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Catalyst Radio: Food bank use increasing, according to Feeding America report
by (Catalyst Radio)
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...
Senior Artie Smith grateful for good food, good friends
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 07-25-2014 under NONPROFITS
After her husband passed away, Artie Smith moved in with her daughters in Grand Rapids. Three years ago, she made the transition to Ransom Tower Apartments, a facility for low-income seniors run by the Grand Rapids Housing Commission. At 80 years...
Beyond hunger relief: Congress Elementary uses gardening to get kids excited about healthy food
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-29-2014 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank works with a network of 1,200 hunger-relief agencies across West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Many of those agencies and host sites do more than simply hand out food. Congress Elementary School in Grand...
Highlands Golf Club invites community to hunger-fighting buffet
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-19-2014 under NONPROFITS
On May 21, The Highlands Golf Club will host an all-you-can-eat buffet to benefit Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. The second entry in a new series called Charity Wednesday, the buffet features a taco bar for $6.95 per person; 20 percent of...
Letter carriers get ready to Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-07-2014 under NONPROFITS
On Saturday, the Grand Rapids letter carriers will join postal workers around the country in collecting food for their neighbors in need. Last year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive brought in more than 150,000 pounds of food for Feeding America...
Feeding America West Michigan distributes 400 millionth pound of food
by (Feeding America...)
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
by (Feeding America...)
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
by (Feeding America...)
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...
Hunger in uniform: JROTC cadets overcoming food insecurity
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-04-2014 under NONPROFITS
A hard, cold rain was falling as the Mobile Food Pantry pulled up to Innovation Central High School on a Thursday evening in February. Sergeant James Peterson stood in the weather for a few minutes before deciding to move the food inside. Half a...
Terra GR donates 488 meals through Cool Brews, Hot Eats
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-03-2014 under NONPROFITS
This afternoon, Terra GR announced that it would be donating the equivalent of 488 meals to the hungry through Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. The fundraiser, which ended on Sunday, coincided with Experience Grand Rapids’ two-week-...