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Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Food Programs
Mission: Tri-state food bank, inc. Solicits, warehouses, and disburses donated food products to other not-for-profit corporations in indiana, illinois, and kentucky.
Programs: Feed the hungry by soliciting and judiciously distributing marketable surplus food to non-profit agencies, which serve the needy in a 33 county area of the tri-state. To serve as the channel through which donors may be assured good warehousing practices, equitable distribution, and accountability to the member agencies as well as to the needy. To monitor member agencies and to assist them in the various programs they sponsor. To educate the public about the nature of and the solutions to the problems of hunger. To encourage donors to practice the good stewardship of donations, not dumping, usable surplus foods.