Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Receives Grant to Fight Child Hunger

EAST CENTRAL INDIANA - Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana announced today that it has received $12,908.33 to combat child hunger in their eight county service area. The grant will be used to supply food to local food pantries that serve more than 22,000 children each year.

The grant was made possible by Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF), which was established to raise awareness of poverty across the United States and throughout the world.  With this mission, CPEF teamed up with FOX and “AMERICAN IDOL” to present “IDOL GIVES BACK,” which aired on FOX in April 2007.  “IDOL GIVES BACK” was a two-night special which raised awareness and funds for organizations that focus on providing resources for young people in extreme poverty in the U.S. and Africa. 

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana received the grant as a result of its membership in America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network. America’s Second Harvest was chosen as one of four domestic charities that received funds which were raised through “IDOL GIVES BACK”. America’s Second Harvest is the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, providing food and grocery products to more than 25 million Americans each year through a Network of more than 200 food banks and 50,000 agencies including soup kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters and feeding programs for both children and seniors.

“We are extremely grateful for this support of our work feeding hungry children,” said executive director, Lois Rockhill. “Each year, thousands of children at risk of hunger receive food through the network.of pantries we support. This grant will help Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana and other food banks across the country continue to ensure that our children do not go to bed hungry or wondering where their next meal will come from.”

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana is located in Delaware County. Second Harvest provides a central clearing house for donated food bringing donations in from throughout the nation and providing them to pantries and meal programs in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wabash Counties. Second Harvest provides a coordinated approach to alleviating hunger in this region and provides 4 million pounds of food and grocery products a year to 130 area programs assisting low-income residents.

America’s Second Harvest

America's Second Harvest — The Nation's Food Bank Network is the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through its Network of more than 200 Member food banks, America's Second Harvest annually provides assistance to more than 25 million people in need, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each year, America's Second Harvest secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of food and grocery products to support feeding programs at approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, and Kids Cafes. To learn more, please visit www.secondharvest.org.

Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF)

CPEF is a charitable organization established to raise money and awareness to help combat extreme poverty in the U.S. and throughout the world, particularly in Africa. CPEF uses the power of entertainment to drive positive change to achieve its vision of creating a just world free from poverty. CPEF is inspired and supported by the UK charity that invented Red Nose Day.

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