According to the Hamilton County Harvest (HCH) Food Bank, Hamilton County ranks seventh highest among Indiana’s counties in number of food-insecure individuals – 24,270 people. A total of 21 percent of working adults are not earning enough to afford essential resources for their families.
Food pantries and children’s meal programs primarily rely on food banks and donations to supply the food they distribute to people in need.
At HCH, this has been a second record year for food distributions. Food purchases are 48 percent of all distributions, which includes purchased meat, produce, non-perishable staples and kid-friendly items.
HCH will distribute over 138,000 pounds of healthy food throughout the year. One meal is considered 1.2 pounds of food. To help keep food pantries and meal programs stocked with vegetables, soup, meat, and many more healthy items, HCH has set a goal to collect 50,000 pounds of donated food this 2022 holiday season.
For perspective, that’s 40,000 meals.
HCH Food Bank needs your help. If you’d like to help fill the barrel and host a food drive, HCH can help. Click here to fill out a form and someone from HCH will contact you.
Please consider doing what you can to take care of neighbors who you use a little extra help this holiday season. Your efforts could change a life.
If you’d like to learn more about Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank, go to HCHFoodBank.org.