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Key2Finesse, a group of metro Detroit students who care deeply about developing strong leadership skills among their peers, also showed concern for childhood hunger when it chose Gleaners’ BackPack Program as the recipient of its annual Speak the Difference fundraiser.
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With the Gleaners MealConnect Middle Mile initiative, volunteers pick up food directly from donor organizations and deliver the food donations directly.
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As caring Americans, we volunteer close to 6.9 billion hours of time annually, according to the 2018 Volunteering in America report.
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Across Gleaners’ five-county service area more than 300,000 children are food insecure, which means they are growing up in homes that don’t always have food…
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Splash host Brooke Allen sits down with Stacy Averill to discuss how to give back with Gleaners Food Bank. Watch below!
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Two years ago, Jennifer’s sister suffered a rapid decline in health and spent her 40th birthday in the hospital. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis…
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Run by Heidi Bombrisk, a Gleaners Program Coordinator for Kids Helping Kids, the Food Zoo engages all the senses for optimal learning.
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Gleaners Community Food Bank works tirelessly with local organizations to help southeast Michigan residents who are affected by hunger.
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“My genuine interest is to create a safety net that works for everyone. It’s still what drives me today,” he said. “You can see the difference when people don’t have to worry about having enough food. It changes their life.”
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Less produce planted, late start to season and hot, dry summer impacting harvest. Milk, cheese surplus from Michigan dairy farms could be impacted.
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