Food bank recognizes volunteers

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com

Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank celebrated volunteers countywide and their accomplishments during its annual meeting March 21 at the Delaware Township Community Center in Fishers

Volunteers from food pantries throughout the county attended the event, which had a quilting theme: “The Fabric of Food Insecurity: Stitching together the blocks for a better future.”

The food bank supplements supplies at individual food pantries by collecting and providing staples for distribution. Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Executive Director Anita Hagen said that through their collective efforts, 120,237 meals were provided in the last year to county residents.

“These were all for families and children in our community. Yet another new oneyear record,” she said,

According to the annual report, there are more than 24,000 food-insecure people in Hamilton County, where the average cost of a meal is $3.59, compared to the statewide