DETROIT, Mich. — A neighborhood food pantry that has fed Detroit families for roughly 20 years is short of money for its annual holiday turkey drive and is asking the public to help close the gap.
Volunteers at the Twelfth Street Food Pantry on Pilgrim Street say two pressures hit at once this year: grocery prices are higher, and the budget cuts squeezing many nonprofits have reached them too. Without more donations, they worry fewer households will get a holiday meal.
Cash gifts are the biggest need because the money goes straight to buying turkeys, but the pantry also takes food donations and volunteer help. Organizers say small groups like theirs often get overlooked next to larger charities.
Hundreds of families come through on each biweekly distribution, and neighbors who use it say it matters because many people nearby do not own cars and can walk to it. Distributions run every other Friday from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. at 1829 Pilgrim, where new clients sign up in person on distribution day and receive a bag of food on their first visit.
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