Mobile Food Pantry
Feeding America West Michigan to provide Mobile Pantries for those facing unemployment due to COVID-19
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-21-2020 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan is adding Mobile Pantries to its existing schedule in an effort to supply food for neighbors experiencing unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each food distribution will provide more than 6,...
Mitten Brewing Co. hits another hole in one against hunger at golf outing
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 11-13-2019 under NONPROFITS
Mitten Brewing Company’s theme is baseball, but each September, they step up to a tee instead of a plate to fight hunger. This year, their Third Annual Golf Outing for Hunger raised a whopping $25,000! So many people showed up to...
Meet Grand Rapids' future leaders who serve food to neighbors in need at Innovation Central High School
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-21-2019 under NONPROFITS
Innovation Central High School’s Mobile Food Pantries aren’t run by a team of teachers, parents or by any adults at all. Instead, each month, the school’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) cadets serve neighbors...
Lettuce revolutionaries fight food waste and feed families
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-07-2019 under NONPROFITS
Here at Feeding America West Michigan, we believe everyone should have access to fresh, local produce – including our food insecure neighbors. Revolution Farms takes this belief to heart by choosing to donate 1 percent of its hydroponically...
Mobile food pantry helps relieve burden created by food insecurity
by (kooim)
Submitted 07-11-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
For Alicia Belchak's family, the monthly Feeding America West Michigan Mobile Food Pantry at Sibley Elementary is oftentimes the make or break element of their monthly budget. Since October, Alicia and her husband, Matthew, have been trying to...
I saw a sign: My journey from food bank client to food bank advocate
by (kooim)
Submitted 05-25-2017 under OPINION
In my son’s first year of life, I didn’t have enough food to feed us. It was just me and I was doing the best that I could. At 20 years old, without a degree and very little experience it was hard to survive on my own. I had really only...
Refugee students serve those in need at Union High School
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-03-2017 under NONPROFITS
If you need food and you visit the Mobile Pantry at Union High School, chances are the person who serves you will be a refugee. Refugee students, explains school improvement facilitator Halima Ismail, are at the heart of Union's partnership with...
Michigan mushroom grower donates exotic fungi to food bank
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 02-16-2017 under NONPROFITS
Imagine a crop that reduces waste as it grows, can be cultivated year-round, and contains a ton of vital nutrients. You might not realize it, but you're thinking of a mushroom. The best part: They're being grown right here in Michigan....
Food bank invites community to receive food for the holidays
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 12-19-2016 under NONPROFITS
On Thursday, Dec. 22, Feeding America West Michigan will open its doors to community members who need a little extra food this holiday season. Food for the Holidays will begin at 2:30 p.m. and conclude at 4. Guests are asked to arrive no earlier...
Experience of food insecurity inspires Grand Valley student to help others
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 12-15-2016 under NONPROFITS
It’s late September and Gabby Vernon is standing in a field in Allendale, launching a drone. The drone lifts off and hovers more than a hundred feet above Ham Family Farm where a dozen volunteers are picking kale and loading it onto a van...