Food For All, Always.

Access to healthy, nutritious food is vitally important to children and adults alike. Unfortunately, families and residents in low-income communities sometimes struggle to meet this most basic of needs. In some cases, even when food is available, it often lacks the nutrients that are needed to stay healthy. This can have a negative affect on children, who depend on nutritionally balanced meals to grow and develop.

Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center makes sure that everyone in its neighborhood has access to the meals they need to survive and thrive. And we also provide a clean, hospitable environment to eat them in. From our emergency food pantry to after-school meals for kids, to lunches for seniors, we work to ensure that life's most essential resource-food-is available to every single person in our community.

MRNC Food Services:

• Emergency Food Pantry
  Open to all residents of West Indianapolis. Individual families can access the pantry up to five times per year.
  
  

• After-School Meals for Kids
  Offered every evening from Monday through Thursday. In partnership with Second Helpings, we provide a nutritious meal to all kids enrolled in our after-school or Summer Day Camp programs. Parents are welcome (and encouraged!) to eat with their kids, too.
  
  

• Senior Lunches
  The Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center provides hot and nutritious low-cost lunches for seniors. Meals are provided with help from the Central Indiana Council on Aging and Second Helpings. Lunch is served every weekday at 11:45 a.m. at two locations:

Goodwin Community Center
3935 Mooresville Road
Phone: 247-5201

Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center
1920 West Morris Street
Phone: 639-6106

Additional Resources:

Seniors

Each month, commodity food is distributed to seniors at MRNC by Gleaners Food Bank. Seniors must meet eligibility criteria and sign up through Gleaners.

For more information, contact Debbie Wilson, Gleaners Food Bank at 317-925-0191, ext. 117. During the summer, Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center partners with the Indiana State Department of Health to distribute free fruit/vegetable vouchers to qualifying seniors to be used at area farmers markets

Women with Infants and Children

WIC, a program of the Indiana State Department of Health, provides food packages for eligible women who are pregnant and/or have children up to age 5. Click here to learn more or call 1-800-522-0874.