lake county community food council
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MinutessubmittedbyKendraWills,MSUExtension
1. IntroductionsandMinutes:Nancytooktheminutesforlastmonth’smeeting.SheremembersemailingthemtoKendraWills;however,Kendradoesnotrememberreceivingthem.WewillworkonhavingthemfortheNovembermeeting.ThegroupverballyreportedonwhatwasdiscussedattheSeptembermeeting.
2. Brainstormideasfor2017
a. Communityreceptionforfoodpantryexpansioni. April2017(exactdatewillbesetinFebruary)ii. PerhapsincombinationwithRogationDaywherewecouldgiveoutplantsto
attendees.iii. $1,000isourbestguessforabudget(thisincludesfood)iv. Marketing:schools,churches,flyers
b. CanningKits
i. JaneHartwithMSUEison-boardtoserveasaclassinstructor.ii. UsingthefundsfromtheDHD#10granttopurchasecanningkitsupplies(12)from
theBaldwinHardwareStore.Cannersareinbutthekitsarenotinyet.iii. Wewillneedalocationtostorethesesupplies.KendraGibsonwillcheckwiththe
LakeCountyMSUEofficetoseeiftheremightbesecurestoragethere.iv. Thesekitswillbeusedthroughalendinglibrary.Weneedtodeterminewhowill
managethislendingprocess.TheBreadofLifePantrydoesnothavethestaffcapacitytodothis.
v. YatesTownshipmightbeanotherpossibilityforstorage.FreddiesaidhewilltalkwithDennytoseeifhecouldstoretheequipment.
vi. TheCommerceDepartmentmightbeanotherpossibility.
c. Sallyreportedthattheremaybeanother$5000ingrantsnextyearandperhapsthesefundscouldbeusedtocreatedlockedstorageareasatseveralfoodpantriestocreatelendinglibrariesinseverallocations.
i. Nancynotedthatherpantrywouldlovetohavesomekits.
d. CanningClassesi. JaneHartwithMSUExtensionhasagreedtoserveasaninstructorforthecanningclassesin2017.
ii. KathyfeltthattheSt.Ann’sKitchenisnotappropriateforthecanningclassesbecausetheyareonlylicensedaswarmupkitchen.Itdoesnothaveahoodforcooking.JanHartsaysshethinksitwouldbefinebecausesheteacheshomecanningclassesandonlyahotsurfaceisneededforwaterbathcanning.
LakeCountyCommunityFoodCouncil
MeetingMinutesMonday,October10,2016
3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.St.Ann’sChurchCommunityMeetingRoomBaldwin,MI
Participants:JaneHart,SueBrown-Havens,KathyMerchant,CarlMerchant,NancyPrzedwojewski,SallyMellema,MerylSmith,AnneBianchi,KendraGibson,LeoHeska,FreddieRosado,ChrisJohnson,
PaulBetts,KendraWills
iii. Perhapswecouldrentanotherfacilityfortheclasses.Somepossibilitiesare:the
SeniorCenterkitchen(after1pm),Hollester,YatesFiredepartment,SeniorCenterinIdlewild,theStartingBlockinHart,orattheLion’sClubinLuther.Maybeweneedtosendoutanoticetodeterminewhichkitchenscouldhostahands-onhomecanningworkshop.
1. Janeisn’tinfavorofoutsidecanningclasses.(Wind,weather,etc.)iv. WearethinkingaboutpeachesorpearsinAugust,jamsandjellies,andtomatoesin
September.Itispossibletodojamwithfrozenstrawberryjamintheearlyspring.v. Wealsodiscussedfoodsafetycertification.ThereisaprogramthroughIdaho
ExtensionforfoodsafetytrainingcertificationthatJaneisresearching.vi. TODO:Writeanoticetohavepeoplecontactusiforganizationswouldliketohost
canningclasses.Thisnoticecanbeaprojectforearly2017.
e. GardeninaBoxProject?Dowewanttodothisagainin2017.Perhapswecanjustgiveoutplantsinplasticcontainersandnotbuildtheboxessincethattakessomuchtimeandresources.
3. DraftVFFbudgetfor2017and/ornewDHD#10$5,000forFY2016-17
a. $1,000receptionb. $600forGardeninabox:soil,boxsupplies,plants,plantsforpeoplewhobringtheirbox
fromlastyearc. (DHDgrant)Canningclasses:needmashersandspoons,lids,rings.Paulhasasourceforjar
donations.Leowillpricestuffoutforafollow-uprequest.Perhapswecouldpostanoticethatweareseekingcanningjarsforthelendinglibrary.Peoplewhocometotheclasseswillalsobeencouragedtobringtheirownjars.Leosuggested$500forcanningjars.
d. $1,000laptopandsoftwareforLynneforthepantryandlabelsandinkforlabelmaker.e. $500foradvertising/marketing:flyersforpantrybag,newspaperarticlesandads,
Facebookboosts,addourmeetingtotheLakeCountyStarcommunitycalendar(ChrisJohnsonwillhelpleadtheseefforts.)
f. KendraWillsnotedthatperhapstheFoodCouncilcouldapplyforMSUCenterforRegionalFoodSystemminigrantsforourlocalfoodcouncilstogrowfarmingentrepreneursinLakeCounty.Shewillbringmoreinformationonthistoafuturemeeting
i. WecouldoffersmallgrantstohelpfarmersmeetwithScoreorMSUProductCentercounselorsanddevelopabusinessplan.
4. Discussionontheprocessforthecounciltopursue501c3status
a. Somefeltthatifwedon’tdothis,thiscouncilmightdissolvebecausewewouldn’tbeabletosecurefundingforprojects.
b. KendrawillemailoutthebylawsandarticlesofincorporationthatPaulBettshasdrafted.c. WorkingonthesedocumentswillbethefocusofourNovembermeeting.Everyonewillbe
askedtoreviewthisbeforethenextmeeting.
d. KendraGibsonwillaskifVVFfundscouldbeusedtohireanattorneytoreviewthe
documentsbeforefiling.
5. ProjectUpdatesa. DHD#10CDCgrantproject-Meryl
i. Theywillbeconductingabrestfeedingatworktrainingforemployers.ii. BarskiRestaurantmenuisalmostcompleted.Nov.14at12:30p.m.isdebutof
healthymenu.(Subjecttoconfirmationbyrestaurant.)iii. Save-a-lotwillalsoparticipateinthehealthyfoodlabeling.iv. HomeDepotgrantforcommunitygardenisdueDecember31.Workingtosupport
theIdlewildgardenproject.
b. RealHungerGames-Leoi. HuntersSafetyclassscheduledforOctober22inBaldwin.ii. DHD#10iswillingtopostthisclassontheirFacebookpage.iii. Wehaven’thadahunterssafetyclassinLakeCountyformanyyears.Thiswillbe
heldattheSportsmen’sClub.Leoisahuntersafetyinstructor.Thereareonly3instructorsinLakeCounty.Hewouldliketohave20inthecounty.October22theycangetthecertificationtobecomeinstructorsaswell.
iv. KathywillgiveflyerstoMerylaboutvenisondonation.KathywillalsogetsomeflyerstoLeotodistributeattheSportsmenClubaboutvenisondonation.
v. LeowillemailKendraWillsdetailsontheeventfordistribution.
c. Foodpantryexpansion–KathyandCarli. Thedrywallishung.ii. Walkinfreezer/coolerunitisgoingtobeinstalledthisweekorearlynextweek.iii. Individuallaborhelphasbeenhardtosecure.iv. Bathroomplumbingmightbethelastthingdone.
d. Idlewildcommunitygarden.
i. Joedidnotattendthemeeting.DHD#10staffreportedthatJanika(withthechurchwherethegardenisbuildingbuilt)hasbeenincontactwiththemabouttheIdlewildcommunitygardenproject.FreddieismentoringJoebutJoeisstilltheleadonthisproject.
ii. Wehopethatthecommunitygardenwillchargerentforprivateplotsthatpeoplemustmaintain.Perhapstherewillalsobepublicseatingandactivitiessothecommunitywillembracetheproject.
iii. PaulBettshasasourcefordonatedmulchifyouwanttoconnectwithhimonthat.
6. Themeetingadjournedat5:15p.m.Nextmeeting:November14,20163:30p.m.–5:00p.m.atSt.Ann’sChurch
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