Agent Charitable Fund Awards Grant to Grace Lutheran Church

Our agency nominated Little Food Pantry at Grace Lutheran Church to receive a Feeding the Future Grant. We are pleased to announce that they were selected! They recently were awarded a $3,250 grant to fight food insecurity in our community. Grant funds will be used to stock the church’s Little Food Pantry, which provides 24/7 access to food on a short-term basis to local community members.

Bobby Barrigar, owner of our agency, nominated The Little Food Pantry for the grant and is passionate about raising awareness surrounding local food insecurity and supporting the ACF’s hunger-relief efforts. As Barrigar says, “We are changing the culture of Michigan residents and agents and letting them know they are part of a big-picture solution.”

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.