Indiana Agency Sells Lapel Pins to Help Feed the Poor

By Nina Settappa

Indiana Agency Sells Lapel Pins to Help Feed the Poor

June 18, 2010 Updated Nov 13, 2009 at 7:36 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State wildlife officials are selling special lapel pins intended to help pay for processing donated deer meat that feeds low-income Indiana residents.

The state Department of Natural Resources' sales of the colorful $5 pins featuring the image of a deer will benefit the Sportsman's Benevolence Fund.

Proceeds go directly to deer processors that receive donated deer and then send the meat to food banks across the state to help feed low-income Hoosiers.

The group Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry says that one donated deer can yield enough meat to provide 200 people with a meal.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)




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