Gleaners Breakfast and Volunteering | J.C. Hart

On March 14, J.C. Hart Associates took advantage of using their company-sponsored volunteer PTO hours at Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis, serving more than 1,150 families during their 4-hour shift that day. The Associates helped to package sweet potatoes in family serving bags, as well as load the allotted fruit, vegetables, dairy and meat items into the vehicles of those accessing the drive-through food bank. Gleaners drive-through food bank is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays (10 AM – 3 PM), Thursdays (2 PM – 7 PM), and Saturdays (9 AM – 12 NOON), so the need for volunteers is great, and constant. Our volunteers were all pretty tired at the end of their shift, and could see the immediate impact of their time spent at Gleaners, which made their exhaustion feel very worth it. J.C. Hart Associates who served on the Volunteer Opportunities Team also had the pleasure of attending Gleaners Food for Thought breakfast on Wednesday, May 1, sponsored by and held at the Indianapolis Colts Indiana Farm Bureau football center. Gleaners President and CEO, Fred Glass, delivered a keynote, and then guests heard from an incredible panel on the power of collaboration. The panelists were: Darilyn Bedel, President of Rush County Community Assistance; Tony Mason, President and CEO of Indianapolis Urban League; Deanna Reinoso, Medical Director, Social Determinants of Health at Eskenazi Health; and Jennifer Vigran, Consultant at Glick Philanthropies. J.C. Hart is proud to support Gleaners Food Bank and the work they do in “battling poverty armed with food.”