Dart Appraisal Hosts Virtual Food Drive To Help Feed the Hungry
in Southeast Michigan
Troy, MI, December 3, 2015 - This holiday
season, contribute to your local food drive from the comfort of
your home computer. Now through the end of the year, Dart
Appraisal is partnering with Gleaners Community Food Bank to host a
virtual food drive to help provide the more than 77,000 meals
needed each day to feed the hungry in our community. Dart
Appraisal is an independent, appraisal management company based in
Troy, Michigan.
To donate to the Dart Appraisal Virtual Food Drive, simply visit this link and choose your level
of giving. Every donation is 100 percent tax deductible through
Gleaners Community Food Bank. In Michigan, one in six people
struggles with hunger, according to Feeding America. Each year,
Gleaners provides millions of pounds of donated and purchased food
to people in need through its collaboration with member agencies,
the Feeding America network, and program partners like Dart
Appraisal. In so doing, Gleaners is committed to distributing
nutritional, high quality food.
"Dart Appraisal is pleased to help give back to the communities
in which we live and work this holiday season," said Michael
Dresden, president of Dart Appraisal. "A virtual food drive allows
everyone who has access to the web to contribute to those who need
it the most. Together with Gleaners, we hope to enlist the help of
the mortgage and appraisal industry to help alleviate hunger in
metro Detroit."
According to Feeding America, "good nutrition, particularly in
the first three years of life, is important for establishing a good
foundation that has implications for a child's future physical and
mental health, academic achievement, and economic productivity.
Unfortunately, food insecurity is an obstacle that threatens that
critical foundation. According to the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), 15.3 million children under 18 in the United
States live in households where they are unable to consistently
access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.
Although food insecurity is harmful to any individual, it can be
particularly devastating among children due to their increased
vulnerability and the potential for long-term consequences."