Northeastern REMC Awards $1,000 To Hoosiers Feeding The Hungry
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COLUMBIA CITY – The Northeastern REMC Community Trust/Operation Round Up recently awarded Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry a $1,000 grant to be used to serve residents in need within their service area.
These funds will help Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry pay processing fees for large game and livestock donations within Allen, Huntington, Kosciusko, Noble, Wabash and Whitley County. The processed meat will then be given to area hunger-relief agencies.
Founded in 2011, Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry asks area hunters and farmers to take their large game or livestock to a participating meat processor where the donation is processed, packaged and frozen at no cost (plus, farmers may write off the fair market value on their taxes). Local hunger-relief agencies will be contacted for pick up and distribution of this nutritious protein back into the community.
"We are very excited about our ‘Meat’ the Need program," said Debra Treesh, executive director of Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry. "We’re pleased that the Northeastern REMC is continually willing to make an investment in the community."
Treesh also said, “The grant provided by the REMC Community Trust will pay to process about 750 pounds of donated large game and livestock, which will then be distributed to area hunger-relief agencies – providing almost 3,000 meals to residents in need within our communities.”
In the last eight years, Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry has helped to distribute approximately 1.3 million pounds of meat to Indiana food banks, providing over 5.1 million meals to Hoosiers in need.
“To date, we have 88 participating meat processors working within Indiana to aid us in our mission and to ensure residents in need are served,” said Amber Zecca, fund development director of Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry. “In this area, we are partnering with 11 local meat processors, Community Harvest Food Bank, and other local hunger-relief agencies to ensure residents have access to this nutritious protein.”
On average, the cost of this donated meat is about $1.30 per pound, which is less than 30 cents per meal.
Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry is accepting donations to fund its program throughout Indiana and is continuously looking for volunteers to help efforts to feed the hungry and reduce hunger issues throughout Indiana.
For more information on the Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry program, its services and to find participating meat processors in your area, or to find out how you can help, visit www.HoosiersFeedingtheHungry.org.
