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UnitedHealthcare Donates $750,000 to Nonprofits in Michigan
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, is awarding $750,000 in Empowering Health grants to four community-based organizations in Michigan to expand access to care and address the social determinants…
Read MoreA Kid’s Summer: Eat and Stay Safe This Season
Originally posted by Michigan Chronical COVID-19 is practically in the rearview mirror and with rates steadily declining and summer in full swing, it’s time to get the children outside and…
Read MoreGleaners Community Food Bank Receives $264,000 from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation
The Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation (Dresner Foundation) has awarded Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan with two grants totaling $264,000. The first grant, awarded on March 23 2021,…
Read MoreUnited Way tests out new hub to bridge data divide between health and human services
A local data exchange aimed at filling in information gaps in the social safety net by digitally linking local health and human service organizations will launch this summer. A project…
Read More3 ways food banks can help hungry kids and families this summer
Originally posted on WDIV Far too many children and families are worried about where their next meal will come from – but Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan has launched its…
Read MoreHow to Help Hungry Veterans for 4th of July
Independence Day is just around the corner, and Americans are getting ready to celebrate the holiday weekend with fireworks, parades, cookouts, and gatherings with friends and family. But beyond the red, white, and blue displays of patriotism, thousands of local veterans are still living in…
Read MoreGleaners Food Bank launches ‘Hunger Free Summer’ program to provide free meals to kids
Originally posted on WXYZ Gleaners Community Food Bank will provide meals to children all summer in hopes of providing a “Hunger Free Summer” for kids in Southeast Michigan. “Summer has…
Read MoreSmoked meat company donates nearly 2000 pounds of meat to Gleaners Community Food Bank
Originally posted on WXYZ A San Antonio, Texas smoked meats company donated nearly one ton of premium sausages to the Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit. Kiolbassa has been making…
Read MoreFamilies’ needs for emergency food services expected to soar this summer
Originally posted on WDIV According to projections from Feeding America, one in six people — including one in five children — across Southeast Michigan are at risk of facing hunger…
Read MoreGleaners adds dozens of food distribution sites this summer
Originally posted by The Detroit Free Press Starting next week, children in metro Detroit can get free meals through a summer food program run by Gleaners Community Food Bank of…
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