Posts by Amanda Greco
Soaring gas prices have Michigan businesses getting creative
Originally posted on Crain’s Detroit Business Gas prices in Michigan reached an average of more than $5 per gallon this week. The effects of soaring oil prices are seeping into…
Read MoreSoaring prices mean food banks face growing need, less food
Originally posted on Michigan Radio It was March when Stacy Averill noticed the lines were getting longer at Gleaners Community Food Bank distribution sites across Southeast Michigan. “Right now, we…
Read MoreGleaners Leverages Purchasing Power Amid Rising Food Prices
From the grocery store to the gas pump, families across Southeast Michigan are continuing to feel the ongoing effects of inflation. With budgets already stretched thin, far too many are…
Read MoreSV Temple of Michigan Raises $15,000 for Gleaners
This past month, SV Temple of Michigan raised $15,000 – or 90,000 meals – for Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeast Michigan. This generous contribution was the result of a…
Read MoreGleaners Distributes Record-Breaking 71.4M Pounds of Food
Originally posted in Harvest 2022 Within the pages of the 2021 Gleaners Harvest Magazine & Annual Report, Gleaners announced another record-breaking fiscal year, distributing 71.4 million pounds of food across…
Read MoreAdapting to a Virtual World
Originally posted in Harvest 2022 Volunteering at a distribution center. Organizing a food drive. Attending nutrition education classes. These beloved programs at Gleaners all had the potential to be crushed…
Read MoreMetro Detroit food banks and pantries seeing longer lines, more families as prices rise
Originally posted on Detroit Free Press On a Thursday morning, a long line of cars, stretching down Vernor Highway and West Grand Boulevard, headed for a drive-thru in Southwest Detroit, where people picked…
Read MorePartnering for a Hunger Free Future
Originally posted in Harvest 2022 Every two weeks, Glenda arrives an hour early to receive food at Gleaners’ mobile distribution site at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit. She waits…
Read MoreMore Michiganders go without food as pandemic fallout persists
Originally posted on Oakland Press Connie Miller said she will keep working to feed people as long as there’s a need, and in recent years, that need has grown. Miller,…
Read MoreExpanding our Capacity to Serve
Originally posted in the 2022 Harvest Edition “Food help in Livingston County.” It was the first time Jacob had ever typed those words into a search engine, after 25 years…
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