Stepping it up: Meal production during COVID-19 crisis
With schools in Indianapolis closed and the entire service industry on a hard pause, the equality gap in our city is widening. People who are traditionally most vulnerable will be negatively impacted even further. Food insecurity is the first symptom of personal financial crisis.
Children who rely on in-school and after-school meals are in need of extra support during this time. The Patachou Foundation stepped up to the challenge by temporarily shifting its staff and resources to create and distribute fully cooked, reheatable meals via our community partners.
In the past week, we served 8,500 meals to kids and their families: more than FOUR times our typical service footprint.
Mandated school closings put The Patachou Foundation in crisis-response mode at the ground level. While we don’t know what the future will hold, we are committed to helping the most vulnerable among us: the children we serve.
We cannot continue this work without funding. Our current meal production comes at an extreme cost.
We’ve always recognized that poverty is a precarious balancing act: many families are just one emergency away from being pushed over the brink. This truth is sadly more evident during this time.
As long as we can, we’ll stand in the gap to make sure kids don’t go hungry. Will you stand with us? Give today.