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Every morning, a small fleet of Food Rescue trucks makes the rounds to dozens of stores, farms and bakeries. Their mission? To rescue soon-to-expire, fresh and nutritious foods as part of Goodwill Northern Michigan’s Food Rescue program dedicated to not just helping feed people in need in northwest Michigan, but also doing so with healthy food.
The food everything from prepared dishes to fresh produce is delivered on the same day, free of charge, to more than 70 food pantries and community meal sites in Grand Traverse, Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties, where people can access the food for free. About 18,000 residents in the five counties an area twice the size of Rhode Island benefit from Goodwill Northern Michigan’s Food Rescue program each year.