food for families

Mel Trotter Ministries hosted their annual "Turkey Drop" Wednesday and ended up collecting double their goal, doubling the number of families they'll be able to help.

Last month, we asked for your help to gather food and non-perishable items for West Michigan families in need during the "Food For Families" food drive. Your response was amazing.  Now, some more good news, your donations are on their way to those in need.

There's gold.  There's silver.  There's bronze.  And then there's fourth place.  What do you get for fourth place?  Aluminum foil? The River took fourth place at Food For Families Supermarket Sweep on Thursday.  Fourth place is a mighty fine finish, even if we didn't bring home a fancy trophy.  What we DID do was collect A LOT of food for West Michigan families. Now we need your help.

Thank you to everyone who donated food and non perishable items to The River &  WZZM 13's Food For Families! Our goal was 200,000 pounds-- and we passed it!

Your donation to Food for Families makes a big difference in your community! Local food pantries are often inundated during the holiday season because people are in the spirit of giving. But the giving slows dramatically during the summer months. That's unfortunate because experts know... hunger doesn't take a summer vacation.