It’s no secret that volunteers are the heart of Community Harvest. The dedicated individuals who serve with us are vital in our mission to alleviate hunger. Last year, 8,500 individuals served over 90,000 hours of their time making our family of volunteers the equivalent of over 40 full-time employees. Because of this generosity, Community Harvest…
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…
Community Harvest will be shut down during the dates of July 4 through July 10th. We will reopen on Monday, July 11th. If you are in need of food assistance during this time, please see our website for partner pantries in your area. Farm Wagon, Community Cupboard, and other Community Harvest programs will resume their…
We wanted to share some photos taken from the renaming ceremony at our Tillman location Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Family, friends and colleagues came to honor Jane Avery’s legacy.
Our dedicated volunteers deliver bags of food every month to home-bound seniors participating in our SeniorPak program. Currently, we are looking for four drivers who would be willing to deliver bags once per month in the Fort Wayne area. If you are interested, please contact Brittany Riecke, SeniorPak Coordinator, at (260) 447-3696, Ext. 319, or…
Community Harvest Food Bank will rename the Tillman Road facility to “The Jane Avery Distribution Center” in honor of long-time Executive Director Jane Avery, who passed away last July. Under Avery’s nineteen years of leadership, the food bank grew to distribute nearly 13 million pounds of food to more than 90,000 people annually. In 2011,…
In partnership with Feeding America, NBC, and Walgreens, we are proud to participate in Red Nose Day USA 2016! Join the nation on May 26th to celebrate Red Nose Day. Gather your friends, family and co-workers and get involved by wearing Red Noses, organizing a FUN-raiser and watching the biggest TV stars on the planet…
Canstruction 2016 was a great success. From April 16th to April 24th, the Glenbrook Square Mall hosted 14 teams competing and building canned food structures for this year’s theme, “Cartoons.” From Ninja Turtles to Minions, and Scooby Doo to Peanuts, structures were displayed to hundreds of thousands of spectators who voted for their favorite…
