INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana National Guard members have been deployed to food banks as part of the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The guard will assist in helping feed seniors, families, and displaced workers.
National Guard members will be deployed at nine of the 11 member food banks of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry in Indiana, which along with food banks located in Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, provide food assistance to Hoosiers in all 92 counties. The National Guard members will assist Indiana’s food banks in sorting and packing food into bags and boxes; distributing that food through “no-touch” food distributions and deliveries; and supporting other logistical needs to protect public health and safety.
National Guard members are being sent to the following food banks: Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, Merrillville; Food Bank of Northern Indiana, South Bend; Food Finders Food Bank, Lafayette; Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana, Ft. Wayne; Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana, Muncie; Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank, Terre Haute; Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Indianapolis; Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Bloomington; and Tri-State Food Bank, Evansville.
Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati, OH, is receiving National Guard support from the Ohio National Guard. Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville, KY, will be supported by the Kentucky National Guard.
