Point your web browser to: http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/index.html click on programs and follow the directions to do make-ups with the e-club. At the end, you print out your make up slip and submit it to current secretary Linda Friedman.
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Previous Week's Speaker: Rotarian Pat Coble from the Food Bank

• The ever-changing volunteer base of this organization ranges from high school kids, skills people within the community, retired people, and PSU students.
• The Food Bank provides an environment for doing volunteer work, serving the community with needed food items for those families in need, but for a short time only.
• Charts and statistics presented so eloquently and succinctly provided demographic and food item breakdowns provided to worthy recipients. The estimated value of grocery orders for 2005 was $204,123.
• Direct Services (Food items provided) and Indirect Services (other emergency network pantries in Centre County, such as the Community Health Center, and gift cards provided by such markets as Giant and Weis) are supported and coordinated by the Food Bank.
• Line budget items of specific food items disbursed against the organization's budget provided us with a picture of how well this organization is run, and how an attempt is made to provide a balanced meal plan to recipients. As presented, this point was well made, supported by an outcomes measurement logic model based upon distribution criteria, and pricing studies that, for example, have shown an average value per bag of groceries provide to each recipient as $12.91 .
• New case managers have been on board since 2004, to oversee the services provided.

Mark Whitfield thanked Pat, and presented her with a Rotary Mug. With this, Teresa Davis again banged gavel to bell, adjourning us at 1:01PM.

Note taker: Ray Papale

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