Who wins when we win? Families, education, businesses, and healthcare. Who loses when we lose? All of the same people, groups, and communities.

Hunger is expensive and is estimated to cost the economy BILLIONS in tax revenue and BILLIONS more in programming. The biggest toll is lost potential - including each child who never develops mentally, physically, and emotionally due to the lack of access to healthy and nutritious food.

Tune in this evening at 9 p.m. with Dr. Phil and Gerry Brisson, CEO and President of @Gleaners community Food Bank to hear from an astounding thought leader, Dr. Delicia Pruitt, MD., the Medical Director for the Saginaw County Health Department, a practicing physician, and a member of Governor Whitmer’s Food Security Council. Dr. Pruitt understands the cost doing something and doing nothing regarding food security.

Food insecurity played a role in Dr. Pruitt’s life before it became part of her career. Her father began medical school later in life which limited their 10 person household to one income. As a single income household, Dr. Pruitt’s family experienced the unpredictability of food insecurity. . Her family fought through and achieved their goals. Eleven years later they began practicing medicine TOGETHER and not long after that they opened a practice together. Their story is inspirational.

Dr. Pruitt is one of the many who are making a different to the seemingly insurmountable problem of food security. She will do the next thing until she can’t do anymore. She is making a difference and so are we. Let’s continue to make to a difference by keeping #FOODFIRST!