I am launching this fundraiser in honor of my dear friend's father Jim, who just passed away after a brave battle with multiple aggressive forms of cancer.  Jim was an absolutely incredible man, a lifelong educator, and a teacher of homebound and hospitalized students.  Learn more about Jim's community contributions [here](https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/james-salciccioli-12970909).

In lieu of flowers, his family said that donations may be made in Jim’s name to Gleaners Community Food Bank, and I wanted to supported that here by doing my own fundraiser to friends and family.

If you are moved to give please do so.  Jim, you are greatly loved and missed.

Support Gleaners Community Food Bank for a No Hunger Summer

Gleaners Community Food Bank exists to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food and related resources.

Headquartered in Detroit, Gleaners serves five Southeast Michigan counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Monroe. Gleaners provides food to nearly 400 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, schools and other agencies across the region, and supplements the efforts of those partners by offering direct service drive-up grocery distributions. Gleaners further empowers households with food programs and education to help overcome food insecurity. Every dollar donated provides three meals, and 92 percent of our expenses directly support our neighbors facing hunger.  

**Food Donations and Surplus:** Gleaners has developed a very efficient, technologically advanced system to collect, store, and distribute food with very little waste through our state-of-the-art distribution center in Wayne County, supported by our distribution center in Livingston County and our headquarters in Detroit. This process allows Gleaners to handle a tremendous volume of donated food, as well as the fresh produce we purchase, to ensure our communities have access to a variety of healthy, nutritious food. 

**Partner Agencies:** Gleaners is devoted to getting surplus food and donated items directly to our partners, saving their organizations time and money so they can focus on better serving their communities. Together, we are increasing the amount of vital, emergency food available to our neighbors facing food insecurity and building capacity for service organizations to make an even greater impact toward solving hunger. 

**Mobile Food Distributions:** Gleaners also hosts direct-service, mobile distributions strategically located throughout our service area to supplement our partner network. These sites, operating on a rotating basis five days per week offer balanced nutrition – including fresh milk, vegetables, fruit, whole grains, lean protein and shelf-stable items – with no appointment necessary, built on a “no-contact,” drive-through model. 

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