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November 7, 2013
 

            

 FFCC THANKSGIVING BASKETS IN THE NEWS!

 

FFCC's ongoing Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive was recently written up in the Poway Chieftain!  Check out the article and the description of the project and the volunteers who make it happen right here: http://www.pomeradonews.com/2013/11/02/thanksgiving-food-drive-under-way/

  

 You can help!!  Please help provide a box or bag filled with the following items. Email now to let us know if you can support a family - ffccsdlocal@gmail.com. Donations will be collected by or before November 15.

 

Thanksgiving Items

  • Cranberry Sauce (canned)
  • Canned Corn
  • Stuffing
  • Corn Bread Mix
  • Canned Sweet Potatoes/Yams
  • Canned Green Beans
  • Gravy (Canned, Jar or Mix)
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Small bottle of cooking oil

and

$15-$25 Gift Certificates to Albertsons, Stater Bros or Vons for turkey and/or fresh food items.

 

 

Please contact Becky 858 538 2492 or ffccsdlocal@gmail.com

 to arrange drop off to Rancho Bernardo or another location.  AON Engineering is also receiving donations
November 6 thru November 15, from 9am to 5pm.
11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct #116.
San Diego, CA 92129
 

 

 

 
 
 
YOU'RE INVITED!
  
  

 

Have you RSVP'd yet?

 

Do you need a night out with live music, original art, food & drink?

Then RSVP "yes" to FFCC's  night celebrating you and the success of the Haiti Academy.

 

What:    A night of appetizers, drink, live Haitian music, art, and fun.

 

Where: The Lexus Centre Escondido

 

When:   Friday evening, November 15 at 6:30PM

 

RSVP to njsilva@yahoo.com no later than November 9.

 

Important: We need an accurate head count to accommodate food needs. Last year, we were not prepared due to a low number of RSVP's so please RSVP today!
  

     

 

HAITI TEAM UPDATE!

 

Many of you are following the Haiti Medical Team via email during their week in Haiti.  For those that haven't been able to, we wanted to include one of the updates as a glimpse into "a day in the life" of Haiti Team 16:

  

 

Today dawned hot and humid, clear blue sky after the heavy rain of yesterday. Unfortunately, the van remained out of commission which meant that the clinic up the hill was out of the question. And so it was another day in Mareshal, much to the delight of the community being served. Can't help but feel badly for the ones we couldn't reach today, but hopefully there will be another opportunity in April.

The team worked like a well-oiled machine setting up the clinic and getting the patients seen with compassion and the level of care they had learned to expect from FFCC. There
were those that required more emotional support and others that were simply looking for a bit of relief from their daily aches and pains.

From the time they were greeted by registration, through triage, the physicians, pharmacy and exit interviews, each patient and their family was made to feel like they were the
most important people we had seen all day.

This evening, we are packing up the care bags with special little gifts to present to each of our
support staff. We wouldn't be able to hold these clinics without the interpreters, security detail, Academy students and volunteers that make our team so amazing. Tomorrow's celebration is going to be fantastic!

Goodnight! Your Haiti
team

 

 

 

 

 

                    
   

FOOD PACKAGING EVENTS! 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know that hunger is one of the largest solvable problems facing the world today?

 

Well, our FFCC community is doing their part! In the last two months, we have hosted four more events and packaged another 195,000 meals. That makes a total of 56 events and more than 9.6 million meals! Congratulations San Diego County!

 

Carlsbad/Solana Beach community set a goal to pack 50,000 meals and rallied so much support they ended up with over 90,000 meals! And...

 

Azusa Pacific University celebrated it's first food packaging event with one hundred and fifty students who came together on campus to package 20,000 meals! The event made a great impression on the faculty. We look forward to coming back for an even larger event next time!

 

WAIT! We're not done! Join us Sunday, November 17th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm at Poway High School for another amazing event. We hope to package 100,000 meals! Registration is open on our website- www.ffccsd.org.

 

If you would like to help us keep this fight against hunger going, consider sponsoring an event. Contact Phil Harrris (philffcc@san.rr.com) or Tina Socha (Tina.socha@ffccsd.org) for more information.

 

 

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      The Grauer School

1500 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024 

  
In This Issue
Thanksgiving Baskets!
You're Invited!
Haiti Team Update!
Food Packaging Events!
Donate
Any food can find
You make a difference!
Thank you so much for your gifts of time, talent, and financial support!  
 
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Upcoming Events at a Glance  

 

  

 

 

Last day to drop-off Thanksgiving Basket donations (see details in above article) November 12

 

Haiti Team #17 Team Meeting (PUSD Spring Break trip)                                     November 12  6:30 pm

 

Ayaiti Academy Celebration (Lexus Center, 1250 Auto Pkwy, Escondido)          November 15  6:30 pm

(Contact Norma Silva for more details- njsilva@yahoo.com)  

 

Leader Volunteer Training for Poway's 'Fight Against Hunger' Event                November 13   7 pm

(Location: Cornerstone Church, 13617 Midland Road, Poway 92064)

 

FFCC's 57th FPE, Poway's Fight Against Hunger, Poway High School               November 17, 1 - 4 pm 

(public registration opens on Oct 28th at www.ffccsd.org)

 

FFCC Board Meeting                                                                                                  November 21  6:30 am

    

FFCC's 58th FPE, Santa Fe Christian School (private event)                                   November 21-22

 

Senior Outreach (SD Salvation Army, 825 7th Ave, San Diego 92101)                  November 26, 9 am- noon

 

Happy Thanksgiving!                                                                                   November 28

 

**For information on any of these events, contact Tina Socha  tina.socha@ffccsd.org

 

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UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL DATES (2013/2014)

 

Haiti Trip #16 November 2013 (Medical Focus)                   November 1-November 9, 2013

 

Tanzania Trip #18 Feb 2014                                                      January 12 - January 28, 2014

 

Haiti Trip #17 April 2014 (PUSD Spring Break)                    April 4 - April 12, 2014

 

Haiti Trip #18 April 2014 (Medical Focus)                             April 11 - April 19, 2014

 

Tanzania Trip #19 June 2014                                                     June 16 - July 1, 2014

 

Haiti Trip #19 November 2014 (Medical Focus)                    October 31 - November 8, 2014

 

For information regarding traveling with FFCC, please contact Tina Socha at  tina.socha@ffccsd.org

 

Contact Information
FFCC Director
Phil Harris
Friends & Family Community Connection
12463 Rancho Bernardo Road, PMB 158
San Diego, California  92128
858-204-9643,
Nonprofit 501(c)3, Federal Tax Identification 75-3057954