Cooking Classes Begin
Do you want to learn how to cook delicious and nutritious meals? Look no further! Our upcoming cooking classes are just what you need. Join us on November 21 for Mini Turkey Meatloaf, December 5 for Sweet Potato Gnocchi, and December 19 for Lentil Pilaf.
Don’t miss out – sign up now by contacting our nutritionist at poverello.org or call/text/fax at (954)361-3194. Limited spots available!
2021 Volunteers at Poverello Provide Amazing Benefits to Our Communities
For 2021, volunteers at the Poverello Center, Inc. provided $1,396,420 worth of labor. Their 48928.51 hours in 2021 reflected the work of 23.52 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) workers. The IRS considered an hour of volunteering as worth $28.54 in 2021.
“Volunteers in the United States are 63 million strong and hold up the foundation of civil society. They help their neighbors, serve their communities and provide their expertise. No matter what kind of volunteer work they do, they are contributing in invaluable ways.”
— Independent Sector
Thank you volunteers for your dedicated service to our important mission!
Publix Charities and Associates Support Poverello’s Pop Up Eat Well Center
Special thanks go to Publix Supermarkets Charities, Inc. for supporting our Pop Up Eat Well Center events throughout South Florida. For six years now, Publix Supermarkets Charities, Inc. has supported Poverello initiatives that help alleviate hunger in our poorest communities. Poverello selects communities with high social vulnerability scores (CDC designation) and/or poor healthy food access (USDA designation) and works with community organizations serving those areas to provide world class food pantry selections curated by our licensed nutritionist that include 76 different varieties of fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and nuts throughout the year. Thank you Publix, Publix associates, and Publix customers for helping alleviate hunger in our communities!
If that weren’t enough, Publix associates throughout the Pompano Beach region are volunteering today with two pop up events, one in Hollywood and the other in Pompano Beach. Thank you associates for helping us do what we do even better!
Causa Limeña
INGREDIENTS:
1 (cans) Tuna
1 hard-boiled egg
3 large potatoes
1/2 lime
1/4 bunch fresh Cilantro
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup greek yogurt
Salt & Pepper
DIRECTIONS:
- Wash and peel potatoes. Cut into four or six parts and place in a large saucepan with water and a teaspoon of salt. Let boil for at least 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
- In a separate saucepan boil egg for 10 minutes.
- Strain potatoes, place them in a large bowl, and mash until there are no lumps left.
- Prepare tuna by mixing with greek yogurt, cilantro, onions, lime juice, salt, and pepper. Stir until all ingredients are well mixed.
- To assemble the causa, use improvised aluminum foil mold. Add two tablespoons of mashed potatoes and with a spoon press towards the bottom of the plate to flatten. Next, add a layer of tuna followed by another mashed potato layer with the same technique. Remove aluminum foil.
- Top with half of the hardboiled egg.
- Enjoy!
Uncle Al’s Passing, Great Loss for Poverello and Our Volunteer Community
In light of Uncle Al’s passing, we would like to honor his memory through reprinting this March 2018 article written by another Poverello volunteer James Stoop:
In the clothing sorting area at the Poverello Thrift Store, “Uncle Al” has become a regular fixture, volunteering his time four mornings a week for well over a year now. Most people at Poverello probably don’t even know that his last name is Gibson, or that his friends also call him “Alley Paley.” But the connotation that this man is either your “uncle” or your “pal” says a lot about his character.
Born in Brooklyn, raised in the Bronx, and eventually settling in Seaford, Long Island, Al Gibson at 89 years of age is not even thinking about slowing down. “No matter what ails you, you’ve got to keep moving,” he said while taking a break from his volunteer duties. And when he’s not volunteering at Poverello, Uncle Al is the day manager at le Boy, a gay club in Fort Lauderdale.
In 1950, Uncle Al was drafted into the Army, serving for two years as a mess sergeant at Army bases in New Jersey, Georgia, Texas and California. But it was his service at Camp Desert Rock in Nevada that was the most memorable. For believe it or not, Al and his company were ordered outside to witness firsthand (and at relatively close range) an above ground test of an atomic bomb. “It goes without saying,” he remarked, “that it was an experience I will never forget.”
After he got out of the Army, Al went to work for his father and mother at their office furniture and interior design business, S. Gibson and Son. During this time, he married and had two sons and a daughter (and now six grandchildren as well). But it wasn’t long before he went his own way, purchasing a competitors office furniture and interior design business in the garment district of Manhattan. His sons took over running the business when he retired to Florida in 1980.
When Uncle Al arrived, he purchased a condo in Fort Lauderdale, where he still lives today. At the time, his mother was living in Broward County, with other relatives in the area as well. He eventually took a job as controller for American Excess, a company that bought and sold excess inventory. After leaving that position, and taking a much needed break, he was at it again, this time taking a job as a bartender at the Fort Lauderdale gay club Johnny’s. Before long his involvement at Johnny’s grew to working in the office and as a club manager. It was at Johnny’s that Uncle Al first became acquainted with Poverello. As part of his duties as a manager at the club, he would occasionally conduct auctions, raffles and car washes to benefit Poverello, raising a lot of cash for the charity. A little over a year ago, after operating for more than 30 years at its two locations, Johnny’s closed its doors, opening the next day as le Boy at its new location on 11th Street at the original Bill’s Filling Station location.
“Poverello is the greatest charity around,” Uncle Al remarked. “They do a world of good here, and they have a wonderful group of volunteers. I love working here and would do anything they asked me to do,” he added. “It’s part of what keeps me going.”
It doesn’t appear that this volunteer/Board member is going to slow his pace in helping Poverello achieve its mission and goals. “The level of commitment and importance of the volunteers who work here, and the amazing outreach of this organization, still keeps me excited to this day,” he remarked.
Article written by James Stoup, Poverello Volunteer
03/16/2018.
Available: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6769697161169952768/
Gift Cards
The Poverello Center offers some program clients gift cards (vouchers) in exchange for agreement with two principles:
- Retain and Return both the gift card and the receipt for purchases made with the grocery gift card.
- Purchase only Healthy/Nutritious Foods that support a well balanced, culturally appropriate meal plan.
TARGET CIRCLE RESULTS ARE IN, AND ITS A BULLSEYE!
We are excited to share that guests at Target stores cast 37,899 votes to The Poverello Center Inc, awarding Target unrestricted funds in the amount of $4,522.39 to Poverello. Most importantly, they voted for our mission and the impact we have on our community. Full results are now posted for members of Target Circle at https://circle.target.com/cr/results. Thank you Target Shoppers!
Poverello Selected as South Florida Nonprofit Parter for Target
Now through January 5, 2020 , vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine how Target’s South Florida donation will be divided up. Find out more about Target Circle here.
We’re asking our supporters to help us make the most of this incredible opportunity. Every vote counts to help us receive a portion of the available Target funds as we continue our mission to provide nutritious food, services and basic living essentials with the highest degree of understanding, respect and love for individuals living with critical and chronic illnesses Including HIV, in South Florida.
Don’t forget, as you earn more votes, you can keep voting multiple times during the campaign! So whenever your Target run finds you in stores throughout Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach Counties, Vote for Poverello and make a difference to your South Florida nieghbors with chronic illness. Thank you for your support, and we encourage you to share your support for us (and your thanks to Target) on social media throughout the duration of the voting!
Winn-Dixie Community Bag Program for Poverello
For the month of November, every time the reusable $2.50 Community Bag is sold at the Winn-Dixie at 680 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale FL, The Poverello Center will receive a $1 donation.
THANK YOU!!!! CONGRATS!!! Nioka Irish – March/2019′ Hungerfighter
What a whirlwind TIME! From start to today you have been an incredible volunteer, then a better hunger-fighter and because of your dedication and hard work, our job has been a great success.
Thank you so much for your commitment of time and energy to our community.
