Pallets of food and supplies are stacked in the hallways of the student center at Oakland University, in Michigan, waiting to be sorted by masked and gloved volunteers who will pack everything up to be driven to people in need in the area, about 30 miles north of Detroit. “We’ve converted the student union into a food-distribution center,” says Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, the university’s president. “Donations are coming from all over the place.”
The effort, a partnership between Oakland and more than 40 community organizations, began delivering food in late March. By the second week of April, more than 600 volunteers had signed up to help, and 42,000 meals had been distributed to 600 households.
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