Posts Tagged ‘Kids’
Gleaners looks to tackle hunger through schools
A 10-year pilot is looking to prove it can and to create a scalable model that can be replicated in other districts around the state.
Read MoreChildren’s Foundation Awards Gleaners $50,000 Grant to Improve the Health of Children in Michigan
Fresh milk offers nutrients to help kids grow up healthy and happy. The USDA recommends children receive three servings of dairy each day. But for families struggling to put food on the table, milk is often out of reach. At Gleaners, milk is the most requested item by those we serve, yet it is rarely…
Read MoreMonteith Student Council’s Food Drive Helps Gleaners
The Monteith Elementary School student council wanted to help out others, so Nov. 1-25, students held a food drive at the school to feed the hungry.
Read MoreStudent Group Steps Up for Charity
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.
Read More7-year-old Gives Back by Holding Food Drive
After battling cancer, 7-year-old gives back by holding food drive Before March 7, 2018, Brock Meader of Livingston County was your typical 6-year-old. He loves cartoons, especially old-school ones like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” his dog, and being outdoors – last Christmas his parents got him a four-wheeler. His mom, Christa, says he’s outgoing and…
Read MoreFrom Warehouse to School: The Journey of a ‘Can of Sunshine’
Dole Packaged Foods is brightening up the lives of families in Gleaners Community Food Bank’s service area of Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Wayne counties with “cans of sunshine.” It all began in February when Gleaners accepted 25,000 pounds of canned sliced, chunks, tidbits, and crushed pineapple from Dole Packaged Foods at its main warehouse,…
Read MoreHow Volunteering Helped Inspire a Student
How Volunteering as a Youth Inspired College Student to Fight Food Insecurity with Blessing Box Detroit As a fifth-grader, Obaidah Bitar had no clue what food insecurity really looked like until he went with his classmates to volunteer through Kids Helping Kids at Gleaners. I didn’t know the extent of who was hungry, and the…
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