Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana

Food for Thought

There are over 89,895 children living in poverty in the food bank’s service area.
In 2010, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana and the network of over 350 Indiana hunger relief agencies it serves, distributed over 24 million meals.
Steeply rising poverty and unemployment mean that more Hoosiers are finding it difficult to purchase the food they need. Connect2Help, the helpline serving metropolitan Indianapolis, reported that the number of callers seeking emergency food assistance was up 38% for the year ending June 30, 2009.
According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Over 267,000 people within Gleaners' 21-county service area are living in poverty.

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