To ensure low-income households have access to the food they need, the Monroe County Opportunity Program is adding more mobile food pantries.
This decision is a result of the government shutdown and the potential pause of SNAP benefits, according to Stephanie Zorn Kasprzak, executive director at MCOP and The Opportunity Center at ALCC.
“MCOP’s regional partner, Gleaner’s Community Food Bank of SE Michigan, will bring a full semi-truck of food and we provide volunteers who will distribute it to people using a drive-through method,” Kasprzak said in an email…