In 2019 the Northwest Food Coalition celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary. It began in 1994, organized by the Hunger Action Coalition of Detroit that reached out to 7 groups around the state to assess hunger and poverty in rural Michigan. Today, we are a grassroots coalition of roughly 70 food pantries, emergency meal sites, baby pantries in a six county region: Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Wexford. We are the last food coalition left in Michigan. Our mission is to empower member food programs by coordinating and creating resources to achieve regional food security
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Area Rotary clubs join forces to feed hungry neighbors
BENZIE COUNTY -- In January 2018, four area Rotary clubs -- including the Benzie Sunrise and Frankfort clubs -- along with Rotary District 6290, donated $20,620 to the Northwest Food Coalition to establish the organization's Farm To Neighbor Fund. On Jan. 9, the Frankfort, Benzie Sunrise, Traverse C...Great work being done by our member Benzie Area Christian Neighbors
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BACN makes big plans for the future
BENZONIA -- Staff and volunteers at Benzie Area Christian Neighbors did more than just help out neighbors in need in 2019, they also made some big decisions regarding the future of the organization. In late 2018, the BACN Board of Directors approved a 10-year strategic framework plan, which builds o...Supporting our baby pantries
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Bellaire students make, donate 90 blankets to local baby pantry
BELLAIRE — For years, Bellaire High School students have spent the last day of school before winter break making projects and doing activities to benefit their community.What an inspirational young man who is doing good with his gifts. Sounds also like an amazing food pantry.
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Highlights from January member meeting. MSU Extension brought information and recipes about parsnips- they will be delivered later in the month from Farm2Neighbor. Christina conducted a clicker survey for feedback on F2N program.Val gave the Camel award for 2019 to our secretary. Taylor gave stats for FoodRescue for the year. And more....
