Michigan Farm Bureau Awards Grant to Mesick Consolidated Schools

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April 18, 2025                              Community Engagement Specialist
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Michigan Farm Bureau Awards Grant to Mesick Consolidated Schools

Cadillac, Mich. – Mesick Consolidated Schools was recently awarded a $2,000 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 purchase healthy snacks for students in need at Mesick Consolidated Jr/Sr High School.  

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. School districts can utilize Michigan Farm Bureau’s Find an Agent tool to locate an agent in their area. The next round of Agents for Change grants is open, and applications will be accepted until Friday, June 6. 

Farm Bureau agent Melissa Schultz nominated Mesick Consolidated Schools for the grant and is proud to come alongside the junior and senior high school and support their hunger-relief efforts. As Schultz says, “Mesick Consolidated Schools has a wonderful team of educators who work hard to educate very underprivileged children. They work hard to make sure students have food to take home for the weekend.”  

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.