Pat Ainsworth is diabetic and has trouble affording the kind of food she needs to stay healthy. “Food prices are so high. How can you afford to eat?” she asked. “That sugar-free stuff is expensive. I don’t know how the government expects you to live.”
Lucky for Ainsworth, the Mattawan Community Food Bank gives away a ton of food each month — literally.
Inside a pole barn across from Mattawan Community Church, what used to be a walk-in pantry has grown to the size of a small grocery store.
On the third Saturday of each month, three Mattawan churches, Access First Credit Union and several local businesses come together to provide indigent Mattawan area families with much-needed food and supplies.
www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/02/mattawan_comes_together_at_its.html
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