Manna is excited to be one of the first non-profit organizations featured in the already successful beta version in a terrific new online local directory, All About Conejo. All About Conejo is a team of tech savvy, driven, and most importantly FUN social media professionals that live, breathe, work, eat and everything else in the Conejo Valley, and have for years. They see an ongoing need for Conejo Valley residents of all ages to have access to an interactive, hyper local business directory of...
Although many people are already enjoying their summer holiday, hunger is never able to take a holiday. While most people are planning fun summer vacations to take with their kids, families who struggle to put food on the table may find summer a more difficult time. With the absence of free and reduced school meals, parents have to find ways to provide enough food. Cash donations and food donations both decrease in the summer time, but there is an increased need for them. Almost 65 percent of families...
Non-profits would not be able to run without volunteers. To show our appreciation for all the men and women who volunteer at Manna, we treated them to a volunteer luncheon at Walnut Grove at Tierra Rejada Ranch in Moorpark on May 25th. Volunteers were treated to delicious food catered by Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill. There was also a raffle for different floral arrangements, and each volunteer got to take home a box of treats and a poem about the heart of a volunteer. Board member and past board president,...
The large inventory of food that Manna has to help feed the community requires a lot of space and management, which is why Edgar Thatcher was hired as the new site manager. Thatcher will manage all of Manna’s warehousing, inventory control, and food movement needs. Thatcher comes to Manna with over 25 years of design, logistics, and management experience, all in different industries. The new organization that Thatcher will bring to Manna will ensure that they can help the largest amount of people...
This community visioning program, sponsored by the City of Thousand Oaks City Council has been established to build a roadmap with guiding principles for our city. Beginning with a presentation on March 26, 2014 by a leading futurist, Joel Kotkin, the program will continue through 2014 with a series of public meetings to address various aspects of our future community. These include environment, infrastructure, economy, municipal services, and civic & community. On June 3rd the civic...