Virtual learning may cause students in need to miss out on two dailymeals
More than 310,000 children in southeast Michigan rely on free or reducedcost breakfasts and lunches at school to provide two of their three daily meals.
With many schools only offering virtual and/or hybrid instruction as a result of COVID-19, it’s important to get children the food they may be missing.
Gleaners Community Food Bank and Weingartz have partnered for the 11th annual MowDown Hunger campaign, which runs now through Oct. 6. Weingartz will match donations dollar-for- dollar up to one million meals. With the Weingartz match, each dollar donated to Gleaners provides six nutritious meals to hungry children in southeast Michigan.
“We know kids and families have a lot to worry about this school year with so many changes in how students will learn, but with help from our community, hunger won’t be among them,” said Gleaners President and CEO Gerry Brisson. “Every child deserves to know where their next meal is coming from every day.”
Funds raised through the Mow Down Hunger campaign will benefit Gleaners’ programs that fight child hunger. Gleaners is working with school districts to employ a variety of distribution models. The plan is to continue emergency food distribution efforts, including drive- through sites and food box distributions across southeast Michigan.
To donate, visit www. MowDownHunger. org, call 855- 315-FOOD (3663) or mail a check/money order toGleaners Community Food Bank, P.O. Box 44050, Detroit, MI 48244- 0050. Checks should be made payable to Gleaners Community Food Bank and include Mow Down Hunger on memo line to ensure the contribution is matched.
Monetary donations will also be accepted at Weingartz stores. Oakland County locations are at 39050 Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills and 6585 Dixie Hwy, Clarkston.