IPM's Mission:
To provide food, clothing and other communal support to those in need and to empower clients with information, support and services to improve their lives.
Click Here to see our "Hunger Fact Sheet" for some facts and figures about hunger. Sharing this information with your students will help them understand why their food drive is so important in helping to eliminate hunger in our community.
An IPM staff member would be willing to visit your school and speak about hunger. This opportunity would allow your students to ask questions and learn about families who are "food insecure" We served 8162 people in 2008—37% more than in the prior year. The need grows every day.
Critically needed items include: Cereals, canned fruit, peanut butter, jam and jelly, canned meats, boxes desserts, canned pasta meals, spaghetti and sauce, toothpaste and toothbrushes, toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, diapers.
The months during the school season when we are most in need of donations are September, October, February, and May. However, we appreciate donations throughout the year.
Interested students may visit or volunteer in our Food Pantry with their family, friends or social groups. We ask that arrangements for scheduling these visits be made in advance by called the IPM office.
If an entire school is involved in a food drive, each grade could collect one particular item, e.g.- 1st grade could collect peanut butter, 2nd grade- cereal, 3rd grade- pasta and sauce, etc.
If the food drive is within one grade level, each class could collect one particular item. For example, one class could collect canned fruit, another canned meat, etc. We encourage such targeted food drives because they tend to result in the collection of larger quantities of recently purchased, routinely stocked items rather than a miscellaneous assortment of unusual products which might have been sitting in the family's food pantry for some time.
Schools may have students check all food donations for condition and expiration dates. If food is in bad condition, opened, or expired, it should be discarded. Students can sort items according to food type into clearly labels boxes.
Our Food Pantry volunteers really appreciate those extra touches and we'll reuse the boxes for distributing food to clients. For an added bonus, students can count and record items collected.
Your students get the feeling of accomplishment and we'll get an idea of how much help to have on hand to process your donation.
IPM can pick up food drive donations or your school can drop it off at our Newtown location. Please call ahead to schedule a date and time.
Also, we want to say "Thank You!" So please provide us with a contact name and the complete name and address of your school. We hope you will be a regular partner with IPM in providing hunger relief to our neighbors in Clermont and eastern Hamilton counties.
Please call or email us with the name and contact information for your school or organization so we can keep you updated about IPM news and needs. THANK YOU!
For information contact sarah@interparish.org
Save the Date! IPM's 6th Annual Soup Bowl Event Noon, April 25, 2009, The Phoenix, 812 Race St., Cincinnati, 45202 *Call IPM at 513-561-3932
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If you would like information on making a planned gift or including IPM as part of an estate plan, please contact us at (513)561-3932.