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• #Donate food ann arbor series#

Michigan Medicine’s 2020 spring, summer and winter food and toiletry drives gathered more than 49,200 pounds of food and nearly 3,300 pounds of toiletries for Food Gatherers.Īs the pandemic enters its 19th month, Food Gatherers is still experiencing a rising demand for supplies from the 170 local organizations it serves. “We who are fortunate enough to have weathered this pandemic must do what we can to support those who are still struggling.” “Food supply is a known social determinant of health, and our clinicians know how much it can affect a patient’s overall outcomes,” says David Miller, M.D., president of University of Michigan Health. Those of us with the capacity to give are asked to help meet these needs, supporting learning, growth, health and wellness.”

“The prolonged pandemic has revealed significant food insecurity and other gaps in basic needs, leading to record-high demands for food, diapers and other basic supplies. “Access to a consistent source of healthy food is essential to each child’s ability to learn, and to the overall health of families and community,” says Tony Denton, senior vice president and chief operating officer for University of Michigan Health. Volunteers from across Michigan Medicine will be available to help unload donations between 10 a.m. Or, donors may drive up to drop off food and toiletries at Dock 90 of U-M’s North Campus Research Complex, at 2800 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor, just off Huron Parkway. The drive will be ongoing through September 26 and is open to all U-M faculty, staff and students, and members of the community who are in a position to give.ĭonors may give online via credit card, or get information about giving by mail or phone, at /um.

#Donate food ann arbor series#

It’s the fourth in a series of drives begun in March 2020 that has already collected more than 242,000 meals’ worth of donations. That’s why Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center, has launched a month-long effort to collect food and toiletries, and money to buy such supplies, for Food Gatherers. As children return to school, and the Delta variant of coronavirus threatens to disrupt many lives across Michigan, the need for a stable source of food has once again grown urgent for tens of thousands of people in the communities surrounding the University of Michigan.