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Ducks for Hunger, Housing and Hope
Adopt your ducks for the 2nd Annual Wabash Valley Rubber Duck Regatta
July 4, 2019 - 7pm
Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute
12,000 yellow rubber ducks will be released into the Wabash River to race to the finish line. One lucky duck will receive $10,000 and the chance to win a $1 million bonus prize!
Fill a bag with non-perishable food
and leave it by your mailbox by 9:00am on
Saturday, May 11. Your letter carrier and
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank
will make sure it gets to people in need in
our communities.
Recommended Items:
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Hearty Soups
Canned Tuna
Canned Chicken
Canned Fruit in
Juice
100% Fruit Juice
Canned
Vegetables
Grains
Whole Grain
Cereal
Iron-rich Cereal
*no glass containers
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank - Closing the Meal Gap Campaign
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank provides the equivalent of 2.5 million meals each year to 32,000 people who are hungry in west central Indiana. But, more food is needed to feed the more than 39,000 people who don't get enough nutritious food to live a healthy lifestyle. You can help. Click here to learn more about the Closing the Meal Gap Campaign.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Closing the Meal Gap Campaign. We are happy to announce that the new Foodbank warehouse and distribution facility is nearing completion.
If you would like to Close the Meal Gap, you may send your donation to:
THCC Foodbank Campaign, 1801 Poplar St., Terre Haute, IN 47803
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank operates as a warehouse and distribution center working with 90 member agencies and 11 mobile pantries each month. These agencies provide food directly to individuals and families in need. To find a pantry or serving site near you, check our calendar of local Food Pantries and Mobile Pantry sites, contact Lifeline by dialing 2-1-1, or search the online searchable directory created by Indiana's Emergency Food Resource Network in partnership with Purdue University.
Community Foundations Help Brighten Ryves Youth Center
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation and Catholic Community Foundation both provided funding to
clean, level, seal, and protect the floor in the basement dining room of Ryves Youth Center to help ensure both the safety of the youth clients and their families, but also to help maintain the use, function, and appearance of the flooring.
This type of flooring is used in heavily-trafficked retail outlets and facilities such as Holy Family Shelter in Indianapolis. This flooring system has been proven to hold up over time and to reduce the long-term maintenance cost and program downtime. This reduced program downtime allows us to provide uninterrupted services such as evening meals for the youth participating in our Ryves Youth Center programs.
Many thanks to both foundations for helping us create an inviting, safe, and better functioning dining room!
The floor before the sealing process:
The floor after the sealing process:
Amazing!
Parke County Emergency Food Pantry
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank works with 92 member agencies in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties to supply them with the food they need to provide help to thousands of individuals throughout the year. Check out the video below to see how, with the support of the Foodbank, Parke County Emergency Food Pantry is able to provide more food to serve people in need in their community.
What's happening at Catholic Charities?
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Catholic Charities in Terre Haute is an agency that offers compassionate and caring assistance to needy neighbors in the Wabash Valley.
Saturday May 11, 2019
