Duke Energy Foundation gives more than $250k to Ind. hunger relief programs

INDIANA (WFIE) - The Duke Energy Foundation says that are awarding more than $250,000 in grants to food pantries and community organizations to feed Hoosier families in need.

Officials say those grants will support the purchase of canned goods, fresh produce and essential supplies to address food insecurity across the company’s Indiana service territory.

According to a release, of those organizations, Princeton Salvation Army in Gibson County will receive $10,000 of the grant.

The following organizations were also awarded portions of the grant:

Anchor House (Jackson County) – $5,000
Center for Lay Ministries (Clark County) – $6,000
Clay County YMCA (Clay County) – $7,000
Food Finders Food Bank (Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fountain, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton and Warren counties) – $29,000
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana (Statewide) – $10,000
Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County (Hamilton County) – $10,000
Hendricks County Food Pantry Coalition (Hendricks County) – $5,000
Henry County Community Foundation (Henry County) – $5,000
Hoosier Hills Food Bank (Brown, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange and Owen counties) – $22,000
Hope Center (Fayette County) – $5,000
Hope Southern Indiana (Floyd County) – $6,000
Knox County United Way (Knox County) – $12,000
The Princeton Salvation Army (Gibson County) – $10,000
Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry (Putnam County) – $5,000
The Rescue Mission (Huntington, Kosciusko and Whitley counties) – $5,000
The Salvation Army of Southern Indiana (Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties) – $10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana (Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wabash counties) – $3,000
Shelby County Boys & Girls Club (Shelby County) – $10,000
South Madison Community Food Pantry (Madison County) – $2,500
United Way of Bartholomew County (Bartholomew County) – $12,000
United Way of Clinton County (Clinton County) – $7,000
West Vigo Community Center (Vigo County) – $5,000
Western Indiana Community Foundation (Vermillion County) – $5,000
Westfield Washington Schools (Hamilton County) – $15,000
YMCA of Morgan County (Morgan County) – $7,000