Ruth'S Gleanings

“Board members will receive and review the form 990 at scheduled board meeting before filing with the irs, voting for approval.”

“Annually in january, a board retreat is conducted when new board directors are trained, and all board directors review and sign a conflict of interest statement. If there is any change throughout the year, it is brought before the board for review.”

“Research for similar jobs and salary were conducted and reviewed to determine fair market compensation for our area. Based on these findings, an average salary was submitted to the board of directors for, discussion, and approval. Research included united way reports and glass door salaries.”

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“400 volunteers contributed 45000 hours helping to sort, pack, and distribute fresh boxes of produce for our foodshare program. Volunteers also gathered and delivered fresh produce for our gleaning program, rescuing excess food and delivering to multiple partner organizations.”

“Ruth's gleaning added the seed bank/community garden in 2020.”

“In total, our program gleaned, purchased, sorted, packed and distributed over 106,399 pounds of fresh produce that went to partner organizations serving those in need, as well as into 5722 foodshare boxes. We also distributed 133,535 pounds of produce which included 119,775 pounds distributed through 6305 boxes of usda farmers to families boxes provided through the cares act and purchased from local farmers. We partnered with 12 other businesses and organizations to distrubte the foodshare boxes throughout the county. We partnered with another 24 organizations where we donated the rescued food through our gleaning program. We utilized 400 volunteers to accomplish this.”

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