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ABOUT US • VOLUNTEERING
& DONATING • BOARD & STAFF The Butte Emergency Food Bank has been invited again in 2011 to
participate in the efforts of The Feinstein Foundation of Rhode Island and
its efforts to fight hunger. For each dollar raised locally during March and
April 2011, the Feinstein Foundation contributed 1% of matching funds. In
Montana and in Butte, thousands of dollars were raised as a component of the
Feinstein incentive. In addition to the money, this award allows the Food
Bank to diversify its funding. The Food Bank is choosing to participate again in 2011.
Therefore, any contribution received between March 1 and April 30, 2011 will
be matched to some extent by the Feinstein Foundation. Donated food items are
valued at $1 per item for Feinstein records.
As its goal is a $1 million giveaway, the local total will be
determined at the end of the campaign. You may want to review www.feinsteinfoundation.com Numbers of families needing food in Butte during January and
February 2011 have increased substantially as compared to these months in
previous years. POSTAL
WORKERS DRIVE – MAY 14TH The 19th Annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive is set
for Saturday, May 14th. Leave your non-perishable food donations
near your home entrance for pick-up by the postal workers and their
volunteers. Letter carriers will be working their routes and the food
pick-up. Time for your mail delivery may vary as a result. Presently, these items are particularly needed: baby food,
baby cereal, Ramen noodles, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruits and
vegetables, tuna, Hamburger Helper, soup, canned tomatoes, spaghetti, diapers, toilet
paper, shampoo, powdered laundry soap, and bar soap. Volunteers to sort and box food are needed at the Food Bank
(1019 East Second Street) on May 14th, preferably after 1 p.m.. Folks can help as long or as short a time as they choose. The Butte Emergency Food Bank relies on the results of this
Drive to be able to provide food for the disadvantaged in the community
during the summer months. The numbers needing assistance with food are
greater than they have been in many years. Non-perishable food and/or cash donations may be left at
the Food Bank any Monday-Friday mornings. All donations are appreciated. PayPal is
available on this WEB site. "We come from ashes. We
return to ashes. What we leave behind is the good done for others." Food Forwarded 4 U is underway.
St. James Healthcare kitchen and Gamer's have been
providing leftover prepared food which is being packaged into family-sized meals
at the Butte Emergency Food Bank. Family meals are frozen and distributed to
the needy. Anyone who does catering or has food left that has been prepared
in a commercial kitchen, please call us and we will be glad to pickup and
distribute to those who are hungry. The Butte Emergency Food Bank
participates in the MT State Giving Campaign. If you are a state employee and
are willing to make payroll donations to the Food Bank, contact jlynch@mt.gov for information about payroll
deductions to the Butte Emergency Food Bank.(Federal ID: 81-0469563)
Organization Code: 5268 In Butte, employees of Butte Silver
Bow, Northwestern Energy, Pioneer Technical Services, O'Keefe Drilling, and
St. James Hospital Community Shares also allow payroll deductions to the
Butte Food Bank. Personnel services can arrange for deductions. We at the
Food Bank are very grateful for ALL donations. |
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If you
need food assistance, call 782 6230. Hunger
information: www.elca.org/hunger Butte Emergency Food
Bank is located at 1019 E. Second Street, across from Koprivica
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Butte Emergency Food Bank
1019 E. 2nd Street [ map
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Butte, Montana 59701
(406) 782-3814 • buttefoodbankmt@yahoo.com