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Michigan Farm Bureau Awards Grant to Allendale Christian School

Allendale, Mich. – Allendale Christian School was recently awarded a $2,000 grant to fight childhood food insecurity by the Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies (MFBFoC) and Michigan Farm Bureau Agent Charitable Fund (ACF). Grant funds will be used to provide breakfast support and extra servings of lunch for students who do not have a good source of dinner.  

Agents for Change Grants are awarded to Michigan school districts every other month. Schools are nominated by a local Farm Bureau Insurance agent and selected by a committee of ACF donors based on the need of the school and overall goal of the program.  

Farm Bureau agent Amanda Monroe nominated Allendale Christian School for the grant and are proud supporters of Allendale’s efforts to combat childhood hunger in the classroom. As Monroe says, “Private schools do not have free breakfast and lunch programs like public schools, so students who are lower income or on financial aid cannot always afford lunch or breakfast. There is a much larger than normal gap in food shortages seen in children.”  

The ACF, whose mission is to end hunger in Michigan, is a donor-designated fund administered through the Michigan Foundation for Agriculture. The Michigan Foundation for Agriculture, a 501(c)(3) governed by the MFBFoC’s board of directors, positively contributes to the future of Michigan agriculture through leadership and educational programming.  

Operating at the intersection of market and moral missions, the MFBFoC has a powerful vision: a Michigan where no child goes to bed hungry. MFBFoC is reinvesting their proceeds back into their local communities and identifying effective programs, policies and practices designed to directly reduce childhood hunger.  

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 If you would like more information about the MFBFoC childhood hunger relief efforts, please contact Audrey Carey at acarey@michfb.com.