Local School Receives Hunger Relief Grant from Duke Energy Foundation

The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded $100,000 to address food insecurity across the company's service region.

(Plainfield, Ind.) – The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding nearly $100,000 in grants to local food pantries and community organizations to help put food on the table for Hoosier families in need.

Franklin County High School is among the 25 community organizations to receive a grant.

The $2,500 grant will support the purchase of canned goods, fresh produce and essential supplies to address food insecurity.

“Food is the most basic of needs, and there are organizations throughout the state that provide a lifeline to Hoosiers who may not know where their next meal will come from,” said Stan Pinegar, president of Duke Energy Indiana. “They fill a vital role in the communities we serve, and we’re committed to supporting their work to help increase food access for those in need.”

A full list of grant recipients is listed below.

§  Bread of Life Food Pantry (Decatur County) – $1,500

§  Churches in Mission (Morgan County) – $1,000

§  Clay County YMCA (Clay County) – $10,000

§  Community Harvest Food Bank (Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties) – $6,000

§  Dinner Before Bedtime (Shelby County) – $5,000

§  Fayette County Food Council (Fayette County) – $3,000

§  Fishers Youth Assistance Program (Hamilton County) – $2,000

§  Food Finders (North-Central Indiana) – $5,000

§  Food Finders (Tippecanoe County) – $11,000

§  Franklin County High School (Franklin County) – $2,500

§  Good Samaritan Food Pantry (Decatur County) – $1,500

§  Hamilton Heights Youth Assistance Program (Hamilton County) – $1,500

§  Hendricks County Food Pantry Coalition (Hendricks County) – $5,000

§  Hoosier Hills Food Bank (Brown, Lawrence, Orange, Owen, Martin and Monroe counties) – $10,000

§  Hope Southern Indiana (Floyd County) – $1,000

§  Mother Hubbard's Cupboard (Monroe County) – $1,000

§  Open Doors of Westfield (Hamilton County) – $1,000

§  Princeton Salvation Army (Gibson County) – $5,000

§  Riverview Health’s Indiana Mothers’ Milk Bank (Hamilton County) – $3,000

§  Rush County Community Assistance (Rush County) – $2,500

§  Salvation Army of Southern Indiana (Floyd County) – $10,000

§  Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana (Delaware County) – $2,500

§  Terre Haute Catholic Charities Food Bank (Vigo County) – $1,000

§  United Way of Knox County (Knox County) – $6,000

§  Western Wayne School Corporation (Wayne County) – $1,000