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As seen in the Sunday Journal Reach Out page.
Mobile food pantry hits the road
Demand for goods surging in struggling economy
By Rick Nathanson Journal Staff Writer
The Roadrunner Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry operates like “an old fashioned bookmobile,” says Roadrunner executive director Melody Wattenbarger. “We pull into town in a truck and people come and get what they need. Instead of books they’re getting food.”
The need is pressing. According to an annual report issued by the Department of Agriculture, New Mexico has the second worst rate for food security in the nation, meaning one out of six people in the state is uncertain about where the next meal will come from, Wattenbarger says.
“This is a very large problem and ending it takes a multipronged approach, a combination of public and
private efforts.”
The Mobile Food Pantry is funded in part by grants from the Albuquerque Community Foundation, which is participating in the New Mexico Plan to End Hunger — a statewide collaboration between the public and private sectors.
A $100,000 grant from the community foundation is helping Roadrunner cover the operational and equipment costs of the Mobile Food Pantry for the first year, said foundation executive director Randy Royster. The grant is part of a larger three-year, $300,000 commitment the foundation has made to the statewide collaboration.
In addition to the Mobile Food Pantry, the Albuquerque Community Foundation provides grants to support Roadrunner programs to feed economically disadvantaged schoolchildren and their families throughout the year.
Roadrunner has three refrigerated trailers of different sizes designated for use in the Mobile Food Pantry program. One trailer is used at a time because only one tractortruck is available to pull it. The goal is to have all the trailers on the road daily serving communities across the state, Wattenbarger says.
“We’re trying to bring people high-quality and healthy foods, like fresh produce and dairy products, whole grain breads and that sort of thing,” she says. “Many of the communities are rural and don’t have grocery stores, so people have a long way to travel to go shopping, assuming they even have a way to get to the grocery store — and many don’t.”
Doling out funds
From July 2007 through June 2008, the Albuquerque Community Foundation has handed out more than $3.1 million in grants to 264 nonprofit organizations, as well as financial aid to 71 students, says foundation executive director Randy Royster. Grants ranged from $100 to more than $100,000, while financial aid ranged from $500 to several thousand dollars.
Since 1984, the foundation has distributed more than $20 million in grants.
The most recent distribution of $3.1 million was made from the “interest and investment growth of our nearly $60 million endowment pool, and represents about 5.25 percent of that investment pool,” Royster says.
This year’s grants were also $850,000 more than was distributed last year, he notes.
That the Albuquerque Community Foundation grants have increased despite a tough economic environment, is due to the generosity and philanthropy of local donors, as well as to the “investment expertise” of those individuals who oversee the community foundation’s endowment funds, he says.
The foundation’s participation in the statewide effort to end hunger is fundamental, Royster says.
Donors and recipients were honored at the foundation’s 2008 Annual Awards & Donor Appreciation Luncheon, held Thursday at the Hotel Albuquerque.
Volunteers from left, Kay Heidlebaugh, Jacinda Linger and Amanda Lamberti assemble boxes of food for distribution at Roadrunner Food Bank last year.
One of the refrigerated trailers used in the Mobile Food Pantry program sits on the loading dock at the Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque.
Albuquerque Community Foundation Grants 7-1-2007 through 6-30-2008
516 Arts, $65,000
516 Arts, $ 7,500
516 Arts, $ 5,000
ACCION New Mexico, $10,000
ACCION New Mexico, $ 1,000
ACCION New Mexico, $ 5,000
ACCION New Mexico, $ 5,000
ACCION New Mexico, $25,000
Adelante Development Center, $ 6,014
Adelante Development Center, $ 5,688
Adelante Development Center, $10,000
Adoption Exchange, New Mexico Chapter, $ 5,000
Advocacy, Inc., $ 5,000
Agora Crisis Center, $10,000
Albuquerque Academy, $ 1,000
Albuquerque CASA, Inc., $ 6,683
Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, Inc., $ 1,000
Albuquerque Genealogical Society, $ 910
Albuquerque Genealogical Society, $ 588
Albuquerque Genealogical Society, $ 500
Albuquerque Guild of the Santa Fe Opera, $ 250
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, $ 2,000
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, $20,000
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, $ 5,679
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, $ 500
Albuquerque High School Alumni Association, $ 2,184
Albuquerque Museum Foundation, $ 1,000
Albuquerque Museum Foundation, $ 350
Albuquerque Rescue Mission, $ 7,500
Albuquerque Tree Initiative, $ 5,050
Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, $ 250
Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, $ 5,000
All Faiths Receiving Home, $10,000
All Faiths Receiving Home, $ 3,206
Alzheimer's Association, $ 1,000
Alzheimer's Association, $10,000
American Red Cross, $ 4,176
Amigos Bravos, $ 7,500
Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc., $ 545
APS Fine Arts Program, $10,511
APS Health & Mental Health Services, $ 1,000
APS Title I, Homeless Projects, $10,000
ARCA, Inc., $ 500
Armand Hammer United World College, $20,000
Art in the School, Inc., $ 9,000
Art in the School, Inc., $ 5,000
Art of the Song: Creativity Radio, Inc., $15,000
Arts Alliance, $ 350
Assistance League of Albuquerque, $10,000
B'nai Israel Endowment Fund, Inc., $ 1,066
B'nai Israel Endowment Fund, Inc., $ 1,363
Barrett Foundation, $20,000
Barrett Foundation, $ 5,000
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation, $10,000
Bernalillo County Council of PTAs, $ 250
Blinded Veterans Association, $ 2,500
Boy Scouts of America, $ 7,000
Boys and Girls Clubs, $25,000
Boys and Girls Clubs, $ 7,824
Bridges for Peace, Inc., $ 1,000
Camp Rising Sun, Inc., $ 9,400
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Albuquerque, $ 1,000
Casa Angelica, $ 718
Catholic Charities, $ 6,237
Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Inc., $ 2,500
Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Inc., $10,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence, $ 5,000
Chamber Music Albuquerque, $ 8,376
Chatter, a Chamber Ensemble, $ 500
Children's Cancer Fund of New Mexico, $10,000
Christina Kent Day Nursery, $21,871
Cloud Dancers of the Southwest, Inc., $ 7,300
CNM Foundation, $ 1,000
Compassion Beyond Borders, $ 500
Congregation Albert, $22,002
Congregation Albert, $ 750
Cornerstones Community Partnership, $10,000
Crossroads for Women, $10,000
Cuidando Los Niños, $10,000
Cuidando Los Niños, $ 5,000
Danforth Museum of Art, $ 2,000
de Profundis, $ 1,000
Direct Action for Youth Foundation, $ 6,000
Direct Action for Youth Foundation, $10,000
Direct Action for Youth Foundation, $ 8,000
Direct Action for Youth Foundation, $ 9,000
Dismas House, $ 5,000
Dismas House, $15,000
Endorphin Power Company, $ 7,500
Endorphin Power Company, $23,750
Endorphin Power Company, $23,750
Escuela del Sol Montessori School, $10,000
Esperanza de Joaquin, $10,000
Explora Science Center, $ 250
Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico, $ 911
Four Corners Animal League, $10,000
Four Corners Animal League, $ 3,000
Friends of Puppet and Object Theatre, $ 8,000
Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center, $ 1,418
Good Shepherd Center, Inc., $ 4,203
Good Shepherd Center, Inc., $ 512
Good Shepherd Center, Inc., $10,000
Grants/Cibola County Schools, $11,000
Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity, $10,000
Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity, $ 250
Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity, $ 6,148
Healing the Children, $ 3,500
HOME - New Mexico, $ 5,000
Hubbell House Alliance, $ 250
Jewish Family Service of New Mexico, $10,000
Jewish Family Service of New Mexico, $ 1,000
Jewish Family Service of New Mexico, $ 5,000
Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc., $ 6,800
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, $ 2,000
Keshet Dance Company, $ 9,500
Keshet Dance Company, $ 2,000
KNME-TV, $ 2,500
La Familia Placement Services, $10,000
Life Options Academy, $ 7,100
Life Options Academy, $ 2,000
Linda K. Estes Giraffe Award to Emily Hunt-Daily, $ 1,250
Lodestar Dog Ranch, Inc., $ 1,200
Lodestar Dog Ranch, Inc., $ 2,500
Manzano Day School, $10,000
Manzano Day School, $20,000
Manzano Day School, $ 1,000
Menaul School, $ 1,326
Mirus Foundation, $30,000
Mirus Foundation, $25,000
Mirus Foundation, $10,000
Movimiento, $20,000
Musica Antigua de Albuquerque, $ 500
Nancy Thompson Harris Award for Teaching Literature to Valorie Rigby, $ 2,500
National Dance Institute of New Mexico, $10,000
National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico, $ 4,000
National Institute of Flamenco, $10,000
National New Deal Preservation Association, $ 1,000
New Art New Mexico, $ 5,000
New Mexic Ethics Alliance, $50,000
New Mexico Asian Family Center, $ 5,500
New Mexico Assembly on School-Based Health Care, $ 7,900
New Mexico Association of Grantmakers, $ 2,500
New Mexico BioPark Society, $ 3,336
New Mexico BioPark Society, $25,465
New Mexico BioPark Society, $ 921
New Mexico BioPark Society, $ 6,000
New Mexico Boys & Girls Ranches, $ 1,609
New Mexico Boys & Girls Ranches, $10,000
New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc., $10,000
New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc., $10,000
New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc., $ 500
New Mexico Community Foundation, $ 5,000
New Mexico Conference of Churches, $10,000
New Mexico Conference of Churches, $19,683
New Mexico Foundation for Osteopathic Education, $ 7,727
New Mexico Human Rights Projects, $ 9,000
New Mexico Lions Sight Conservation Foundation, Inc., $ 1,000
New Mexico Military Institute Foundation, Inc., $40,421
New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, $ 3,397
New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, $10,491
New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, $ 250
New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, $ 6,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $40,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 1,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $520,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 1,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $11,175
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $149,548
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 2,868
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 1,443
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 5,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 5,000
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $ 500
New Mexico Voices for Children, $15,000
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, $ 5,000
Nicodemus Wilderness Project, $ 3,000
Noon Day Ministry, $15,000
Northern Jaguar Project, $ 1,000
OFFCenter Community Arts Project, $ 5,000
Opera Southwest, $ 300
Opera Southwest, $20,000
Outpost Productions, Inc., $ 5,000
Outside In, $ 9,000
PB&J Family Services, Inc., $20,000
Pegasus Legal Services for Children, $ 6,363
Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, $10,500
Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, $ 1,000
Presbyterian Ear Institute, $10,000
Project HOPE, $ 1,609
Project Share, Inc., $ 2,600
Reins for Life, $10,000
Rio Grande Community Farm, $ 9,780
Rio Grande Food Project, $ 7,000
Roadrunner Food Bank, $25,000
Roadrunner Food Bank, $ 250
Roadrunner Food Bank, $10,000
Roadrunner Food Bank, $ 9,500
Roadrunner Food Bank, $ 1,000
Roadrunner Food Bank, $ 1,275
Roadrunner Food Bank, $ 1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico, $ 5,000
S.A.F.E. House, $12,000
Safeteen, Inc., $ 2,000
Salvation Army, $ 1,609
Samaritan Counseling Center, $10,000
Samaritan Counseling Center, $ 8,800
Samaritan Counseling Center, $250,000
Samaritan Counseling Center, $12,392
Samaritan Counseling Center, $ 5,000
Santa Rosa Library, $16,830
School for Advanced Research on the Human Experience, $ 7,500
Senior Arts, Inc., $ 4,000
Senior Citizens' Law Office, $ 5,000
SITE Santa Fe, $15,000
SITE Santa Fe, $ 2,500
South Valley Academy, $ 5,000
Southwest Branch of International Dyslexia Association, $ 555
Southwest Creations Collaborative, $ 8,250
Southwest Heart Foundation, $ 6,000
Southwest Women's Law Center, $ 1,000
Special Olympics New Mexico, $ 500
St. Mark's in the Valley Day School, $10,000
St. Martin's Hospitality Center, $10,000
Taos County Economic Development Corp., $15,000
Taos County Economic Development Corp., $15,000
Taos County Economic Development Corp., $20,000
Taos County Economic Development Corp., $10,000
Taos Youth Music School, $25,000
The Arc of New Mexico, $ 1,288
The Dolphin Institute, $ 1,000
The Fractal Foundation, $ 9,100
The Storehouse, $10,000
The Storehouse, $10,000
Think New Mexico, $ 1,117
Think New Mexico, $ 500
Think New Mexico, $ 500
Tricklock Theatre Company, $ 5,000
UNM Cancer Research & Treatment Center, $10,000
UNM Foundation, $ 1,000
UNM Foundation, $ 1,000
UNM Foundation, $ 5,000
UNM Foundation, $ 5,000
UNM Jonson Gallery, $ 4,300
UNM Music Prep School, $ 2,100
VSA arts of New Mexico, $ 8,500
VSA arts of New Mexico, $ 250
Watermelon Mountain Ranch, Inc., $ 3,000
Watermelon Mountain Ranch, Inc., $ 9,500
WESST Corp, $ 6,000
Williams College, $10,000
Women's Housing Coalition, $ 8,000
Working Classroom, Inc., $25,000
YAI National Institute for People, $ 2,500
YMCA Central New Mexico, $ 1,500
YMCA Central New Mexico, $ 557
YMCA Central New Mexico, $ 2,500
