Run 4 Independence - The Sponsors' Reception

Steve has participated in our Run for the past 6 years

 Deb put together another wonderful reception in the warehouse portion of our facilty.  The warehouse cleaned up nicely and the sorting tables made good serving tables for the wonderful food from Brick House.  Our sponsors got to see the inner workings of our food bank, with staff providing informal tours.  

Jeri Retzlaff, Chairperson of our Board of Directors, thanked and welcomed everyone and did some reporting on the numbers from the Run.  Jeri said that the accounting was not done yet, but the preliminary numbers show the Run will profit in the neighborhood of $60,000!!  Jeri stated that the number of participants was 1,300 runners and walkers.

Thank you Sponsors and the Elk Grove community for making our Run such a success!

 Representing the Elk Grove Citizen, Mary Lewis and

Kathy Sansone from EG Quilt Guild

 Harp, Lovedeep and Stephanie from Wells Fargo.  

Stephanie is our newest Board Member.

Brooke from Chick-fil-A and

Jeff Ramos from CSD

 Tisha, Run 4 Independence Chairperson

Mike, R4I social media and Sharon

From Operating Engineers Local 3:  Matt Schraeder, Greg Dornback and

Dale, EGFBS Operations Coordinator

Travis, EGFBS Operations Manager

John Hall and Betty Hall, Board Member

Again, we thank all of our Sponsors from the Run, the runners and walkers and the many volunteers who came out to make our Run a wonderful success!!  Thank you!  See you next year! 

Board Celebration

Our Operations Manager and Operations Coordinator worked hard to clean up our warehouse and turn it into a banquet room. Boy, it sure cleans up nice.

We had a gathering to thank and honor three Board members' retirement - Cathy O'Neil, Kathleen Mahaney and Jason Olson.

The Brick House Restaurant provided the food. Geno and Franco Cassella donated delicious antipasto, lasagne, sauteed mushrooms, eggplant, veggies and salad. The food was so good that we all ate too much. Thank you, Geno and Franco!

Cathy O'Neil and husband, Mike

Kathleen Mahaney and husband, Steve

Board Member Karina Benskin and Jason Olson