The
Greater Lansing Food Bank has a very defined goal of feeding the hungry in our community. Thanks to a recent $39,280 grant award from the
Capital Area Community Foundation, they'll be able to do a lot more of just that.
The Pantry System Storage Capacity Project will be allow GLFB to provide food pantries and other hunger-related agencies throughout Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties with commercial-grade refrigerators and freezers.
"The need for emergency food support for individuals and families is increasing," says Joe Wald, Executive Director for the GLFB. "As a community, we have identified that the bottleneck in the system is that there is limited capacity at the ultimate food distribution level."
These issues, paired with an increase in donations from food sources such as Walmart, Meijer and Kroger, illuminated the need for better food storage facilities to handle the larger quantities of food donations in local communities.
"By eliminating this bottleneck, we expect that as a community we will be better able to meet the needs for food while becoming more efficient in the process," says Wald.
The total project is projected to cost $75,000. GLFB will rely on donated labor and other contributions to cover the remainder of the project cost. Work on the program has already begun, and Wald expects the equipment to be delivered and installed by early 2012.
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