Donate to Local Food Banks for National Canned Food Month
Livingston County Food Banks are accepting donations.
February is National Canned Food Month and local food pantries like Gleaners Community Food Bank need donations of canned food year round to meet the needs of many hungry children and adults in the area. Gleaners has five distribution centers located throughout Southeast Michigan that distribute food to more than 550 partner agencies that serve hungry people, according to marketing manager Natalie Fotias. She says, “The number of kids in our region growing up in poverty has more than doubled in the past decade. A hungry child can’t focus in the classroom and are likely to fall behind their peers—and stay behind.” Canned food donations, she says, “allow people to plan meals across weeks, better stretching their food supply and managing …
