BY BTL STAFF
FLINT – Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for September at locations throughout Flint.
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the upcoming schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron.
Families receive shelf-stable items that include tuna, baked beans, mandarin oranges, cereal, tomatoes and more. Farm-fresh produce in September will be apples, sweet corn, squash, watermelon, peppers, eggplant, carrots, kale, cucumbers, zucchini and green beans.
The program is funded through the more than $249 million in state taxpayer funds that have been provided to help the residents of Flint.
Food distribution sites remain open while supplies last. Upcoming dates are:
Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. – Second Chance Baptist Church, 5306 North St.
Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. – Flint Muslim Food Pantry, 4400 S. Saginaw St.
Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. – Calvary United Methodist Church, 2111 Flushing Rd.
Sept. 14, at noon – United Methodist Community Center, 4601 Clio Road.
Sept. 15, at noon – St. Luke's NEW Life Center, 3115 Lawndale Ave.
Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. – Higher Quality of Life, 5601 N. Saginaw St.
Sept. 19, at noon – St. Michael Catholic Church, 609 E. Fifth Ave.
Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. – Hispanic Tech Center, 2101 Lewis St.
Sept. 20, at noon – Salem Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Ave.
Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. – Fairhaven Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1379 W. Louis Ave.
Sept. 26, at 1 p.m. – New Birth Church, 3918 Blackington Ave.
Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. – Richfield Academy, 3807 N. Center Road.
Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. – Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, 930 E. Myrtle Ave.
Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. – My Brother's Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse St.
