Jeff has been a volunteer with IPS 46 Daniel Webster Elementary for over five years, along with his wife, Tonya. His daughter goes to school there and he has been thrilled to support the school and the Barney Kroger Pantry. Jeff is also a client, relying on the pantry for some of his family’s [...]
Officer Farris and Crimewatch Specialist, Paula Barnes recently delivered 4 Gleaners CARE Bags to a gentleman after seeing his post on NextDoor. The man mentioned he was supposed to go into work on a job, but was never reached back out to and is still short on money. He expressed he was in need [...]
*Photo from Feeding America, not from story. On a recent Saturday at the Community Cupboard, a woman from Monrovia came for assistance. She shared that she had left her job and home in the city to move to a small town because her son was struggling and she was so terribly worried for his [...]
"My two daughters and grandson live with me. Another relative, just 18 years old, was down on her luck and didn't have a job or a place to stay. I took her in, but I barely had enough money to feed my family as it was. This mobile pantry on Saturdays is truly a [...]
Nutrition Manager, Sarah Huber sharing a lentil taco recipe at North United Methodist Church during a CARE Mobile distribution. Did you know that there are over 50 School-Based Pantries in 20 counties we serve? Pantries like the one at Western Boone are successful, thanks in part to great community support. Hear from site coordinator, [...]
You might recall that just last summer, the Wednesday CARE Mobile location moved to Save-A-Lot, due to an increase in the number of neighbors served. CARE Pantry Program Associate, Brianna, shared a story from a woman she met at Save-A-Lot last week. "During distribution time, a client came up to me and said he [...]
Innovative partnership enters its 5th year. An anticipated 60-70,000 people will be served at 71 distributions this summer. 170,990 Marion County residents are food insecure. Over 46,000 Marion County children are hungry. In the past three years, more than 170,000 people have received food at a CARE Mobile Pantry distribution. Marion County Sheriff’s Office [...]
Photo courtesy of Michelle Pemberton/Indy Star Just before Christmas, a portion of the federal government shut down, leaving 800,000 federal employees and a significantly higher number of contracted employees without a paycheck. The shutdown was the longest in our history. We were called upon to serve people who never imagined themselves standing in line [...]
