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Focus: HOPE – Detroit

If 30 People Donate $10, Then Focus: HOPE Can Distribute Holiday Meals to 60 Senior Citizens

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In a Nutshell

Donations distribute boxed holiday meals with turkey, vegetables, and cake mix to seniors receiving regular food assistance

The Fine Print

The Issue: Seniors Lack Resources for Healthful Meals

For many senior citizens, a fixed or low income can be an overwhelming challenge. As their medical expenses grow, their income buys less and nutritious food often becomes a luxury item. The holidays can be especially challenging since many seniors lack the option to enjoy a healthful holiday meal. Through food centers and distribution programs, Focus: HOPE supplements the dietary needs of about 35,000 seniors in 42 metropolitan Detroit communities and aims to distribute meals to its program recipients to lessen stressful experiences around the holidays.

The Campaign: Distributing Holiday Meals to Seniors

If 30 people donate $10 to this Grassroots campaign, then Focus: HOPE can distribute holiday-meal packages to 60 senior citizens. Donations will be matched up to $1,000 by an anonymous donor. In addition to seniors' normal package of food delivered through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Focus: HOPE will distribute packages of turkey, fresh fruit and vegetables, canned goods, and cake mix—enough for more than one meal—so that seniors can celebrate the holidays without worrying about food acquisition. Each additional $10 raised will fund a holiday meal for another two seniors.

All donations will be matched up to a $1,000 total by an anonymous donor.

Check out more Groupon Grassroots campaigns here.

Focus: HOPE

Every month, Focus: HOPE provides regular food assistance to 5,000 mothers and children and 37,000 senior citizens across southeast Michigan. Volunteers work alongside staff at four food centers, where people experiencing hunger can shop for nutritious items and produce for free. At Focus: HOPE’s central warehouse, volunteers assemble boxes of nutritious food to distribute to homebound seniors. Since 1971, the organization has donated more than 501 million meals to ensure all community members have access to food. During the holidays, Focus: HOPE also distributes a special package of holiday food to the seniors in its program.

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    1355 Oakman Boulevard
    Detroit, Michigan 48238-2849
    (313) 494-4383
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