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Could You Live On $1.50 Per Meal?

Imagine if you have $31.50 per week for food, that’s $4.50 a day, and $1.50 per meal.  Individuals benefitting from the Supplemental Nutrition Food Assistance Program (SNAP) receive $31.50 to purchase...

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Advocate

What is advocacy?  According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, advocacy is defined as “the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.” However, what does advocacy have to do with you? Every...

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See You Later

As summer comes to a close I have to say my “see you laters” to Yad Ezra. Just because I’m headed back to East Lansing to start my junior year at Michigan State does not mean I won’t be back. I have...

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A Chicken in Every Pot

During the 1928 Presidential campaign Herbert Hoover promised a chicken in every pot. Yet just months after his victory the stock market crashed and America was plunged into The Great Depression....

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Can America Feed Itself

Our next post is part of a series by our women’s philanthropy liaison Judy Allen. If you missed her last entry, catch up here. Is it possible for a country having near limitless information, innovation...

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Blog-Vanish Hunger

By Judy Allen When I was young I was reminded meal after meal to finish what was on my plate! After all, there were children in other countries that longed for my fifth bowl of oatmeal that week or...

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My First Impression

I’m Kayla, the new JOIN intern (Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern Program) at Yad Ezra. This past week, I worked in the warehouse with clients for 4 days, as well as worked to create...

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Fermentation for the Soul

Through Giving Gardens at Yad Ezra, we recently held a workshop on lacto-fermentation, with guest educator Hong Gwi-Seok.  Our aim was to give participants the confidence and inspiration to make their...

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Maddie’s Story

Maddie Wyatt, a 10th grade student at Berkley High School, has been volunteering with us as a Giving Gardens Intern this season.  We invited her to share a story of an experience she has during her...

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COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 affected all of us. We at Yad Ezra felt strongly that our food insecure clients needed to be helped, maybe more than ever, to receive their food and not to have the additional worry of how...

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