The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding nearly $100,000 in grants to local food pantries and community organizations across Indiana to help put food on the table for Hoosier families in need. The grants will support the purchase of canned goods, fresh produce and essential supplies to address food insecurity across the company’s Indiana service territory.
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“Food is the most basic of needs, and there are organizations throughout the state that provide a lifeline to Hoosiers who may not know where their next meal will come from,” Duke Energy Indiana President Stan Pinegar said. “They fill a vital role in the communities we serve, and we’re committed to supporting their work to help increase food access for those in need.”
Locally, the following four Hamilton County organizations were awarded a total of $7,500 in grants:
- Fishers Youth Assistance Program (Hamilton County) – $2,000
- Hamilton Heights Youth Assistance Program (Hamilton County) – $1,500
- Open Doors of Westfield (Hamilton County) – $1,000
- Riverview Health’s Indiana Mothers’ Milk Bank (Hamilton County) – $3,000
Elsewhere in Indiana, 21 other organizations received critical funding. They include:
- Bread of Life Food Pantry (Decatur County) – $1,500
- Churches in Mission (Morgan County) – $1,000
- Clay County YMCA (Clay County) – $10,000
- Community Harvest Food Bank (Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties) – $6,000
- Dinner Before Bedtime (Shelby County) – $5,000
- Fayette County Food Council (Fayette County) – $3,000
- Food Finders (North-Central Indiana) – $5,000
- Food Finders (Tippecanoe County) – $11,000
- Franklin County High School (Franklin County) – $2,500
- Good Samaritan Food Pantry (Decatur County) – $1,500
- Hendricks County Food Pantry Coalition (Hendricks County) – $5,000
- Hoosier Hills Food Bank (Brown, Lawrence, Orange, Owen, Martin and Monroe counties) – $10,000
- Hope Southern Indiana (Floyd County) – $1,000
- Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard (Monroe County) – $1,000
- Princeton Salvation Army (Gibson County) – $5,000
- Rush County Community Assistance (Rush County) – $2,500
- Salvation Army of Southern Indiana (Floyd County) – $10,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana (Delaware County) – $2,500
- Terre Haute Catholic Charities Food Bank (Vigo County) – $1,000
- United Way of Knox County (Knox County) – $6,000
- Western Wayne School Corporation (Wayne County) – $1,000
Learn more about the Duke Energy Foundation’s important work at duke-energy.com/foundation.