Duke Energy awards more than $200K to hunger relief causes
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The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding grants to 25 local not-for-profits with a mission of helping to feed Hoosiers in need.
The funding totals more than $200,000 and will support local food pantries and community organizations in their purchase of canned goods, produce and other essential supplies.
Awardees were selected from communities that serve families within the Duke Energy service area, which covers a 23,000-square-mile area across central and southern Indiana.
“Too many Hoosiers struggle with economic instability and food insecurity,” Duke Energy Indiana President Stan Pinegar said in a news release. “When people don’t have enough food to meet their needs or are uncertain of where their next meal might come from, it weighs heavily on families and communities. With these funds, we hope to curb the number of Indiana families experiencing hunger and support local organizations extending a helping hand to their neighbors in need.”
Recipients include organizations like the Center for Lay Ministries, which serves more than 1,100 individuals and their families in Clark County who struggle with food insecurity.
“These funds will allow us to meet the increased needs of local families this summer while kids are home from school and food costs are rising,” Center for Lay Ministries Executive Director Kara Brown said in the release. “The support of partners like Duke Energy is instrumental in helping us continue to serve our clients with compassion, dignity and respect.”
Grant recipients include:
- Anchor House of Jackson County: $5,000
- Center for Lay Ministries of Clark County: $6,000
- Clay County YMCA: $7,000
- Food Finders Food Bank, serving Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fountain, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton and Warren counties: $29,000
- Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, serving families statewide: $10,000
- Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County: $10,000
- Hendricks County Food Pantry Coalition: $5,000
- Henry County Community Foundation: $5,000
- Hoosier Hills Food Bank, serving Brown, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange and Owen counties: $22,000
- Hope Center of Fayette County: $5,000
- Hope Southern Indiana of Floyd County: $6,000
- Knox County United Way: $12,000
- The Princeton Salvation Army of Gibson County $10,000
- Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry: $5,000
- The Rescue Mission, serving Huntington, Kosciusko and Whitley counties: $5,000
- The Salvation Army of Southern Indiana, serving Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties: $10,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana, serving Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wabash counties: $3,000
- Shelby County Boys & Girls Club: $10,000
- South Madison Community Food Pantry: $2,500
- United Way of Bartholomew County: $12,000
- United Way of Clinton County: $7,000
- West Vigo Community Center: $5,000
- Western Indiana Community Foundation of Vermillion County: $5,000
- Westfield Washington Schools of Hamilton County: $15,000
- YMCA of Morgan County: $7,000