Food Bank is a branch of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
For more information, contact Linda Hampton at (520) 682-3001 or Cell at (520) 310-4662.
The Community Food Bank purchases peanut butter, every five weeks, but due to the recent droughts and tornadoes in the South, the price of these jars has just increased 80% from $40,000 to $72,000.
We serve 24,000 jars of Peanut Butter every month in our Emergency Food Boxes. The cost has just risen from 99 cents to $1.53 per jar. Donate today!
Call (520) 882-3288 to host a food drive.
Donations of cash and food made between March 1 and April 30, 2012 to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona are eligible for the Feinstein Challenge. During this nationwide challenge, the Rhode Island-based Feinstein Foundation will provide a partial match for every dollar raised or pound of food donated.
For the 15th consecutive year, $1 million will be divided among hunger-fighting agencies nationwide, including the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
The Feinstein Foundation was founded by Alan Shawn Feinstein and is dedicated to the alleviation of hunger, the importance of community service in education and the values of caring, compassion and brotherhood.
“This is a great opportunity for local businesses, schools, churches and the entire community to come together and have their contributions of food or dollars matched by the Feinstein Challenge to benefit local families in need,” said Bill Carnegie, Food Bank President/CEO.
To make donations eligible for the Feinstein Challenge, they must be received by the Community Food Bank between March 1 and April 30, 2012. Donations may be made online or by calling (520) 622-0525.
For further information about the Feinstein Challenge, contact Jack Parris at (520) 882-3287.
The Marana Community Food Bank is presenting an evening of reminiscing and fun on Saturday April 14, 2012
at the Heritage Highlands Clubhouse in Dove Mountain.
Good Vibrations – Food Donations is a return to the 60s dance featuring the Sixties Garage Band and dinner prepared by award winning Chef Michael Veres. Last year’s event was a complete sell out and we expect nothing less this year.
Your participation will ensure that the Marana Community Food Bank can continue its work in meeting the food needs of the hungry in Marana, Picture Rocks, Avra Valley and northwest Tucson.
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Who’s Your Farmer? A photo and video showcase of the Youth Farm Project is set for Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at the Dragonfly Gallery , 146 E. Broadway (between 5th & 6th Ave.).
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s Youth Farm Project and Dragonfly Gallery will partner for an exciting show featuring photography and video created by the Youth Farm Project Media Crew. This show celebrates food justice, youth power and farming in an evening of art, food and fun. The event is free and open to the public.
The Youth Farm project works to engage youth in the food they eat and foster the consideration of how what they eat affects their health, community and the planet. The Youth Farm Project works year around with youth from elementary through high school to address the root causes of hunger and food insecurity through “hands on” agriculture, farm work, nutrition education and community involvement.
Dragonfly Gallery benefits and supports Dragonfly Village, a state of the art children and family residential center located on the campus of Tucson Amity Foundation at Circle Tree Ranch, a sanctuary for family restoration.
For more information, contact Shanti Sellz at (520) 873-7401 or ssellz@communityfoodbank.org.
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