A regional food coalition has partnered with Meijer on a campaign to help families in northern Michigan with food insecurity.
The Northwest Food Coalition announced the partnership with Meijer in a news release on Monday and stated that it aims to “provide much needed relief to local families facing food insecurity through the retailer’s customer driven hunger relief program, Simply Give.”
The release also noted that food pantries are seeing increased demand in their communities.
Kris Thomas, a volunteer with the coalition, said in the news release that “the events of the last nearly two years have taught us all the importance of community members supporting each other.
“We encourage community members to help us feed their neighbors facing food insecurity in Northwest Michigan this winter season by purchasing a Meijer Simply Give food donation card during their next shopping trip,” Thomas said.
The coalition comprises about 70 food pantries, baby pantries and meal sites.
According to its website, the coalition has helped to serve 487,642 people in 2019 and 494,470 people in 2018.
Each Meijer Simply Give campaign replenishes the shelves of more than 250 food pantries in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin.
The program encourages customers to purchase $10 Simply Give donation cards, which are then converted into Meijer gift cards that can only be used toward food and are given to a local food pantry in the store’s community.
The Northwest Food Coalition benefits from donation cards purchased at the Meijer store in Traverse City through April 2.
Meijer also plans to double-match any cards purchased on March 5 and March 26.
Meijer customers shopping online using Meijer pickup or home delivery can also purchase Simply Give donation cards as an add-on to orders.
Cathy Cooper, Meijer’s senior director of community partnerships and giving, said in the release that “the cold winter months are a difficult time for people facing food insecurity and food pantries continue to struggle to keep up with the flood of requests they receive daily, especially given the difficult circumstances many families now face amidst the global pandemic.”
“The Simply Give program is a way for Meijer customers to partner with us and support the food banks and pantries that feed families in need in their own communities,” Cooper said. “We certainly couldn’t do it without the support and commitment of our generous customers and team members, who stand beside us in this effort.”
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