C E R E S C O M M U N I T Y P R O J E C T

2010 Annual Report

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The research is increasingly clear. A whole foods plant based diet is one of the most important keys to reversing the epidemic of serious illness we’re facing. And, while 25 percent of us have no one to turn to in a crisis, being connected to others in supportive social networks leads to happiness, health and longevity.

At Ceres Community Project, we foster health and healing by bringing people of all ages and walks of life together around the nourishment of real food. Since March 2007, we’ve delivered more than 70,000 nutrient rich meals to clients and their families dealing with cancer and other life-threatening illness. Every one of those meals was prepared by a teen and delivered by one of our volunteer Delivery Angels.

This past year we focused on strengthening and improving all aspects of our work, and building the systems to support an organization two to three times our current size. And the timing for this work seems to have been right on target. In July, we began talking with the city of Sebastopol about a 2,650 square foot building that has been unused for several years. By this coming fall, we expect to move into this new location which will serve as a permanent center for our work in the years to come.

The new site will include a 1,100 square foot commercial kitchen, a large meeting/dining room, offices, a resource library and gardens where we can teach teens and adults alike about growing and harvesting fresh organic food. With this new facility, we’ll be able to triple our impact over the next three to five years – empowering more teens, helping many more clients and their families, and reaching thousands more people with information and inspiration about the healing power of whole food and community.

Working together we’ve accomplished miracles. This year we’re counting on your partnership more than ever before. Please join us in creating a healthy vibrant community here in Sonoma County and around the country.

With blessings,

Cathryn Couch Tara ButlerExecutive Director Board President

Board of Directors

Tara Butler, President

Joe Marshall, Treasurer

Deborah Vogan, Secretary

Padi Selwyn

Julia Gombos

Nathan Boone

Cathryn Couch

Judi Pereira

Sharon Keating

Columbia Shafer

photos & bios on the web at: www.CeresProject.org/board.html

More than half of all deaths in the U.S. – 52.5% -- from heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes, have poor nutrition as a precipitating cause.

A recent study estimated that by 2020, half of all adults will have type II diabetes – a disease that is almost solely caused by the combination of obesity and poor nutrition.

A 2005 Center for Disease Control study found that only 33% of adults are eating at least two servings of fruit a day and only 27% are eating at least three servings of vegetables.

We’re spending $500 billion a year on health care that could be totally avoided by changes in diets.

Without a shift, the generation of young people growing up today may be the first in recorded history to have a shorter life span than their parents.

Your kindness and fantastic healing food have meant so much to my recovery. Hearing from Ceres was the first really great news I got after my diagnosis. The day that food came it felt like my burden was cut in half.... It said, “you are not alone.” Needless to say you have a special place in my heart. Thank you kindly.

Gere G.

Making a Life-Saving Difference for Our Clients & Their FamiliesWho We Serve

Every Thursday afternoon, fifty-two weeks out of the year, forty to forty-five bags of meals leave our kitchen in Sebastopol destined for the home of someone struggling with a life-threatening illness. These clients range in age from 14 to 94, they represent all ethnic groups and come from all walks of life. The common thread is that their lives are in crisis, and the kind of nourishment that Ceres Community Project offers can help stabilize or turn the situation around so that healing is more possible.

Prepared meals bring a moment of normalcy to a family’s day when a parent has been diagnosed with cancer. For a single person living alone they can mean the difference between a diet of oatmeal and the nourishment of a varied and nutrient-rich diet. For someone in the midst of cancer treatment, who can’t bear to even think about food, ready to eat meals can literally be a life-saver.

How Nourishment Can Help

More than 90 percent of our clients have a cancer diagnosis. The reason is simple: cancer treatment is lengthy and often debilitating to the appetite. In fact, 80 percent of cancer patients end up malnourished because of their treatment – but if they are well nourished, with the kinds of nutrient rich meals Ceres provides, they have fewer side effects, treatment is more effective, and they recover more quickly once treatment is over. We believe that whole local and organic food can make a similar difference for anyone struggling with illness.

Making Every Bite Count

When you’re ill and eating is difficult, every bite needs to count. At Ceres we work hard to create meals that are beautiful, delicious and packed with nutrition. We’re also committed to sourcing food that supports a healthy and sustainable planet. Here’s a brief overview of our food practices.

Sprout and dehydrate nuts and seeds • Soak beans and grains • Make our own flour from sprouted, dehydrated and freshly ground spelt and whole wheat berries • Organic locally raised poultry and sustainably caught seafood • Local pastured eggs • No cans with BPA lining • Local organic brown rice and honey

26,100 meals delivered to

186 client families during 2010.

. . . Every thing is so good, and the love with which it is gathered, prepared and delivered comes through. We feel truly blessed to be a part of this. Life has become very hard for us in so many ways and this support makes a gigantic difference in both our lives.

Client’s Partner Pamela

I had my first food delivery last night. I had forgotten about it so I had almond butter out for a feast of crackers & almond butter. . . I heated up the fish dinner. Wow, I felt so good by the time I was done (and I was able to eat it all). It’s funny, but this organization brings me to tears more than anything. I’m so looking forward to the day when I can be a part of the giving too. But for now, I will graciously receive. Thank you!

Client Jacqui

My chemotherapy treatment was extremely difficult to get through. I had severe side affects to the drugs which left my body depleted of the necessary nutrients. The food that I received from Ceres helped me to replenish and gain strength to continue with treatment. It is because of the Ceres Community Project that I was able to bounce back as quickly as I did. I am now on my last week of radiation. It has been a tremendously difficult time in my life yet it has brought me into a community that is filled with lovely, compassionate, and determined individuals wanting to make a difference in people’s lives one meal at a time. . . I look forward to being on the other side of this disease and become a volunteer with this worthy project.

Client Julie Carmen

Empowering Youth Leadership

Making a Healing Difference

At Ceres Community Project we believe that young people are intelligent, responsible, capable, creative and caring, and that they must be central participants in shaping our collective future. As the chefs in our Healing Meals for Healthy Communities program, our teen volunteers make a healing difference for our clients.

Leaders in the Kitchen & the Community

Through our leadership program teens are invited to take on increased responsibility as their skill level and commitment grows. Teens who have worked for three months receive a Ceres Project apron with their name embroidered, and teens who have worked for about a year, and who demonstrate leadership in the kitchen, are invited to become Teen Leaders. These teens receive a chef coat with their name and the Ceres logo.

As Teen Leaders, they work with Chef & Teen Coordinator Rob Hogencamp and our Adult Chef Mentors to ensure that the kitchen runs smoothly. Teen Leaders help orient new teens to the kitchen, lead recipes, assist at Volunteer Orientations, help with fundraising events, give presentations about Ceres, go on the radio, coordinate our annual holiday gift project for our clients, and more. Each year we also invite one teen to serve on the board of directors.

During 2010, 137 teens spent time in

the Ceres Project kitchen. Together, they donated more than 5,000 hours

of service.

Being at Ceres Project taught me the most important lessons in my life thus far. I’m proud to say I could be a part of something so wonderful.

Teen Chef Amy Tucker

The highlight of my week is the moment I step into the Ceres kitchen on Thursday afternoons. All my worries and obligations fade away with the knowledge that I am focusing 100% of my energy to help people in dire need heal. I feel that for every effort I have put into Ceres, I have benefited as much as the clients who receive our meals.

Teen Chef Julia Paxton

Bohemian Best Of article on the web at:www.CeresProject.org/press.html

2010 Teen VolunteersAdam BartaAhn Ha NguyenAiyana MoyaAlanna WhiteAlice DoyleAlya BohrAlissa WoolseyAmanda BrookerAmy Tucker*Andrew MartinAndie BuftonAnna Stufflebeam*Annie HowleyAnthony BrantAnyel AguilarAri TAria BerlinArion LochnerArjuna Strandjord

Athena BelluominiAustin KAzureBen MartinBritany LucchesiCameron HollCamille SelhorstCarly FernandezCaroline SchlutiusCherish IsraelChristina SaschinChristine DenglerCielo GaratClare Schuett-WallClay McCormickColin TColumbia Shafer*Derrick MatanoDesi Barboza

Diana Tenenbaum*Dillon JacksonDominique MatanoDylan Miller-JonesDylan PereiraEli WarnerElizabeth PetersenElizabeth SchlutiusEllen Setchko-

Palmerlee*Emily OlveraErin EdwardsFiona BarbolakFiona O-Young *ForrestGrover CaseyHana RabinHanna BauerHannah MaschwitzHeather Halaweh

Ivan Redus*Ivar BjornssonIzzy Mirabelli-

MontanJack SpillaneJacob BlechelJacob WJasmine ElliotJasmine WJensen StodderJesse BirsingerJessica GoldbergJimmyJoanne SchumacherJonathon WoodJose VacaJulia Paxton*Justin BlechelJustin WarnerKatrina

Keala PetersenKiana HeroldKisa GetchellKiya Polo-SchlosserKiyomi CampbellKristen CKristin GarciaLarry JuberLarrissa SaschinLauren BastoniLili ChambersLily MaxwellLin Zao MangisLinnea NierenbergLucas TamminenLuis AndradeMarbeya Garcia-

BermudaMargaret MalonMaria Ptucha

Maria WalkerMathilde AmiotMatt FMatteo KraftsowMaura YoungMaya ContardiMaya MatsumotoMaya PaceMia MontijoMia SzervasMichael HillstromMikaela Dibble-

KahnMilo KellerMirabai Bright-

ThonneyMiranda OtsenMitchell KelleyMonique JensenNatalia Chamaki

Nate VogeNia SturrNoah CushmanPablo TaskeyRita O-YoungRosa VacaRose DeNicola*Rose TriestSam DeNicolaSam Bright-

ThonneySam SpillaneSarah FujiSarah GSarah Stufflebeam*Scott MarshallSebastian

KlauenburchShelby TansilSofia Armstrong*

Sonya DexterSophia BrisboisStefan VogeSunshine HeartwellSydney HollingerTanner RelyeaTheo DavidsonUrsule Amiot*Vaughan

HigginbottomViolet ColeXanthi PowellXavier Herrera-

KeehnYacine MontiZach FriedmanZach Ballenger

*Denotes Teen Leader

Inspiring Lasting Changes in People’s Diets

Education is part of everything we do at Ceres. And over the past few years we’ve learned that to make lasting changes in how we eat, most of us need more than just information. Through our Education Programs, we provide the knowledge, skills, inspiration and a community of support that can make an unfamiliar way of eating into a satisfying way of life.

The Healing Foods Cooking Course is our four hour a week, four week program for people recovering from serious illness, their family and caregivers. The course includes mind-body practices, time in the garden, cooking skills, nutrition information and support. In 2010 we graduated 69 people from this course. We are grateful to the Lloyd Symington Foundation for their generous support of this program.

Open to the public, our Healing Foods Lecture Series presents important topics related to food and health. In 2010, the lectures were offered in partnership with The Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Rosa. One hundred sixty-five community members attended five lectures covering topics such as Herbal Adaptogens for Health & Healing, The Ecology of Cancer and Cooking with Sea Vegetables.

Community Classes are open to everyone and provide hands-on experience with sprouting, fermenting, broth making and healthy, sugar-free desserts. In 2011 we are excited to offer our first collaborative gardening program, a series of five classes called The Garden as Medicine. Expert organic gardeners will share knowledge on everything from preparing a container garden to harvesting and seed saving.

Nourishing Connections: the Healing Power of Food & Community, published in December 2009, is taking the Ceres Community Project’s message to people and communities across the country. Through Nourishing Connections, we’re supporting people with cancer and other serious illnesses, teaching people how to cook and eat for health, and inspiring new projects like Ceres in communities from Bay Village, Ohio to Summit, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington.

After being a Ceres client last year, I wanted to continue to eat the wholesome and tasty cancer-fighting foods that had been delivered weekly. I was making batches of immune broth and had questions about it as well as other food and health-related questions. The Healing Foods Course clearly answered all my questions . . . I am thankful to JoEllen and the Ceres Project for offering this practical and useful course. The camaraderie that evolved and joy we experienced were fringe benefits of the class.

Carol King

I just want to express my gratitude for your work in the community. I enormously enjoyed the lecture last night (Spice it up! by Mary Sheila Gonella, CNC). It gave me information I did not know about, and it was so fun to taste everything. I’m going to make Chai today (soaked my almonds last night).

Dr. Thao Nyugen

Spreading the Work – from Napa to New Jersey!

2010 saw the first replication of the Ceres Community Project model, beginning with a small project in St. Helena, California, launched with the help of Cindy Cantril, formerly nurse navigator for the Martin O’Neal Integrative Cancer Center at St. Helena Hospital. The project is now being coordinated by Amy Cohen of a+a kitchen in St. Helena.

In September, with leadership from volunteer project manager Julie Burford, we launched a pilot project in Marin County. The project is a partnership with the Marin Youth Center’s Culinary Program led by chef Caesare Assad. A small group of teens are now preparing meals weekly for about six client families and will continue expanding in 2011 thanks to generous support from the Joanne and Peter Haas, Jr. Foundation and other Marin County donors.

In September we hosted Barb Harrell and Michelle Slatton from Bay Village, Ohio. Barb’s mother-in-law in Chicago had gotten a copy of our Nourishing Connections cookbook. When Barb read about Ceres Community Project, she knew she wanted to bring it to her community. Barb and Michelle spent three days apprenticing with us and their Village Food Project launched in January 2011 with wide-spread community support.

Other projects are in the works in Seattle, Chicago and Summit, New Jersey. Ceres Community Project is providing mentoring, connections, and apprenticeship opportunities.

The vision that you have brought to reality through the Ceres Community Project and have shared with us and many others is incredible. You have changed and are changing literally thousands of lives. You have empowered and encouraged others to run with that vision.

Sebastabol, CA and Bay Village, OH are hundreds of miles away from each other, but have so much in common. Thank you for sharing, encouraging, and empowering so many.

Blessings,Barb HarrellThe Village Food Project

marin.ceresproject.org www.villagefoodproject.com

Arame & Ginger Sauerkraut Salad Wins

Good Food Award2010 saw our first food products for

sale in local grocery stores. With leadership from Ceres Project volunteer Rick Goldberg and a generous in-kind donation from Deutsch Design Works, we launched Ceres Community Foods with two flavors of traditionally fermented sauerkraut made with local, organic cabbage.

These products extend our commitment to educating our community about the connection between what we eat and our health while generating income to support our programs. Ceres volunteers have reached thousands of people through demos at local markets including G&G and Oliver’s, sharing information about Ceres’ work and the health benefits of fermented foods like our Sauerkraut Salads.

In January 2011 our Arame & Ginger Sauerkraut Salad was honored with the Good Food Award – one of just 71 products nationally. The Good Food Award celebrates products that are not only delicious but also good for their communities and for the planet.

One Hundred Sets of Hands

Ceres Community Project is a community -- of people, civic and religious groups, and businesses -- working together to build a vibrant and more life-affirming world. Our deepest gratitude to all of you who have lent your hands and hearts to our work this past year.

A special thank you to all of the adult volunteers who donated their time in 2010.

Adult volunteers delivered meals, picked up food donations, sterilized containers, mentored our teen chefs, coordinated all of our deliveries, made supplemental products, photographed our work, staffed tables and helped with events, filmed, produced, edited and scored our new video, wrote press releases, sent out mailings, managed our Facebook page and Constant Contact communications, schlepped boxes, provided event coordination for our annual fund-raiser at Lynmar Estate, moved furniture, assisted in the Healing Foods Cooking Course, taught yoga and qigong, presented lectures, fulfilled all of our book orders, managed book distribution to stores, sampled sauerkraut, managed sauerkraut distribution, helped with bookkeeping and more!

After 30 years as a nutritionist and 15 years as a health writer, I am convinced that eating organic foods and preparing meals with love in community is more beneficial to anyone with a serious chronic illness than the traditional, impersonal approach. By naming Ceres in my will, my own beliefs are being carried into the future where we all are one.

~ Ceres Legacy Donor Nan Kathryn Fuchs, PhD

Ceres Community Project is a “bulls eye” for the kind of organization we want to support -- local, sustainable and natural! I have personally seen the Ceres Project touch lives in a very positive way.

Ken Strunk, CEO Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery

The gift of being involved with the Ceres Community Project has allowed me to gain insight into what the true essence of a community is.

Teen Chef Keala Peterson

Thanks to the following individuals and businesses for supporting Ceres Community Project with their donations to our 2010 Auction at Lynmar Estate

Dianne Smith & Ben Benson

Dr. Bill PrangeDr. Ellen Barnett &

Dr. Robert Dozer / Integrative Medical Clinic Of Santa Rosa

Dr. Moses GoldbergDutton EstateFirst Light Farm Flavor BistroFountain Grove

Country ClubFrench Garden Farm

& RestaurantFull House FarmGourmet MushroomsHarmony Farm SupplyIron Horse WineryJoe & Pam MarshallJudi Pereira CamtJulia GombosKatleen CappellaKaz WineryKristie Amezcua Cmt

$25,000 +Anonymous / Lamb &

Barnosky, LLPJ M Long FoundationFahri Diner & Jill

Layman

$10,000 +Anonymous/Tides

FoundationDennis & Carol Ann

Rockey FundGregory YoungJody Snyder & Noel

LittlejohnLynn Fritz & Anisya

Thomas FritzTo Celebrate Life

Breast Cancer Foundation

$5,000 +Clif Bar Family

FoundationDru & Heidi ArgueGary & Jane FacenteJoanne & Peter Haas

Jr. FundPalm Drive Health

Care FoundationRedwood Hill Farm &

Creamery, Inc.The Lloyd Symington

Foundation Inc.

$2,500 +Charmaine & Craig

StainbrookJoe & Pam MarshallKen & Sharon MaioliniNan FuchsNancy & Bob AitaPatricia Selwyn &

Reuben WeinzvegRebecca KatzRick & Jill GoldbergSutter HealthWillow Creek Financial

Services Fund of Community Foundation Sonoma County

Zazu Restaurant & Farm

$1,000 +AnonymousMartin PeinkoferCathryn Couch &

Jeff BlackCenter For Spiritual

LivingCommunity Church

Of Sebastopol/Breastify

Eric Anderson Foundation

First Congregational United Church Of Christ/Breastify

2010 In-Kind Community Partners

6Th Street Playhouse Amanda Lane

PhotographyAnn Austin @ Yoga

Studio GaneshaAnn Tamminen

Lac, Mac, CmtAvalon Bed &

BreakfastBarbara Brennan Bistro Des CopainBritta KathmeyerCalifornia School of

Herbal StudiesCapers & Co.Checkers Bistro

& Wine BarCherie LippardClaypool Cellars Clos Du Bois WineryCultivateDeborah VoganDean Heyerly

Private CellarsDevi Yoga Center /

Yoga With Kashi

Franklin & Jean Schaffner Foundation

Friedland, DavidGene PowersJewish Community

Endowment FundJohn Dolinsek & Kathy

KentJoseph Deegan-Day &

Nina HachigianJulie & Billy CarmenKen & Jill StrunkLuna & Larry’s

Coconut BlissMarilyn & Ed WallisNancy SchaubOh My Goddess

Benefit/Sherry Glaser

Richard AbrahamsRotary Club Of

Sebastopol SunriseRumi’s CaravanSandy & Jim SheltonStacy DuvalTara ButlerUBS Employee Giving

Programs

$500 +Anna RansomeAnna StuffelbeamAnne FrenchBarbara & Barry

DeutschBarbara & Jay KatzBeth Ann KingBetsy Hall &

Gene WrightBob & Tracy AmiralBryan & Mary McCueCatherine RosoffChristopher & Anne

GibsonDavid BiceDidi RodriguesDoris & Kenneth PetroEllia & Matt O’DonnellFirst Light FarmFrances FaganHimalayan Tandoori &

Curry HouseJames & Lorene

CoconasJanet SpillmanJean SchulzJoan BradyJohnson Ohana

Charitable Foundation

Joyce DuffalaJulia GombosMichael & Corlene

GombosMike & Margo

RequarthMyra Widen & Don

Townsend

Risk Management Services

Ron & Sharon Bartholomew

Russian River Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence

Sage AbellaScott & Gina BurfordSebastopol Chapter Of

RealtorsStephanie & Michaell

PoleySushi HanaSushi TozaiTheresa CourseyVirginia Porter &

Chris AndereggWendy MatlowWillowside Middle

School

$250 +Adam Goldberg &

Tina HoweAnn & Paul TamminenBarbara ZimmerCara BrownCarmen PolicyChaney & Les

ClaypoolChantal VogelCie CaryCoffee Catz Benefit/

Rafael BlockConstance PettyCynthia & Keith

MolstadDavid CouryDeborah VoganDel & Jane FrancesDenise Meier, Michael

Jacob & Liora JacobDiana TallmanGary SmithGTO’s Seafood HouseHenry & Karen

Kimsey-HouseJack LambertJanice VannattaJeffrey ZankelJeffrey Zankel &

Simma ChesterJennifer OmholdtJo McCormickJoan DillonJohn BolandJoy FibbenJulie & Stan BurfordKate WinterKevin KruzichLawrence Jaffe &

Ann AustinLil FishmanMaureen StocktonMicaela PorteMonica SalloutiNancy J ScottNancy RocksNetwork For GoodPasta Bella

Robert EllisonRussell SutterShirley FittererStephanie DonatelliSteve & Kathleen

AmendSusan BendinelliToni D’AngeloTraditional Medicinals

$100 +Aimee VorhausAlfred MuelhoeferAlma CristinaAnita GraydonAnn DelaneyAnn Gordon &

Alan LefkofAnn KoltayAnna & Dennis JuddBarbara & Kurt KnollBarbara TuscanyBarry & Kathleen

AckermanBauman CollegeBetty ValdiviaBill PrangeBob & Ina SelwynBridget TaylorBruce HeylmanCandy YoungCarole BullertCarolyn LeinesCassandra WebsterChandra FarnsworthChaney SmithCharles & Rita

GondolaCharlotte HoffmanCherie LippardCheryl ThomasChristina SinohuiChristine GoodingDana HamiltonDavid & Gail PerrinDavid & Sarah

HehmanDebbie & Brian HeinzeDeborah AdamsDeborah MyersDebra & Tom WeistarDiana BuxtonDoris MeyerEdith UllmanEdmee DananElise LovejoyEva EstermannFran & Ann GarzoliFrank & Elizabeth

BarbariaGail BaronGary & Kevin BarthGeorge & Patricia

BernardGorken CakirGregory & Kathleen

JacobsGregory MoyerGretchen Whisenand

H LeonardHarry & Maril

RichardsonHolly CallaghanIndigo CroneIrby & Tricia

SchexnaydreIsaac & Gili EliazJ. WaringJacqui ViolaJake & Bridget

PetersonJames & Cecelia

DonahueJan KahdemanJan TurriniJane HunekeJane HuynhJanet GaskellJanet LynchJanet McCrackenJanice & Vincent

LawsonJarold & Kay WarrenJim GlennJohn & Stacy BischoffJonathan & Jean

Hebert-BrownJoseph & Arlene UlmerJoyce PartingtonJuanita HennesseyJudith SapinskiJudy SchulzJulianne & Lawrence

Kaplan, MDKathleen KraemerKim PisteyKimberly SharrocksKris NeviusKyle RudderowLaurie Leveque-IngramLeslie KotinLinda OrrellLinda Tripoli &

Scott MillerLisa NavarroLoren McLaughlinLynn LeopoldMargaret Tourje &

Jane KrenskyMargarete HachigianMaria VilaboyMarie MitchellMarilynn Van DamMarla SarpotdarMartha KowalickMartha NietoMartina WuMary & Robert

RutemoellerMary CarsonMary Sue IttnerMassage For a

Greater GoodMelody MonteroMichael ClementiMichaela GlennMichaela McGivernMonica Ashley

Moses GoldbergN J ScottNan & Robert

Foster, MDNeil MartinOliver MangisPamela RumbergPatricia BrownPatricia TruxawPatrick ReevesPatrick StewartPaul & Sherrie CorbettPaul & Vicki RemerPaula BerkeleyR CassidyR W SauterRaime KristeRajesh DesaiRandy & Louise LiebRichard RocklewitzRobert & Dana RandRobert & Paula BrentRobert BaileyRobert MuszynskiRobyn SpectorRoger & Valerie

StancliffRose LuccheseRuth Lake LeeS.H.E.Sandra HostySarah GurneySharon BlackmanSilva Star FarmsSonja LinkaSoul River Women’s

GroupStacy & Greg DumasStephanie SugarsSteven LightmanStewart McBrideSusan RobinsonSuzanne & Hugh BaileyTammie FraserTeri SackettTerry Ramsey-LeoniTiffany WoodTodd CutlerTrish PowerUte Scott-SmithVeronica & Gary ReedWayne & Irmgard

MartinWendy ColeWilliam BridgesWizard Industries Inc.Yvette Van Aggelen

$99 -Aina KemanisAl & Fran StutzkaAlan DebellaAlexander &

Suzanne RushAllan RexroatAmber GartonAmy & Larry ContardiAndi Pollack

Angela HunkoAngie BarrowAnna NissonAnnette StricklandAnthony & Jezra MoreAriege ArseguelArthur RoseAt&t United WayBalletto VineyardsBarbara JohansonBarbara PerkinsBay CrossingsBernhard HovdenBeth HodgmanBetty MossBim LippBob HirschBrian & Lori BeaudoinBrian & Roxenne SmithBruce & Chris FortinC. BaxterCamille SheltonCandace NagleCarina WagnerCarl & Janice JonkersCarl MichelsenCarmen RappCathy FreemanCathy UrbanusCeleste AustinCharles & Margaret

RogersCharles VeleyChristina DickChristine EvansChristine JenkinsChristine SchreilCindy TuckerClark WolfColin & Megan

GatewoodConnie MahoneyConstance BloodCraig NeslerCynthia JohnsonCynthia KandelDan NuebelDana AlexanderDaniel Solnit &

JoAnna NunyerDavid & Carolyn YargerDavid & Lynn FossDavid & Patrice

WarrenderDebora HammondDeborah RummelDecorator’s ForumDena BlissDenis QuinlanDenise RodriguezDiana WilsonDiane BudoDiane EvansDiane PsotaDianne BurfordDixie BagnoliDJ EdwardsDominique RendaDon & Nina Arrabit

Donald & Carolyn Crosby

Donald & Loretta Wihlborg

Donald KlynDonna & Scott MaternDonna BasileDwight KirkDwight NewsomEillen & Paul

AhvenainenElaine GreenwoodElaine O’BrienElaine PatariniElana LeoniElizabeth HerronElizabeth LarssenElizabeth ShewanEllen MundellElyse MengleErnest & Virginia TolliniEthan CouchEtheldrea O’MalleyEugene & Sibyl

BoudreauFrances ProwseFred & Beverly KandelGail SimonsGail WestGlenda ElvyGloria EwingGordon & Holly

GhirannGregg & Tiffani ClarkeHeather CrucianoHelen CloptonHelen HiltonHoll& SuttonIlze GenoveseIrma BachelorIrmgard MartinIvy May PrevotJames & Susan

CochranJames HartleyJami FitzgeraldJan LaskyJan LochnerJane & William

SchlutiusJane BroffmanJanet CarrJanice HartzogJanice LawsonJasmine HernandezJayne De LawterJean DearbornJeanne CorsonJeffrey NewtonJen SwansonJennifer GearingJens Christian

ValentinerJerry & Joyce BrownJill KamlerJill Libnic-ShawJo CipraJoan HarrisJoan Lateer

John & Jane StuppinJohn & Julie ThompsonJonathan EllisJoyce FrazhoJudi PereiraJudith LernerJudith PereiraJudy & Michael TuhtanJudy TimmermanJudy WismerJulian & Palmeda DayJulie FinnKaren SmithKari StettlerKatharine ClaytonKatherine WolfKathleen CookeKathleen RogersKay WebbKenneth Lacy &

Loretta RayburnKerri FreschetKim CarusoLaura GoldmanLaura TownsendLaurence & Jane

UrminiLenore BlumLinda BarrettLinda PriceLinda SchusterLisa VanderboomLiz LarewLorie SilverLouise RocheLynne MarchMargaret LocatiMargaret RouseMarilyn MadroneMarjorie GrossmanMarlene FinkMartha BakerMary & Fred NelsonMarylou ZinsmasterMaurice & Mary HallMichael BerndMichael NeeringMichael StusserMonica MorgenlaenderMonika PanczykMorning Glory &

Oberon ZellNancy DempseyNancy HansenNed & Elane CoonPatricia FoxPatricia ThompsonPatrick Amiot &

Bridgit LaurentPatrick MaherPaul & Sue AbrahamPaula DevittPaula KoneaznyPaula MatzingerPaula RectorPhyllis ButlandPhyllis MeshulamRachel Kau-Taylor

Raphael BlockRaymond AudetteRebecca RyanRex & Bonnie SmithRichard & Anita

GaggioliRichard SheltonRichard WoodRobin Eschner &

Bill HorvitzRonald & Leslie ShawRonald & Linda

PetersonRose WunderRosemary KehoeRoslyn BallRuth & Ellis VissmanSamten SmithSandra RosenSandy EastoakSara HarrisSharon ElderSharon HaleSharon LedbetterSharon SimsSheridan GoldSheryl StoughtonSheryl VannelliSteven & Carol GreekSteven & Karen BogaSteven McNealSusan DunlopSusan KaneSusan KralovecSusan LamontSusan WetsSuzanne KincaidSylvia Bray & Bernardo

LarqueSylvia MarieT C CampbellTamara & Jeffrey

GreenThomas & Laurie

TuchelTomoko HiraokaTracey RivaraTracy Saucier &

Thomas LanpharTricia HoffmanVictor RhotenVirginia AshfordVirginia BasileW RemerWalthers Von AltenWolfgang DilgerYoshie Bjornsson

Please forgive us if we have inadvertently omitted or misspelled your name. Call Ceres at 829-5883 ext. 4 with any corrections, omissions or preferences.

2010 Donors

Adult Volunteers Donated 8,200 hours

valued at $180,400 in 2010.

Alexander Valley Gourmet

Amanda Lane Photography

Amethyst Accounting for Creatives

Andy’s ProduceBalls & SkeinsCapers & Co.Chado-EnClark Summit FarmsCultivateDeutsch Design WorksEve Goldberg FarmacopiaFirst Light FarmFrank MayhewFrench Garden

Restaurant & FarmGalens WayGourmet MushroomsHafner WineryHarmony Farm SupplyIron Horse WineryLaguna FarmLooks Good on PaperLynmar EstateMeadow Song FarmMegan Rhodes

Photography

Oliver’s MarketsRedwood Hill Farm

& CreameryRick ButlerRotary Clubs -

Santa Rosa Sunrise, Sebastopol Sunrise and Noon

Sebastopol HardwareSkipstone RanchSnapware CorporationSonoma Design

ApparelSonoma Grower’s

ExchangeSprint Copy CenterStudio BTaylor Maid FarmsThe Tech GuyTierra VegetablesTraditional Medicinal Veritable VegetableVineyard MediaWACCO-BBLarry WagnerWhole Foods Market

SebastopolWine Country Party

& EventsZazu Restaurant

& Farm

Les & Chaney Claypool

Let’s Face It Lily Mazzarella MsMarcy Basel LacMarmot Clothing &

EquipmentMayacamas Country

ClubMessina Family

VineyardsNancy MorganNightingale BakeryOccidental Arts

& Ecology CenterOla Hawaiian Organic

Body CareOsmosis SpaOutpost WineryPadi Selwyn Patrick Amiot &

Brigitte LaurentPeter Lowell’s

RestaurantPeter & Carolyn ButlerRedwood Hill Farm

& Creamery

Rick & Jill GoldbergRob HogencampRocker Oysterfeller’sRose DenicolaRosso’s Pizza & Wine BarRussell SutterSan Francisco GiantsSebastopol Documentary

Film FestivalSkipstone RanchSonoma County

Repertory TheatreStark RestaurantsSyrah RestaurantTara ButlerTed & Martini BaggettTeresa & Greg PaxtonThe Styles FamilyUnderwood RestaurantWells Fargo Center

for The ArtsWillowwood RestaurantZazu Restaurant & Farm

$303,200 Individuals

$9,000 CorporateSponsors

$33,500FoundationGrants

$42,400Earned Income (Cookbook & food sales, class fees)

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$30,300 Overhead

$52,700 Fund-Raising & Outreach

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Ceres offers something special to the teens who cook here. Because we want to bring healing energy to the foods we prepare, the energy in the kitchen is always loving, open and centered. In that kind of environment, we accept each other and value each others’ contributions. It’s an amazing gift to spend time with other teenagers outside the crucible of social judgment.

I’m really proud that I can cook food that helps people who are fighting cancer, but I’m just as proud that I’ve learned how to healthily feed myself. I’m grateful to Ceres for showing me a whole other side of cooking.

Teen Chef Columbia Shafer

You can review the Ceres Federal Tax Form 990 on the web at:

www.CeresProject.org/FedTaxForm.html

Lynmar Estate

Gournet Mushrooms

Joe Matos Cheese Factory

Laguna Farm

Oliver’s Market

First Light Farm

Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery

Lynmar Estate Gardens

Where does the money go?

Where does the money come from?

In 2010• 200 adult volunteers

supported the program with 8,200 hours of time valued at $180,400.

• 137 teens donated more than 5,000 hours at a value of $84,000.

• We received more than $40,000 of in-kind food donations.

What We Have Accomplished!

Teen HoursTeens

Clients Meals

2871

124

186 26,10069,800 total meals

21,90017,300

4,500

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108

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3,500

1,800550

Our Mission

The Ceres Community Project works to restore locally-grown, organic whole food to its place as the foundation of health for people, communities and the planet. We do this through an integrated model that provides those facing cancer and other life-threatening illnesses with nourishing meals, gives teens experiences of growing and preparing healthy food, and educates the larger community about the connection between food, healing and wellness.

Editor: Cathryn Couch • Design: Kim StuffelbeamPhotography: Amanda Lane, Rose DeNicola, Kim Stuffelbeam© 2011 Ceres Community Project • All Rights Reserved

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Mailing AddressPO Box 1562 Sebastopol CA 95473

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