Last week's dinner meeting at Il Forno was cozy and pleasant.

 

Sam gave us the preliminary updates from FFH - still working on a final accounting. Looks like we had a great first year and we are probably going to continue to work with Montgomery to do this program. The decision to start working on corporate sponsors now for the 2025 year was made.  The video is too long and needs shorter clips to use effectively for advertising.

 

 

Branchburg Central Middle school asked us to be part of their Falcon PRIDE program.

P - Preparedness

R - Responsibility

I  - Integrity

D - Diligence

E - Earn and Exhibit Respect of Self, Others and School

 

This Program runs through the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.  There is a winner from each grade every month based on the observations of faculty and staff.

 

How we fit in is unclear. This is very early in its development. However, we would like a presence at the school.

 

Last year we provided school supplies to the Superintendent's office to use either with kids or classrooms in need.  We decided to repeat this program.  Shopping will be done in August - and delivered to the school by onset of classes.  Last year we purchased around $1,000 of supplies and with smart shopping got it for around $800.

 

Maria D got the grant proposal in on time and it is for Winter coats, hats, gloves, and hoodies as we did two years ago - the hoodies were not purchased in 2024.  We have to wait for the grants to be approved BEFORE shopping as no receipt will be accepted prior to the approval date.

 

We received our check this week for last year's grant.

ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE

Tentatively anticipated for Saturday, November 16. Kip will be asked to set up a date.  Cathy offered to work with the manager, Doug offered himself and Kip to move food.

Drive would be for:  Somerset Food Bank, Snacks for the Branchburg Students, Bags for the Learning Gate, Bags for the Branchburg Seniors. Again, early in its development.

 

Finally successful.  The Paya account from Club runner is now attached to the Magyar Foundation Checking Account.

The TD account is officially closed for the Foundation.

 

We are still waiting on the email from the State of NJ on our Tax Exempt status as a 501 c3 - the paperwork was submitted in March and they said to anticipate a reply by August.  So we are anticipating.

 

It looks like that next week, we will go over 30,000 served in the 3rd year!

Since April 4th, with the exception of Mother’s Day on a Monday, we have been fairly consistent in the 160 to 140 range.  

	Year 3 -2023-2024
Week	Date	# families	# household	AvgFamSize
1	17/09/2023	160	558	3.5
2	24/09/2023	200	663	3.3
3	01/10/2023	156	517	3.3
4	08/10/2023	143	504	3.5
5	15/10/2023	164	544	3.3
6	22/10/2023	205	699	3.4
7	29/10/2023	162	540	3.3
8	05/11/2023	182	620	3.4
9	12/11/2023	147	494	3.4
10	19/11/2023	198	720	3.6
11	26/11/2023	169	578	3.4
12	03/12/2023	179	611	3.4
13	10/12/2023	166	573	3.5
14	17/12/2023	180	628	3.5
15	24/12/2023	162	558	3.4
16	31/12/2023	123	421	3.4
17	07/01/2024	191	629	3.3
18	14/01/2024	267	931	3.5
19	21/01/2024	251	829	3.3
20	28/01/2024	226	789	3.5
21	04/02/2024	232	785	3.4
22	11/02/2024	257	883	3.4
23	18/02/2024	192	627	3.3
24	25/02/2024	178	618	3.5
25	03/03/2024	231	824	3.6
26	10/03/2024	212	728	3.4
27	17/03/2024	173	596	3.4
28	24/03/2024	203	695	3.4
29	30/03/2024	157	568	3.6
30	07/04/2024	262	906	3.5
3 1	14/04/2024	198	729	3.7
32	21/04/2024	165	577	3.5
33	28/04/2024	149	514	3.4
34	05/05/2024	158	569	3.6
35	13/05/2024	214	741	3.5
36	19/05/2024	151	517	3.4
37	26/05/2024	152	534	3.5
38	02/06/2024	157	534	3.4
39	09/06/2024	153	539	3.5
40	16/06/2024	131	443	3.4
41	23/06/2024	153	520	3.4
42	30/06/2024	140	481	3.4
43	07/07/2024	169	594	3.5
44	14/07/2024	165	572	3.5
45	21/07/2024	146	521	3.6
46	28/07/2024	148	538	3.6
47	04/08/2024	142	524	3.7
48	11/08/2024	153	539	3.5
49	18/08/2024
50	25/08/2024
51	01/09/2024
52	08/09/2024

	Year Three	Family visits	Persons Srvd	Avg fam size
	Totals	8,572	29,622
	Average	179	617	3.5
	High	267	931
	Low