On a cloudy, wet morning in April, a caravan of cars stretches several blocks across Detroit’s Conant Gardens neighborhood. Among those in line is Linda Collier, who for over a year has been frequenting the food distribution event at Pilgrim Baptist Church on the city’s northeast side.

“I don’t really miss a Thursday at all,” said Collier, who lives a couple miles away from the church. “The need is there, so I get up early and I get in line.”

Since 2007, the church has been distributing food to hundreds of families across the city, as well as residents of Macomb and Oakland counties. Each week, those in line arrive by 9 a.m. in order to go home with a grocery cart or trunk’s worth of canned goods, proteins, dairy, and produce.

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