GARY | Stretching a food budget can be a challenge as people in Lake and Porter counties face unemployment and other economic problems.
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JOHN LUKE | THE TIMES A volunteer helps stock shelves Tuesday in the Community Cupboard, a store operated by the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana at its Gary headquarters. People can buy at reduced prices bread, milk, eggs and many other food items. From humble beginnings working out of a barn, the Food Bank has, after more than 30 years, grown to receive, store and distribute more than 3 million pounds of food each year primarily to pantries, shelters, day care centers and soup kitchens throughout Lake and Porter counties.
- John Luke
JOHN LUKE | THE TIMES Victor Ortiz, operations manager for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, goes through one of the food packages used in the organization's Back Pack Program for needy schoolchildren, providing six meals and two snacks for the weekend.
- John Luke
JOHN LUKE | THE TIMES Portia Stuckey, of Portage, shops Tuesday in the Community Cupboard at the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana's headquarters in Gary. "With the economy the way it is, this is a great help," she said of the store.
- John Luke
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JOHN LUKE | THE TIMES A volunteer helps stock shelves Tuesday in the Community Cupboard, a store operated by the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana at its Gary headquarters. People can buy at reduced prices bread, milk, eggs and many other food items. From humble beginnings working out of a barn, the Food Bank has, after more than 30 years, grown to receive, store and distribute more than 3 million pounds of food each year primarily to pantries, shelters, day care centers and soup kitchens throughout Lake and Porter counties.
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JOHN LUKE | THE TIMES Victor Ortiz, operations manager for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, goes through one of the food packages used in the organization's Back Pack Program for needy schoolchildren, providing six meals and two snacks for the weekend.
- John Luke
