Flint families can get nutritious food; dates announced for June, July mobile food bank stops

For Immediate Release: May 26, 2016

LANSING, Mich. – Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effect of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for June and July at locations throughout Flint.                                        

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the June and July schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron.

An average of 400 families will receive food with each distribution. Each family will receive nutritional food such as tuna, baked beans, potatoes, cereal and fresh apples, peppers and tomatoes. The program began in February and is being paid for as part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s $28 million supplemental budget request signed in late January.

Food distribution sites remain open while supplies last. Upcoming dates are:

• Wednesday, June 1, at 1 p.m. – Salem Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Ave.
• Thursday, June 2, at 2 p.m. – Vermont Christian Church, 1201 Lippincott Blvd.
• Friday, June 3, at 11 a.m. – Eisenhower School, 1235 Pershing St.
• Tuesday, June 7, at noon – Mid Michigan Community Outreach, 901 Chippewa St.
• Wednesday, June 8, at noon – Reaching the World Ministries, 6815 Verdun St.
• Thursday, June 9, at noon – Foss Avenue Baptist Church, 1159 E. Foss Ave.
• Friday, June 10, at noon – St. Luke New Life Center, 3115 Lawndale.
• Tuesday, June 14, at noon – Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 1417 N. Stevenson St.
• Wednesday, June 15, at 10 a.m. – Hispanic Tech Center, 2101 Lewis. St.
• Thursday, June 16, at noon – Dort Oak Park, 4601 Clio Road.
• Friday, June 17, at noon – Church Without Walls, 6202 Dupont St.
• Tuesday, June 21, at 11 a.m. – Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 Ballenger Highway.
• Wednesday, June 22, at noon – Metropolitan Baptist Church, 930 E. Myrtle Ave.
• Thursday, June 23, at noon – Carriage Town Ministries, 605 Garland St.
• Friday, June 24, at 10 a.m. – Second Chance Baptist Church, 5306 North St. 
• Tuesday, June 28, at noon – No Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 778 E. Holbrook Ave.
• Wednesday, June 29, at noon – North End Soup Kitchen, 735 E. Stewart Ave.
• Thursday, June 30, at 1 p.m. – New Birth Church, 3918 Blackington Ave.
• Friday, July 1, at noon – My Brother’s Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse Blvd.
• Tuesday, July 5, at 11 a.m. – Greater Holy Temple, 6702 N. Dort Highway
• Wednesday, July 6, at noon – Faith Gospel Temple, 1525 Kent St.
• Thursday, July 7, at 4 p.m. – West Court Street Church of God, 2920 W. Court St.
• Friday, July 8, at 11 a.m. – Flint Islamic Center, 4400 S. Saginaw St.
• Tuesday, July 12, at noon – North Central Church of Christ, 2001 N. Saginaw St.
• Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. – Flint First Wesleyan Church, 3825 Davison Road.
• Thursday, July 14, at 2 p.m. – Vermont Christian Church, 1201 Lippincott Blvd.
• Friday, July 15, at noon – St. Luke New Life Center, 3115 Lawndale.
• Tuesday, July 19, at noon – Mid Michigan Community Outreach, 901 Chippewa St.
• Wednesday, July 20, at noon – Reaching the World, 6815 Verdun St.
• Thursday, July 21, at noon – Foss Avenue Baptist Church, 1159 E. Foss Ave.
• Friday, July 22, at 11 a.m. – Bethel United Methodist Church of Christ, 1309 Ballenger Highway
• Tuesday, July 26, at noon – Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 1417 N. Stevenson St.
• Wednesday, July 27, at 10 a.m. – Hispanic Tech Center, 2101 Lewis. St.
• Thursday, July 28, at 1 p.m. – Salem Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Ave.
• Friday, July 29, at noon – North End Soup Kitchen, 735 E. Stewart Ave.

Information about additional food distribution dates will be announced as they are scheduled. For more information, visit the Food Bank website at www.FBEM.org or call 810-239-4441.

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