Stats: April 2012

• 992 different families received food boxes, filled with a variety of nutritious foods, from frozen meats, to deli, fresh produce, and shelf-stable foods
  
  Our food program participants consist of the working poor, the unemployed, disabled, and elderly.

• 2,832 backpacks benefited over 700 children attending Martinsville & Henry County schools;
  
  Each child was referred to the program by a teacher, counselor, or school nurse who personally identified the participant as being food insecure.
  

Save the Date!

Don't forget to place your nonperishable donations by your mailbox on May 12th to help Stamp Out Hunger in our community. 

Your mail carrier will pickup your donations & forward them to a local food bank. 

Martinsville donations benefit Community Storehouse.

Feinstein Challenge



Feinstein Challenge to March Gifts from March 1 to April 30

Donations of cash and food made between March 1 and April 30, 2012 to the Community Storehouse are eligible for the Feinstein Challenge.  During this nationwide challenge, the Feinstein Foundation will provide a partial match for every dollar raised or pound of food donated.

For the 15^th consecutive year, $1 million will be divided among hunger-fighting agencies nationwide, including the Community Storehouse.  The Feinstein Foundation was founded by Alan Shawn Feinstein and is dedicated to the alleviation of hunger, the importance of community service in education and the values of caring, compassion and brotherhood.

First Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Community Storehouse recently held its first annual HOPE charity golf tournament, benefiting the Food for Kids: School Backpack Program.

Food for Kids makes a difference in the lives of impoverished children by providing kids identified by school personnel as being at-risk for hunger with discrete backpacks, filled with nutritious, child-friendly foods. This program is designed to meet the needs of children who rely on free school meals as their only - or only reliable - source of food.

We'd like to thank our team sponsors:

Professional Network Services

JBS Cabling

Martinsville Speedway

Sodexho

Jeffrey Butker

We also wish to thank our hole sponsors:

Osteonex, LLC

David Hudson Construction

Rehab Dynamics

Lee's Tire and Wheel

Martinsville First Savings Bank

Chip Wyatt - State Farm Insurance

American National Bank

Walsh's Chicken & More

Storage Center

Robinson Ventures, LLC

Martinsville Surgical - Dr. O'Neil & Dr. Lentz

Geoff & Sherry Schofield

Special thanks is due to Ben David Jewelers and Ratatouille.

If you see anyone associated with these businesses, please tell them thank you!

Stuff the Bus - 2011

The 3rd annual Stuff the Bus event, hosted by Community Storehouse - this year, in a partnership with Community Fellowship - concluded at Walmart this weekend with two school busses full of food and school supplies for our community's needy children. The organization also raised over $1,000 in donations. We'd like to thank the Martinsville City Schools bus division, the community for their loyal support, our volunteers, and Walmart for allowing us to host this event!

Preview our new PSA ...

Community Storehouse is beginning a new video ad campaign.

Preview our first public service announcement ad; the first in a series of six!

Ready for some good tax news?

If you’re age 70 ½ or older –– you may be able to take advantage of an important incentive for charitable giving. Congress has re-authorized the provision that allows donors to make gifts from their IRA accounts to one or more charities, without first incurring income tax on the withdrawal. This means that you can direct that amount to Community Storehouse with no federal income tax liability! The IRA Rollover may provide you with an excellent opportunity to make a gift during your lifetime from an asset that would be subject to multiple levels of taxation if it remained in your taxable estate.


To qualify:

• You must be age 70 ½ or older at the time of gift.
  


• Transfers must be made directly from a traditional IRA account by your plan provider to Community Storehouse. Funds that are withdrawn by you and then contributed do not qualify. Gifts from 401k, 403b, SEP and other plans do not qualify.
  


• Your plan administrator may make the check out to Community Storehouse and mail the check to you. But you must postmark the check to us by December 31, 2011 for the 2011 tax year.
  


• Gifts must be outright. Distributions to donor-advised funds, certain supporting organizations, or life-income arrangements such as charitable remainder trusts and charitable gift annuities are not allowed.

Benefits – Qualified Charitable Distributions:

• Can total up to $100,000;
  


• Are not included in your gross income for federal income tax purposes on your IRS Form 1040 (no charitable deduction is available, however);

Example:

Suppose John has $500,000 in an IRA and he also wants to contribute $20,000 to Community Storehouse. He can authorize the administrator of his IRA to transfer $20,000 to Community Storehouse and $5,000 to himself. The $20,000 distributed to Community Storehouse will not be subject to federal tax and will be counted toward his annual minimum required distribution.