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Trucks: The fuel behind the food bank

The Darden Foundation recently helped fund one of the most important, yet least “glamorous,” aspects of the food bank’s operations – truck fuel. Without trucks, the food bank could not fulfill its mission.

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 in Donor Spotlights, Food for Thought, Friends of the Food Bank

Escanaba Mobile Pantry Rescheduled for Nov. 22 at Salvation Army

Escanaba, Michigan — November 9, 2016 — Feeding America West Michigan’s Mobile Food Pantry, originally planned for Webster Elementary today, has been rescheduled.

Posted on November 9, 2016July 29, 2019 in Press Releases

Mobile Pantries to Deliver Fresh Food Across Central UP in July

Comstock Park, Michigan — June 30, 2016 — This July, Feeding America West Michigan will send six Mobile Food Pantries to communities in the Upper Peninsula.

Posted on June 30, 2016July 29, 2019 in Press Releases

Single Dad Provides for Five Kids with Help from Food Bank

With his tattooed arms and southern accent, Russell Chambers isn’t the first person you expect to meet in the rectory of a Catholic church on Upper Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula.

Posted on June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 in Friends of the Food Bank

Army couple overcomes food insecurity after leaving service

On a bright September morning, Jon and Elizabeth Alba waited two hours at the VA Medical Clinic in Iron Mountain, Mich., not for medical care but for a few days’ supply of groceries.

Posted on June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 in Friends of the Food Bank

14 Mobile Food Pantries Headed to Upper Peninsula in June

Comstock Park, Michigan — May 25, 2016 — This June, Feeding America West Michigan plans to send 14 Mobile Food Pantries to communities across the Upper Peninsula. The distributions will provide at least 202,500 pounds of food, or 170,000 meals, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 25, 2016July 29, 2019 in Press Releases

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