Posted: Oct 09, 2014 3:20 PM MSTUpdated: Oct 09, 2014 3:20 PM MST
By Katherine Ducharme, Reporter
A generous gift to several Northern Michigan food pantries today.
United Auto Workers Union retirees gave out six $1,000 checks to pantries in Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Wexford, Kalkaska and Manistee counties.
The donations came straight from the retirees pockets.
It will help the pantries provide more than just food to those who need help.
"When you look at a family that's in need, they're often deciding what are they gonna get are they gonna get medicine or food," said Mark Nance, Core Officer of the Cadillac Salvation Army. "Are they gonna be able to send their child to school with a backpack, with clean clothes, or new clothes so this money really helps."
This is the third $1,000 donation from UAW members to these food pantries in the last year.
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