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Meijer donates 10K pounds of food to North Kent Connect [Video]

A donation of that size will provide 8,200 meals to people in need, and organizers say the community is in need now more than ever before.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Meijer LPGA Classic is one month away! The annual event raises money and donations for Simply Give, benefitting food pantries across West Michigan.

On Wednesday, Meijer kicked off the effort by donating 10,000 pounds of food to North Kent Collect.

A donation of that size will provide 8,200 meals to people in need, and organizers say the community is in need now more than ever before.

“Right now, North Kent Connect is seeing a 40% increase over the need that they saw last year. And so I think there are a lot of families that are struggling trying to make ends meet and meet those budgetary needs,” said Meijer President and CEO Rick Keyes. “And so to have food pantries like this, or the many that we …

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