Posts by Josh Elliot
Children’s Hospital of Michigan hosts 13th annual Cereal Drive
Originally posted on CBSNews.com For the last 13 years, the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Professional Nurse Council at the Detroit Medical Center and Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan…
Read MoreHeart of Michigan hosting a Gleaners Food Drive on June 10th
Originally posted on https://thelivingstonpost.com Heart of Michigan, 203 W. Grand River Ave. in downtown Howell, will host its 12th annual food drive for Gleaners Food Bank 10 a.m. to 6…
Read More30th Annual Women’s Power Breakfast: A Legacy of Empowerment and Impact
Originally posted on www.thejewishnews.com Dulcie Rosenfeld is the powerhouse behind the 30-year-old Women’s Power Breakfast. A line of cars, seemingly a mile long, streamed into the parking lot of the…
Read MoreMetro Detroit food pantries see increased need as pandemic food benefits end
Originally posted on www.detroitnews.com Food donation organizations in Metro Detroit are dealing with increasing need after the end of hiked federal food benefits that started during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Read MoreLetter Carriers Make Strides to Stamp Out Hunger
Originally posted on candgnews.com METRO DETROIT — Letter carriers across southeastern Michigan will be making strides to Stamp Out Hunger during their 31st annual food drive on Saturday, May 13.…
Read MoreWorking Alongside our Partners: a Harvest Magazine Feature
An excerpt from the 2022 Annual Report “Gleaners Harvest” Our experiences from the Great Recession to the Great Lockdown – and the subsequent supply chain and economic challenges – have taught…
Read MoreFacing Inflation: a Harvest Magazine Feature
An excerpt from the 2022 Annual Report “Gleaners Harvest” Everyday expenses rose drastically in 2022, and food banks saw increased visitors month after month. Last summer, Waheeb, a father of…
Read MoreDTE Foundation grants $3 million to feed families in need
Originally posted on michiganchronicle.com The DTE Energy Foundation recently granted $3 million grant to United Way for Southeastern Michigan and partner agencies to help feed Michiganders in Southeastern Michigan, including…
Read MoreEmergency food providers feel the crunch of rising costs amid inflation
Originally posted on secondwavemedia.com As spring approaches and inflation continues to impact the cost of food and other necessities, emergency food providers are seeing an uptick in need in communities across…
Read MoreFarmers grow extra crops. Michigan food banks need extra cash to buy it.
Originally posted on mlive.com Lee and Karen Swift grow zucchini, summer squash, green beans, green peppers and winter squash on their 120-acre farm in southwest Michigan. But most of those…
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