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Northeastern REMC trust awards grant to Hoosiers Feeding Hungry

The Northeastern RE-MC Community Trust/-Operation Round Up recently awarded Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry a 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 counties. 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.

“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,” said Debra Treesh, executive director of Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry.

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. “

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry is accepting donations to fund its “Meat” the Need program throughout Indiana and is looking for volunteers.

For additional information visit www.HoosiersFeedingtheHungry.org.