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
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Michigan Gateway Community Foundation to fund four Mobile Food Pantries in Marcellus community
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich., Nov. 19, 2020 — Michigan Gateway Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council has awarded Feeding America West Michigan with a $1,730 grant. The funding will enable the food bank to provide quarterly Mobile Food Pantries in Marcellus. The … Continue reading
Two Belding-area women fight cancer and hunger
A month before Rosemary attended her first Mobile Food Pantry, she learned she has breast cancer. She’s already had one surgery and may need another, according to her doctors. Four years ago, she moved from Georgia to her hometown of … Continue reading