Hunger in Indiana
What you should know
Some call it an epidemic. Others call it an outrage. We call it a time to act.
At Gleaners, we fight the hunger crisis in our community every day. One of our best tools is information—so that more people understand the problem, and more of them can join us in the fight.
After all, increasing numbers of our fellow Hoosiers are sinking into poverty:
- A staggering 304,307 people in Gleaners' service area are food insecure. (Source: 2010 Hunger In Amerca Study)
- 50 million or one out of 6 people in America struggle with food insecurity.
- Gleaners serves an estimated 69,187 children through the summer.
- In Gleaners’ 21-county service area, more than 287,000 people live in poverty—and more than 103,000 of them are children. (Source: Census Bureau.)
- The recent national economic crisis has hit elderly people, the working poor and hungry children especially hard. In 2009/20010 alone, 21,002 calls to Connect2Help™ for food assistance were made.
We invite you to learn more—and to spread the word. Because the more we know, the more effective all of us are at helping people in need.
Want to know more about food insecurity rates in our community? Click the Map the Meal Gap icon and then click through the interactive map and see for yourself!
