Coordinator s Packet Legal Food Frenzy March 31 - April 11, 2014
Key Coordinator Materials Key Dates Fundraising Tips Information Form Rules Handout Campaign Overview Customizable Poster Key Facts: Hunger in Northern Virginia List of Most Wanted Food Items
Date January 1, 2014 Key Campaign Dates Action Registration Begins January 31, 2014 Mid- March March 31, 2014 Last Day to Receive Early Registration Bonus Kick-off Reception Date/Time To be Announced Last Day of Registration March 31, 2014 Legal Food Frenzy Begins! March 31- April 11 Teams compete to collect food and funds April 11, 2014 Last Day of Legal Food Frenzy! April 11, 2014 Information Form Due to CAFB (see pg. 5) April 25, 2014 Last day to deliver Food and Funds at Washington, DC or Lorton Facility
Ideas for a Successful Food/Funds Drive Dress Down Day- You may wear casual attire, if you bring in a certain number of food items Potluck Day- everyone brings a dish for lunch and in order to gain entrance you must bring a certain number of food items or pay an admission fee. Costume Theme Day- create a theme, for example, Mardi Gras or St. Patrick s Day Parade. If you bring in a certain number of food items or cash amount you may dress for that theme. Food Theme Day- challenge co-workers to bring in as many different food items as possible in a certain category. For example, food geared towards people with diabetes, or food for children in a particular age group. Whoever has the most different types of food within the category wins a prize. Lunch for the Hungry Day- everyone contributes what they would normally spend on lunch. Prize- have a prize for all employees who participate if your company wins their category or overall event. Totals- display daily totals in high-traffic areas or announce totals using emails to keep people up to date and involved. Friendly Competition- conduct non-monetary waging and/or email wars between law firms and/or firm sections. Rewards- have rewards for staff members who donate more than 20 cans or $100.
Information Form 8th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy Please FAX your completed form by April 11, 2014 to (202) 526-0558, Attn: Ella Daniels, LFF Firm Name: Firm Physical Address/suite#/floor: Firm Contact: Contact Phone Number: Number of Employees: Check here if your firm will deliver food and monetary contributions to the Food Bank to receive the extra 25% bonus Check here if your firm has only a monetary contribution to be picked up and does not have any food donation Amount of $ collected: The following questions pertain to firms that have collected food. Approximate # of pounds, boxes, bags, etc., collected: Yes No May pallet jacks/hand trucks be used to transport food in your firm s building? Yes No May a service elevator be used in your firm s building? Yes No If your firm resides in a multi-level building, can food be stored on the first floor? If no, what floor will the food be stored? Please ensure your receptionist can direct Capital Area Food Bank staff to wherever the food donations are kept. Thank You and Good Luck!
8th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy RULES The following explains the rules for counting non-perishable food and case contributions to the Legal Food Frenzy for the Capital Area Food Bank The contest runs from March 31 to April 11, 2014. You may not count any money or food collected after April 11th. Each dollar contributed will count as four pounds of food. Checks should be made payable to: Capital Area Food Bank Contributions of money are tax-deductible and are very welcome. Please note, if you are contributing cash, please include a receipt with the contributors name, address and amount of donation. You may donate online by going to our website, http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/legal-food-frenzy/ and click the donate now button. When entering your gift, you must include the law firm name and reference Legal Food Frenzy in the designation. Food items will be weighed and the results tabulated in pounds. Candy will not be counted. When counting the number of employees, count each person working at the firm, regardless of position. Please do not contribute food items in glass containers they have a high risk of breakage. Please do not open items that are already packed in cases, cartons, or boxes. This will make it easier for the Capital Area Food Bank to pick up. It is very important that you tell the Capital Area Food Bank the approximate amount of food you have collected in order for the transportation department to prepare properly. If your firm only has a monetary contribution, this needs to be communicated at the time your pick-up date is assigned so the Capital Area Food Bank is aware of what form of vehicle to send to your firm. All food and fund donations must be turned into the Capital Area Food Bank no later than April 25, 2014 in order to be counted towards the competition. If a firm delivers all food and monetary contributions to the Capital Area Food Bank you firm will receive a 25% bonus of tabulated pounds! o DC Location: 4900 Puerto Rico Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20017 o Lorton Location: 6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, VA 22079 Capital Campaign gifts will not be counted towards two week competition. Law firms with multiple office locations will compete as a single entity for Attorney General awards. Please fill out the Information Form and FAX back to the Food Bank by April 11, 20142 to Ella Daniels, (202) 526-0558.
Cash Check 8 th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy Monetary Donation Information Cash gifts can be collected at your firm and one individual or corporate check can be made payable to: Capital Area Food Bank. Please note only cash gifts attached to a name and address can be acknowledged. It is helpful if each office provides a list with the names of donors in your organization along with the amount each person donated. Please make your check payable to the Capital Area Food Bank and list the name of your law firm in the memo section of your check. Charge Donations can be made at https://my.capitalareafoodbank.org/food-frenzy. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover credit cards. Please make sure to enter the name of your law firm or organization in the space provided. After your donation is made you will receive an automatic gift receipt email. This will serve as your formal acknowledgement and can be submitted to the IRS. If requested, we can send you an email with a description of this Campaign, a direct link to the donation page and instructions similar to those below. You can then send the email to employees at your organization. Once all donations are collected internally please feel free to: Mail to: ATTN: Legal Food Frenzy/Ella Daniels, Capital Area Food Bank, 4900 Puerto Rico Ave, NE, Washington DC 20017 Deliver monetary donation (along with food to): Mark Guerrieri, Assistant Manager, 6833 Hill Park Road, Lorton, VA 22079. Open: M-F from 7:00am-4:00pm. Capital Area Food Bank 501(c)(3) # 52-1167581
8TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE LEGAL FOOD FRENZY March 31 - April 11, 2014 HISTORY In 2007, the Office of the Attorney General, the Young Lawyers Division of The Virginia Bar Association, and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks created Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide competition among Virginia law firms and organizations to raise the most funds and food for their local food banks. Now in its 8th year, Legal Food Frenzy has raised the equivalent of 25 million meals for Virginians facing hunger. THE POINT SYSTEM 1 LB. NON-PERISHABLE FOOD = 1 POUND $1 = 4 POUNDS BONUS POINTS 100 Extra Points for registering to volunteer as a group by April 12, 2014. 25% Bonus for delivering your firm s food and monetary donations to the Capital Area Food Bank by April 25. 1) Register your firm at: www.legalfoodfrenzy.com HOW TO PARTICIPATE 2) Rack up points for dollars and pounds your firm donates March 31 to April 11. HOW TO DONATE MONEY To donate online, visit: http:// www.capitalareafoodbank.org/legal-food-frenzy/ To donate by cash/check: Please make checks payable to CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK and list your firm s name and 2014 LFF in the check memo. Mail your firms checks to: ATTN: Ella Daniels CAFB Legal Food Frenzy 4900 Puerto Rico Ave NE Washington, DC 20017 HOW TO DONATE FOOD Donate non-perishable food items by April 25 to either of the Capital Area Food Bank s warehouse locations: 4900 Puerto Rico Ave NE, Washington, D.C. 20017 6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, VA 22079 To request a pick up, please fill out the Capital Area Food Bank Information Form located in the Legal Food Frenzy Coordinator s Packet. T o g e t h e r w e c a n s o l v e h u n g e r
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Hunger in Northern Virginia: 3 Things You Should Know 1 8 million individuals or 13 percent of Virginians are at risk of hunger, including 2 million children. The Capital Area Food Bank service area in Northern Virginia includes WƌŝŶĐĞt ŝůůŝăŵ &ĂŝƌĨĂdž ĂŶĚƌůŝŶŐƚŽŶĐŽƵŶƟĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƚLJŽĨůĞdžĂŶĚƌŝĂ More than 217,000 Northern Virginians are at risk of hunger in our service area, including 62,000 children. 2 In 2013, the Food Bank provided over 6.5 million meals to fill the hunger gap in Northern Virginia. dśğĩžžěěŝɛƚƌŝďƶɵžŷđğŷƚğƌŝŷ>žƌƚžŷ s ŝƌőŝŷŝăɛğƌǀ ĞƐϭ ϵϭϭđśŝůěƌğŷğăđś week, 6,000 families each month and 600 seniors each month through direct ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐĂŶĚĂŶĞƚǁ ŽƌŬŽĨϮϯ ϬĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂĐŚĚĂLJ ǁ ĞƉƌŽǀ ŝěğĩƌğğ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽƵƐŵĞĂůƐƚŽϭ ϭϯϰđśŝůěƌğŷăƚϯθăōğƌɛđśžžů sites, including schools, community centers and housing complexes. 3 Food insecurity is associated with chronic disease. &ŽŽĚŝŶƐĞĐƵƌĞƉĞŽƉůĞĂƌĞĚŝƐƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶĂƚĞůLJĂī ĞĐƚĞĚďLJƚLJƉĞ//ĚŝĂďĞƚĞƐ ǁ ŚŝĐŚ by its nature, makes it difficult to manage regular access to healthy food. In Northern Virginia, we provide fresh produce at 20 mobile pantry sites in underserved areas. T o g e t h e r w e c a n s o l v e h u n g e r
Most Wanted List High Fiber, Low Sugar, Low Sodium Canned Chicken, Salmon or Tuna Grains Brown & White Rice, Bulgur, Pasta, Macaroni & Cheese Healthy Snacks Apple sauce cups, raisins, granola bars Canned Vegetables low sodium, no salt added Hot and Cold Cereal Oatmeal, Cheerios, Cornflakes, Raisin Bran Peanut Butter Canned Fruits in light syrup or its own juices Canned or Dry Beans 100% Juice All sizes, including juice boxes Over 1 million Virginians are food insecure. This represents a 54% increase since 2006. Together we can solve hunger