Bread BasketFOR FRIENDS OF ST. VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS

FALL 2014 VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3

INSIDE: AN EVENING ON THE BEACH, PAGE 2

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My connection to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels goes back about a decade when I was looking for a way to give back.

I learned there is tremendous need right in my own backyard. We must feed our homebound elders or they will go hungry. What could be simpler...or more important?

Volunteering with SVMOW

The Yamashiros have been married for 52 peaceful and happy years. But the road that led them to each other was a long and rough one, given the

hardships faced by Japanese Americans during and after WWII. Masao, 98, was born a U.S. citizen in Kauai, Hawaii. His mother died when

he was eight and his sister took the siblings to Japan to be raised and educated. At 18, Masao came to Los Angeles seeking greater opportunity. He enrolled

The Yamashiros, here with Sister Alice Marie, enjoy their daily meals together, especially the fresh fruit and vegetables.

CLIENT HIGHLIGHT

The Yamashiros are “just two old souls who like being together...”

FROM CUISINE’S PRESIDENT

Volunteers Needed to Deliver Meals

Your Thanksgiving Meals Gift...Triple Matched!

Two generous supporters have issued a Matching Meal Challenge. They will triple every dollar of your Thanksgiving donation—up to a total of $225,000! l

Please go to

www.donate.stvincentmow.org

by 12/31/14 to deliverthree times the

Thanksgiving meals.

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ChefsGino Angelini, Angelini Osteria/RivabellaHugo Bolanos, Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-AirMimmo Bruno, DiStefano CheeseJacquelyn Buchanan, Laura Chenel’s ChèvreSally Camacho, Jonathan ClubLincoln Carson, Superba Food + BreadJonathan Eng, Superba Food + BreadRay England, CraftCarlos Enrique, Patina GroupFrankie and Vanessa, Gustus VitaeEvan Funke, BucatoGenevieve Gergis, BestiaJonathan Grahm, Compartes ChocolatierAlec Lestr, Patina CateringThomas Lim, Goldie’sJason McClain, Jonathan ClubDahlia Narvaez, Osteria MozzaBruce Nguyen, TerraneaMark Peel, Orange and BlueChris Phelps, Salt’s CureJimmy Shaw, Lotería! GrillMichael Stern, Michael’s RestaurantShannon Swindle, CraftJason Travi, Superba Food + BreadZak Walters, Salt’s CureMicah Wexler, Wexler’s Deli

Specialty CocktailsJordan Catapano, This Girl Walks Into A BarMarcos Tello, Spirit Ambassador

Gifts andGrants

It wouldn’t be possible to meet the needs of 2,700 hungry seniors and seriously ill adults without your generous support.

Although space doesn’t allow us to print all donors’ names, every contribution is greatly appreciated and immediately put to work delivering food and love to those in need. l

If you want to help create a future where no senior in L.A. goes hungry, please contact Daryl Twerdahl, Executive Director of Development at (213) 484-7112 or DarylTwerdahl@dochs.org.

BequestsEstate of Harold M. BrownOnnalee O. Doheny Trust

Louis W. Schreiber Revocable TrustEstate of Zola Siegal

Estate of Frances Winter

GrantsJohn B. & Nelly Llanos Kilroy Foundation

Lon V. Smith Foundation

Operations SupportAudi of America, LLCThe Cain Foundation

The Corwin D. Denney FoundationThe Gas CompanyAlice E. KinsmanRobert J. Nelson Van B. Ramsey

Mary Ann RicardGale P. Runnells

Scripps Networks InteractiveSteven G. Wolff

Individual, corporate, foundationand trust gifts of $5,000 or more

received between June 1 and September 12, 2014, are included.

More than 500 guests attended An Evening on the Beach, hosted by Audi. The August event at the Jonathan Beach Club featured renowned L.A. chefs preparing signature dishes and noted vintners sharing their wines.

The event benefitting St. Vincent Meals on Wheels raised over $156,000—enough to deliver more than 19,000 meals to shut-in L.A. seniors. We express our deepest thanks to our chef partners, wine and spirits partners, sponsors and guests. l

Vintners Beekeeper CellarsBonny Doon VineyardBrewer-CliftonDemiJohn ImportsFerrari CaranoGloria FerrerHoman CellarsJordan Vineyard & WineryJustinKalin WinesLarnerDr. LoosenMalibu VineyardsMelville VineyardsMiner Family WineryO’Shaughnessy Estate WineryPalmina WinesRobert CraigSevtap WineryThorne WinesTyler WinesW&J GrahamZotovich Wines

Spirits and WaterBadoitChopin VodkaEl Silencio MescalEvianNo. 209 GinPetrossianSelvarey

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Our community partner L.A. Kitchen takes healthy food from local farms and produce wholesalers that would otherwise go to waste, and uses it to empower, nourish and engage the community.

While their new facility is being completed, they’re using St. Vincent Meals on Wheels’ kitchen to train Chef/Nutrition Advocates. The 15-week course emphasizes culinary expertise, nutrition education and food-justice advocacy.

LA chefs also work with students to train them and to develop new

LA Kitchen’s First Class Graduates at St. Vincent’s Kitchen

dishes for our clients that are tasty and healthy. The students include youths who have aged out of the foster care system and older adults returning from prison. Course graduates will be part of L.A. Kitchen’s staff when their headquarters opens in January 2015.

The food prepared by L.A. Kitchen supplements the 4,000+ meals St. Vincent Meals on Wheels delivers each day. This will save us an estimated $50,000 on food in 2014, while adding more fresh produce to clients’ meals. l

Sister Alice Marie and L.A. Kitchen’s Robert Egger with the first graduating class of Chef/Nutrition Advocates in our kitchen.

In MemoriamCarla Laemmle, a meal client and

beloved ambassador for St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, passed away in June at 104 years old.

Carla enjoyed our meals for 24 years. She credited her health and longevity to the good nutrition she received.

She led a fascinating life. The niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle, Carla moved to the Universal lot when she was 11. She appeared in silent films, most notably “Phantom of the Opera” in 1925, and was one of the last living links to the silent film era.

She spoke the opening dialogue in the first talking horror film, “Dracula” with Bela Lugosi, which made her a cult figure and led to appearances at horror film conventions.

In 1934, Carla was in a film written and directed by Ray Cannon. He was the love of her life and the couple spent 42 years together until Ray’s passing.

Ray was also a world-class fisherman and expert on Baja California and the Sea of Cortez.

With Carla’s help as companion, illustrator and typist, Ray wrote the best-selling book The Sea of Cortez, which greatly contributed to the development of Baja as a tourist destination.

Carla lived in a Hollywood cottage filled with photos of her life and career. She promoted St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in media appearances, including one where then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a meal to her at home.

We will miss Carla, and her sweet smile. l

Feed Seniors When You Shop RalphsUse your Ralphs Rewards Card to save on groceries and donate to

St. Vincent Meals on Wheels every time you shop! It’s easy to register for the Ralphs Community Contribution Program:

• Just take this page with the bar code below to Ralphs. • Give it to the cashier along with your Ralphs Rewards Card. • Have the bar code scanned—just once—to benefit SVMOW

through 2015. • If you are already enrolled, you must re-register for the new term to

ensure that St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is your rewards recipient.

Thanks! Questions? Call Bing Lacson at (213) 484-7327. l

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Volunteers Needed for the Holidays...Continued from page 1

gives me a stronger connection to my community, and feels like being part of a kind, compassionate and fun family. It truly is life-affirming work.

Will you join us? We need volunteer meal delivery drivers and runners. It takes four hours a week, and you’re welcome to a hot lunch too. Shifts are available Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gina Riberi, Cuisine President

Volunteering makes you feel great as you brighten the lives of our clients. Plus, every volunteer shift saves us $56 that can be better spent on food.

If your company is looking for a team-building activity, consider a volunteer team. We also welcome students seeking community service hours.

To volunteer, please call Director of Volunteers Carol Martinez at (213) 484-7494.

I hope to see you at the kitchen or at one of our fundraising events soon! Thanks for making sure no L.A. senior goes hungry this holiday season. l

— Gina Riberi

in Polytechnic High School to learn English and earned his degree while working at a vegetable stand.

Then came Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942. In response, over 110,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps by the U.S. Government.

Masao spent six months at the Santa Anita Racetrack detention center before being sent to camps in Colorado and Northern California. Unlike many detainees who were housed with their families, Masao lived alone in the camps for 4-1/2 years.

Remarkably, when the war ended, Masao served the U.S. military as a translator and English teacher in occupied Tokyo. He was shunned by many Japanese citizens as a traitor, as he had previously been treated by the U.S. government, and returned to

“Two old souls...”Continued from page 1

every volunteer shift saves us $56 that can be better spent on food...”

Cuisine à Roulettes is a support group that raises funds and volunteers for St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. To learn more, go to stvincentmow.org/volunteer-to-help/cuisine-a-roulettes.

Los Angeles as soon as his service was up. He wrote a book in Japanese about his experience of being persecuted in both countries.

Working as a gardener in L.A., Masao wanted to find a wife from Japan. He asked a friend in Japan to recommend any nice young women he knew and he began corresponding with Shizue. They married in 1963 at

the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo before returning to L.A.

Shizue, 92, is an artist with a serene smile whose colorful oil paintings fill their home. The couple have no children, or any nearby family to help, but a housekeeper comes once a week. They rely on their daily meal

deliveries for most of what they eat. And although they can’t walk much, they assist each other with the tasks of daily living.

When asked about the secret to their long and happy marriage, Masao said: “We love each other, we help each other and we get along. After all these years, we’re just two old souls who like being together.” l

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These cards are available in packets of 10 for a $100 tax deductible donation.Please respond before December 1, 2014 and we’ll rush your card inserts to you by mail.Please fill out this form and send it with your payment to the address below.

Questions? Call Bing at (213) 484-7327. Thanks!

In 1955, I officially became a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul. It is a path the Lord invited me to follow. It was a call to serve others in need, physically and spiritually.

I met the Daughters in 1954 when I entered nurses’ training at their hospital in El Paso, Texas. I often joined the Sisters when they went into the community to minister to those who needed food, clothes, shelter and kindness.

This call to vocation was very strong, so I entered the Daughters of Charity on my 19th birthday, after a year of nurses’ training. I decided to become a dietitian because there was a need for one in our hospital.

I loved the kitchen, and as I was trained in management, I was next assigned to be the Director of Food Service at a 350-bed hospital in New Orleans. That meant I was “the boss.” At first I was scared and didn’t think I could do it. But Sister Carlos, my Superior at the time told me, “You have just been educated, and God will give you the grace you need to do the job—just go do it!”

And with faith and trust in God, I learned that I did know what to do and loved being “the boss.” I still do. You can get so much done quickly and make changes to improve quality and efficiency.

The Lord has guided me throughout these 60 years. I have had lots of joy and happiness in what I’ve been able to do—a wonderful vocation pathway. I am grateful, and ready for as many more years as God will give me.

About the Daughters...The Daughters of Charity were founded in

1633 Paris by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marrilac. With 17,000 Daughters of Charity, our worldwide ministry includes education, advocacy for those living in poverty, immigration services, health care, foreign missions, pastoral and social ministries, projects for systemic change and United Nations NGOs. Our role in the world is to be joyful servants. To learn more, go to www.daughters-of-charity.com. Celebrating my 60th anniversary

of service.

God be with you! SAM

This gift will help provide Seasons Greetings and Warm Holiday Meals to our most needy seniors and shut-ins throughout Los Angeles

A Generous Gift has been madeto St. Vincent Meals on WheelsIn Your Honor

This Holiday Season.

Just slip one of these holiday card inserts into your Christmas or Hanukkah cards to let your friends, loved ones and business associates know that you’ve made a generous gift in their honor.

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Ms. Katherine AdachiMr. Michael H. Adelman

Ms. Rita Cano AlcalaMr. and Mrs. Jack A. Alm

Dr. Elaine C. AlvarezConstancia E. Angeles, D.M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Fouad N. AnisMr. and Mrs. Anthony Arredondo

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph BalbonaMr. John Ballon

Mr. Michael E. BarnesMr. John W. Bax

Baxter Healthcare CorporationMr. and Mrs. Roger J. Behra

Mrs. Sylvia L. BennettMrs. Patricia Benson

R.C. Bentler and Associates Inc.Ms. Lauren Besman

Mr. and Mrs. Gary BlakeMs. Candace Blankenship

Ms. Eleanor A. BlivenMr. Kenneth M. Bowen

Ms. Barbara BrooksThe Brown Family TrustMrs. Julie Burkholder

The Burns TrustMs. Carol A. Cabunoc

Care of Thetford Financial ServicesMrs. Iris S. Chaney

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford H. ChapmanMs. Dominique A. Chausse

Connie Chein, M.D.Mr. Michel Choban, Jr.

Ms. Marie ChowMs. Penelope K. Choy

Ms. Anne M. ClarkMs. Susan N. Clark

Ms. Karen E. CondonMs. Ella M. Crawford

Ms. Joan CrishalMs. Geraldine M. CroninMs. Deana CrosswhiteMr. Luis A. De la Cruz

Mr. John F. De La FontaineMr. and Mrs. Dennis De Pietro

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Dela TorreMs. Dinna J. Denoga

Mr. Robert A. DeSantisMs. Amy Disston

Mrs. Juanita E. DomerMrs. Margaret Dorantes

Ms. Julie J. DrachMr. Paul R. DuMontier

Mrs. Doris Duncan-BrighamMr. Michael G. Dybis and

Ms. Jolene JonesMs. Annamarie Espinosa

Mr. John A. FarrisAlan B. Fein &

Luz Maria Flores-FeinMr. Jose H. FernandesMs. Michelle D. Fieler

Mr. and Mrs. David H. FliegelmanMr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Flood

Ms. Christine P. FlynnMrs. Jan Pickard Foster

Mr. John T. FrankenheimerMr. Robert E. FremgenMrs. Judith W. Fujita

Mr. Brett FurreyMr. Manolo GalindoMrs. Lori L. Garcia

Mr. and Mrs. Don L. GathMs. Julie R. Gaviria, J.D.

Mr. R. Scott GemmillMr. and Mrs. Art Glassman

Jerry and Gloria Godell TrustMrs. Nancy A. Goitia

Mrs. Mildred L. GompfMr. Jesus A. Gonzales

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. GrainerMs. Janice G. Greth

Mr. Vincent F. GuinanMr. Eulogio GutierrezMs. Anna M. Hafeli

Mrs. Margaret L. HalleckMs. Hope Hartman

Mr. Albert V. HaylockMr. and Mrs. James D. Hearn

Ms. Elaine C. HemenwayMs. Kathleen A. Henkel

Ms. Debrah S. HenryMr. Ralph J. Herbert

Ms. Celia R. HernandezMr. and Mrs. Ronald K. HigaMr. and Mrs. Josef H. Inkrott

Ms. Patricia L. IryshMr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ivie

Mr. Robert JacksonMs. Susan Jakel

Mr. Michael JonesMs. Nancy S. JumperWagdy W. Kades, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip KarlinMr. Arnold Karlson

Ms. Karen M. KashiwagiMr. and Mrs. Ibrahim M. Khayat

Ms. Mary S. KyropoulosMr. and Mrs. Andrew M. La Rose

Mr. and Mrs. Jay N. LangosMs. Marlis-Gay LarkinsMs. Beryl E. LashleyMs. Lisa LawrenceMs. Lesley LeasonMs. Maria Lemus

Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. LeoMr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lira

Mr. and Mrs. William C. LivelyMs. Edna Loeb

Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. LoetherMrs. Mary A. Loock

Los Angeles United Investment CoMrs. Doris T. Luster

Mr. and Mrs. G. Clay MacBeth

Norma is 97 and lives alone in Hollywood. She can’t stand up to prepare a meal, and she has no family or friends nearby to help. Because her only food came from our noon meal delivery, Norma felt hungry and weak every morning…

When we learned Norma was hungry, we added breakfast to her delivery. After her first morning meal of yogurt with a bran muffin, a banana and hot coffee, Norma felt better, with newfound energy to start her day.

For just $1 a day you can create everyday miracles for L.A.’s hungriest seniors.

We invite you to join the Breakfast Club. Your $30 monthly Breakfast Club contribution—or a one-time gift of $365—will provide a year of nourishing breakfasts for the senior who needs you most.

A simple breakfast can change a life. Won’t you please do a good deed every day? l

To join the Breakfast Club, please call Daryl Twerdahl at (213) 484-7112 or go

to stvincentmow.org/breakfast

We honor and thank these 2014 Breakfast Club Members

Do a good deed every day for thehungry senior who needs you most.

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. MacenMs. Eve MahoneyMs. Molly Malloy

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. MalmeMs. Linda Malme

Mr. and Mrs. James W. MaloneMs. Angelika B. Mayer

Maytor-Estate LTD.Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. McCracken

Ms. Patricia A. McGeeMs. Pat McGonigle

Ms. Stephanie E. MedinaMedina Media Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnulfo G. MedranoRobert R. Mendez, M.D.

Ms. Helen C. MercierMs. Mona B. Mikhail

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. MilkieMs. Shirin Mistry

Ms. Frances A. MooreMr. David M. Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. NegliaMs. Venus A. NeversonMs. Carol M. NyeholtMs. Nadine O’Hara

Mr. Steven M. O’KelleyMs. Annette Onorato

Ms. Patricia A. OrlowskiMs. Janet G. OrmondSr. Carol Padilla, D.C.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Padilla, Jr.Mr. Martin J. Parkinson

Ms. Anne PeriesMs. Stephaine Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie PickensMr. Frank F. Pimentel

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. PollackMr. and Mrs. Mario S. Polselli

Ms. Secondina M. PooreMr. Frank H. Ramogida

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. RessaMs. Margaret C. ReyesMr. Stanley R. RigneyMs. Karen M. Rivera

Ms. Judith K. RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Nino Rosso

Ms. Patricia A. RoyMr. and Mrs. Charles W. Russell

Mr. Thomas R. RyanMr. and Mrs. William J. Ryder

Ms. Barbara SakumaMs. Lorena Salazar

Mr. Raymond SamayoaMr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Schultz

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. ScottMs. Linda M. ScuderiDr. Alexandra N. SelnaMs. Cassandra Sermons

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley D. SharpMrs. Patt Shea

Mr. Andrew I. ShimaMs. Lola D. Sorrells

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry N. SteinMr. and Mrs. Philip L. Stein

Dr. and Mrs. Bronte Allan StoneMs. Kateri A. Sullivan

Ms. Julianne M. SweetersMr. and Mrs. William E. Szymczak

Mr. Ralph M. TerraccianoMs. Maria Terrell

Ms. Nancy A. TerriberryMs. Anne Tesoro

Ms. Debra A. TokarczykMrs. Helen G. Tuppan

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy V. Valadez

Ms. Gloria VazquezMr. and Mrs. H. Vernon Vescio

Ms. Eileen M. VessellaMr. Charles M. VezzettiMs. Phyllis C. VidaurriMr. Robert W. Waag, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. George WangMs. Barbara J. Weinman

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic WhitefieldMr. Nicholas J. Wilhelm and

Ms. Mary E. DalyMs. Josephine A. WillMs. Tanya L. Williams

Mrs. Winston’s Green Grocery, Inc.Ms. Christina WongMs. Jo Ann Wysocki

Mr. Jaemin YoukMr. and Mrs. Rick Yount

Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. YuMs. Nerice M. Zavala

Dr. Dennis G. ZillMs. Tina Zipper

Do you have appreciated stock? That’s an important question as we near year-end. It might be a good time to take your profits now. That’s a decision that you need to consider with your own advisors.

Rather than taking your profits and paying taxes, consider making an investment in feeding hungry seniors. You can gift that appreciated stock to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels and receive a deduction based on the current price, no matter what you paid for it.

This may help reduce your 2014 tax bill, and it will increase our ability to feed those in need.

It’s simple to transfer your appreciated stock to the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. Contact us for the information to share with your broker who will make the transfer for you.

There are also other gift options with appreciated stock that can pay you income while creating a future gift to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. l

For more information on making a gift of appreciated stock please contact Daryl Twerdahl at 213.484.7112 or e-mail daryltwerdahl@dochs.org.

Leave a Legacy ofCompassion: The Benefitsof Appreciated Stock

Sister Alice Marie QuinnLegacy Society Members

Harold M. BrownOnnalee O. Doheny Louis W. Schreiber

Zola SiegalFrances Winter

By making a bequest or other planned gift, you become a lifetime member of the Sister Alice Marie Quinn Legacy Society. Your compassion will be honored on our Donor Wall and with invitations to Legacy Society events. Please let us know if you have remembered us in your estate plans, so we can recognize and thank you now.

2014 Breakfast Club Members continued

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The Bread BasketVolume 29, Number 3Fall 2014

St. Vincent Meals on WheelsBoard Chairperson Sister Jo-Anne Laviolette, D.C.

Executive DirectorSister Alice Marie Quinn, D.C., R.D.

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INSIDE: Your Thanksgiving Gift...Triple Matched!

You Shop, Amazon Gives to L.A. Seniors

This holiday season, helping St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is as easy as clicking a link when you shop online.

Go to AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your purchases to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels.

It’s that easy!

Please start at smile.amazon.com for your holiday shopping. It costs you nothing, but it can do L.A.’s homebound seniors a world of good.