{"id":705900,"date":"2026-04-08T21:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705900\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:13:13","slug":"indiana-pacers-drive-dish-initiative-donates-100000-eggs-to-feed-hoosier-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705900\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers&#8217; Drive &#038; Dish initiative donates 100,000 eggs to feed Hoosier families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers announced the results of an initiative where they pledged to donate three cases of eggs for each 3-pointer scored during home games.<\/p>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Wednesday was an &#8220;egg-cellent&#8221; day for<a href=\"http:\/\/wthr.com\/pacers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u00a0the Indiana Pacers<\/a> to host a charity event.<\/p>\n<p>Pacers Sports &amp; Entertainment announced the results of Drive &amp; Dish, an ongoing initiative where they pledged to donate three cases of eggs for each 3-pointer scored during home games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitiatives like this show how the game can bring people together and create real impact for families across Indiana,\u201d said Corey Wilson, Pacers Sports &amp; Entertainment&#8217;s senior vice president of community engagement. \u201cThanks to our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kroger.com\/stores\/grocery\/in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Kroger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mpseggfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MPS Egg Farms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hatchforhunger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HATCH<\/a>, we\u2019re proud to help donate more than 100,000 eggs to Hoosiers who need them most.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 8, the team held an event to celebrate the program&#8217;s success, displaying egg cartons on the Pacers&#8217; home court. The boxes filled more than half the floor, representing thousands of meals for Hoosier families. The cartons were then donated to Gleaners Food Bank for reuse.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100,000 eggs were donated this season, sent to communities across Indiana, the team said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this season, we pledged three cases of eggs to hungry Hoosiers for every <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Pacers<\/a> three-pointer made during home games. Today, thanks to the commitment of our partners <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kroger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@kroger<\/a>, MPS Egg Farms, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HatchforHunger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@HatchforHunger<\/a>, we are delivering over 100,000 eggs to Indiana families!\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0XIP9SpDEg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0XIP9SpDEg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pacers Sports &amp; Entertainment (@PacersSportsEnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PacersSportsEnt\/status\/2041881802067861940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery egg delivered is a step toward closing the protein gap for families who need it most,\u201d HATCH for Hunger CEO Danny Leckie said. \u201cAnd 100,000 eggs isn\u2019t just a number \u2014 it\u2019s real nutrition showing up for real families across Indiana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/PacersFoundation.org\/Drive-Dish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to learn more<\/a> about the Drive &amp; Dish initiative.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Pacers announced the results of an initiative where they pledged to donate three cases of eggs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,6,114],"class_list":{"0":"post-705900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pacers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116371155651780867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}