The number of children affected by hunger in southeast Michigan is growing. Today, one in five Michigan children under age 18 years resides in a household getting food stamps. More than 250,000 school children in the tri-county area are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches - an important resource that ends when school is out for the summer.

Gleaners Community Food Bank is partnering with Charter One and Forgotten Harvest on Summer Vacation from Hunger, an initiative to help fight the impact of child hunger during the summer.

The Charter One Foundation has pledged $100,000 to Gleaners and Forgotten Harvest to provide much-needed funding to feed thousands of children and families throughout southeast Michigan.

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Gleaners thanks all of our Food Fight teams that helped raise 10,279 Pounds of food and $24,189.33 to tackle childhood hunger!

Go to the event website to see all the winning teams...

About the event: children often go hungry when school is out because they do not have access to free or reduced-fee lunches.

Food Fight to Tackle Childhood Hunger donations will help keep kids healthy through the summer so they can have fun and be ready for the new school year.

 

Food Fight Kick-Off Monday, July 14

Our thanks to everyone who helped us kick off the Food Fight to Tackle Childhood Hunger. See photos from the event here...

2008 School Food Fight to benefit Gleaners

This food will be distributed to hungry neighbors through Gleaners' network of more than 400 soup kitchens, food pantries and other partner agencies.

Congratulations to our winners!
University Preparatory Elementary School, Detroit
Winner: Most Pounds of Food Collected Per Enrolled Student (5.3 pounds per student)

Cranbrook Brookside School, Bloomfield Hills
Winner: Most Pounds of Food Collected Overall (1,893 pounds)

Special recognition:
"Half-Ton Club" Schools (each collected more than 1,000 pounds of food)
University Preparatory Elementary School - Detroit (1,883 pounds)
Wyandotte Middle School - Wyandotte (1,501 pounds)
Wildwood School - Westland (1,268 pounds)

"I Fed a Child For a Day" Schools (each collected more than 3 pounds of food per enrolled student)
Cranbrook Brookside School - Bloomfield Hills (3.7 pounds per student)
St. Linus School - Dearborn (3.3 pounds per student)
Wildwood School - Westland (3.2 pounds per student)

Thanks to all the participating schools for caring about our hungry neighbors. You are all winners! See our "Special Events by Friends of Gleaners" page for all the participating schools...

Spring 2008 Issue

30th Anniversary Year in Review
How Gleaners is keeping at the forefront its mission to nourish communities by feeding hungry people.

Full Pallets, More Choice for Hungry Downriver Families
Taylor Client Choice Pantry Slated to Open in June

Israeli Lawmakers, Activists Visit Gleaners
Learning and Sharing is the Focus

Winter 2007/08 Issue

Cooking, Nutrition & Shopping Tips for Elderly Citizens
Operation Frontline is a Hit with Seniors

Gleaners On the Go
Promotes Staff Volunteerism

Seniors' Needs are Many
Help with Food Relieves the Pressure

Shopping with Dignity
Gleaners Endorses "Client Choice" Model for Pantries

Blueprint Offers Answers to the Question: How DO We "Cure Hunger Here"?
Blueprint Calls on All Segments of Society to Help

Fall 2007 Issue

"Eating Healthy" Class Leads to Better Meals for Less Money
Operation Frontline Outreach Program Enhances Nutrition, Cooking and Shopping Skills

Bittersweet Farm Provides Tons of Organic Vegetables to Hungry People
Plant a Row for the Hungry encourages people to grow an extra row of vegetables in their gardens and contribute it to food banks to help feed hungry people.

Food Pantries Fill Critical Need for Seniors
Blueprint to End Hunger calls for better use of federal programs

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You can help spread the word about Gleaners by sending an eCard to your friends! In this time of rising demand and shrinking supplies, food banks are facing the possibility of shortages as we try to meet the need.

It's easy! Send an eCard today and let your friends know about the work we do here at Gleaners.