winter 2006 manna newsletter
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Winter 2006 MANNA NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
WINTER 2006Editor: Diane Eilbacher, Chief Development Offi cer Designer: Meg Rider, Events Manager
Executive Director: Richard Keaveney
It’s been a year since MANNA made some difficult decisions in response to a significant operating deficit.
Matching every cost saving measure implemented by the MANNA board and staff has been the valiant efforts and continued generosity of individual donors like you, foundations and corporations, and the legacy of longtime MANNA supporters who remembered our mission in their Last Will and Testaments. Together, we have turned the corner.
Thankfully, every qualified client referred to MANNA has been able to receive our health- improving services without compromising the quality, taste and nutritional value of our meals.
While we are happy and grateful to report that we started this year of 2006 with more cash on hand than outstanding bills (we started the year 2005 with more than $250,000 of debt), it is too soon for us to celebrate. Rest assured that we continue to work diligently not only to reduce costs but to develop new opportunities and sources of revenue that will allow us to fulfill our mission for many years to come. We recently introduced a new monthly series of open-house tours at MANNA called “Food and Friends.” I personally invite you to join us to see firsthand the inspirational work that happens daily at MANNA. (And I hope you’ll bring a friend or two.)
As executive director, I am working to secure greater financial support from the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Federal Government, making the case that MANNA saves the health care system millions of dollars by keeping clients healthier, longer.
As always, our collective heart is grateful for your continued support.
-Richard
TEAM EFFORT BRINGS ABOUT FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT
Food & FriendsCome in for a tour of MANNA at
an upcoming open house.
Tuesday, March 14, 8:30 amThursday, April 6, 11:30 am
Wednesday, May 10, 6:00 pm
Call Diane at x. 125 to R.S.V.P.
MANNA’s Board of Directors, specifically the Strategic Planning Committee, is charged with the responsibility to periodically review, evaluate, and reshape the organization’s mission to ensure that it meets the current needs of the community and the organization. This has been effectively carried out throughout MANNA’s history.
For the past two years, MANNA’s Board has examined various possibilities for future expansion to meet the growing demand for nutritional services. These include strategic geographic expansion through the use of satellite distribution centers and the possibility of extending our nutritional care to critically ill people, beyond those living with HIV/AIDS.
Most of our brother and sister nutrition care agencies around the country, like God’s Love We Deliver in New York, Project Angel Food in Los Angeles, and Project Open Hand in San Francisco, have long ago successfully expanded their missions to include both people living with HIV/AIDS and those with other life-threatening illnesses. These decisions were based on both the medical need evident in the community and a belief that a wider circle of care offers broader financial support to continue the original and expanded mission.
In 1990, MANNA meals were served primarily to comfort people who were dying of AIDS. Over the past 16 years, we have evolved into a nutrition-based model that promotes wellness. We can all take pride in knowing that MANNA meals are served to improve and support the health of people living with HIV/AIDS.
However, with each set of advances comes a new set of problems. “As patients with HIV live longer because of the advances of antiretroviral treatment, they frequently develop other health problems like heart disease, diabetes and cancer,” reports Dr. Pablo Tebas, member of MANNA’s Medical Advisory Board and Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Pennsylvania. “These conditions are as challenging from the nutritional perspective, if not more so than dealing with HIV alone. MANNA’s various meal modifications allow us to accommodate most medical conditions presented, not just HIV/AIDS.”
In the Philadelphia region, there are a significant number of people at nutritional risk due to illness. Some are HIV positive. Some are not, and yet they wage the same fight for life, struggle with similar symptoms, and most would benefit from a nutritious meal delivered to their home by someone who cares. MANNA is the only organization in the greater Philadelphia area that provides specifically designed, home-delivered meals that would meet their nutritional needs.
We have decided to carefully test these waters. Though MANNA’s first priority is to maintain our original mission to provide nourishment to people living with HIV/AIDS, we have embarked on a small pilot program in partnership with the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Our program will provide meals to patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments and will begin with the first delivery of meals on February 27, 2006.
MISSION:MANNA launches new pilot program
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MANNA is deeply grateful for the following pledges in
support of this program:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania$200,000
Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods
$100,000Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS$20,000
MORE THAN
FIVE MILLION MEALS SERVED
MANNA announces the formation of a Medical Advisory Board to advise the organization on medical-related aspects of program development, service criteria, diet and nutritional services.
New Board Members: Barbara Kaplan, Consultant Anne McCollum, President and CEO, AEM Investments Agnes Ogletree, Chief Operating Officer, Transition to Work Julius Steiner, Attorney, Obermayer
Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP Gregory Rowe, Assistant Director, Culture
Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts
MANNAnnouncements
Joe GritzBarbara Horwitz
John HortonBenito Moya
Thomas Omensetter, Jr.
Legacy Society
$200,000+Estate of Joseph Gritz
$100,000+Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods
Estate of John Phillips Horton
$50,000-$99,999Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Independence FoundationMr. and Mrs. Leslie KaplanThe Pew Charitable Trusts
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
$25,000-$49,999Altria Group, Inc.
Berwind CorporationBristol-Myers Squibb Company
Estate of Barbara C. HorwitzGlaxoSmithKline
Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. KormanM•A•C Viva Glam
Philadelphia magazineWilliam B. Dietrich Foundation
$10,000-$24,999The Absolut Spirits Co., Inc.Eddie Bruce Entertainment
Children Affected by AIDS FoundationClaneil Foundation, Inc.The Comcast Foundation
Danellie FoundationEast Coast Salon Services
Evantine DesignFirst Hospital Foundation
Greater Media CableThe Honickman Foundation
Ms. Judith Benn HurleyMr. Richard D. Keaveney and Mr. James T. Brown
Knight FoundationLincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Mark W. Niehaus and Mr. Brooks HoneycuttThe Philadelphia Foundation
Joseph Kennard Skilling Foundation
$5,000-$9,999AIDS Fund
Mr. John R. AlchinMr. C. Graham Berwind III and Mr. Christopher Gleason
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.Mr. Stephen P. Carlino and Dennis R. Fee, DMD
Carroll Contractors, Inc.Commerce Bank, N.A.Connelly FoundationDrueding Foundation
Genuardi Family FoundationArthur M. Goldberg & Veronica Goldberg Foundation, Inc.
The Keith Haring FoundationHassel Foundation
Mr. James C. Hess and Mr. Chuck L. KarnesMr. Paul Inver and Mr. Kenneth Brendlinger
Mr. Frederick D. KroonMAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McGowanMoore Brothers Wine CompanyMoore College of Art & Design
Nordstrom, Inc., Eastern RegionsJames E. O’Neill, Esq. and Mr. David Rubin
PECO Energy CompanyMr. and Mrs. David M. Popowich
Mr. Reid B. Reames and Mr. Allan SchimmelThe Ritz-Carlton, PhiladelphiaThe Shubert Organization, Inc.
Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial FundStarr Restaurant Organization
Thompson Homes, Inc.Total Eye Care Centers, PCTriune Color Corporation
Until There’s A Cure FoundationWAWA, Inc.
Ms. Patricia D. WellenbachMr. Thomas I. Whitman and Ms. Mira Rabin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yaron
Many Thanks to MANNA’s Supporters$2,500-$4,999
Mr. Kenneth J. BlackMr. and Mrs. William J. Burnett
The Alpin J. and Alpin W. Cameron Memorial FundMr. and Mrs. Charles E. Chase
Citizens Bank FoundationPhiladelphia City Paper
Mr. Gary Clinton and Donald M. Millinger, Esq.Mr. Jeffrey W. Davis and Mr. Michael T. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Avi D. EdenThe First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
First Presbyterian Church WomenFox & Roach CharitiesFreeman Interiors, Inc.
The Fresh GrocerMr. James G. Fulton, Jr. and Mr. Eric Barton Rymshaw
Gilead Sciences, Inc.Mr. Allan L. Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. John C. HaasMr. Christopher P. Hewes and Mr. Ronald W. Lokay, II
Mr. Todd M. HummelInfinity Broadcasting Corporation
Mr. Harris C. LegomeMr. Michael J. MarcelliMayfield Social Club
Dr. W. Gillies McKenna and Dr. Ruth J. MuschelMerck Partnership for Giving
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLPEstate of Thomas E. Omensetter, Jr.
The Honorable Wendy L. Pew and Mr. Derek N. PewRobbins Locations, Inc.
Caroline J. S. Sanders TrustDr. Alan R. Sandman and Mr. John P. Pcsolar
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLPStreet Foundation of the Fidelity Inv. Charitable Gift Fund
studio ZSusquehanna Foundation
Tower Cleaning Systems, Inc.University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Wachovia FoundationMs. Diane Zilka
This list acknowledges aggregate contributions from January 1 to December 31, 2005. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify MANNA of the correction by con-tacting Rob Saxon at 215-496-2662 x. 100 or [email protected].
SUE AISTROP
DANIEL ALVAREZ, M.D.ANTHONY C. ANDERS
PATRICIA BASS
LAURA BURKHARDT
JOAN E. BUSILLO
CHIP CAPELLI
DANIEL W. COSTA
SUSAN DAUGHERTY-RODRIGUEZ
LOUISA M. DEMARCO
EVE VIVIAN EARLEY
DIANE EILBACHER
IRA L. GERBER
BETH GIBSON
ROBIN HINTON
BETH MEDOWAY
BARBARA KAPLAN
RICHARD KEAVENEY
FRANCIS X. MOONEY
PARTICK J. MULLEN
MARK W. NIEHAUS
JOANNE M. PARKE
REID B. REAMES
MEG RIDER
MARIE ANNETTE RUDDELL
ROBERT L. SAXON, JR.MARK SEGAL
JAMES V. SMITH
SUSAN F. STARR
JULIUS M. STEINER
PATRICIA TAYLOR
PABLO TEBAS, M.D.G. KEITH WAGNER
TRACIE J. WOODS
ELWOOD & LAURA YOWLER
RAISE THE DOUGH! MEMBERS
Daniel Alvarez, M.D., Director of Antiviral Research, Drexel University College of Medicine
David Condoluci, D.O., Infectious Disease Medicine, Internal Medicine
Amadou Diagne, Medical Science Liaison for National Accounts, Metabolic & Immune Therapy, Gilead Sciences
Pablo Tebas, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Division of Infectious Disease
Augusta Villanueva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Drexel University School of Public Health
MANNA staff would like to thank all of our volunteers who gave their time on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day to help prepare and deliver more than 1,200 meals to our clients. Special thanks go to Paul Inver for his service above and beyond the call of duty and to Randy Fox and Gerry Lipski for their flawless coordination. Also, a large number of volunteers helped deliver meals from the congregation of Rodeph Shalom—thanks to the efforts of Estelle Maisel, a longtime MANNA volunteer and congregant.
People Helping People
Help Us Save Postage! If you received multiple copies of this publication, or if you would prefer to receive our newsletters electronically,
please contact Joanne Muse at 215-496-2662 x.138. Thank you!
MANNA gratefully acknowledges the enduring gifts
from the estates of:
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Sponsor a MANNA client!
For just $15 a month you can provide a full dayʼs worth of meals
for one client. Call Diane Eilbacher at
215-496-2662 x.125 to find out more.
L to R: Amtrak’s Bob Gorgas, Community Volunteer Coordinator for Amtrak Northeast, “Pie Man” and
development associate Rob Saxon, Pennsylvania Govenor Edward Rendell and executive director Richard Keaveney
raised more than $5,000 selling MANNA pies on November 23, 2005 at 30th Street Station.
ChefAID 2006
Sunday, April 30The Ritz-Carlton,
PhiladelphiaFor reservations, contact Meg Rider at x. 115
A Show of HandsBenefit Art Auction for MANNACelebrating 16 Years of Fine Art Moore College of Art & Design
Friday, May 19, 2006Contact Ann Hoskins-Brown at x. 100
Wendi Lyons, Events Manager, and her husband
Jaret welcomed a new baby boy
Brandon Max Lyonson December 7, 2005.Best wishes to the
Lyons family!
Pie in the Sky’s success relies heavily on the commitment of the entire community — staff and volunteers, local schools and businesses, media and our corporate partners to accomplish its goal of selling and distributing more than 9,600 Thanksgiving pies throughout the greater Philadelphia area. This year, the fundraiser generated more than $268,000 for MANNA.
Our major sponsors include US Airways (congratulations to Lydia Goldberg of Langhorne, PA for winning the raffle for 2 round-trip airline tickets!), Commerce Bank, Starbucks Coffee, PECO Energy and The Fresh Grocer. Many thanks to eveyone who participated!
What’s Happening At MANNA
The Rosenfeld Gallery, located at 113 Arch Street in Philadelphia, raised
more than $1,000 during the month of December 2005 from the Holiday
Ornament Contest. Local artists donated their creations to the show with 100% of sales going to MANNA.
Oncology patients experience similar challenges to HIV/AIDS clients—cancer also attacks the immune system, compromising the body’s defense against infection and itsability to heal. “I have wished many times for a nutrition program such as MANNA for our oncology patients. There are many similarities with HIV/AIDS because of the immune breakdown from radiation and chemotherapy” says Katrina Claghorn, senior clinical dietician specialist with the Abramson Cancer Center. MANNA will add two new diets to our current program, one high in calories and one of low residue/low fiber to meet the needs of patients with GI cancers and side effects of treatment.
The pilot program will be monitored and evaluated by MANNA’s Medical Advisory Board. Additional updates will be forthcoming as the program progresses. Plans for future phases of the program will depend upon measurable outcomes and financial support from the community.
MANNA has deep roots in the community and will always will be committed to serving people living with HIV/AIDS. But in order to carry on, we believe the organization needs to grow new branches—ones that will continue to nourish the roots and provide a stronger base for many years to come. MANNA has remained a vibrant organization because it has always kept pace with the times, emerging as a leader in nutrition services and an integral part of healthcare in our community.
There would be no greater tribute to MANNA’s founders and supporters, and to the memory of all who have died, than to use the knowledge, experience and lessons learned over the years to help others whenever possible. In that spirit, the words of our mission statement will always live on: MANNA provides opportunities by which caring people can extend loving support to families, friends, and neighbors. This is truly our gift—and our mission.
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THANK YOU!!
On January 16, MANNA hosted two projects at Philadelphia’s MLK Day of Service signature site, Martin Luther King High School. More than 150 volunteers prepped vegetables and baked cookies for the next day’s MANNA meal and also decorated meal bags for clients with illustrations of the words and ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volunteers for the projects included students from MLK HS and other area schools, as well as corporate groups and individuals.
MLK Day of Service
To Prepare:
Place chicken breasts in a shallow bowl. Season
with garlic powder and pepper. Squeeze fresh
lemon and orange juice over chicken. Combine
the apricot preserves, vinegar, and brown
sugar. Spread the preserve mixture over the
chicken. Grill chicken until done, basting
chicken on each side with apricot
mixture. Top grilled chicken with
strawberry salsa.
Apricot C
hickenApricot C
hickenApricot C
hicken
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 cup apricot preserves
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 orange
1 lemon
garlic powder, to taste
black pepper, to taste
Place chicken breasts in a shallow bowl. Season
with garlic powder and pepper. Squeeze fresh
lemon and orange juice over chicken. Combine
with garlic powder and pepper. Squeeze fresh
lemon and orange juice over chicken. Combine
with garlic powder and pepper. Squeeze fresh
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
Strawberry Salsa Ingredients:
Mix together in a large bowl:
1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
1 pint plum tomatoes, seeded & chopped
3 jalapeño peppers, seeded & minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lime, juiced
2 tbsp olive oil
Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance
P. O. Box 30181Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215.49.MANNAFax: 215.496.1349www.mannapa.org
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On January 18, area chefs competed for “Best of Philly Cooks!” at the sixth annual Philly Cooks! competition. Produced by Philadelphia magazine, the event at the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal at Pier 1 raised more than $25,000 for MANNA.
CN8’s Lynn Doyle made Apricot Chicken, a MANNA cli-ent cooking class recipe, with nutritionist Nikki Kemp and client services coordinator Sará Fleming. “Healthy eating doesn’t have to be boring,” said Kemp. “By teaching our clients fun and creative ways to prepare nutritious meals, we provide them the tools to prevent nutritional complications.” MANNA nutritionists hold free cooking classes four times a year.
Many thanks to Philadelphia magazine for their continued support of MANNA’s mission.
MANNA delivers nourishment to people living with HIV/AIDS in the tri-state region. A small professional staff and 1,000 dedicated volunteers bring over 40,000 nutritious, home-cooked, home-delivered meals each month to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. MANNA promotes wellness through nutrition education and counseling. Through these services, MANNA provides opportunities by which caring people can extend loving support to families, friends, and neighbors.
If you or someone you know should need MANNA services, please call 215-496-2662 or visit mannapa.org.
Philadelphia magazine’s Philly Cooks!MANNA Client Cooking Class Demos Featured
L to R: CN8’s Lynn Doyle with MANNA staff Nikki Kemp, R.D. and Sará Fleming, D.T.R. at Philadelphia magazine’s Philly Cooks!
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