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Edited By: Meg Rider, Assistant Director of Development &
Bridget Kleinberg, Public Relations Intern
November 2006 -
Volume 1, Issue 5
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MANNA just received some great news for the holidays!

As part of a holiday philanthropy project, six Whole Foods Markets in the Philadelphia area have selected MANNA to receive 100% of the proceeds from the sale of their new “Clementine” reusable bag. These wonderful, sturdy bags sell for $2 each at Whole Foods. They are great for carrying groceries, but also are perfect for other uses as well – they’d even make great gift bags! MANNA will receive the full $2 purchase price of each bag sold from today through December 31!

Click here to download a .pdf of a promotional flyer that shows the bags and lists the locations supporting MANNA. Please print out the flyer and pass the word on to all your friends and neighbors and help us promote this sale. We’d love to help Whole Foods sell enough bags to make a contribution of at least $30,000 – enough to provide over 5,500 MANNA meals!

Bonus!

Each time you return to any Whole Foods with your Clementine bag, you will receive 5 cents off your bill for bringing your own shopping bag to bag your groceries!

Available through December 31. Pick up yours at a participating Philadelphia area Whole Foods Market:
  • South Street

  • 20th and Callowhill

  • Wynnewood

  • Devon

  • Jenkintown

  • North Wales

Help spread holiday cheer by delivering Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to our clients and their families. All proceeds from Pie in the Sky go towards providing holiday meals for our families. We know you're buying a pie; now we need your help delivering those meals.

Delivery shifts start as early as 10:30 AM and run until 1 PM on Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Most volunteers will only make about 3 or 4 deliveries, it should take under 2 hours. You’ll have plenty of time to finish cooking your own holiday dinner!

Please call or e-mail Sue at 215-496-2662 ext. 120 to volunteer. If you are a returning holiday volunteer, please call to confirm that you will be here again this year.

Thanks for your help!

Don't have a car and want to help deliver meals to our clients? Check-out PhillyCarShare.

Sign-up for a free membership, and soon you'll be able to get great rates on car and mimi-van rentals that cover cover gas, insurance, parking, and child seats. Click the logo below.
This holiday season, King of Prussia Mall and NBC10 will recognize ten local non-profit organizations in a program entitled “The Holiday 10!” MANNA has been selected as one of "The Holiday Ten!"

Beginning Friday, November 10 and continuing through Friday, December 15, King of Prussia Mall and NBC10 will donate a total of $30,000 to ten area non-profits. MANNA will be receiving $3,000 from “The Holiday 10!” to support our mission during the holiday season and throughout the year. Watch NBC10 for on air mentions of MANNA and stop by our table at the King of Prussia Mall during the week of December 4.

“The Holiday 10!” will kick-off at King of Prussia’s Holiday Tree Lighting Event on Friday, November 10th from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Court at Bloomingdale’s Court. Everyone is welcome to attend to help support MANNA and “The Holiday 10!”
Help MANNA Raise the Dough with a recurring, monthly contribution. It’s an easy and cost- effective way to help MANNA continue its mission , while saving postage, checks and paper.

A little bit goes a long way. For just $15 a month (or less than you may spend on café lattes), you can deliver a full day’s worth of nutrition to a client each month. Or for $75, deliver a week’s worth of meals! $300 provides a client with nourishment for one full month.
MANNAfests Happy Hour
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Bleu Martini
24 South 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Warm up your night with MANNAfests! It’s getting chilly out and MANNAfests has the perfect remedy: a blazin’ happy hour at Old City hotspot Bleu Martini !

For a $15 donation to MANNA, guests are entitled to a half-hour open bar from 6:00-6:30 p.m., followed by drink specials and a complimentary buffet. Every $15 collected at the door will provide one MANNA client with a full day's worth of home- delivered meals.

Become a MANNAfests member! Members receive $5 off admission to all events. Each $30 yearly membership provides a MANNA client with hot, home- delivered meals for two days!

Visit our MySpace page or MANNA's website for more info!

Questions? Contact KT Kassler- Taub at 215-496-2662 x. 132.

Don't forget to order your pies - Order deadline Nov. 17th!

MANNA delivers nourishment to people at nutritional risk in the Delaware Valley. A small professional staff and 1,000 dedicated volunteers bring over 40,000 nutritious, freshly prepared, home- delivered meals each month to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS, cancer or other life-threatening illness. MANNA dieticians promote wellness through nutrition education and counseling. Through these services, MANNA provides opportunities for caring people to extend loving support to families, friends, and neighbors.

If you or someone you know should need MANNA meals, or would like to volunteer, please call 215-49- MANNA.

United Way Donor Choice: 09917
Combined Federal Campaign: 9203



phone: 215-496-2662, x. 115