Gleaners Food Bank Of Indiana

Gleaners was founded in 1980 and is a member of Feeding America the nation's food bank network. Since its inception, Gleaners has distributed more than half a billion pounds of food and critical grocery products through more than 550 hunger relief agencies, schools and community partners serving needy Hoosiers. In addition to food distribution to agencies, Gleaners serves Indiana's most vulnerable populations, seniors and children, through specialty programs such as the BackSacks: Weekend Food for Kids, School-Based Pantry, Mobile Pantry, Summer Meals for Kids, and Senior Hunger Initiatives Programs.

In addition, Gleaners operates a regional produce processing center for Feeding America, sourcing and distributing fresh fruits and vegetables to member food banks in 9 states. We are also a contract reclamation site for Kroger Central Division, and a disaster relief staging site for both Feeding America and FEMA.