Agent Charitable Fund Awards Grant to Alcona Public Schools

This week, our agency presented Alcona Public Schools with a $5,000 grant from the Agent Charitable Fund for their school backpack food bag program. Our agency nominated Alcona Public Schools for this grant and we are thrilled to see they were selected.

There are about 90 kids in the program, and each kid gets to take a pack full of food home to provide meals over the weekend. The program costs about $6,800 a year. Our agency, sponsored a ticket raffle to make up the rest. 3,000 tickets we sold, and the money raised surpasses the amount needed to keep the program going for another year!! 

The ACF, whose mission is to end hunger in Michigan, is a donor-designated fund administered through the Michigan Foundation for Agriculture. The Michigan Foundation for Agriculture, a 501(c)(3) governed by Michigan Farm Bureau’s board of directors, positively contributes to the future of Michigan agriculture through leadership and educational programming. Through grant programs like Feeding the Future, Farm Bureau agents, clients and partners provide food and educational programs to Michigan residents struggling with hunger and aid the more than 3,000 hunger-relief agencies throughout the state.