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 4000 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. Additional volunteers working in our community garden.”

“Ruth's gleanings added the seed bank/community garden and a food hub program in 2021.”

“In total, our program gleaned, purchased, sorted, packed and distributed 165,257 pounds of fresh food that went to people suffering hunger, food insecurity, and health disparities. The value of this food was 133,952 with 31% of it being procured from local farms. Our new community garden and seed bank served 23 people through garden education. We grew and donated 150 pounds of produce. We procured 140 varieties of seeds for our seed bank, and gave away 115 packets of seeds. We partnered with 14 other businesses and organizations to distribute the foodshare boxes throughout the county, we partnered with another 14 organizations where we donated the rescued food through our gleaning program. Our food hub program partnered with and supplied 6 organizations with fresh produce. We utilized 400 volunteers contributing 4000 hours of time to accomplish this.”

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