Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry will serve as an expert advisor with the HEART Detroit Launch Event (Health Assessments and Rapid Transformation) sponsored by Corewell Health.

Corewell HEART Detroit Launch

The Rev. Roslyn Bouier, the executive director of the Brightmoor Connection, said the organization provides its families with food, taking six to seven meals out of their monthly budget. Because they no longer have to pay for those meals, they then have “the ability to access other resources,” she said. They may have been unable to go to the doctor's office because they couldn't afford the co-pay.

"Now they can afford the co-pay," she said during the panel discussion.

Bouier said the pantry offers food options that are nutritious and address her community's high rate of comorbidities such as diabetes and high blood pressure. She later told The News that they offer lean poultry and beef, fresh fish, legumes, fresh produce and low-sodium, shelf-stable foods.

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