Wanted: Hunters to help hungry Hoosiers ‘Meat the Need’ effort

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry reminds all hunters and landowners about its deer donation program. After hunters have filled their freezer, they can help feed those in need in their area by donating to Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry’s “Meat the Need” initiative.

Just take the deer in to the local meat processor/butcher shop and tell them you would like to donate it to Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry. There is no charge to the hunter.

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry partners with 82 meat processors statewide and encourages the donation of large game and livestock to the “Meat the Need” initiative, raises financial support to pay processing fees on these donations, and gives the meat to local hunger relief agencies.

Some 31 percent of Indiana residents who work and who are food insecure don’t qualify for food-assistance programs. These residents have to turn to charitable food assistance networks such as food banks, pantries and hunger ministries. The most difficult commodity for such agencies to acquire is protein – which is an important component of every cell in the body, used to build and repair tissue, and one of the most valuable nutrients in the growth and development of a child. Unlike fat and carbohydrates, the body does not store protein, and therefore has no reservoir to draw on when it needs a new supply.

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry is working to provide much-needed protein to economically disadvantaged residents of Indiana.

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry is always accepting donations and continuously looking for volunteers to help feed the hungry and reduce hunger issues.

For more information on the Feeding the Hungry program, to find participating meat processors in your area or to find out how to help, visit www.hoosiersfeedingthehungry.org.