TC Kiwanis to Ship 20,000 Meals to Feed Hungry

January 31, 2015 - TC Ticker

The Kiwanis Club of Traverse City will package 20,000 meals to be shipped around the world to help feed the hungry as part of a service project conducted in partnership with Kids Against Hunger Coalition of Michigan. The program, in its ninth year, will gather more than 75 volunteers at Traverse City Central High School on Saturday, February 7 from 9-11:30 am to assemble the food packages, each containing six nutritionally complete meals. Some of the packages will be distributed within the local community. Several TC Kiwanis clubs and sponsored youth clubs from area schools contributed funds and volunteers to help make the program possible. A total of $5,600 was raised to support the packaging of this year's 20,000 meals. The Kiwanis Foundation of Traverse City also funded the project. Permalink

Several Northern Michigan Food Pantries Receive Generous Gift

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Posted: Oct 09, 2014 3:20 PM MSTUpdated: Oct 09, 2014 3:20 PM MST

By Katherine Ducharme, Reporter

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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.