Up North Foodies

Manna Food Project Needs Your Help

Manna Food Project helps feed almost 30,000 local families each year by distributing food to 37 pantries and agencies throughout Emmet, Charlevoix and Antrim counties. The nonprofit has partnered with Leadership Little Traverse on the Feeding our Future project, which will support expanding Manna's building.

The number of families seeking assistance last year increased 45% over the previous year. And with that number growing each month, Manna needs a larger warehouse area to receive, organize and store the food. A larger freezer will increase the amount of frozen food available and ease delivery of food into the warehouse, and the addition of a clean room will give Manna the space to repackage bulk food to make it easier for smaller pantries to handle.

Visit the Manna Food Project to make a financial donation and to learn other ways you can help, whether by donating food or volunteering.