As need for food rises, southside food pantries are determined to serve the community.
Tag: food insecurity
Posted inGovernment
Indiana opts out of summer program for hungry schoolchildren
Indiana will no longer participate in a program to feed schoolchildren through direct family payments during summer vacation.
Posted inHealth
SNAP, soda and cuts: Inside the fight to ‘Make Indiana Healthy Again’
A movement heralded by RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz finds an ally in Indiana.
Posted inResources
Get growing with free seeds from the library
Grab 5 seed packets at any of the city’s 25 library branches from March to September.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Bruce Bye started a community garden to feed his neighbors
The project planted the seeds for the Southdale Neighborhood Association.
Posted inGovernment
Indy urban farm to stop supplying free produce to food pantries
Helpings of Hope leaders say they can no longer supply free produce to local food pantries after the U.S. Department of Agriculture made sweeping cuts to a pandemic-era food bank program.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Eastside YMCA offers refrigerated food pantry
The Ransburg YMCA pantry offers milk, eggs, cheese and fruit.
Posted inEducation
Northwest Landing community center hopes to grow
One year in, the Aspire Higher Foundation sees an opportunity to provide food to neighbors.
Posted inNeighborhoods
‘Love thy neighbor’: Thousands of meals packed for hunger relief in Cuba
IMPACT Clermont Christian Church invited volunteers to help pack thousands of meals Jan. 25.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Q&A: How an Indy woman has been helping feed the hungry
The Community Food Box Project will have a fundraiser from 7-10 a.m. Jan. 25.