by:Dana Whyte
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A group of nonprofits are stepping up to help after receiving a very large grant, even as many West Michigan families struggle to feed to their kids during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Afton DeVos, COO of Kids’ Food Basket said, “Now more than ever we are seeing the disparities that have been revealed by COVID-19 and we also have record levels of unemployment."
DeVos says right now there’s a 66 percent increase in food costs due to COVID-19, so that’s why she’s thankful the West Michigan nonprofit has received more than $12,000 from the DTE Energy Foundation..
She said Kids’ Food Basket works to make sure kids have enough to eat in order to be successful.
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