We work every day by helping our neighbors gain access to healthy, nutritious food while also advancing innovative solutions that address the root causes of hunger.
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Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is on the road distributing healthy, nutritious food every week.
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Hunger is what you feel when you don’t have enough to eat. Food insecurity is the set of circumstances that prevent your access to nutritious food. We collaborate with our community to build a resilient, healthier, and economically sound community.
Northwest Indiana residents are experiencing food insecurity
Your Food Bank distributed approximately 9 million pounds of food in 2024
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Together, we have the power to transform lives by ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry.”
Victor A. Garcia
PRESIDENT & CEO
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Access to adequate food is a hallmark of a healthy community. Yet in the Greater Chicagoland area, far too many of our neighbors are struggling to put food on the table. One in four people are facing food insecurity, and more than a third of households (1.4 million households) cannot afford the basic cost of living in their county. This
Written by Janie Bohlmann, regional communications manager for American Red Cross of Indiana. Through our Community Adaptation Program (CAP), the Red Cross is working to build more resilient communities and empower those living in disaster-prone areas. Our CAP team in Lake County, Indiana, is focused on increasing access to health, hunger and housing solutions and we are proud to partner
By Aaron Dorman Decisions about budget cuts or freezes made in Washington continue to reverberate and impact Northwest Indiana, food assistance and agriculture organizations say. In particular, two recent decisions undercut local efforts to feed residents, they say: the ending of the Regional Food Business Center Program and the pausing of the Senior Community Service Employment program. The latter was
By Aaron Dorman MERILLVILLE — It may not be the Goodyear Blimp, but as far as branded vehicles go, the NWI Food Bank Truck is still a welcome sight moving around the south shore. The latest addition to the Food Bank’s vehicle fleet is a refrigerated truck branded with the company’s logo and new signage that touts their “Food is
By Aaron Dorman MERRILLVILLE — Food bank volunteer Karen Ruse spends her Saturday mornings loading cars with food delivery boxes outside the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana off Broadway. In order to serve the hundreds of people who come in their cars each Saturday, the interactions are often quick. Volunteers don’t necessarily get to know names or their stories, but
By Aaron Dorman The link between proper nutrition and better health outcomes is well established. But much of that work, including programs within the Region, focuses on acute physical conditions such as diabetes. The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is hoping a recent pilot program can demonstrate that they can also help address residents’ mental health needs. The program, which