5th Annual Fill the Gazebo Food Drive

The Livingston County Association of Realtors, comprised of local Realtors and Affiliate members, will team up with the residents of Livingston County to collect food and monetary donations during the Fifth Annual Fill the Gazebo Food Drive on June 2nd, 2007 at the Brighton Mill Pond.

The need for emergency food in Livingston County has increased 400% between the years 2000 and 2006. The Gleaners Community Food Bank of Livingston County currently services 1,500 Livingston County residents on a monthly basis. The Food Bank provided 1,000,000 meals to the residents of Livingston County in 2006. Because the donations received from within Livingston County only satisfy 50% of the local food needs, Gleaners must reallocate food and funds from other counties like Wayne and Oakland in order to fulfill the remaining need.

Michelle Brant, Executive Vice President of the Livingston County Association of Realtors says “We are very proud to have played a major role in helping Livingston County residents in need of emergency food over the past four years. A total of 636,251 meals were provided to Livingston County residents as a direct result of the four previous Fill the Gazebo Food Drives. This year’s goal is to collect enough food and monetary donations to provide 155,000 meals to our neighbors in need. Your donation of just one dollar, allows Gleaners to provide an individual with one day’s supply of food. In addition, we would also like to extend a very special thank you to Brighton Mayor, Steve Monet, for his continued and instrumental support of this event.”

The Buckley Jolley Real Estate Team will be accepting donations in our office through June 2nd. We are located in the MillPond Parke Building, at 802 W. Grand River, Brighton. Feel free to call at 810-229-7000 for hours.