TinCaps, Indiana Pork to donate thousands of meals to Community Harvest

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fresh off earning Minor League Baseball’s prestigious CommUNITY Champion Award, the Fort Wayne TinCaps are teaming up with Indiana Pork to donate more than 2,200 meals of ground pork to the Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana.

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

The team released the following:

In the spirit of Hoosiers helping their fellow Hoosiers, for each sandwich sold, a meal of ground pork is being donated to help members of the community in need.

“We’re thrilled to have a partnership that results in so much good for our community,” said TinCaps Vice President of Marketing and Promotions Michael Limmer. “We’re proud that a fun name and idea like the Hoosier State Tenderloins has translated into the opportunity to provide more than 2,200 meals for local families in need.”

The 2,294 meals translates to 575 pounds of ground pork. Indiana is the fifth-largest pork producing state in the U.S. with nearly 3,000 Hoosier pig farmers.

“Indiana pig farmers are always happy to feed our neighbors,” said Mark Johnson, a local pig farmer from Whitely County and an 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.”

During the three-day celebration of Indiana’s unofficial state sandwich, the TinCaps not only featured breaded tenderloins on Parkview Field’s menu, but rebranded as the Hoosier State Tenderloins with special uniforms and in-game promotions.

While the Breaded Tenderloin Sandwich is revered around the Hoosier State (even if it isn’t the state’s official sandwich, yet), it originated in Northeast Indiana. Just 25 miles southeast of the Parkview Field in downtown Huntington, Nick’s Kitchen has been treating customers to tasty tenderloin sandwiches since 1908. Nick’s is now the first stop on what has been named the Tenderloin Trail that weaves through the state all the way down to Evansville.