Feeding America
Local landscape painter Overvoorde to host art sale for hunger relief
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Submitted 04-22-2015 under NONPROFITS
Chris Stoffel Overvoorde spends a lot of time thinking about the elemental things, about the sky, the land and the wind. “To stand or sit in a landscape is an experience we cannot always express in words,” Overvoorde writes in one of his...
Hunger rate rises in West Michigan, Upper Peninsula according to new report
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Submitted 04-21-2015 under NONPROFITS
For the first time in five years, the percentage of people struggling with hunger in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula has increased, according to a new study by Feeding America. Hunger threatens one in seven people in the region, including one...
Hunger Action Week addresses food access, nutrition in Kent County
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Submitted 09-12-2014 under NONPROFITS
Several Grand Rapids-area hunger-relief organizations are coming together for Hunger Action Week, Sept. 14-20, a series of events whose mission is to educate West Michigan about the reality of local hunger and provide practical ways to get involved...
Michigan startup debuts clothing line to support hunger relief
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Submitted 08-25-2014 under NONPROFITS
Five months after launching their first Hold On To Hope campaign for Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank, Live Love Michigan is debuting a second line of clothes to benefit the hunger-relief organization. The model is pretty straightforward:...
Catalyst Radio: Food bank use increasing, according to Feeding America report
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Submitted 08-22-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we focus on Hunger in America, and more specifically, in West Michigan. The hunger-relief organization Feeding...
Million Meal March
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Submitted 08-20-2014 under
Raise Money. Kick Hunger. The Million Meal March is a 10K hike on the White Pine Trail to support Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. Participants are encouraged to raise $100, enough to send 400 meals to their neighbors in need. Lunch will be...
Feeding America West Michigan distributes 400 millionth pound of food
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Submitted 04-09-2014 under NONPROFITS
On March 18, 2014, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank distributed its 400 millionth pound of food. The story of how we got from our first pound more than three decades ago to 400 million today is a story of compassion and tenacity. It’s...
Clothing startup sends 2,900 meals to local families
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Submitted 04-01-2014 under NONPROFITS
After a two-week campaign, Lansing-based startup Live. Love. Michigan. raised enough money to send 2,900 meals to local families through Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. Through its Hold on to Hope campaign, the company designed a line of...
Hope on their sleeves: clothing startup believes in Michigan's resilience
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Submitted 03-17-2014 under NONPROFITS
Community investment is an afterthought for most companies, something they work into their business plans after they’ve gotten established. For Live. Love. Michigan. it was the founding principle. A marine biology student at Michigan State...
Brewery Vivant, Crooked Goose join forces to fight hunger
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Submitted 04-30-2013 under NONPROFITS
What happens when a proudly local pub and a Grand Rapids brewery get together? They find a creative way to fight hunger in West Michigan. On May 1, Crooked Goose will host a Brewery Vivant tap takeover featuring six of Vivant’s Belgian-style...