Feeding the Hungry Since 1982
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Recent Media Coverage of Tri-State Food Bank, Inc.Jalapeno pepper jelly adds fire to fundraiser -For the past two decades, Dan and Nancy Mitchell of Evansville have been making jelly late every summer using the jalapeno peppers that Dan grows in his garden. Jars can be purchased at Old National Bank branches for $5 apiece. Proceeds go to Tri-State Food Bank. See Courierpress.com for full story 14 News Tri-State Food Bank Search
Weekend Backpack Program - Food, not homework, goes in these packs. Peppermint Pops sees return of tenor Philharmonic, Tri-State food bank helping local families in need Deer donations: Program allows hunters, farmers to help feed hungry Blood drive will honor girl who's 'alive' thanks to donors
Youth Fest focuses on children, families looking to volunteer http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/sep/13/youth-fest-focuses-on-children-families-looking/
GOOD MORNING: Festival reminds us of all those who serve
Tri-State Food Bank celebrates 25 yearsDavid and Carol Reynolds know what it's like to go to bed hungry. The Evansville residents have endured stretches when their only income came from federal disability assistance, and they've relied on the Tri-State Food Bank to help them survive.... http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jun/25/spirit-of-giving/
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Sunday was a big day for those who cared
Saturday to be a red letter day for the hungry in Tri-State -
46.5% Talkback Comments Good program! We all have something we can give on Saturday!
Postal Workers Pick Up Extra Pounds For Tri-State
Food Bank
Letter Carriers Collect Food for Hungry Postal workers will be dropping off mail and picking up food for the hungry this weekend. It's the 14th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. Just leave non-perishable food items, like peanut butter, canned soups, and tuna next to your mailbox on Saturday, and your letter carrier will collect them up for the Tri-State Food Bank. The local goal is 130-thousand pounds of food. Food Drive Coordinator Dennis Kurzendoerfer says all the letter carriers and the clerks want to do this because its the one time out of the year that the Postal Service can shine and doing something good. The Tri-State Food Bank serves 33 counties in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. Volunteers will be needed in the coming weeks to sort and pack all that food for distribution. Go to the Tri-State Food Bank's Web Site to contact them.
Students Collect Money for Hungry Tri-Staters April 26, 2006 05:06 PM CDT http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?s=4806330 New Media Producer: Rachel Chambliss Some Tri-State kids lend a helping hand to those in need. Students at Temple Adath Binai Israel decided they wanted to have a "giving day," so dozens of students started collecting money and food from their school. And on Sunday, they were joined by their parents and grandparents at the Tri-State Food Bank getting the goods ready to go out into the community. Teachers say the kids are excited to see the difference they can make in the lives around them. Mary Blair, Tri-State Food Bank executive director, says, "These kids are making a big difference. It is just fantastic when someone as young as they are makes a decision that they want to help. From what they are doing today [Sunday], they are getting food ready to go out to people who can not afford food." Every dollar donated to the Tri-State Food Bank generates $10 of food for the needy.
Reitz passes the pigskin to fuel food bank http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_4645734,00.html By JACOB BENNETT Courier & Press staff writer
464-7434 or bennettj@courierpress.com The sophomore team roughed up Jill Hartmann and her high school's freshman powder puff team 12-6, but she didn't think it was so bad. "I play with my brothers," Hartmann said. "That gets kind of rough. This is easier than that." Hartmann's team walked into the fray of what is now an annual tradition at Reitz High School - an eight-on-eight powder puff flag football game to raise money for the Tri-State Food Bank. Seniors Lloyd Pressley and Geoff Oxley made the game their community service senior project, and four teams of roughly 20 girls each slugged it out at the Barker Sports Complex for yearlong bragging rights. Two teams dropped out, so there was one team for each grade, all decked out in their own shirts - seniors were Gone Wild!, juniors were Juniors In Uniform and the sophomores were Call Us What You Want. For players who only get one shot per year and almost no practice, there were a football stadium's worth of nifty running, tough catches in traffic and even bruising runs near the goal line. "I don't know how to play at all," said sophomore Paige Dossett, who if she hadn't sprained her medial collateral ligament playing soccer would have played wide receiver, or as she called it, "whoever catches the ball. "I'm really disappointed," she said. The game raised more than $200 and 200 cans for the food bank, thanks to admission and entry fees. The game's appeal lies in the love of football at Reitz, Pressley said; many of the girls playing show up at most of the high school games. "They get the experience of playing it," he said
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