Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is honored to be included among 12 finalists for LISC Indianapolis’ 2024 Love Thy Neighborhood Awards. These awards recognize and celebrate community gamechangers throughout the Indianapolis region. 

Gleaners is among three Indianapolis organizations nominated in the Livability category, which honors an organization or initiative that provides access to quality health care, local high-quality food access, cultural attractions, pedestrian and bicycle connectivity, recreational programs and spaces, and preservation and enhancement of natural spaces, according to LISC Indianapolis. 

We were nominated for optimizing “equitable access to nutritious food to residents facing hunger” and striving to “overcome the conditions causing food insecurity”. 

Gleaners is honored to be among one of three finalists nominated in the Livability category.

LISC Indianapolis created the Love Thy Neighborhood Awards in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the community development in the Indianapolis area that “transform their neighborhood into authentic places, profoundly attractive and livable for both residents and visitors.” 

This year, LISC Indianapolis has partnered with WISH-TV to broadcast a 60-minute special that will celebrate the story of the 12 finalists, which will include Gleaners. That will air on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 7-8 p.m., and will also stream on WISH-TV and LISC Indianapolis’ Facebook pages. 

Gleaners has an opportunity to win $2,500 in the Livability category, and possibly an additional $5,000 by winning the People’s Choice Award through an online voting process that will follow the program. 

Stay tuned!