A Message from the Executive Director
February 2009

We had the honor of having Freeholder Amy Mallet and her Confidential Aide Keith Rella visit our pantry on January 29th.  Freeholder Mallet was able to see our operation first hand and meet some of our volunteers.  Thank you Freeholder Mallet and Keith your visit was truly and deeply appreciated.

 

(Back) Executive Director Isaiah Cooper, KMFP Trustee Ken Connors,
Confidential Aide to Freeholder Mallet Keith Rella,
(Front Center) Freeholder Amy Mallet and Associate Director Marge Conway
stand with some of the KMFP Volunteers

 

We would like to thank Melissa Gaffney, Senior Staff Writer for the Courier Newspaper, for her time in doing such a great cover story on our organization. Visit the Courier News web site  to read the story.

KMFP has great supporters that conduct fundraising events throughout the year and we ask that you please support their events.  Please contact one of their representatives for additional information.

• Grace UMC, Union Beach – Spaghetti Dinner – February 21st at their Church Hall
• Keyport Kiwanis – Fish Fry – February 25th at Town and Country Inn, Keyport

Volunteers are an organization’s greatest assets and without them organizations like ours would not exist. Here is just an example of what some of our volunteers do to keep our organization going. The gentlemen pictured below pick up bakery items donated by Costco (Hazlet) and Starbucks (Matawan) very early on pantry days every week so that our clients can enjoy some extra treats. This is in addition to all the other work they do for the pantry.  Al and Ben, thank you for all your time and commitment to our organization it is truly appreciated. 

 

 (L to R) Al Scalzo and Ben Defibaugh

Behind the scenes – there are always people that although you don’t see them every day are always there when you call upon them without any hesitation.  We are fortunate to have such a person.  As you might be aware if you visit our website regularly it is updated and maintained on a regular basis and we owe this to our Webmaster Byron Shafer.  He has been volunteering his technical expertise to our organization for quite some time and for this we are truly grateful.  Byron, thank you for all your hard work in making sure we have a “Top Notch” website, and for always being there when we need your assistance.

Byron Shafer

As always we cannot say thank you enough for all the support and assistance we receive from all of YOU and as such I thought this quote was appropriate to end this month’s message.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist –
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”