GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN

GLEANERS CORE ACTIVITY INVOLVES SECURING, STORING, AND DISTRIBUTING NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED VIA A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SCHOOLS, AND PROGRAMS LOCATED THROUGHOUT WAYNE, OAKLAND, MACOMB, LIVINGSTON AND MONROE COUNTIES. IN FY2025, GLEANERS FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TOTALED 47.5 MILLION POUNDS, EQUATING TO OVER 39 MILLION MEALS. TO SUPPLEMENT OUR NETWORK OF PARTNER AGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN FY2025, WE MAINTAINED A NETWORK OF 22 EQUIVALENT GLEANERS RUN BI-WEEKLY MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS FOCUSED ON UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITY MOBILES SERVED 188,378 MEAL PACKAGES THROUGH 498 DISTRIBUTIONS IN FY2025, INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE AND MILK, ALONG WITH SHELF STABLE AND FROZEN FOOD STAPLES. DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH THESE COMMUNITY MOBILES TOTALED 6.9 MILLION POUNDS OF THE 47.5 MILLION POUNDS OF TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS.IN FY2025, GLEANERS SERVED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH MONTHLY SCHOOL MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AT 39 SITES WITH 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD.GLEANERS SENIOR MOBILE PANTRIES BRING NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO LOW-INCOME SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES. GLEANERS PROVIDED 256,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, THROUGH MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, TO NINE SENIOR HOUSING SITES. GLEANERS ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE USDA'S COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP) FOR SENIORS. IN FY2025, GLEANERS PROVIDED 664,000 POUNDS OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD STAPLES THROUGH 16,619 DISTRIBUTIONS TO ELIGIBLE SENIORS.PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT FAMILIES WANT AND NEED IS OUR PRIORITY, INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE AND MILK. IN FY2025, GLEANERS DISTRIBUTED 15 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE, ACCOUNTING FOR 32% OF ALL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. LEVERAGING A BROAD RANGE OF GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE USDA, UNITED DAIRY INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN, AND THE MICHIGAN DAIRY FARMERS, GLEANERS WAS ABLE TO SOURCE AND DISTRIBUTE OVER 844,000 GALLONS OF FLUID MILK TO THE COMMUNITY IN FY2025. COMBINED, FRESH PRODUCE AND MILK ACCOUNTED FOR 48% OF ALL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN FY2025.IN TOTAL FOR FY2025, GLEANERS FOOD PROGRAMMING REACHED NEARLY 1.1 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS VIA BOTH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND OUR DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS OUR FIVE-COUNTY SERVICE AREA.

THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP) IS A USDA FUNDED PROGRAM ADMINISTERED IN MICHIGAN BY THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPERS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. DURING THE 2024 - 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, GLEANERS SPONSORED 16 SITES AND SERVED 58,864 SUPPERS TO CHILDREN IN NEED.