Lovely Day for A Festival in the Park
Halls’ Feeding Team Opens 49th Pantry, Brings in Donations
Noblesville’s Mark and Lisa Hall, co-founders of the Feeding Team, formerly Feeding Families Hamilton County, welcome the audience to the nonprofit’s Music Festival on Saturday at Federal Hill Commons.
Mark and Lisa Hall’s Feeding Team nonprofit opened its 49th little yellow food pantry on Friday at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville.
I mentioned this would be coming up in last Wednesday’s Times column. But what was heartwarming was that Mark and Lisa Hall on Friday had the opportunity to speak in front of students, faculty and staff at the school’s chapel about why they started the food pantries and “how important it is to live our Christian faith out in our communities,” Mark Hall said.
“Then one of the coolest moments in a long time …” 200-plus people prayed over the pantry and for “the hungry neighbors who will use it along with thanking neighbors who will contribute to it,” Hall said.
Mark and Lisa Hall’s Feeding Team nonprofit opened its 49th little yellow food pantry on Friday at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville.
“The experience literally gave me chills,” he said of the very powerful moment, which was followed by his wife stocking the pantry with the help of about 20 students. “Truly an inspiring and rewarding experience.”
It’s times like these that mean the most as the Noblesville husband and wife work diligently to not only keep opening more of the little yellow food pantries but keep these pantries stocked for those in need.
“Take What You Need, Give What You Can” is the motto for the nonprofit. The Halls created Feeding Families Hamilton County in April 2020 and in summer 2020 rebranded the nonprofit’s name as the Feeding Team or www.Feedingteam.org.
Over the weekend, they invited the community to come out to the third annual Music Festival of the Feeding Team. Three live bands — Mike & the Boys, Fast Cadillac and Tyler Robling Band — performed at the festival, which brought in about $6,800 for the nonprofit. Admission was a nonperishable food donation.
About 1,800 people were estimated to attend the festival with much of the fundraising coming from donations and the sale of silent auction items and sponsors. The Halls said about 5,500 meals were donated.
The donations were down from 2021, the Halls attributed to the current economy. However, they were very thankful for the generosity of their community.
Contact Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com.