Punks With Lunch held their annual donation drive at Thrift Witch. They accepted donations of food, winter clothes, and personal hygiene items.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re an organization in Lansing that gives donations to anyone in need.<\/p>\n
Julia Miller is one of the organizers at Punks With Lunch. Miller said the community has stepped up their donations since the pandemic hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though the need has been.. has increased, and has been great. I think the people who can give back, that amount has increased as well,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
One of those people stepping up was Alix Mercer. She said there was a time in her life when she could\u2019ve used help like this, and now it\u2019s her turn to give back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know when I was younger I was kind of like in certain positions where it would\u2019ve been nice to have help I guess. So, just knowing that I can do that for other people makes me feel a little bit better,\u201d Mercer said.<\/p>\n
Anyone who came by the donation drive didn\u2019t leave empty-handed. Punks With Lunch was giving out children\u2019s gloves to anyone who needed them.<\/p>\n
Mitten Mayday was a glove business in Lansing that closed down because of the pandemic. The owner ended up donating 1,000 gloves to Punks With Lunch.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer loss is our gain. And she said, \u2018Well, I have these and I want to make sure they get out into the community of people that need them,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
The gloves have gone into the hands of elementary school students during recent donation drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punks With Lunch held their annual donation drive at Thrift Witch. They accepted donations of food, winter clothes,…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n