Feeding America West MI excited to open its first fixed-site food pantry

KENTWOOD, Michigan — Coming soon to Kentwood: a stand-alone, permanent food pantry, supported by Feeding America West Michigan.

Second Harvest Pantry is the organization’s offering to meet people where they are, after a move from Comstock Park to Kentwood opened their eyes to the need right outside their new doors.

According to their data, 1 in 7 people in Feeding America West Michigan’s service area are facing food insecurity, telling 13 On Your Side the number of people seeking food assistance spiked both locally and nationally in 2022 as inflation drove up prices…

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