SAGINAW, MI — A ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for a planned $8.8 million expansion project at Saginaw’s Hunger Solution Center, home of the East Side Soup Kitchen and Hidden Harvest.

Organizers said the event is planned for 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the nonprofit’s facility, 940 E. Genessee in Saginaw.

Organizers said the expansion was designed to meet growing demand at the facility , where the need for help has nearly tripled in 20 years.

The East Side Soup Kitchen cooks up food that serves up to 900 meals on some days in a dining space no larger than most elementary school cafeterias.

Expansion plans include a new kitchen, new storage spaces and walk-in coolers, a supersized dining room, loading docks and distribution-friendly infrastructure that organizers said would m

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