Posts Tagged ‘Food Mobiles’
General Motors Supports School Food Mobiles at Nine Local Schools
Gleaners is honored to receive the support of General Motors during this urgent time of need. For many years, General Motors has provided funding and given time to support Gleaners’ efforts to end childhood hunger.
Read MoreDedicated to Delivering Nutritious Food During a State of Emergency
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people in need are facing even more barriers when it comes to accessing well-rounded meals. While millions of households across Michigan have lost income, the price of groceries grew by 2.6% in April.
Read MoreReaching New Households Through Bi-Weekly Drive-up Food Distributions
Over the past five weeks, the Gleaners team has distributed food to those in need at a rate and quantity our organization has never experienced.
Read MoreTour Our New Drive-up Distribution Sites
Earlier this morning, Stacy Averill, our Senior Director of Community Giving & Public Relations, toured one of our new drive-up food distribution sites in Detroit.
Read MoreNew Drive-up Food Distributions Reach People in Sudden Need
With the current realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have utilized the drive-up model of our School Food Mobiles at 66 new sites.
Read MoreSchool Food Mobiles Address Increase in Need During State of Emergency
Each drive-up food distribution provides families in need with approximately 30 pounds of nutritious food to get through the month.
Read MoreGleaners Team and Partners Step Up to Meet Sudden Need
Gleaners launched more than 35 new drive-up mobile food distribution sites in response to the state of emergency. The additional locations served an average of 275 families per site—more than 10,500 in total as of March 27
Read MoreRemoving Barriers to Help Seniors Eat Healthy
Last year, Gleaners’ Senior Food Mobiles and My Neighborhood Mobile Grocery (MNMG) pop-up markets reached 3,121 seniors—and we’re off to serve more people across more locations in 2020.
Read MoreCuration Foods Rolls Into Town With Fresh Produce for our Hungry Neighbors
Curation made the 1.5 hour trek from Bowling Green, Ohio to deliver fresh produce to folks lined up at the Twelfth Street Food Pantry on Detroit’s west side.
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