12-8-23 Friday News 5 P.M. E-1
Indiana Hunt for Hunger turns donated deer into healthy venison that is provided to Hoosiers through food banks across the state.
The program, previously called the Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund, was started by the Indiana DNR and its partners in 2008. Since then, it has grown across the state to collect thousands of deer donations, providing hundreds of thousands of meals for Hoosiers.
To better explain the program’s vital mission and spur even greater participation, it’s now called Indiana Hunt for Hunger, with continuing partnerships.
Here’s how it works: Hunters take their field-dressed harvested deer to one of more than 50 participating meat processing sites across the state. The processor takes it from there, processing the meat into healthy venison burgers and donating it to area food banks. Indiana Hunt for Hunger pays the processing fees, so there is no extra cost to the hunter.
One donated deer can provide 200 meals for a Hoosier family.
A list of participating vendors is posted online at on.IN.gov/huntforhunger.
