Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Names Patricia Habeck Regional Manager

Omro, Wis. – Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin has named Patricia Habeck Regional Manager.  Habeck will serve as Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin’s primary representative in northeastern Wisconsin.  Her responsibilities will include cultivating donor relationships and growing support for the food bank and its mission of feeding the hungry. 

“We’re delighted to have Patricia Habeck join our staff,” said Bonnie Bellehumeur, president of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.  “There are many opportunities for individuals, foundations, and organizations to support our mission in northeastern Wisconsin.  Patricia’s experience will lend itself to building, developing and sustaining those relationships which will ultimately increase our outreach in those communities.”

Before arriving at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Habeck spent three years at the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region managing donor funds and managing relations with large donors and private foundations.

Habeck, a resident of Appleton, holds a Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, the state’s largest food bank, distributed more than 15 million pounds of food through its food banks in Omro and Milwaukee last year. 

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330,000 people in Wisconsin rely on food supplied by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.  The food bank is the largest, private, non-profit distributor of food in the state. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin distributes over 15 million pounds of food annually to 1,000 food pantries, meal programs and shelters throughout the state.  Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is affiliated with Feeding America which is consistently ranked as one of the most efficient charities, out of the country’s 100 largest charities, by Forbes magazine.  Since 1982, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin has distributed more than 280 million pounds of food.  To learn more about hunger in Wisconsin, log onto www.feedingamericawi.org