Indiana Pork, TinCaps partner donate meals

November 01, 2024 at 4:10 pm CDT

Indiana Pork farmer Mark Johnson (far right) is joined by Adam Robey with Community Harvest Food Bank and Johnny TinCap, the mascot of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, to make a ground pork donation to the Fort Wayne Community Food Bank.

Indiana Pork farmer Mark Johnson (right) is joined by Adam Robey with Community Harvest Food Bank and Johnny TinCap, the mascot of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, to make a ground pork donation to the Fort Wayne Community Food Bank. (Indiana Pork photo)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Fort Wayne TinCaps and Indiana Pork are donating nearly 2,300 meals of ground pork to the Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana.

The baseball team sold 2,294 tenderloin sandwiches at Parkview Field this past season, with the majority of sales coming when the TinCaps hosted the Hoosier State Tenderloins Series presented by Indiana Pork in June.

For each sandwich sold, a meal of ground pork is being donated to help members of the community in need.

“Indiana pig farmers are always happy to feed our neighbors,” said Mark Johnson, Whitley County pork producer and Indiana Pork board member.

“Our farmers are happy to donate pork to their local food pantries and are equally excited to partner with the TinCaps to make a big donation to help feed Fort Wayne residents.”

The meals add up to more than 500 pounds of ground pork.

Indiana is the fifth-largest pork producing state in the United States, with nearly 3,000 Hoosier pig farmers.

Indiana Pork, TinCaps partner donate meals

Erica Quinlan