Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
VOLUNTEERS PASS donated food items to Michigan State Police Community Service Trooper Jerry Mazurek, in the truck, Wednesday as the Wakefield Post distributed the 23,760 pounds collected in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties.
By RICHARD JENKINS
WAKEFIELD - It's been another banner year for the Wakefield Michigan State Police Post's annual food drive.
The post - with the help of volunteers from around Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota who contacted the post about a community service opportunity - distributed 21,760 pounds of food to food banks across the Gogebic Range Tuesday, including in Ironwood and Bessemer. The post also collected 2,000 pounds of food in Ontonagon for food banks in that county, according to post secretary Kristina Recla.
"The public was awesome. Our citizens and l...
