Thursday, January 21, 2021

Forgotten harvest provides free food to area families

Van Buren Township and Forgotten Harvest (FH) will continue to host free pop-up food pantries every Tuesday from 2- 4:30 p.m., or while supplies last.

 Anyone in need can drive up to the distribution area outside of the Community Services entrance at Township Hall, 46425 Tyler Road. Volunteers will load fresh groceries into the vehicle of anyone in need.

 “We're really excited to be continuing the free food distribution partnership with Forgotten Harvest,” said Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara. “We know many of our residents and neighboring residents are in need of food and we hope this helps them during these challenging times.”

No registrations or forms are necessary or required. Anyone who would like to pick up food for another family or neighbor, should, however, provide a name, address and the number of people living in the household and /or the number of senior citizens in the household, if applicable. 

The distribution model of all Forgotten Harvest Pop-Up Pantry events is from “truck to trunk” Please have all trunks free of belonging and cleared for easy loading of groceries, officials said.

 If interested in volunteering to help with the distribution effort, call the Senior Center (734) -699-8919.

 For more information about the Van Buren Township pop-up pantry visit https://vanburen-mi.org/ or https://www.forgottenharvest.org/