Community Challenge: Gleaners Food Bank Fundraiser
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Gleaners Community Food Bank, Inc.Gleaners has been serving the community even throughout a global pandemic. Let's help them continue.
$4,360
raised by 62 people
$200 goal
Over $1K raised!!
Wow! Our contributions are really going to make a difference for Gleaners and metro-Detroit communities. To top it off, starting today all donations through the end of this week will be matched by Dan Gilbert, Bill Emerson, Bob Walters and Jay Farner.Â
Thank you all very much for sharing and donating.
Headquartered in Detroit, Gleaners operates five distribution centers in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Monroe counties and provides food to more than 500 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and other agencies throughout southeast Michigan. Each year, Gleaners distributes more than 45 million pounds of food to neighbors in need! This results in an average of 100,000 meals distributed each day to families in need across our region. Gleaners also provides nourishing food and nutrition education to more than 200,000 children a year. Every dollar donated provides three meals and 92 cents of every donated dollar goes to food and food programs.Â
Learn more about Gleaners by visiting https://www.gcfb.org/Â