Greater Lansing Food Bank

Mission: To alleviate hunger one meal at a time, to create a future where everyone has access to nourishing food.

During the recession of 1981, layoffs left many families in the greater Lansing area without resources. Some faced tough choices: whether to pay for housing, medicine, utilities, or food. To help ensure that no one in our community had to go hungry, community leaders David Hollister, Camille Abood, Patrick Babcock, and William Long founded the Greater Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB).

The Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB) is a non-profit organization that provides emergency food to individuals and families in need in Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee, Clare, Isabella and Gratiot counties. Food is distributed through an extensive network of food pantries and community kitchens located throughout the region.

The Food Bank annually serves tens of thousands of people, many of them seniors and children. Our recipients also include the “working poor,” those individuals who are employed but don’t earn enough to meet housing, health, transportation and food needs.