GOELZER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DONATES 35,000 MEALS
TO GLEANERS FOOD BANK AT FOURTH ANNUAL COLTS TAILGATE EVENT
Tailgate Celebration Held at NK Hurst Bean Field on November 15th
Prior to Colts vs. Patriots Game
With the increasing number of Hoosiers in need of food assistance, Goelzer Investment Management is proud to host their fourth annual Colts Tailgate celebration on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at NK Hurst Bean Field and donate 35,000 meals to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. The Indianapolis investment company is graciously donating over three skids of NK Hurst beans to Gleaners Food Bank. The bean donation will generate 35,000 meals for needy people in Indianapolis and help kick off the holiday season. The annual event is being held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at NK Hurst Bean Field parking lot, located directly across from the new Lucas Oil Stadium.
This marks the fourth year the Indianapolis investment company will be donating meals to Gleaners Food Bank to kick off the winter months. In total, Goelzer Investment Management has donated 100,000 meals to Hoosiers in need. This is an especially important time as the number of Hoosiers living in poverty has increased by over 50% since 2000.
To encourage Colts fans to make a donation to Gleaners, Goelzer Investment Management and Moe’s Southwest Grill have teamed up and will provide a $5 Moe’s Bucks voucher to anyone who donates to Gleaners. Simply stop by NK Hurst Bean field prior to the Colts vs. New England game to drop off your Gleaners donation and pick up your Moe Bucks! The $5 Moe bucks can be redeemed on any food or beverage item at the two Indianapolis Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants (no expiration on vouchers).
Why beans?? A bean dinner is high in complex carbohydrates, protein and dietary fiber, helping to satisfy hunger because it is absorbed slowly. Beans are also high in calcium, iron, folate, and potassium.
“Over the last 12 months, Gleaners has seen an increase of 36% in the numbers of individuals seeking food assistance,” says Pamela Altmeyer, President and CEO of Gleaners. “We are honored to work with the Goelzer team—their yearly donation helps Gleaners kick off the winter season and reach out to families in our community.”
“With many families being challenged with difficult financial times, we recognize the staggering increase of hungry families in our community,” says Greg Goelzer, CEO of Goelzer Investment Management. “Since we launched the Tailgate event in 2006, we are proud to have fed over 100,000 meals to the homeless.”
Gleaners Food Bank works with charities in Indiana to help feed people in need. Over 137,000 Hoosiers are not hungry today because Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana provides food and critical groceries to hunger relief charities. Gleaners, a member of Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest), was established in 1980. Since then the food bank has distributed over 225 million pounds of food and critical grocery products to nearly 400 hunger relief charities serving Hoosiers in need in 20 central Indiana counties. There are 205,330 Hoosiers who need food assistance on a weekly basis, with almost 37% of those people under the age of 18. By pairing up with Goelzer Investment and NK Hurst Beans, Gleaners is reaching a remarkable number of people at one time. To learn more, log onto www.gleaners.org or www.goelzerinc.com
For over 40 years, Goelzer Investment Management has been actively involved with various charities while becoming one of the leading investment firms in Indiana.