Tampa Bay Harvest

           “Working to end hunger in our community”          

                                                                    

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Be Careful what you wish for.....

For some years, at the top of the TBH wish list was a new truck to replace our 15 year old 14' truck with over 200,000 miles, no AC and a broken refrigeration unit.  When Roy and Ana Zellars heard about our needs, they stepped up to the plate in a very big way.  First, The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation, Inc., donated money to purchase a 20' refrigerated truck pictured below.  Then Ana and her daughter designed the artwork which will be a wonderful attention getter when this truck is on the road picking up food.  Next, it was determined that the old truck was repairable.  Again the The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation donated over $10,000 for its repair.  Repairs are done and it is being repainted exactly like the one below.  Ana and Roy have told us that with partners, there might be additional trucks in our future.  

Not being able to pick up large quantities of donated food in refrigerated trucks has been holding back the growth of TBH for some years.   Many of our donors require refrigeration and now TBH has 3 refrigerated trucks on the road.  We expect to recover well over 3 million pounds of food in 2010.

 
Will Carey, TBH  General Manager and Roy Zellars from the The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation, Inc. with the truck they donated to TBH.  This truck on the road in partnership with Lighthouse International in Riverview. Pictured are Ana Zellars, Will Carey, TBH Executive Director and Roy Zellars
Pictured above and right is our 14 ft truck that we acquired 15 years ago.  The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation donated over $10,000 for repairs that were needed to keep this truck on the road.  They then took care of the new paint.  This truck is now on the road and will recover about 20,000 pounds of food per month.

A special thanks to Sign Solutions in Tampa http://www.signsolutionstb.com/ for the extra work they did with the painting of our trucks and the design of the Logo for our partner on the 14Ft truck, Lighthouse International.

 

From Roy and Ana:

"We consider it a sincere privilege to be a part of the Tampa Bay Harvest mission.  We believe in this organization and know that it is making a tremendous impact in our communities to help end hunger.  There are a lot of people who are struggling during these challenging times just to put food on the table for themselves and their families.  At Tampa Bay Harvest, the general manger, Will Carey, the board and volunteers are very dedicated.  Many of them put in long hours and make themselves available at any given time to pick up perishable food and deliver it as soon as possible to an agency that is helping feed the hungry so that nothing goes to waste.   We all need to work together and do whatever we can to help them make a difference.  We are very excited about the future of Tampa Bay Harvest and are confident that they will continue to grow and reach more people each year.  Thank you Tampa Bay Harvest...Keep up the great work!" 
The Roy and Ana Zellars Foundation, Inc.

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A Special Thanks

TBH is very grateful to Certified Public Accountants from DwightDarby&Company who donated their time and expertise to perform a review of our accounting

Accounting Review for 2009

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Calling all Volunteers....

 We need your help.  Please click here and provide updated information.

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                        Hunger Free Mission in Tampa feeds those in need with 

                        the help of TBH.  See some of their work.

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"Thank You"  The outpouring of support and love, in our recent time of need, which was so well put in the St. Pete Times article,  was and continues to be a little overwhelming and most appreciated.

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TBH Board Member and Treasurer, Steve Mitchell, receives a check for $2,500, from Joel Barber of Outreach Partners from funds raised over the last few weeks in Landsbrook in Palm Harbor.  Their food drive also produced 515 pounds of can goods that was donated to the Shepards Center in Tarpon Springs. 

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A Special Thanks to WFLA News Channel 8 for featuring TBH and our director Will Carey in an piece aired on the news at 5pm and 11pm  Friday, Nov. 27

images/View the New Channel 8 segment .wmv

 

Additional thanks to The Tampa Tribune for its FRONT PAGE 

article published December 13, 2009.  Charity Work Has Lucrative Side.

Note that the link does not include the picture of our General Manager,,

Will Carey, unloading food.  Congrats, Will !!!!!!

 

 

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Our Mission

A food recovery and transportation charity operating in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. The organization's mission statement is:
"Working to end hunger in our community "
 

 Serving Tampa Bay for 20 years. 

 1989 - NOW & Tomorrow.

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We received this letter along with a generous donation

 and thought you would enjoy it as much as we did.

(FYI, the check cleared [smile])

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Donor Pledges to Match Donations

This is text from an email received this week.

Folks,

This GREAT organization needs our help.  They have ONE full time employee + 600 volunteers and collect and distribute 3,500,000# of food a year.  They lost their large donor and were bankrupt this past month.

I need each of you to help me donate money to this cause.  I have agreed to match up to $10,000.00 for all donations. Please reach into your heart and your pocket to help me raise the full $10,000.00 so I can match it for a total of $20,000.00.

Go to www.tampabayharvest.org to learn more.

Send checks to my address below made out to Tampa Bay Harvest PLEASE.  Send any amount but please send something.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.  Please send today!!!!

Robert Gesemyer          

President

6001 East Columbus Drive

Tampa , FL   33619

Toll Free: 877-643-4968

Ph:   813-626-4173

Cell:  813-417-0167

 

 

 

 

WOW!!! This is VERY HOT!!!!!!!

Now you can Donate funds to Tampa Bay Harvest, Inc. from here.

Simply click on the Donate Button below, enter your Donation amount and

Update Total.  Then choose your payment method

PayPal, Visa, Master Card, AmExpress or Discover 

This is a secure PayPal site.

Thank you for your Donation.

 

All Volunteers Please Note...

We need your Email address and an update of your 

Email or mail announcements to.  Please click here to update

your information.    

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Secretarial Help Needed ~ Work at Home

TBH needs help from those who like to work at home and can help doing Secretarial type duties on a volunteer basis.  Please call General Manager, Will Carey at 727-538-7777 Line 1 and leave him a message.  He will call you back and explain what we need.

$$$$$$ - GRANT WRITER Needed

Yes, TBH needs funds each year to operate.  

Although TBH has one of the lowest expense ratios of any 501(c)3 tax exempt charities anywhere in the country, which by the way is under 2% expense/income ratio, we still need funds to operate each year. 

In connection with that, we need a volunteer professional GRANT WRITER.  If you or any one you know is a GRANT WRITER, and would be interested in helping TBH apply for grants, please email us and let us know.

 

 

 

Our Mission

A food recovery and transportation charity operating in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. The organization's mission statement is:

"Working to end hunger in our community "

Our Profile

Tampa Bay Harvest, Inc ("TBH") is an all -volunteer 501(c)(3) charitable organization operating in West Central Florida including Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. We function as a food recovery and gleaning organization.

Over 500 TBH volunteers pick up leftover, sale dated and excess food items from local supermarkets, hospitals, schools, restaurants, as well as other food related businesses, delivering the rescued food to one of the more than 200 local area charities served by TBH who, in turn, feed the hungry.

Since being formed in 1989 TBH volunteers have delivered over 54,000,000 pounds of food to the local charities that serve the needy citizens of our community. That's high quality food that restaurants, fast food establishments, hospitals, schools, hotels, and caterers would have thrown away that was cycled back into the Tampa Bay area social service community thanks to the efforts of TBH volunteers.

By recycling this food and using the same to feed the needy of the Tampa Bay area, TBH volunteers enable local charities to expand their services despite already stretched budgets. Applying a conservative value of $1.50 per pound to the donated food means that since 1989 TBH volunteers have enabled local charities to use approximately $81,000,000 for other services. Services such as continuing education, job training, day care and medical care, rather than using these funds to feed their agencies clientele.

 To meet its operating requirements, TBH maintains only one paid position, a full-time General Manager.  All other positions including its Board of Directors are filled by volunteers who use their homes, offices and private vehicles to complete their volunteer functions.  All operating needs, such as the General Manager's position, postage, photocopies, telephone costs, etc. are all fulfilled by  donations from the community.

Join us in our war against hunger in the Tampa Bay area. All it takes is approximately one hour a week of your time. If you are interested go to the " Volunteers " section.

Contact us at: Voice Mail 727-538-7777 Line 1

                          E-mail tbhgm@aol.com

U.S. Mail: Tampa Bay Harvest, 612 Princeton Street, Brandon, Florida 33511

 

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