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The Hamilton County 4-H Fair is just over three weeks away, and once again a great group of 4-H’ers have made the decision to donate their livestock to Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank’s (HCHFB) Meating the Need program.
It’s a win-win!
Meating the Need is project of HCHFB in partnership with Hamilton County 4-H.
Your donation doesn’t just help HCHFB purchase meat for local food pantries. It supports local 4-H’ers by purchasing their project animals as they pursue their 4-H, education, and life goals. Over the 10 years of this project, 53 different 4-H members have participated.
Growing every year
This year, Meating the Need will exceed 43,000 pounds of meat it has distributed to Hamilton County food pantries. That represents the protein requirements of over 171,000 meals.
Meating the Need was just the start … HCHFB has now provided more than 100,000 pounds of protein to over 25 pantries with distributions every month of the year.
Meating the Need provides healthy LOCAL protein for the county’s most vulnerable kids and families and strengthens the partnerships between farm families and the greater community.
Donate today
To be on the 4-H Fair Display Banner, donations must be made by July 1.
Check donations can be made to Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank, P.O. Box 881, Noblesville, IN 46061, Memo: Meating the Need. Donate online via Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank website, hchfoodbank.org/online-giving. Be sure to designate “Meating the Need.”
Another way to help
Businesses, organizations, and individuals who purchase an advertisement in The Reporter’s 4-H Special Edition should know that their money helps this newspaper to write a large donation check to the Meating the Need program. If you would like to advertise, email Ads@ReadTheReporter.com or call the newspaper at (765) 365-2316.
Last year we were able to both write a $5,000 donation check to HCHFB and print a full 40 pages of 4-H results, stories, and photos.
This year, more people in Hamilton County are facing food insecurity than ever.
Every ad in the 4-H special edition helps feed the hungry and give our talented, hard-working 4-H participants the ink they deserve.
The Reporter is part of the public record future generations will refer to. Let’s show them what kind of a heart Hamilton County really has.
Join these “Meating the Need” donors before July 1
- Arcadia Christian Church – Angels’ Attic
- Aroma United Methodist Church
- Atlanta Christian Church
- Bethel Lutheran Church
- Carmel Culinary Boosters
- Carmel Friends Church
- Carmel United Methodist Church
- Clarksville Christian Church
- David and Brenda Day
- David and Carolyn Knapp
- Delaware Township Trustee
- Estella Mirelez
- Excel Center – Noblesville
- Fall Creek Township Trustee
- Fishers United Methodist Come to Me Pantry
- Gary and Barbie Vaught
- Gary Reynolds
- Gary Richter and Illona Lipovsky
- Gerald and Sally Lindenmayer
- Green Valley Church of Christ
- Hamilton Co. Farm Bureau Inc.
- Hamilton County Reporter Newspaper
- Hank and Kit Prohm
- Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry
- Jill and David DeMoss
- Keystone Co-op
- King of Glory Lutheran Church
- L & M Gardens
- Mama’s Cupboard
- Mark and Pam Heisler
- Noblesville Township Trustee
- Open Doors Pantry – Westfield
- Orchard Park Presbyterian Church
- Randy and Anita Hagen
- Redeeming Love, Noblesville
- Rod and Carol Howard
- Sally Burton Food Pantry
- Sheridan First United Methodist, Sheridan Lunch Club
- Sheridan First United Methodist, Sunflower Pantry
- Six Points Church
- SpartanNash – Needler’s Market
- Basil Pantry – Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
- Christopher’s Episcopal Church
- Maria Goretti Catholic Church
- Vincent de Paul, Noblesville
- Third Phase Christian Center
- Tim and Deborah Foley
- Venture Christian Church, Bread of Life Pantry
- Wayne Township Trustee
- White River Christian Church
A special Thank You to these individuals, groups, and businesses who help with “Meating the Need” every year:
- Christopher’s Episcopal Church and Men’s Group
- Kim Beaver
- Tina Henderson
- Tim and Deborah Foley
- Hamilton County 4-H Staff, Beef, Dairy, and Swine Superintendents and Livestock Auction Committee
- Randy and Anita Hagen
- Jeremy and Sandy Miller Family
- The Hamilton County Reporter Newspaper
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