Portage enjoys both commerce, recreation

Portage Food Bank volunteer Charlie White pulls a cart of donated food inside a room at the pantry last October. Portage volunteers are a vital part of the city's character.

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."

Helping feed the hungry

Scott McEuen, a truck driver with the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, unloads food into the Portage Food Pantry.

Helping feed the hungry

Volunteer Ron McDondald of Portage looks at the boxes he just moved into a storage area of the Portage Food Pantry.

Helping feed the hungry

Portage Food Bank volunteer Charlie White pulls a cart of donated food inside a room at the pantry.

Helping feed the hungry

Volunteer Bill Donovan stacks boxes of food in a storage room at the Portage Food Pantry.

Helping feed the hungry

Volunteers Ron McDonald, left, and Bill Donovan unload boxes of food at the Portage Food Pantry.

Helping feed the hungry

Volunteer Bill Donovan wheels a cart of food through a storage room at the Portage Food Pantry.

Hobart's Food Pantry marking 30 years of service Saturday

HOBART | The Hobart Food Pantry, 200 S. Hobart Road, celebrates 30 years of service to the community with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Hobart Food Pantry marking 30 years of service Sept. 29

HOBART | The Hobart Food Pantry, 200 S. Hobart Road, will celebrate 30 years of service to the community with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 29.

Hobart Food Pantry to mark 30 years of service Sept. 29

HOBART | The Hobart Food Pantry, 200 S. Hobart Road, will celebrate 30 years of service to the community with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 29.

In the pantry

Gary - Angela McCrovitz opened Angela's Pantry, a fine dining experience with French cuisine, in Miller.

In the pantry

Gary native Angela McCrovitz has opened Angela's Pantry, a fine dining experience with French cuisine, in Miller Beach.

In the pantry

Angela's Pantry serves French cuisine such as this Salmon Wellington.

In the pantry

Angela's Pantry serves French cuisine such as this Espresso Braised Beef.

In the pantry

Angela McCrovitz restaurant offers stylistic French County meets Miller Beach décor. There's an herb and vegetable garden growing along the edges of the front path and around the old-fashioned front porch.

In the pantry

Angela McCrovitz opened Angela's Pantry, a fine dining experience with French cuisine.

Harvest Time in the Ray Family Garden in Chesterton

Audrey Carrillo, 7 (left), and sister Caroline Carillo, 5, (center), with help from the watchful eye of Michelle Tebout, harvest vegetables and fruits from the family home garden in Chesterton to share their produce bounty with the local food pantry in Valparaiso.

No Missed Harvest Opportunities

Audrey Carrillo, 7, (front) and sister Caroline Carrillo, 5, brave last week's 100-degree heat to collect fresh vegetables and fruits from their home garden in Chesterton to help their parents transport to the local food pantry in Valparaiso.

Fay Family Package and Box Vegetables to Transport to Valparaiso's Food Pantry

Sisters Audrey and Caroline Carrillo of Chesterton hold a box filled with fresh produce they've helped plant and grow in the family garden to donate to their local food pantry in Valparaiso.