FLINT, MI – The sanctuary was full and pastor behind the pulpit, but there was no service taking place Wednesday afternoon at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Flint.
Residents wound their way from the front door, through a registration table and waited to have their numbers called before heading downstairs and choosing food items dropped off a short time earlier by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
The mobile food pantry event at the Stevenson Street church, a partnership between the food bank and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, offered fruits, vegetables and non-perishable food items meant to combat the impact of lead exposure for up to 400 families.
The food pantry is being paid for in part by a $28 million appropriations bill passed by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in January.
...."We all need help. We're suffering because of this water and high water bills and high electricity bills," she said.
"It just doesn't make no sense us paying for this water we can't use. "
...Other upcoming mobile food pantry events set to take place in the city include the following times, dates and locations:
Noon, Friday Feb. 26, My Brother's Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse Blvd.
Noon, Tuesday, March 1, Church Without Walls, 6202 Dupont St.
Noon, Wednesday, March 2, Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 Ballenger Highway..."
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