Indiana Pork Producers Make Donation As Part Of Million Meals Program

More than 32,200 people receive emergency food each year through Terre Haute
Catholic Charities Food Bank. Children and seniors who are the most vulnerable
in our communities make up 45% of those served within Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke,
Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties. Indiana Pork, in partnership with
Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, Inc. (FIsH) and the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA),
will be donating 7,500 pounds of ground pork to Terre Haute Catholic Charities
Food Bank on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:30 am. The donation is part of
approximately 250,000 pounds of pork earmarked for Indiana through an ongoing
campaign for Indiana pork producers and industry partners to fund a program to
donate pork products to Hoosiers experiencing hunger.

The Million Meals program is designed to help thousands of Hoosier families with
one of their most essential needs – high quality protein. The lofty goal of the
campaign is to provide one million ground pork meals per year, throughout the
year, to those in need. These pork meals will be distributed statewide through
the 10 food bank members of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, Inc., Indiana’s statewide
network of food banks.

“Indiana donations of pork products have been in place for decades, however,
this is the first time the Indiana pork industry is tackling the problem of
hunger on a coordinated statewide basis,” said Mark York, Indiana Pork
President. We are excited about the partnership with the Indiana Soybean
Alliance on this particular donation

Photo Caption: Randy Curless of IN Pork presented John Etling the first
contribution for the Million Meals program in 2009.

Photo Caption: Indiana Pork

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