Hancock County Food Pantry

Tom Ferguson, President of the Hancock County Food Pantry told Kiwanis about the current projects of the Food Pantry.  The Food Pantry is a total volunteer program composed of over 150 volunteers that distributed over 1 million pounds of food last year to almost 6,500 households.
In addition to the Food Pantry program the Pantry helps provide extra food in the summer months when school is not in session to families with school age children,  The BackSack program provides elementary school children with weekend meals during the school year. High school and middle  school students can choose from a variety of foods to take home for the weekend.  Currently 235 elementary and 30-35 high school and middle school students participate in the weekend program.
Birthday bags for children, Christmas meals, and Easter bags are also special projects for the pantry,
More information on the pantry can be found at ancockcountyfoodpantry.com or by calling 317-468-0273.