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Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB), along with our fellow Feeding America partner food banks across the state, partnered with our friends at Kroger and United Dairy Industry of Michigan for the Great Michigan Milk Drive. For the entire month of August, every donation made at checkout at our mid-Michigan Kroger stores stayed local and helped More

For Verlecia Kelley and her husband Kenneth Johnson, celebrating community and fighting hunger go hand in hand. What started as an end-of-summer gathering with friends and neighbors has turned into a huge food and fund drive complete with art, music and dancing. “As I was planning , I was coming up the basement steps, More

At more than 20 percent, Clare County, the northernmost county in Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) service area, has the highest rate of food insecurity of any county in Michigan. To help connect these more than 5,600 neighbors facing hunger with the food their families need to thrive, a small but mighty group of volunteers More

Elsie Area Food Pantry knows every partner has a role to play in the fight against hunger.  Because the village of Elsie, Michigan closely borders several counties, they frequently serve neighbors across Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) service area from the counties of Clinton, Gratiot and Shiawassee. Neighbors can visit the pantry on Mondays and More

In March 2021, Matt and Tamah Gustafson experienced the devastating loss of their son, Arek. “He was six and three-quarters years old when he passed away, but he just made such a connection with all ages. You’d see him and want to chat with him because he was so mature for his age,” remembers Tamah. More

At Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB), we know hunger can — and does — affect people from all cultural backgrounds, faith traditions and walks of life. But just as the experience of food insecurity is one that transcends our differences, so too does the tradition of supporting neighbors in need. For the India Cultural Society More

Opinion by Nikali Luke, CPA, board chair of Greater Lansing Food Bank and partner at Simplified Tax and Accounting Services and Michelle Lantz, chief executive officer of Greater Lansing Food Bank As families across mid-Michigan continue to feel the strain of inflation and rising food prices, lawmakers in Washington are deciding on nutrition assistance funding More