Summer can be a time of food insecurity for Michigan children who rely on school meals while school is in session—a pandemic exacerbates this need.

According to the Michigan League for Public Policy, over 345,000 Michigan children face food insecurity, meaning they don’t have consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food banks are already stretched thin due to increased demand from the pandemic.

“In the midst of all this stress of living in a pandemic—something that hasn't happened to us in 100 years—the stress of being food insecure is just debilitating in and of itself