Food Bank of Northwest Indiana

The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana was founded in 1982. It has grown into an organization that acquires, stores and distributes more than 5 million pounds of food throughout Lake and Porter Counties. It is a USDA approved, primary distributor of food to local pantries, shelters, day care centers, and soup kitchens. The Food Bank is an affiliate of Feeding America, the nation's largest food bank network. For more than three decades, the Food Bank has served as a link for food relief to families, the elderly, children and other individuals.

The vision of the Food Bank expands beyond providing assistance for this basic need to include a number of initiatives. We provide and promote programs and services that will help educate and empower individuals to make healthy eating choices for themselves and their families. We are also focused on improving the quality and level of service provided by each community agency in the Food Bank's network. The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana strives to reduce the impact of hunger through programs of advocacy, nutrition education and faith based partnerships.

The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana's values are Compassion, Service, Collaboration, Integrity and Responsibility..