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lansingchamber.org ECONOMIC CLUB

LRCC Events Highlight Hunger in Our Community

The Economic Club program featured a panel discussion The LRCC Member Mixer held on September 13 at the Greater
including Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, Lansing Food Bank complex offered business leaders an
and Dr. Phil Knight, executive director of the Food Bank Council opportunity to visit the new state-of-the-art food bank and
of Michigan. The discussion focused on how food insecurity distribution center at Webster Road and I-69. There were also
impacts every business, from employees and their families, opportunities for attendees to discuss sponsorship, donation, and
clients and potential clients, and the communities in which they volunteer opportunities at the Food Bank.
operate. The program was moderated by Michelle Lantz, CEO of
Greater Lansing Food Bank.

he Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) children, seniors, and veterans. The Greater Lansing Food
brought focus to hunger in our community with two Bank has moved forward on a vigorous five-year goal to
Tspecial events on September 13. First, the fall return double its current food distribution to meet the increasing
of the Lansing Economic Club series of programs featured need.
a panel discussion on food insecurity in our region. Later
the same day, the Greater Lansing Food Bank hosted the "The issue of food insecurity touches every one of us in
Chamber's member mixer. some way, whether it is someone in our family or where
we work," said Tim Daman, president & CEO, LRCC. "We
An estimated one in seven residents in the Greater Lansing hope the combination of these two programs heightened
Food Bank's service area are food insecure, around 94,000 awareness of the need for all of us to support efforts to
individuals. These individuals include working parents, address hunger issues in our region." l

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