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An eastside location of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis wants to better connect residents with fresh food. 

The Ransburg YMCA, 501 N. Shortridge Road, has a refrigerated emergency food program that offers milk, eggs, cheese and fruit. 

The food pantry is in partnership with the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside and Carmel-based nonprofit HATCH for Hunger. 

If you’re interested, register for the program online. 

Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X @HelloImDarian or on Bluesky @darianbenson.bsky.social.

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Eastside YMCA offers refrigerated food pantry

by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy
March 14, 2025

<h1>Eastside YMCA offers refrigerated food pantry</h1> <p class="byline">by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy <br />March 14, 2025</p> <p>An eastside location of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis wants to better connect residents with fresh food.&nbsp;</p> <p>The <a href="https://indymca.org/ransburg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ransburg YMCA</a>, 501 N. Shortridge Road, has a refrigerated emergency food program that offers milk, eggs, cheese and fruit. </p> <p>The food pantry is in partnership with the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside and Carmel-based nonprofit <a href="https://www.guidestar.org/profile/82-3274925" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HATCH for Hunger</a>. </p> <p>If you’re interested, <a href="https://hatchforhunger.formstack.com/forms/cooler_intake_ymca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">register for the program</a> online. </p> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/HelloImDarian" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@HelloImDarian</em></a><em> or on Bluesky </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/darianbenson.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@darianbenson.bsky.social</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/ransburg-ymca-indianapolis-eastside-food-pantry-cafe-hatch-hunger/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=47645&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/ransburg-ymca-indianapolis-eastside-food-pantry-cafe-hatch-hunger/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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