The mobile food pantry is also coming back to Chassell on Wednesday, September 3, and Wednesday, November 5. Each pantry is held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 42905 Wilson Memorial Drive, with line-up beginning around 9:45 a.m. and food distribution starting at 10 a.m.
“We can see the need for hunger advocacy,” said Rev. Soren Schmidt, pastor at Holy Trinity. “It’s a part of our calling and mission to care for our neighbors in need. It’s about awareness, advocacy and action in loving, caring, respectful ways - building up our neighbors, community and all in need.”
The mobile food pantry includes a variety of food all at no cost, including fresh produce and dairy products. Attendees will only need to provide basic contact information and affirm a need for food; identification or proof of income are not required. Boxes of food will be provided in a drive-through format, serving approximately 300 families.
Feeding America West Michigan is a food bank that serves 40 of Michigan’s 83 counties. Its service area spans from the Indiana border north through the western half of the state and extends throughout the entire Upper Peninsula. This is the sixth year Copper Shores has funded mobile food pantries from Feeding America West Michigan, bringing nutritional goods all the way from downstate.
To learn more about Copper Shores efforts to improve food access in the Copper Country, visit coppershores.org/food. For more information about the Mobile Food Pantry, visit feedwm.org/mobile-pantry-schedule. To learn more about Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and their hunger advocacy efforts, visit holytrinitylutheranchurch.org.