A year ago, Diana learned her 15-year-old daughter has a disability. She’d been working, but quit her job so she could stay home and care for her child. This difficult but necessary choice soon made it challenging for her to … Continue reading
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Home or food? Rosalie doesn’t need to choose anymore
Rosalie is a Reed City resident who loves helping her neighbors when she can. You’ll find her knitting hats and scarves for charity or picking up food for friends who can’t, as well as for herself, at Mobile Food Pantries. … Continue reading
Support from national organization provides larger freezer for Southwest branch
Food banks are at the center of hunger-relief efforts in their service areas. They need the capacity to store large food donations so that food pantries and meal programs don’t have to. Partnership with a food bank enables local hunger-relief … Continue reading
“Everybody falls on hard times sometimes”: Neighbors in Benton Harbor give and receive help
Like many people across the country, Thelma has found it difficult to afford enough food for herself and her family during the pandemic. She was laid off, and then the factory where she worked completely shut down. She hasn’t found … Continue reading
Still in need one year later: Zeeland Mobile Pantries help families affected by the pandemic
Marie’s car was full when she arrived at a Mobile Pantry in Zeeland this month. She’d driven her daughter Penny and 93-year-old neighbor Phyllis to the food distribution, since both were in need but lacked transportation. Along for the ride … Continue reading
Myth: Neighbors facing hunger always need help
According to the USDA ERS, before the pandemic, someone who faced hunger in any given year only did so for an average of seven months. And 94 percent of neighbors who faced hunger in a given year no longer needed … Continue reading