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Compassion Ministries asks council for county funds to expand healthy-food options at local pantry
Summary
Representatives of Compassion Ministries asked the Vigo County Council for an appropriation from leftover 2024 HFI funds to buy more healthy food for their pantry, which serves 50–200 families monthly and about 2,000 people annually through Thanksgiving distributions. Joni Wise, health department administrator, introduced the request.
Joni Wise, administrator of the Vigo County Health Department, introduced a request from Compassion Ministries for an appropriation from last year’s HFI funds to purchase more healthy food for the pantry Compassion Ministries operates on the New Life Fellowship campus.
Bill Treadway, fundraising director, and Angela (Angie) Treadway, executive director of Compassion Ministries, described the pantry as a volunteer-run operation that…
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