âAt the end of the day, youâre helping somebodyâ: Feeding America hiring drivers to meet growing demand for food
Feeding America says hunger and food insecurity has grown during the pandemic. Over 100,000 children in West Michigan worry about food. Videos
âAt the end of the day youâre helping somebodyâ: Feeding America hiring drivers to meet growing demand for food
and last updated 2021-04-30 19:47:25-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Kenneth Cavanary loves being a truck driver. Heâs been doing it since 2007, earning his commercial driverâs license in Missouri. However, it wasnât until he started driving for Feeding America six years ago that he began loving it.
Meijer partnering with Whitecaps and others to donate 6,000 turkeys
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and last updated 2021-03-03 13:59:15-05
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. â Meijer alongside the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, Feeding America West Michigan and the West Michigan Whitecaps will donate 6,0000 turkeys to families in need in the parking lot of LMCU.
âThe pandemic has provided an impactful reminder of the importance of connectivity and that our community can best recover with unified efforts. Our YMCA is honored to work alongside partners like Meijer and the Whitecaps to serve our neighbors by making nutritious food more accessible,â said Scott Lewis, President & CEO of the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids.
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Courtesy Mercantile Bank
Mercantile Bank of Michigan is donating $100,000 to several organizations across the state to help communities that are battling food insecurity and homelessness.
“During this season of giving, we wanted to ensure that the financial assistance we provide reaches across all of the communities we serve, especially amid the amplified effects of the pandemic,” said Robert Kaminski Jr., CEO of Mercantile Bank of Michigan. “As we operate in these communities daily, we know that among the biggest critical needs across our state are food, shelter and financial stability, and many people are struggling to receive these basic human needs. As a Michigan-based community bank, we wanted to act quickly and are partnering with organizations across the state to form critical relationships that will help fulfill these urgent needs but also work to make a lasting impact.”