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The annual SaddleBrooke Community Food Drive held on Saturday, March 14 was very successful! Approximately 19,000 lbs of food were delivered that day to the Tri Community Food Bank in Mammoth, and checks are still being tallied, over $12,000 received to date!
The drive would not have been successful without the assistance of Thomas Brothers Construction Company who supplied SBCO with a truck and willing helpers; Oracle Ford for the use of a pickup truck for overflow; SB Ranchers for a five-car lineup of food and monetary donations; residents in SaddleBrooke for participating with donations of food and money; unit captains for dispersing information and picking up donations; and the sorters and “go-fers”, and to the many volunteers from the TCFB, Rotary, and even the young men at Sycamore Canyon Ranch in Oracle for helping to unload; and Rich and Joan Roberts for organizing and overseeing this amazing support.
TCFB provides food to approximately 900 people each month (including 295 seniors), in the areas of Oracle, Mammoth, San Manuel and a few communities to the north. Each recipient is entitled to a food box, based on Federal Government regulations, that will provide food for 3 days. The size of the box is determined by the number of people in the family. The items from the food drive will supplement those boxes. TCFB is 100% volunteer, like SBCO. Many of the volunteers in Mammoth are also clients.
SBCO provides clothing, food support and education opportunities to the children in that service area. In the Mammoth STEM school there are 115 students, 97% eligible for free/reduced lunch programs. In San Manuel the elementary school has 430 children with 83% eligible for the food programs. In Oracle Mountain Vista School has 420 students, with 63% receiving free/reduced lunches.
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