Rochester Organization Of Families

Programs: Food bank program - throughout the year, the roof food bank was open four days a week, with both morning and evening hours. Rochester residents can receive services from the food bank twice a month, plus receive government issued usda commodities once a month. During fiscal year 2015, 2,832 individuals from 804 families made a total of 2,249 visits to the food bank. During the holiday months, the roof food bank provided 170 families with turkey baskets. For thanksgiving, 626 individuals were served. This was made possible through partnerships with northwest harvest, food lifeline and thurston county food bank, plus a number of food drive donations and volunteers. 265,500 pounds of food were distributed to clients. Food was procured from the following sources:community donations-55,212 poundsnorthwest harvest/coastal harvest-83,499 poundsfood lifeline-73,655 poundscommodities-51,771 poundsfood purchased by roof- 5,413 pounds

roof community services' kids' place after-school and summer program provides tutoring, prevention, and enrichment activities to kindergarten through fifth graders attending the rochester primary and grand mound elementary schools. Enrollment is limited to 50 children. Children attending qualify for free or reduced school lunch and are referred by their teacher or school counselor due to academic, social, or behavioral needs. Transportation is provided to and from the program. The main focus of kids' place is academic tutoring. Children also participate in weekly too good for drugs (a drug prevention program), girls' energized & motivated (gem), a boys group, arts and crafts, library visits, and physical activities. Kids' place was open 157 days and 78 children participated in kids' place during fiscal year 2015.

community projects include back to school supplies, operation santa and the rochester community garden these programs are almost completely funded by community donations, including both supplies and financial support. Eligible children may receive a back pack filled with grade-appropriate school supplies. Operation santa provides new toys and clothing items to 400+ area children who are on the free or reduced price lunch program. The rochester community garden has 22 raised garden beds for low-income families to grow their own produce. Back to school supplies were given to 250 low-income rochester children. Operation santa provided new clothes and toys to 398 low-income children from 150 families.