Zac Garcia Nominates Onsted Community Schools for ACF Grant

Onsted Community Schools was recently awarded a grant to fight childhood food insecurity by the Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies (MFBFoC) and Michigan Farm Bureau Agent Charitable Fund (ACF). Grant funds will be used to provide ongoing hunger-relief support for Onsted Elementary, including sustaining their existing backpack program, establishing a school food pantry and providing healthy snacks for students.  
Agents for Change Grants are awarded to Michigan school districts every other month. Schools are nominated by a local Farm Bureau Insurance agent and selected by a committee of ACF donors based on the need of the school and overall goal of the program. 
Farm Bureau agent Zac Garcia nominated Onsted Community Schools for the grant and is excited to come alongside the district and support their hunger-relief efforts. As Garcia says, “With the current government funding shutdown, the school is no longer able to provide free meals to students. This is a local school serving a large farm community and their children, and this program will be at a great service with them.”

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 the MFBFoC’s board of directors, positively contributes to the future of Michigan agriculture through leadership and educational programming.

Operating at the intersection of market and moral missions, the MFBFoC has a powerful vision: a Michigan where no child goes to bed hungry. MFBFoC is reinvesting their proceeds back into their local communities and identifying effective programs, policies and practices designed to directly reduce childhood hunger.

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If you would like more information about the MFBFoC childhood hunger relief efforts, please contact Audrey Carey at acarey@michfb.com.