A fraternity donated about 112 pounds of mini muffins to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Muncie on Wednesday.
The donation will assist more than 18 families, said Gary Jones, warehouse manager at the food bank.
The idea to donate began Sunday afternoon when the Hostess Company arrived at the FIJI house and dropped off boxes of banana nut muffins as part of a promotional deal, said Dylan Pieri, a junior and corresponding secretary for the fraternity.
“We figured there’s so many of them and we are not going to eat all of these. So we decided to bring them to Second Harvest Food Bank,” Pieri said. “We ended up bringing 16 huge boxes, which totaled 2,880 muffins.”
FIJI has worked with Second Harvest Food Bank in the past.
“We are always looking for ways to serve the community,” he said. “We thought it’d be a good idea to donate the muffins to Second Harvest so they can disperse it wherever they need it.”
The food bank has also received other forms of aid from organizations related to Ball State.
“We had more than 200 students a few weeks ago volunteer here, and the number of volunteers will increase within the next few weeks,” Jones said.
To donate or volunteer, visit curehunger.org.
