Are you confused about the dates you see on foods? Best buy....use by.....sell by.....what does it all mean? Best By date labels are about overall quality of an item. This date is the manufacturer's promise that, when stored properly, an unopened item will retain its freshness and full nutritional [...]
Lilly Endowment Inc. has provided $1.364 million to proceed with an urgently needed, 40,000-square-foot expansion of its refrigerated storage capacity needed for nutritious, perishable food distribution. The balance of the funding is provided by the Federal CARES Act via the Indiana Department of Health. In 2019, nearly half the [...]
In a typical year, Gleaners' donors support 228 mobile pantry distributions in 13 counties. As businesses closed and stay-at-home orders were implemented, many of our reliable agency partners found themselves struggling to find volunteers to keep their pantries open. School closures reduced our distribution outlets by 50%. “Food pantries [...]
As the lines at our distributions tripled – and in some cases quadrupled – the number of calls and messages from those with no transportation, or who were ill and quarantining at home, began to increase. People were losing their incomes, and shelter-in-place orders made it difficult for some [...]
When the Indianapolis Public Schools made the decision to close, it was not made lightly. School districts across the state were directing children to stay home after spring break and moving to eLearning. IPS students are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Gleaners supports school-based pantries in 25 IPS schools [...]
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit hard in early March, the number of people coming to Gleaners for food assistance tripled nearly overnight. At the same time, we knew that with the direct correlation between food insecurity and health, those children and families we serve would be at [...]
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is on the fast track to accelerate awareness of food insecurity throughout Central Indiana with its new No One Runs on Empty initiative. The campaign is funded by a $1 million matching grant from the Anthem Foundation and backed by a partnership with Andretti [...]
“Among the many challenges of responding to a pandemic, the ability to distribute fresh, perishable food has been among the most difficult. With many of our traditional partners either closed or reducing distributions, we have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables and frozen meats to share. As part of [...]
Elanco Foundation leads challenge with a gift of $400,000, the first from its recently-formed foundation The Heritage Group stepped up and matched that $400,000 gift Corteva Agriscience, the IU Health Foundation, and Telamon have also joined the challenge with financial gifts over and above what was already committed in [...]
We recently caught up with Marcus, a new-to-Gleaners staff member as a delivery driver. Here is what he had to say: "I've been driving for different places around the country since about 2004. I'd say about 85-90% of what I've done is in food distribution. Lately I've worked a [...]
