Author: Susan Conklin

Our cooking classes last fall were a big success! We received a grant from the Hestia Women’s Giving Circle to hold two One-Pot Skillet Meal classes. Judi Marlin, nutritionist with the Health Department, offered key points on nutrition and how to incorporate more vegetables in family meals, demonstrated knife skills, and prepared “Hash in the Pan.” Participants sampled the hash and prepared the ingredients to take home. They also each took home an electric skillet, a knife set, measuring cups, utensils, a refrigerator thermometer, and a notebook with recipes and information about cooking and nutrition. Feedback from participants was very positive!         We also hosted two additional cooking classes offered by The Manna Food Project: a crock […]

We are so grateful for the support of the Doll-Loesel Foundation, which helps us purchase much-needed protein, personal care items, and other items as needed.

Good Neighbors is committed to providing healthy food to those in need in our community. We thank everyone who generously supports us in our efforts, and we are honored to be of service to those who come through our doors. Numbers don’t do justice to the whole picture, but they demonstrate the need in our community, and help explain how we spend the donations we are entrusted with: In 2018 Good Neighbors served an average of 60 families per week, representing 216 people Total numbers for the year: 3,084 families; 11,212 people, including 3,905 children and 1,467 seniors Average household size: 3.6 We gave 158 Thanksgiving boxes and 76 Christmas boxes We served 280 unique families In 2018 Charlevoix County […]

Our beautiful new sign was installed by The Wood Shop last winter. It is eye-catching and visible from the road, helping people find us.

Red Mesa is doing a benefit for us! On March 7 from 4-10 p.m., they will donate 10% of their proceeds to Good Neighbors! Join us, and bring friends!

The chase is on! Let’s catch 100 Turkeys for Thanksgiving and give them to those in need at the Good Neighbors Food Pantry of Boyne City! Stop by Pat O’Brien Real Estate during the Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 30 (or any time between now and then) and give a donation of $15 for the purchase of a Thanksgiving turkey. There are 100 turkeys on the wall just waiting to be bagged and that’s no Gobbledygook! Let’s move these beautiful beasts from the wild to a neighbor’s dinner table. With your help, the Good Neighbors Food Pantry will have enough turkeys to supply all those who shop at the pantry with a Thanksgiving turkey. Neighbors helping Neighbors, that’s Boyne City.

All of us at Good Neighbors are glad to be serving our neighbors in need. We feel blessed to be doing this work. Each person who walks through our doors is given healthy food long with a personal connection with people who care. In the past 14 months, we have served an average of 50 families (155 adults and children) per week. Our busiest month was November, when we served an average of 68 families per week.

Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2016! It was our first full year of operation, since we opened our doors in the fall of 2015. We’ve done a lot of growing, and we’ve worked hard to serve good food to those in need. We have a wonderful, dedicated team of volunteers who truly enjoy working together. They create a warm and respectful atmosphere at the pantry, and they also enjoy sharing conversation with those we serve. We’ve been blessed with generous donations from community members, and we are very grateful for all the support. Looking back, 2016 has been a very good year for the Good Neighbors Food Pantry, and we couldn’t have done it without our caring […]

We are hosting the Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours tonight, along with the Boyne Area Free Clinic. Come help us celebrate our one-year anniversary, and meet the next Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director! Appetizers provided by The Grain Train, and you’ll be able to preview some beer from Stiggs Brewing, opening later this fall.