Mobile pantry for Flint families in need of nutritious food beginning in January.

By Editor & Publisher Jeff Brown.

According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Flint families can get nutritional food at a mobile pantry in January. MDHHS states that nutritious food can help limit the effects of lead exposure. The mobile pantry initiative will begin in January at locations throughout the city of Flint.

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the MDHHS are announcing the schedule for the mobile food pantry stops. Food that is rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron will be distributed.

According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, families will recieve produce that includes apples, carrots, potatoes, onions and cabbage.

The upcoming dates are:

•  Tuesday,Jan. 9, at 11:30 a.m. – Second Chance Church, 5306 North St.
• Tuesday, Jan. 9, at noon – Catholic Charities, 910 Chippewa St.
• Wednesday, Jan. 10, at noon – Salem Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Ave.
• Thursday, Jan. 11, at noon – Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 1417 N. Stevenson St.
• Saturday, Jan. 13, at 10 a.m. – Flint Muslim Food Pantry, 4400 S. Saginaw St.
• Saturday, Jan. 13, at 10 a.m. – Flint First Wesleyan Church, 3825 Davison Road.
• Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. – Hispanic Tech Center, 2101 Lewis St.
• Thursday, Jan. 18, at noon – United Methodist Community Center, 4601 Clio Road.
• Friday, Jan. 19, at noon – St. Luke’s NEW Life Center, 3115 Lawndale Ave.
• Tuesday, Jan. 23, at noon – Catholic Charities, 910 Chippewa St.
• Wednesday, Jan. 24, at noon – Salem Lutheran Church, 2610 Martin Luther King Ave.
• Friday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. – My Brother’s Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse St.