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Community Harvest 2011
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers including businesses, organizations, families and individuals that participated in Crystal Lake Community Harvest 2011!
This year’s donations from local businesses, civic organizations, churches, schools, and residents reached record highs with collections to date exceeding 97,668 LBS of food and $45,000 in cash donations and pledges.
Special thanks go out to our 2011 Community Harvest Sponsors:
Mercy Health System
Additional sponsors:
Allied Waste
Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center
Country Donuts
Crystal Lake Bank & Trust
Crystal Lake Jaycees
Crystal Lake Park District
Harris Bank- Crystal Lake
Home State Bank-Crystal Lake
Jewel-Osco
Joseph's Marketplace/Harvest Bible Chapel
Minuteman Press
Northwest Herald
Service Printing Corporation
STAR 105.5 Walmart-Crystal Lake
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2011 Community Harvest Committee Chair
Judy Pelinski, Fresh Look Interiors
2011 Community Harvest Committee Members
Thomas Cieslewicz, T/S Commercial Lending Group; Trish Golden, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Michael Hollembaek, PNC Bank; Kasia Biela, Swatch 21; Melissa Luhrs, DC, Back to Action Chiropractic; Kyle McCoy, Allied Waste; Jeffrey Moore, D.C., Maria Ortega, Two Amigos Landscaping, Inc.; Darlene Petersen, McHenry County Living Magazine; Steve Podgorski, Aspire Financial Group; Kathy Powers, BMO Harris Crystal Lake; James L. Richter, II, City of Crystal Lake; Sarah Schrempf, Crystal Lake Jaycees; John Scott, Crosspoint Lutheran Church; Cate Williams, Crystal Lake Food Pantry
2011 Community Harvest Events Volunteers
Cindy Hayden, Hayden Innovative Construction & Maintenance; Harry Semerjian, AccuQuest | Diamond Member: Home State Bank
Emerald Member: Centegra Health System
Platinum Plus Members: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Campion, Curran, Dunlop, Lamb & Cunabaugh, PC, Curran Contracting Company, Dorion-Gray Retirement Planning, Inc., Exemplar Financial Network, Harris Bank, Mercy Health System and Northwest Herald.
Platinum Members: Affrunti Design Management, At-a-Glance Marketing, CL Graphics, Country Donuts, CreativeCore Media, Edward Jones Investments (Middaugh), EISENMANN Corporation, Georgio's Chicago Pizzeria & Pub, HoneyBaked Ham & Company, In Sync Systems, JMS Consultations, Inc., Minuteman Press, Outback Steakhouse, Schafer Home Improvements, Inc., ServiceMaster by Pletz, Sherman Health and The Keep Self Storage |
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What is Community Harvest?
Community Harvest is the combined efforts of The Crystal Lake Chamber, Crystal Lake Jaycees, and the Crystal Lake Food Pantry, as well as numerous churches, businesses and individuals throughout the community, to collect food and funds during the fall season.
All donations, both food and monetary, are used to benefit clients of the Crystal Lake Food Pantry as well as the Jaycees’ Share a Christmas program.
All efforts culminate on Thanksgiving Morning with the weighing, sorting and packing of all food donations to be used for the coming months.
Hundreds of volunteers donate their time every year to help feed their neighbors in need. Last year, 72,500 pounds of food and $20,000 were collected through Community Harvest, with over 700 volunteers filling approximately 3500 boxes for the Food Pantry on Thanksgiving morning.
2011 goal: 80,000 pounds of food and $25,000
Top Preferred Items for Donation:
Baking Mixes/Supplies, Boxed Mashed Potatoes, Canned Beans (Any Type), Canned Fruit, Canned Milk, Canned Pasta Meals, Canned Vegetables, Cereal (Hot/Cold), Chili (Canned), Dinner Helpers, Dry Pasta (Any Type), Jello and Pudding Mix, Jelly/Jam, Mac & Cheese, Noodle/Rice Side Dishes, Paper Towels, Ramen Noodles, Rice (White or Brown), Soup (Cans or Dry Mix), Tuna
Monetary donations go a long way to help the Food Pantry to be a continued resource to their clients, many of whom may only need the help for a month or so while getting back on their feet.
Food and monetary donations for the Pantry are gratefully accepted throughout the year.
Thank you for your support!
Checks can be made payable to the Crystal Lake Food Pantry and mailed to
P.O. Box 1071, Crystal Lake IL, 60039-1071
100% of your donation is tax deductible.
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