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Retail partner spotlight: Kroger’s Great Michigan Milk Drive

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

Jumuiya Kubwa ya Lansing Inakuja Pamoja Kupambana na Njaa Huku Kuongezeka kwa Uhaba wa Chakula huko Mid-Michigan.

Annual Empty Plate Event and Stamp Out Hunger food drive raise more than 1.1 million meals for mid-Michigan neighbors LANSING, MI (May 23, 2024) — Nearly 100,000 neighbors in Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) seven county mid-Michigan service area are experiencing food insecurity, according to the latest data released by Feeding America. This data — More

Mambo ya Kifalme: Kuadhimisha Jumuiya, Kupambana na Njaa na Kucheza Usiku Umbali

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

Kuadhimisha Nguvu ya Jumuiya kwa Chakula cha Kaunti ya Clare

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

Jinsi Elsie Area Food Pantry Inapambana na Njaa na Cheche Mabadiliko

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

Kuheshimu Kumbukumbu ya Arek Gustafson Kupitia Vifaa vya Wikendi

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

Kupambana na Njaa. Mabadiliko ya Cheche. pamoja na Walmart na Klabu ya Sam

The simple shared vision of a hunger-free community helps even more neighbors receive the nutritious food they need. As the number of households seeking support from Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB) and our network of partners continue to grow, our community’s support and commitment to ending hunger in mid-Michigan is essential to the success of More

Jitayarishe kwa chemchemi na Mradi wa Bustani!

Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) Garden Project is on a mission to partner with mid-Michigan communities to increase access to nutritious food by providing garden space and food-growing resources. In 2023, Garden Project gardeners grew more than 1 million pounds of food collectively across a network of nearly 90 community gardens and including more than More

Kuadhimisha utamaduni wa miaka 30 wa Jumuiya ya Utamaduni ya India ya kutoa

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

Congress: Imarisha programu za upatikanaji wa chakula kupitia Mswada wa Shamba wa 2023

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

Uangaziaji wa Hadithi: Mpito wa Mpango wa WSK Backpack na Open House

Across mid-Michigan, families are working every day to ensure their children have the healthy food they need to thrive and grow — but for the families of more than 15,000 children across Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) seven-county service area experiencing food insecurity, this often means a parent must skip a meal themselves to ensure More

Uangaziaji wa Hadithi: Kuza & Toa Mpango wa Kuchangia

In 2022, approximately one million pounds of fresh produce were grown across Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) Garden Project network of nearly 90 community gardens, as well as the more than 500 home gardens supported by Garden Project resources and educational programming. For many gardeners, this often means more produce than their family can consume More