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While charitable giving increases towards the end of the year as important community needs are showcased, such needs continue all year long.
EDITORIAL: Short-term, long-term help for hunger
This Thanksgiving, as we stuff first the turkey or stovetop and then ourselves, we must recognize that thousands in Northwest Indiana don't have enough to eat.
Helping feed the hungry: Thousands in region don't have enough to eat
Gloria DeJesus calls the soup kitchen at St. Joseph Church in Hammond a "ripple in the pond."
Growing Importance: Families share summer garden bounties for local food pantry cause
Caroline Shook, CEO of Housing Opportunities in Valparaiso, which runs the Porter County Food Pantry program, still remembers the box of "beautiful" freshly picked hot peppers donated one day last summer by a local gardener with a surplus.
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BRIAN HOWEY: By any measure, our leaders are failing us
We live in in perhaps the wealthiest and most influential country in the history of civilization.
Letter carriers deliver food, hope to hungry
Patrick Rose's mail bag typically lightens during his Hobart route. Not so on Saturday, on Stamp Out Hunger Day.
Study: Thousands going hungry in Northwest Indiana
A national study of hunger estimates about $40 million in additional funding is needed to meet food needs in Lake and Porter counties.
Olthof Homes Fights Hunger with Hope for the Holidays
In light of the enormous need for simple things such as food for area residents this year, Olthof Homes recently kicked off a month-long food drive to bolster supplies at the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana which is fighting hunger and feeding hope each day.
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