North Texas Food Bank

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Agency News Alert

Vol. III, Issue XII

March 12, 2007

Food Forecast - See what's coming this Spring!

The Food Forecast is a product listing of various types of food items that will be in the online order system very soon. This listing comes from the results of the Food Forecast Survey, which is conducted every 3-4 months. These products come from our USDA vendors and direct purchases from the market.

Be sure to keep an eye out in upcoming Agency News Alerts for the next Food Forecast survey to be conducted in early summer!

The following food items will arrive on the online order list between March and June 2008:

March	Proteins	Grains/ Cereals	Produce	Juices	Misc.
	Peanut Butter Smooth	Long Grain Rice	Kernel Corn	Apple Juice	Egg Noodles
			Sweet Potatos	Mixed Fruit	Spaghetti Sauce
			Pinto Beans
			Peas
			Spinach

April	Tuna	Rice Cereal	Mixed Veggies	Grape Juice	Milk
		Grits	Blackeyed Peas		Eggs
		Rice	Carrots		Spaghetti Sauce
		Pasta	Spinach
			Pinto Beans

May	Whole Chickens	Corn Flakes	Green Beans	Apple Juice	Milk
		Long Grain Rice	Kernal Corn
		Rice	Refried Beans
		Pasta	Sweet Potatoes
			Pinto Beans

June	Beef Stew	Oats	Kernal Corn	Orange Juice	Apple Sauce
	Canned Beef		Stewed Tomatoes
			Green Beans
			Carrots

If you have an account with the Food Bank, and you'd like to place an order now, click here!

Join us for a Boot Scootin' good time at this years Wild West MAC on May 16, 2008!

It is that time already. The Member Agency Conference (MAC) is here and registration is open. The Wild West MAC will be held at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship located at 1808 W. Camp Wisdom, Dallas Texas. This year we have teamed up with Dale Carnegie to offer workshops that will challenge our Members Agencies to meet the growing needs of those in their communities. To register please visit www.ntfb.org/mac/ registration is free for all our member agencies and the conference will be filled with valuable information and resources to bring back to your agency.

HEB

The North Texas Food Bank would like to take a moment to thank H-E-B and Eddie Garcia for their generous donation of 3,750 pounds of pinto beans! We were able to provide over 2,900 meals to our on-site and pantry programs across our 13 county service area.