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Indiana Farmers Donate Food, Freezer to Habitat for Humanity
Indiana Ag Connection - 11/12/2019

Indiana's Family of Farmers (IFoF) has partnered with Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity again this year to donate a freezer and local meat and vegetable products to the two families who participated in the 10th Annual Ag Build at the 2019 Indiana State Fair. IFoF gifted each family a fully-stocked freezer at Indy Habitat's home dedications in Indianapolis.

In partnership with the Indiana State Fair, Greater Indy Habitat constructed two new homes on the fairgrounds during the Indiana State Fair this summer. Each deserving family built their home alongside more than 30 sponsors, many in the agriculture industry, and 800 local volunteers.

The new homeowners are JaTio Skinner and Lillie Glenn. Skinner is the hard working mother of a four-year-old son, JayCeon. She recently completed the accounting program at Ivy Tech Community College and is now enrolled in IUPUI Kelley School of Business pursuing her bachelor's degree in business.

The second family to take part in this year's Ag Build is Lillie Glenn. Glenn works at Eskenazi Health and is the caregiver for her father, who is in remission from cancer. Glenn shared that her new home will be "a clean, nice environment to start my life and feel proud that I have a place I can call mine."

To welcome the families to their new homes, IFoF purchased $500 worth of local foods and a deep-freezer for each family. IFoF's contribution was bolstered by additional in-kind contributions from five Indiana farm organizations: 2Morrow's Farm, Blue River Natural Foods, Engleking's Country Beef Shop, Souder Farms Sweet Corn LLC and The Pork Shoppe. Special thanks to Hoosier Harvest Market for coordinating the farmers' contributions.

IFoF is made up of many agriculture organizations in Indiana that have rallied around the group's mission to raise the awareness of Indiana's quality farmers and quality foods.


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