24 11, 2023

Give to Gleaners at 2 Indy-area Giving Machines

2023-11-27T08:20:36-05:00

Gleaners is proud to be a charity partner of the Giving Machine this year. The vending machines, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, conveniently give to local and international charities. Hoosiers can give to Gleaners, along with community partners Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis and Flanner House, through the machines. [...]

Give to Gleaners at 2 Indy-area Giving Machines2023-11-27T08:20:36-05:00
23 11, 2023

Gleaners helps serve nearly 1,400 Thanksgiving meals

2023-11-22T12:15:51-05:00

With the help of community partners, Gleaners served holiday meals to nearly 1,400 families just ahead of Thanksgiving. At three separate giveaways, volunteers came together to provide Hoosier families with holiday food and grocery items. Bill Estes Automotive hosted its annual Thanksgiving distribution on Monday, Nov. 20. Volunteers from IMPD joined the effort, loading up [...]

Gleaners helps serve nearly 1,400 Thanksgiving meals2023-11-22T12:15:51-05:00
7 11, 2023

Recap: 2023 Hunger and Health Breakfast

2024-02-28T15:57:14-05:00

For seven years now, the central Indiana community has come together for the Hunger and Health Breakfast, hosted by Gleaners and the Indianapolis Business Journal. The breakfast is a time for leaders in health care and hunger relief to discuss the impact these issues have on our neighbors. At this year's event on Monday, [...]

Recap: 2023 Hunger and Health Breakfast2024-02-28T15:57:14-05:00
3 11, 2023

IU Health opens Nutrition Hub in partnership with Gleaners

2023-11-03T17:45:12-04:00

Select patients at IU Health Methodist Hospital will soon be eligible for a new community resource, thanks to a partnership with Gleaners, the American Heart Association and the Purdue Center for Health Equity and Innovation. Leaders from the partner groups cut the ribbon on the IU Health Nutrition Hub Wednesday. The Nutrition Hub is a [...]

IU Health opens Nutrition Hub in partnership with Gleaners2023-11-03T17:45:12-04:00
24 05, 2021

AquaBounty Provides 30,000lbs of Fresh Salmon to Hoosiers in Need

2021-06-01T14:54:59-04:00

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.,a land-based salmon farming pioneer, is donating approximately 30,000 pounds of its conventional Atlantic salmon to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. AquaBounty raises Atlantic salmon in carefully monitored freshwater indoor tanks at its farm in Albany, Indiana. As COVID-19 reduced the demand for salmon in the food service channel, specifically in restaurants and [...]

AquaBounty Provides 30,000lbs of Fresh Salmon to Hoosiers in Need2021-06-01T14:54:59-04:00
30 07, 2020

Rural Response: 21 Counties in Need

2020-07-31T15:34:29-04:00

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 typically rely on an older volunteer [...]

Rural Response: 21 Counties in Need2020-07-31T15:34:29-04:00
30 07, 2020

Caring for the Homebound

2020-07-31T15:35:25-04:00

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 in the community to get into [...]

Caring for the Homebound2020-07-31T15:35:25-04:00
30 07, 2020

Indianapolis Public Schools Close

2020-07-31T15:42:19-04:00

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 and provides weekly BackSacks to 4,400 [...]

Indianapolis Public Schools Close2020-07-31T15:42:19-04:00
30 07, 2020

Working Together to Feed Hungry Hoosiers

2020-07-31T15:42:07-04:00

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 high risk for contracting this virus. [...]

Working Together to Feed Hungry Hoosiers2020-07-31T15:42:07-04:00
2 07, 2020

Gleaners Launches No One Runs on Empty Awareness Campaign

2020-09-18T20:20:48-04:00

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 Harding Steinbrenner Autosport and NTT INDYCAR [...]

Gleaners Launches No One Runs on Empty Awareness Campaign2020-09-18T20:20:48-04:00
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