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Just Harvest Wraps Up Another Successful Tax Season!
Just Harvest had a record-setting tax season, completing tax returns for 1,635 households who shared more than $2.9 million in refunds.
Thanks to all our partners, tax preparers, and volunteers!
New Board Members Elected
Just Harvest held its annual membership on Tuesday, May 5 and elected the following board members to two-year terms:
Re-elected were Mary Elizabeth McCathy, Mike Stout, DeWitt Walton, and John Becker.
New board members elected were Kathleen Sheehan, Fran Gruden, Ann Sanders, and Barbara Coffee.
They join seven other board members who are in the middle of their current terms.
Read more about us in our 2008 Annual Report or on our team page.
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Food Stamps on the Rise;
Stimulus Money Helps Local Hungry People
More than 125,000 people in Allegheny County now receive food stamps, according to newly released data by the Pa. Department of Public Welfare. Thanks to the April 1 increase in food stamp benefits that was part of the economic stimulus bill, food stamp benefits in Allegheny County alone totaled more than $16 million in April 2009 alone, up $2.7 million from the month before.
Summer Food Gets Underway for Kids
Click here for a GoogleMap of local sites to find a site near you.
This map and site list is being updated regularly—check back again during the summer of 2009.
The Just Harvest News Online
Click here to read the most recent issue of the Just Harvest News.
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Get Help Applying for Food Stamps
Just Harvest helps hundreds apply for food stamps.
New Income Eligibility Rules took effect October 1—you might be eligible!
Call 412-431-8963 for help today.
Click here for more food stamp info.
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Save the Date! Wednesday October 21 is the 21st Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner
Global Food Activist and Author Raj Patel will be the guest speaker at the 21st Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner, returning to the Omni William Penn Hotel. Raj Patel is author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Patel is also a Fellow at the Institute of Food and Development Policy and a visiting scholar at Berkeley.
Our 2009 Seeds of Just Harvest Award will be presented to our long-time partners at the East End Food Cooperative, Pittsburgh’s only member-owned grocery store.Tickets will go on sale in early August.
Call us at 412-431-8960 to help.
- Sell ads in our program book
- Donate a unique item or service for our Silent Auction
- Help us with publicity and ticket sales
- Join our planning committee
Learn more about Raj Patel at www.stuffedandstarved.org. More information will be available soon.
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