Vicki Metheny

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  Vicky Metheny food programs director for the local ECHO Inc., said people would be surprised to find out who among their neighbors need help.

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  VICKI METHENY
  
  Food Programs Director
  
  ECHO Food Bank

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  It improves our quality of life by helping our neighbor improve their quality of life," said Vicki Metheny, food program manager at ECHO Food Bank.
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  "We are all very inter-connected, as far as our services go," Metheny said."It's often true when a crisis occurs, people need more than one service provided."
  
  Metheny emphasized the importance of having food assistance available to everyone.
  
  "It isn't just a lazy bum who doesn't want to work.We have a lot of families that come in where both parents work, and also retired seniors coming in," Metheny said.

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  The packaged meals are distributed to hungry families throughout the county, said Vicki Metheny, food programs supervisor for ECHO.
  
  "It makes a huge difference when we get turkeys in this quantity," she said.

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  "We do see an increase when there's a big gap between when they get their check," said Vicki Metheny, food programs supervisor.

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  Vicki MethenyFood Programs Director401 S. Commercial, Farmington, NM, 87401csfpfmn@cyberport.com326-3770

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  VICKI METHENY
  
  Food Programs Supervisor
  
  ECHO, Inc.

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  "It's quite an honor to be on the council and it's a great opportunity to make some changes," said Vicki Metheny, who was nominated because of her experience administering nutrition programs throughout the northern New Mexico.
  
  In addition her duties as the program administrator at the ECHO Food Bank, she also supervises the commodity supplemental food programs in Farmington and Albuquerque.
  
  Metheny is one of only two food program officials chosen nationwide to participate on the 24-member council, which provides suggestions to the USDA on how to improve federal nutrition programs.The council is composed of pediatricians, a variety of health officials, as well as experts on alcohol and drug abuse.
  
  Specifically, the council studies the operation of the supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly referred to as WIC, and other similar supplemental food programs.
  
  Metheny said she thinks her 10 years of experience in the food banking business will help bring a rural perspective to the table.
  
  "When I read the list of council members most of them were from large metropolitan areas, it was like a Who's Who of Ph.Ds," said Metheny.
  
  The new council member said she felt a little intimidated at first, but regardless of who the committee members are, Metheny said she thinks she has a lot to offer.
  
  "ECHO covers half of New Mexico, and we have a lot of logistical issues that people working in large cities don't face," said Metheny."Of course, I can learn a lot of from the other direction as well."
  
  Although the council is purely advisory and has no authority to make changes, the local food bank supervisor said she thinks that during her three-year term, she will be able to make improvements locally even if legislative changes are not made.
  
  "I hope to bring ideas back from the council and use them at a local level," said Metheny.
  
  She said the local and federal food programs work side by side and changes made at a national level impact all local nutrition operations.
  
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  "CSFP is our major program," said Vicki Metheny, food program supervisor at ECHO.
  
  CSFP, along with many other local and national organizations, is run by the Economic Council Helping Others, otherwise known as ECHO.
  
  "ECHO is a nonprofit organization that has been helping New Mexicans for 35 years," Metheny said.
  
  It is the parent organization for multiple nonprofit programs including CSFP, Children in Need of Services (CHINS), Aztec Preschool, funded by the United Way, and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
  
  ECHO provides assistance to the northern half of New Mexico.It received 720,123 pounds of donated food and non-food items so far in 2001.
  
  The food box program provides emergency food supplies to families year-round.
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  Metheny said."That provides emergency foods to families in crisis who are not receiving food stamps."
  
  ECHO also operates programs with the help of government agencies."For the state Human Services Department we serve a program called The Emergency Financial Assistance Program (TEFAP) which has been around since the depression," Metheny said.
  
  TEFAP operates emergency homeless programs, crisis utility assistance, medical/prescription assistance, and eye care assistance, among others.
  
  "That is a periodic program, right now it's being distributed every other month.It is income-based depending on the number of residents in the household and is for San Juan County residents," Metheny said.
  
  ECHO gathers food for 55 other non-profit agencies including churches, Childhaven, senior centers, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and the Red Cross.They also distribute to a few places in Colorado.
  
  "We are part of a national network that gathers from manufacturers."Metheny said."We pay a fraction of the cost to get food here and we pass that cost onto agencies.If an agency needs cereal they pay for the transportation of the cereal, which is less than what they pay at the grocery store.They can also buy under wholesale from other agencies."
  
  There is also a tractor-trailer that hauls produce throughout New Mexico to food banks and non-profit agencies.There are about 55 agencies in San Juan County that receive deliveries.
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  Metheny said the association, which runs the produce program, will try to negotiate an amount of money from the state to help support it.
  
  ECHO runs mostly on the donated hours of workers and schoolchildren."We have 700-800 donated hours every month," Metheny said.So far in 2001, ECHO recorded 5,537 total donated hours.
  
  The week before Thanksgiving, ECHO launched Operation Merry Christmas - a holiday food drive for families in need."The food drive is going well for emergency boxes but we are still way short items for holiday boxes," Metheny said.
  
  Food still needed for the drive includes dressing, gravy mix, turkeys, and cranberry sauce.Other items often needed for the boxes are peanut butter, canned fruits, soups, canned milk, tuna, canned vegetables and cereal.

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  VICKI METHENY
  
  Food Programs Director
  
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