Indy Eleven, Green Bean Delivery, Second Helpings combat food insecurity
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INDIANAPOLIS — Every time Indy Eleven midfielder Zach Steinberger scores this season, three organizations will link up to put free meals in the hands of Hoosiers in the Central Indiana area.
Second Helpings and Green Bean Delivery have partnered with the Eleven and their skilled 25-year-old attacker on the season-long promotion. Whether home or away, each time Steinberger tallies this year, 100 pounds of fresh produce will be given by Green Bean Delivery to Second Helpings to be distributed to 85 of its local partner agencies.
“We are thrilled to partner with Indy Eleven player Zach Steinberger for his 2018 season,” Green Bean Delivery marketing manager James Nimmer said in a release. “Fighting food insecurity in the Indianapolis community has always been a priority for us at Green Bean Delivery. By donating 100 pounds of fresh produce to Second Helpings for each goal Zach scores, it not only helps feed those in need, but brings needed attention to a prevalent issue within our community, and that is the vast number of children and seniors who don’t have daily access to a warm, nutritious meal.”
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Second Helpings, a hunger relief nonprofit, specializes in converting donated and salvaged food into 4,000 free delivered meals a day. Staff and volunteers alike work together to help the organization combat food insecurity. It also offers a free Culinary Job Training program geared toward adults seeking work in the food industry.
“Donated and rescued food is the lifeblood of Second Helpings,” explained the nonprofit’s chef and director of hunger relief Kathy Jones in a release. “Partnerships like this one with Indy Eleven and Green Bean are critical to our ability to provide healthy, nutritious meals to the most vulnerable members of our community.”
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Founded in 2007, Green Bean Delivery provides communities with access to fresh, nutritious food. The company has given more than one million pounds of produce to food banks since its inception, per its website.
“After hearing about such an incredible cause from James Nimmer at Green Bean Delivery, I was so excited to get involved any way I could,” Steinberger said in a release. “I had no idea how many people and even children were food insecure in Indianapolis. It was so uplifting to discover that Second Helpings not only provides meals but they also offer job training for those who are desperately in need. I fell in love with this vision. My goal this season is to help spread awareness and contribute as much as I can to eradicating hunger in Indy with the help of Green Bean Delivery and Second Helpings.”
Steinberger’s next opportunity to send out a shipment of 100 pounds of fresh produce is Saturday at North Carolina FC. The Indy Eleven will look to bounce back after a 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati in their first-ever match at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Keep an eye on Steinberger all season long, and remember that way more than just a ball will have been kicked each time he finds the back of the net; food security in Central Indiana will have been dealt a staggering blow as well.
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