GerryFromGleaners

From the Desk of Gerry Brisson, President & CEO of Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan.

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From the Flint water crisis to feeding hungry families, Michigan's dairy farmers step in when emergency food is needed. Sharon Toth at @MilkMeansMore is a key figure in making this all happen. Here's what she has to say about MI's milk partnerships: https://t.co/xWDJ6tLKpx

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The Michigan Harvest Gathering is a food, fund, and awareness campaign that brings organizations like @Gleaners and @MichSoS together to draw additional attention to the issue of food insecurity in Michigan. Read more and learn how you can make an impact:
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Thank you, @fordfund_, for the spotlight on the wonderful work we're doing at @Gleaners and @FRECCity. Your partnership and innovation keep us moving Onward and Upward!

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To solve hunger in SE Michigan, we need the buy-in from our state and federal governments. That’s where my dear friend, @DrPhil14 steps in. He’s executive director of @FBCM1, and co-host of Food First Michigan on @wjrradio with me. Visit https://t.co/xgDDiiOsb7 to listen.

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The @Gleaners Shared Harvest Pantry in Howell serves community members with emergency food. David Seibert trains new volunteers and supports the pantry's day to day operations. His commitment to treating every person with respect and passion for helping people are contagious:

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"When people are impoverished, choices are taken away from them." Client choice food pantries are like grocery stores. People are empowered to choose foods that work for them. Mary Hollens runs @FishandLoavesMI, a @Gleaners partner pantry, and she has some powerful things to say:

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At @Gleaners, we're lucky to work with Rev. Joan Ross, a beloved, compassionate leader and advocate for Detroit's North End community, which has been affected by disinvestment. She works hard to distribute food to people in her area and is rewarded by helping her community:

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Fred Guttman is truly one of our shining stars at @Gleaners. At 160 volunteer hours since last September alone, the time that he has spent at Gleaners has directly led to ending hunger for tens of thousands of people. We couldn't do it without him, so let's hear it for Fred!

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Rick Loewenstein is a longtime friend and served as @Gleaners president from 1999 to 2002. He has made a tremendous impact, in part by spearheading the campaign to build our current distribution center. Meet Rick, who discusses the past, present, and future of ending hunger:

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Former @Gleaners board member @VictorAGreen is Director of Community Relations at @waynestate and has a "can do" attitude in the fight against hunger. Victor tells us about Canstruction at Wayne State, which has raised over $33,000 and brought in almost 170,000 lbs of food!

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Mike & Adele Acheson are two of @Gleaners most dedicated supporters and have been involved since before my time at Gleaners. With the Achesons behind us, we've grown by increasing pounds of food distributed to pantries & expanding our footprint to reach more food-insecure people:

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Dave VanderPloeg is a long-time friend of @Gleaners as a volunteer and board member. In this week’s Tableside Chat, he highlights what motivates his service to Gleaners’ mission and the ripple effect that solving hunger for one person can have on the community.

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People with chronic illness often have special food needs that can be difficult to manage in a food-insecure household. @Gleaners Healthy Food Home Delivery brings groceries straight to those with special food needs, and empowers recipients with the opportunity to cook:

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For low-income seniors and veterans with mobility issues, getting to the grocery store can be cumbersome, expensive, and even dangerous. @Gleaners My Neighborhood Mobile Grocery brings a pop-up market to seniors and vets where they live. Meet Erika and Lou from MNMG:

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With so many programs working to end hunger for children and seniors, college students can easily fall through the cracks. Our friends at @waynestate are addressing food insecurity for students with innovative solutions like a student food pantry: https://t.co/P2EqBuCnUI

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At @Gleaners we got request after request for fresh milk, so we worked to increase our milk distribution from 0 to 8 truckloads (or 34,000 gallons) a month. Lawrence Seay tells us how this amazing innovation started from a conversation:

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@Gleaners wouldn’t be the Food Bank of the Year without a board that feels connected to our mission. Van Nguyen @SocialMeSavvy is one of our board members and Executive Director of Marketing at @schoolcraftnow. In today's chat, Van shares her story of growing up food insecure:

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Kyle Urek is one of our dedicated board members working behind the scenes to make sure that things at @Gleaners are functioning appropriately. Watch to hear Kyle’s perspective on winning Food Bank of the Year and whether community-wide food security is attainable:

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We are proud! #foodfirst #foodsecurity @GCFBGERRY You can hear Gerry and me on our new show this Sunday night at 9PM FoodFirstMI! Thanks @PaulWJR for believing in us!!! @wjrradio @jmarcero

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Thanks for coming out to the 7th annual Cereal Drive ‘Fill the Bus’ event @FOX2News - tune in to hear @GCFBGERRY!