Community Compassion Network

The organization provides supplemental food and hygiene items to isabella county families. Ccn maintains a stationary food pantry at the william and janet strickler non-profit center, 1114 w. high street, mt. Pleasant, mi. Ccn is supported financially by Community organizations, local churches and individual donors. The food is purchased and delivered through the greater lansing food bank, located in lansing, mi, a division of feeding america. Much of the food normally purchased from glfb was donated to ccn. Each week 250-280 families receive 30-50 pounds of fresh produce, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, poultry and fish. This basket is rounded out with staples such as pasta, breakfast cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter and baked goods. Each family may visit the pantry every two weeks.

The organization partners with local schools to deliver bags of food to young sudents to help with their food needs over weekends. Nutrition club is provided in conjunction with eleven elementary schools in isabella county. The bags of week-end foods go home with children that qualify for the federal lunch program. Twice per month, bags are packed in advance by volunteers with the items purchased from greater lansing food bank in lansing, mi. The supplemental food is then delivered to the various schools and handed out by the classroom teacher. These nutrition club bags contain single serve items and foods that can be easily prepared by young children who might be left to manage their weekend meals themselves. In preparation for longer school vacation breaks, the bags are often packed with full jars of peanut butter and entire loaves of bread in addition to the usual items. Each bag costs just over 2.50 and 600-625 studens are served twice monthly. During 2021, the greater lansing food bank donated the food for the nutrition club.

The organization provides infant items (formula, diapers, baby food and baby care items), to families in isabella county with babies 0-4 years old.

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