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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gooden</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Program Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Homeless Alliance</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Chris Kirby
[mailto:ckirby@regionalfoodbank.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 05, 2005
6:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Bruce Edwards<BR><B>Subject:</B> Urban Harvest need
help<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I hope everyone is doing well.
I can’t seem to quit thinking about the hurricane victims and how I can help.
I wanted to let you know that Urban Harvest is in need for volunteers.
Bruce Edwards, gardening coordinator of Urban Harvest, along with our
Executive Director, Rodney Bivens left yesterday for <st1:City w:st="on">Baton
Rouge</st1:City> for an indefinite time to help the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:City> food bank
setup a warehouse to get food distributed to victims. The need is so great
down there and it is very chaotic right now. The Regional Food Bank of
<st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> has already sent four semi-trucks with
full trailers of food, supplies and equipment and will be working with all the
<st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> agencies in the 53 counties that we
serve supplying food for evacuees that come to <st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> including <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Turner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Many people have asked how
they can help. There are many ways to help.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Donate cash to
reputable non-profits like the Regional Food Bank of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>, American Red
Cross, etc. The food bank has pledged 100% of donations designated for
hurricane relief will be used strictly for hurricane relief. The money
enables non-profits to stretch the dollars and purchase food and supplies in
bulk at much cheaper prices.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If donating food,
donate by the case – need is great and will be for a very long
time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pray for the
survivors and mourn for the victims<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To all gardeners – Jerry Newhouse
has just finished his one year service as our community garden liaison and did
such a fabulous job and we will miss him a lot! Our summer AmeriCorp
VISTA’s have finished their summer service and did a fabulous job and now farmer
Bruce will be gone for an indefinite time. Oh my goodness – that just
leaves Chris at Urban Harvest. There is so much to do. We are still
harvesting, seeding fall crops, transplanting fall crops, mowing, weed eating,
irrigation, composting, working with community gardens, still working on crop
gleaning, presentation prep and giving and all of the paperwork that come with
Urban Harvest(donation records, grant writing, all communications(which is a
lot), Developing, implementing and hiring for our newly granted AmeriCorp
program, donor cultivating, marketing, annual report, industry partnerships with
GM and Bridgestone Tire Plant, ETC.! If you happen to have
some extra time, now is the time to volunteer with Urban Harvest. HELP!
Hunger is an on-going catastrophe in Oklahoma and through Urban Harvest we can
help fight that war along with helping the people in the Gulf Coast by giving
them our trained people from the food bank and filling in the programs here with
volunteers. Please call me or email (this would be the best way
since I probably won’t be in my office very much) if you have any extra time and
can volunteer primarily in the gardens or also in food sorting, etc. You
can bring a group or come by yourself, just let me know. I will also
be working with an at-risk group of kids in the gardens every <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">other Sunday</SPAN></B> beginning Sept. 18 from 9:00am
to 3:00pm and really need some help working with the kids and to stay
productive. There is usually around 15 kids and they usually work better
if we can split them into groups of 4 or 5.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We also have a full time AmeriCorp
position with a focus on gardening with children and youth and 3 other full time
positions working in childhood hunger, produce distribution and gleaning, and
marketing/development that will be available for start between now and Oct.
31. I will send out an email with more details in a couple of days.
Take care and if you have some extra time, let me know.
Thanks!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Chris Kirby<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Urban Harvest Director & AmeriCorp Supervisor
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Regional Food Bank of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
tabIndex=0 w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:address
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">P.O. Box</SPAN></FONT></st1:Street> 270968</st1:address>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
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tabIndex=0 w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Oklahoma City</SPAN></FONT></st1:City>, <st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
tabIndex=0 w:st="on">OK</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">73137-0968</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">405-972-1111 ext 108<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">405-688-6447 - fax<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ckirby@regionalfoodbank.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title=www.regionalfoodbank.org
href="www.regionalfoodbank.org">www.regionalfoodbank.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">25 Years of Fighting Hunger and Feeding
Hope<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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