Community Harvest Food Bank Receives $5,000 Grant from the Joy in Childhood Foundation in Celebration of Giving Tuesday Funding will support programs that serve children battling hunger in Northeast Indiana (FORT WAYNE, IN) (November 29, 2018) – Community Harvest Food Bank today announced that it has received a $5,000 grant from the Joy in Childhood…
Thanks to Feeding America and Red Nose Day USA, Community Harvest Food Bank has received a $10,000 grant to offset the costs associated with the Kids BackPack and TeenPak programs. This grant will provide more than 17,000 weekend meals to kids in need. “This annual funding through Red Nose Day is so important to ending…
Community Harvest is a recipient of a $20,000 grant from Feeding America, thanks to the Kraft Heinz Co. Foundation. Thanks to this funding, the SeniorPak and Senior Farm Wagon programs will distribute more than 100,000 pounds of food during the upcoming year. This includes fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy, protein, bread, and many shelf stable foods…
The Community Foundation of Noble County has awarded Community Harvest with a $2,500 grant in support of the Noble County Farm Wagon mobile pantry program. This program serves food insecure residents of Noble County by providing fresh produce, dairy, and sandwich bread to individuals and families in need. The $2,500 grant will provide more than…
Thanks to Red Nose Day and Feeding America, Community Harvest Food Bank was the recipient of a $10,000 grant that will directly impact child hunger here in northeast Indiana. The Kids BackPack program at Community Harvest will receive the funding to distribute nutritious weekend meals to children referred by teachers and guidance staff. With 471…
Steuben County Community Foundation has made a generous $7,000 grant to Community Harvest Food Bank to support the Farm Wagon mobile pantry program benefiting residents of Steuben County. Refrigerated trucks visit two locations in Steuben County each week to distribute produce, dairy, and sandwich bread to families in need. The grant will provide more than…
Foellinger Foundation awarded a generous two-year $90,000 grant to Community Harvest Food Bank in support of hunger relief for families. The funding will provide more than 360,000 meals to children, seniors, Veterans, and families struggling with hunger and its associated health issues. With nearly 90,000 food insecure individuals living in northeast Indiana, this funding will…
Thanks to Kraft Heinz in partnership with Feeding America, Community Harvest received a $15,000 grant to support SeniorPak operations.The SeniorPak walk-in and SeniorPak homebound programs provide much needed groceries to older adults who are food insecure. This generous grant will provide more than 65,000 meals to seniors on our program, which is incredible! We thank…
Thanks to a generous grant through Feeding America, Community Harvest Food Bank is able to feed meals to hundreds of kids in northeast Indiana who depend on the Kids BackPack program. We are proud to be a national member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief charity, and the partnership with Walgreen Co….
On July 25, 2016, The Drucker Institute announced the top 50 semifinalists for the 2016 Drucker Prize. This prize is awarded each year to a nonprofit for innovation. Community Harvest Food Bank is honored to have been selected as a semifinalist for this prize for innovations in preserving produce with The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg…
Thanks to a $5,000 grant from Ameriprise Financial, our Senior Hunger Relief Initiative will be able to provide 20,000 meals to seniors in need. We are so grateful for the continued support of our goal to eliminate senior hunger. SeniorPak serves senior citizens on low fixed incomes who do not always have enough to eat. Volunteers…
Community Harvest Food Bank was awarded a $90,000 grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of the Healthy Families Initiative, which includes the Farm Wagon mobile pantry, Holiday Food, and the Community Cupboard pantry. These key programs serve more than 45,000 food-insecure individuals each year. “Lincoln Financial Foundation has always played a key role in…
