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<p>STRIVE will host community giveaways consisting of food and cases of water for Flint residents. We plan to obtain food boxes from the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. The boxes will consist of healthy, wholesome food items for families. We feel that it is essential to host food and water giveaways because the people in the city severely lack food and water resources due to the constant increase of food prices and continual effects of the Flint Water Crisis. People in the city of Flint still live in fear of utilizing the water out of their faucets, thus, they have relied on bottled water for their families for drinking, cooking, brushing their teeth, etc. for the past decade. Food prices have perpetually increased to the point where working individuals with children – who barely making a sufficient wage due to this terrible inflation - have to make the choice between purchasing quality foods to fed their loved ones and paying bills. We would like to support Flint families by supplying a generous portions of food that is needed in the community during the times of the year that otherwise, residents would have to wait until the holidays to receive. The holiday season is the primary time of year when food distributions are plentiful by local agencies, and STRIVE would like to change that narrative. Flint STRIVE wants to make large bulks of food available to Flint citizens, regardless of the time of year. Funds provided by The Dudley Dougherty Foundation will support STRIVE’s mission in obtaining food and water to support local families in order to eliminate them having to make dire choices between buying food for their children and paying utility bills. It would means so much to the families of Flint to have this valuable service available to them, and it would mean a lot to us at STRIVE to be able to provide for them. </p> |
