Meating the Need for eight years

Hamilton County 4-H members who will designate their animal to Meating the Need this year. (Photo illustration provided)

Hamilton County 4-H & Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank

Please consider a monetary donation towards Meating the Need 2023 today. This joint project between Hamilton County 4-H Beef, Dairy, and Swine Projects and Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank will provide over 4,000 pounds of local beef and pork to friends and families in need through the county’s food support network. In its history, the program has already provided over 27,303 pounds of meat for Hamilton County food pantries and meals programs.

On July 25 at the 4-H Livestock Auction, the Food Bank will purchase, with help from donors, beef and dairy cattle and hogs from 19 local 4-H members. Meating the Need donations go toward the sale of the animals and to the 4-H members as they pursue their 4-H, education, and life goals.

Any monetary donation amount is appreciated and, if you donate at least $250 by July 10, you will be recognized on the 4-H Fair Banner and in the local press.

Meating the Need provides healthy local protein for the community’s most vulnerable kids and families and strengthens the partnerships between local farm families and the greater community.

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, and designate Meating the Need.