Empower low-income individuals, groups, and communities by providing them with access to justice through legal advice, representation, and advocacy.

Empower low-income individuals, groups, and communities by providing them with access to justice through legal advice, representation, and advocacy.

Empower low-income individuals, groups, and communities by providing them with access to justice through legal advice, representation, and advocacy.

Empower low-income individuals, groups, and communities by providing them with access to justice through legal advice, representation, and advocacy.

Empower low-income individuals, groups, and communities by providing them with access to justice through legal advice, representation, and advocacy.

In partnership with federal and state agencies, we provide 41,000 low income seniors with monthly food packages to help them meet basic needs. We also provide opportunities to obtain health screenings, income support, tax preparation and utility assistance.

The Food Bank Council of Michigan (FBCM) was founded in 1984 through the cooperative efforts of the state’s regional food banks. The purpose of FBCM was to implement a unified strategy to address and alleviate hunger statewide by increasing emergency food resources and advocating on behalf of the hunger relief network. At the time, many cities in Michigan faced unprecedented unemployment rates and communities suffered as a result. Michigan food banks stepped in to provide emergency support for families and individuals without enough food.

FOOD BANK COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN DISTRIBUTION MAP
Each member food bank has a geographic service region in which they provide food resources to communities. Based on their region, some member food banks have supporting distribution warehouses. The member food banks and their supporting warehouses are able to take large donations of food. The local emergency food providers (agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries and shelters) then “shop” the regional food bank or warehouse to acquire food to meet the needs for their own community programs and services.

Food Gatherers is not only Michigan’s first food rescue program, but the first program of its kind to be founded by a for-profit business, Zingerman’s Delicatessen.Today, Food Gatherers is an independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization which strives to serve its comnunity.

FRAC is the leading national nonprofit organization working to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition in the United States.

Helps people with limited money buy the food they need for good health. FoodShare aims to improve nutrition for people of all ages with low incomes, have lost their, are retired, or disabled and not able to work.