Postal carriers all over the United States and here in Terre Haute collected non-parishable food items from community members in an effort to ‘Stamp out Hunger’ in the Wabash Valley.
The food was donated to Terre Haute Catholic Charities.
Local volunteers helped at as well.
Nathan Vooys loaded up his family and took to neighborhoods so his children understand the importance of helping a neighbor in need.
“I want to show my kids, you know, that there’s people out there that don’t have as much in this world as they’ve been blessed to have,” he said. “And so it’s to help show them that. But it’s also to help, you know, our neighbors, our friends, the people we go to church with in our community.”
“There’s more than 39,000 individuals just in West Central Indiana who are food insecure. So they don’t have adequate access to enough nutritious food to lead a healthy lifestyle,” said Development Director of Terre Haute Catholic Charities Jennifer Buell. “So it’s important to have that emergency food assistance available.”
According to Buell, of those 39,000 individuals, 45 percent are either children or seniors.
“There’s so many people here who need help and we’re able. We have the time and we just think it’s so important to have the community come together and to help provide for those who don’t have as much,” said Vooys. “And who are struggling with something as prevalent and preventable as hunger.”
Catholic Charities of Terre Haute serves seven counties in the Wabash Valley, and today’s volunteer teams collected donations from each one.
