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or the fifth consecutive year,
Higher Hopes! will distribute
1,000 complete Thanksgiving
meal kits so that families can enjoy
dinner at home with loved ones.
These “kits” contain everything from
a 12- to 14-pound turkey and all the
sides, including stuffing, Michigan
potatoes, yams, all of the ingredi-
ents for green bean casserole, Zoup!
Chicken Broth, Jiffy Corn Muffin
Mix, cranberry sauce, apples, spices
and Coca Cola products, all topped
off with Cooper Street Cookies for
dessert and much more.
Higher Hopes! also includes dispos-
able plates, roasting pans and cutlery
for families, all of which is provided
to families who have children enrolled
in the Early Head Start Child Care
Partnership Programs, which encom-
pass the Early Head Start, Head Start
and Great Start Readiness Programs
in Detroit.
As an agency partner of Gleaners
Community Food Bank of Southeast
Michigan, Higher Hopes! will utilize
Gleaners facilities to store all food
donations and pack up the meal kits.
Pack-Up Day will be held at Gleaners
on Saturday, Nov. 17, and Distribution
Day will take place on Monday, Nov.
19, at four Head Start sites in the city
of Detroit.
Approximately 300 volunteers
will assist in packing and distribut-
ing more than 65,000 pounds (four
tractor-trailers loads) of food for the
Thanksgiving holiday to families in
need.
“Many people are not aware that
1,414,700 people in Michigan struggle
with hunger and food insecurities,
356,930 of which are children,” says
Bill Birndorf
Bill Birndorf, founder of Higher
Hopes! “Many of these families have
experienced homelessness or live in
terrible situations; and most, if not
all, are reliant on public assistance,
church assistance, shelters, soup kitch-
ens and charities to feed themselves
and their children. We continue to
raise funds and are amplifying our
efforts to support the children and
families who urgently need our help.”
Miranda Crammer, Higher Hopes!
director and advocate, says, “We also
have a summer program that runs
from April through October, which
will begin its fourth year in 2019. We
have developed plans to create 7,000
35- to 45-pound meal kits containing
balanced, nutritious foods like chick-
en breasts or ground turkey, milk,
rice, corn on the cob, watermelons,
cabbage, etc., for next summer. We’re
hoping to increase our numbers in
2019 to have a greater impact when
children are home and out of school
for the summer.”
Since its inception, Higher Hopes!
has distributed nearly 800,000 pounds
of food and looks forward to making
the million-pound mark in 2019.
Higher Hopes! is a registered
nonprofit started by Birndorf,
owner of Commerce-based Apple
Marketing Company, now in its
34th year. Birndorf came up with
the idea for Higher Hopes! the night
of Thanksgiving 2013 after seeing a
news story about people in the city
who were struggling to buy food for
the holidays to feed their families. ■
For more information, or to make food or
monetary donations, visit www.
higherhopesdetroit.org or email
volunteer@higherhopesdetroit.org.