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Mobile Pantries: Crossing Food Deserts to Meet the Need
In the old days, it was up to people in need to find their way to a food pantry, even if they didn’t have a car. Today the pantries come to them. That’s because the Mobile Food Pantry delivery model,...
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Should Food Stamp Users Be Able to Order Food Online?
For people with busy schedules, ordering food online and having it delivered to your door is a convenient way to keep the fridge stocked with healthy food. The services range in size from the tiny and...
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What’s the Best Way to Get SNAP Users to Eat Healthy?
Millions of Americans get help buying groceries from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. With diabetes, obesity, and other diet-related illnesses widespread among all Americans, our country...
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Food Is Medicine: A Powerful Idea Takes Hold
What if you didn’t need to take medication or get an expensive treatment to manage your disease? What if instead of prescribing drugs your doctor wrote you a prescription for vegetables? If that...
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Q&A with Molly Kooi, Communications Intern
We talk with Molly Kooi about her interest in hunger relief, what she’ll be doing this summer, and why she thinks telling the stories of those who use our services is so important. So you’re a student...
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Proposed Budget Targets Hunger-Relief Program for Big Cuts
More than 43 million Americans receive food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the same program the White House hopes to cut by 25 percent over the next decade. In total,...
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Q&A with Nathan Umoh, Social Media Intern
A conversation with Nathan Umoh, Grand Valley State University student and our summer social media intern. What are you going to be doing this summer at Feeding America West Michigan? I will be...
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Q&A with Sean Little, Development Associate
Sean Little joined Feeding America West Michigan’s development team in the fall of 2016. We talk about his job history, his graduate studies, the Hops Against Hunger campaign, and why he’s so...
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Meet the Celery Farmers Committed to Feeding Their Neighbors in Need
In late June, the pale green stalks of celery contrast sharply with Hudsonville’s black soil. “This is good muck, really good muck,” Gary Wruble, general manager of the Michigan Celery Promotion...
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Donor Profile: Hannah
Hannah, a valued donor of Feeding America West Michigan, is a budding entrepreneur and philanthropist. She recently opened a small business out of her home with the sole intention of helping local kids...
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Summer Backpack Program Puts 5,500 Meals Into the Hands of Kids
For many children, summer vacation is an exciting time. For others, it can be extremely difficult. Often, children receive a large portion of their meals from their school. During the summer months,...
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Feeding America West Michigan Partners with Social Service Organizations to...
For many families in the Muskegon area, Love INC is a beacon of hope. For Bob and Deanna Michaels’ family, it has been life changing. During the last 6 years, Love INC and partners like Feeding America...
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Local Foundation Supports Mobile Pantries in Southwest Michigan
The Pokagon Fund, a nonprofit foundation supported by The Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, MI, has been a generous supporter of Feeding America West Michigan for several years.The foundation...
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Ruralality in the Upper Penninsula and its Effect on Hunger
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is bursting with natural beauty, but amidst the stunning scenery, a large portion of the U.P.’s population live in extremely rural areas and face high rates of poverty...
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Rural Living: A Day in the Life
Rural hunger is an often unseen, but drastic, problem in the U.S. According to Feeding America’s website, “86% of the counties with the highest rates of child food insecurity are rural.” Unless...
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Join us in the fight to strengthen federal nutrition programs
This year, we are presented with an especially challenging legislative landscape. The list of issues Congress must tackle is longer than ever. Some congressional leaders have signaled they are...
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Walmart Foundation brings hope to the hungry in West Michigan and beyond
Without the support of generous community partners, Feeding America West Michigan would not be able to provide necessary food assistance to community members in need in our 40-county service area. In...
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Caterpillar Foundation Funds Monthly Mobile Pantries to Menominee County
Founded in 1952, the Caterpillar Foundation has been funding important initiatives that improve the lives of communities across the country and globe. The foundation focuses on programs that support...
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Walmart Foundation Increases Retail Donations to Agencies in West Michigan...
Without food donations acquired from retailers like Walmart, a large portion of Feeding America West Michigan’s service area would go without access to a nutritious food source. Thanks to a generous...
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