Hoosier Hills Food Bank is located at 2333 West Industrial Park Drive in Bloomington, Indiana.
Regular office hours are 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday.
Agency food pick-up hours are Monday 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 AM -12:30 PM, and Thursday 9:30 AM – 3 PM.
Friday food pickups by appointment. Receiving hours for truck deliveries are 9:30 AM -3 PM.
A food bank rescues food that might otherwise be wasted and then channels that food to those in need. Food banks are the main collectors of donated food in a community, working with both individuals and community groups of food drives, as well as being the primary contact to deal with food manufacturers and distributors, gleaning products in quantities that would overwhelm most individual organizations. Food banks then make their collected inventory available to local hunger-related nonprofits. HHFB also works to educate the community about hunger and poverty issues and advocate for the hungry with local and national lawmakers. HHFB is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network.
Grocery stores, food distributors, food service establishments and restaurants donate excess, damaged or unmarketable food that might be wasted otherwise. Community organizations, school classrooms, local churches and individuals help keep warehouse inventory stocked through numerous food drives. Food banks have also adapted to the times and to changes in the food industry that have resulted in less donated food being available. Most have developed additional sources of food including direct food purchase programs and partnerships with farmers and gardeners. We also receive food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and we grow and harvest produce from our garden as well as glean produce from local farms.
HHFB makes food donations available to over 100 nonprofit organizations, including emergency food pantries, daycare centers serving low-income children, youth programs, shelters, residential homes and soup kitchens. These agencies collectively serve 52,000 households each month. Individuals seeking food assistance should visit Finding Food. We also administer 5 mobile pantries in Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and Orange County that serve over 400 households each month. In addition we have a CSFP (Commodity Supplemental Food Program) that serves around 1,000 seniors each month and supplies them with a 40-lb box of food.
No. The food we receive from donors is made available to our member agencies who then distribute it to those in need free of charge. Member agencies are 501(c)(3) non-profits who have met standards established by the federal government, Feeding America and HHFB. About 74% of the food distributed to agencies carries no cost. However, agencies do pay a small shared maintenance contribution of 19 cents per pound for about 26% of the food they obtain from HHFB. This helps us pay for our transportation expenses and overhead costs of maintaining a facility and fleet to distribute over 5 million pounds of food. Clients never pay for food that has come from the food bank.
Over 2000 private donors contribute the bulk of the food bank’s support. In addition, HHFB receives funds through United Way, various grants, local and federal government sources, community fundraising including special events and shared maintenance contributions from agencies. We strive to maintain a diverse funding base so that we are not overly-dependent on any one source of support.
Please see our volunteer FAQs page for volunteering information!
If you have more specific questions about HHFB, send an email to hhfb@hhfoodbank.org.
