CADILLAC â Feeding America West Michigan is fresh off one of the busiest years they ve ever experienced.
Lorrie Hockanson, Feeding America West Michigan branch manager, said in her 12 years with the organization, she s never seen as much need as she did in 2020. It was crazy, Hockanson said. In a good way. It s good that we can get this food out to people who need it.
When Hockanson started at Feeding America, she said they had five or six mobile food pantry distribution events a month; in 2020, she said they held a distribution event in area counties almost every day; and already this year, Hockanson said they re averaging around 15 distributions a month.