The Father Fred Foundation food pantry in Grand Traverse County served 47,000 people last year. That's in a county of just over 90,000 people.
Michigan's poverty rate is about 10 percent, but nearly half of people above that line can't afford the basics like housing, food and healthcare. We look at the demand on one resource in Grand Traverse County.
Also, a newly restored barn just opened at Traverse City's Historic Barns Park and, when it did, the public got a look at a message left behind nearly 70 years ago by a grumpy worker who wrote his feelings on the wall.
Reporting by Maxwell Howard and Claire Keenan-Kurgan
Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editing: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
