Hundreds have gathered for a 24-hour-long prayer and worship session to address food insecurity. If you’d like to get involved, the worship and prayer will continue until 6 p.m. at 1460 S. Belmont Ave.
INDIANAPOLIS — Alexandra Garcia works hard to make sure no one in her southwest side community goes hungry.
“It’s people, immigrants come. They have nowhere to live. They don’t have food at all. There are so many homeless around this area," Garcia said.Statewide, churches make up an estimated 70 percent of all pantries. Gonzales' organization trains and equips faith-based food pantries to alleviate hunger in neighborhoods around central Indiana.
Gonzales says the purpose of the gathering is unity. He hopes it will bring Hoosiers of all different ethnicities, languages and races.
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