At Love Community Center in the heart of Rush County stands a place where compassion meets purpose: a space lovingly built by and for the community it serves. Darilyn Bedel helps manage the food pantry at Love Community Center and remembers when the vision for the community center first took [...]
Fred Glass, president and CEO of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, warned today that: “Proposed legislation now making its way through Congress would create a needless, self-inflicted humanitarian and economic disaster for Indiana and the country, harming not only those of us facing hunger, but all Americans.” Last week, the [...]
Indiana has surpassed a troubling hunger milestone. According to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap report, more than 1 million Hoosiers were food insecure in 2023, an increase from 950,000 in 2022. This is the first time in at least five years Indiana has seen food insecurity surpass the [...]
Fueling yourself while studying is a challenge. For thousands of adult learners at The Excel Center ® in Indianapolis, Gleaners2Go is making that part of the journey easier. Student Ella Black says her path to a diploma hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth every step. Just a year [...]
Falling leaves at Paynetown Campground mark the beginning of autumn in Morgan County and usher in reminders of an annual task: the readying and winterization of RVs and campers for spring. Gunner Burnam grew up in Martinsville and was familiar with this yearly ritual. A lifelong outdoors lover, Burnam was [...]
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana spoke to partner pantry Shepherd’s Community Center about the role of faith-based partners, navigating emergency hunger levels among unhoused people in Indy’s 46201 zip code and how faith powers their every action. Neighbors seeking food assistance throughout Gleaners’ service area will often find a faith-based [...]
For 55 years, Love Chapel has served as a beacon of hope for families in Bartholomew County, embodying what it means to nourish communities and playing a key role in the fight against hunger as a Gleaners partner pantry. It began within the walls of a small church providing [...]
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana released our 2024 Impact Report, highlighting the continued rise in need as neighbors struggled to make ends meet due to inflation, rent increases and stagnant wages. Since Gleaners was first founded in a three-car garage in 1980, we have remained committed to our mission [...]
Leaders with Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana were thrilled to visit many of our Marion County Network partners earlier this month.These visits give us a chance to connect with our network partners, ask feedback on the partnership, see how different pantries operate and learn more about what they are seeing [...]
Gleaners is proud to announce the upcoming opening of a new resource center on its campus, designed to offer neighbors with resources to help overcome the conditions causing food insecurity. The Tom and Julie Wood Family Resource Center at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is scheduled to open this [...]
