Midland County Food Assistance Network – "Always Food in Every Home"

Give Local Midland

On Tuesday May 6, 2025 the Midland Area Community Foundation (MACF) is again sponsoring Give Local Midland. Give Local Midland is part of a national online giving event. Many Midland County nonprofits will be part of this 24-hour, one day event. All money collected on this day will go into the spendable portion of the network's endowment and every donation will receive matching funds. We hope to build our endowment so that it fully supports some of our key programs like BackPack Buddies, and enables us to achieve our mission of ‘always food in every home

Check the Midland Give Local site to learn more about this event.

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BackPack Buddies

In cooperation with the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, MCFAN is offering the BackPack Buddies program for the school year.

Elementary and preschool children are eligible to participate if they qualify for free or reduced meals, live in a household with a Food Stamp FIP case number or in a household qualifying for WIC assistance.

There is no cost to participate in the program.

To enroll in the program, parents should contact the administration of their child's school for an enrollment form.

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Stop Hunger Challenge

Join MCFAN for the Stop Hunger Challenge during the months of March and April. The Stop Hunger Challenge is an annual fundraising event for the Midland County Food Assistance Network (MCFAN). All money and items collected from March 1 to April 30 are counted for this effort – food, personal care and cleaning items donated are valued at $1.

Our 2025 goal is $80,000 and again this year we have anonymous donors who will help to match a portion of the funds raised from the campaign.
And again for 2025 the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan is giving a 10% credit incentive for all the money collected, helping funds raised have even more impact.
To learn more about how you can make a donation click here.

Volunteer

Become an MCFAN volunteer today!

Midland County Food Assistance Network could not help those in need without volunteers. Volunteers are needed to help in the regular pantries, the mobile food pantries, and the senior delivery program, to sort or pack food donations at the warehouse or other areas to help keep our programs going. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Pesi Kennett, at outreach@midlandcountyefpn.org or (989) 750-7177

National Letter Carrier Drive

National Letter Carriers’ Food Drive is Saturday, May 10

On Saturday May 10, the National Association of Letter Carriers will help Stamp Out Hunger across America. The Stamp Out Hunger food drive has become the nation’s largest single-day food drive. Midland Country postal workers will be participating in this drive and YOU CAN HELP! Helping Stamp Out Hunger is as easy as checking your mailbox. Just leave a bag of non-perishable food where your letter carrier normally delivers your mail. Your letter carrier will pick up the food. The food collected will be distributed to food pantries in Midland County. This is one of the final drives to help stock pantry shelves for the summer months. Please support the effort of your local postal workers.