COVID-19 Mutual Aid Resources

Financial Assistance

Bloomington Refugee Support
Email bloomingtonrefugees@gmail.com with name, age, gender, phone/email, preferred language, & details about request
The IU Student Advocates office is taking applications for emergency funding related to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Salvation Army
111 N Rogers Bloomington
812-336-4310 ext. 100 (Monica Clemons)
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Shalom Community Center
620 S Walnut St.
812-334-5728

Food Insecurity

Area 10 Agency on Aging
812-876-3383 if you can volunteer, or if you need help.
Food delivery to homebound seniors
Backpack Blessings
Volunteers needed: text 812-606-0916 if you can help with packing, delivery, and going to the pickup stations.
Food for children
Community Food Train across Bloomington
Tuesday and Thursday
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Provide meals for k-12 students! Simply show up, grab a meal and go!
Contact: Nichelle Whitney at whitneyn59@gmail.com or 317-658-7053
The distribution locations are as follows:
- Arlington Valley Mobile Home Park @ Classic Lanes
- Banneker Community Center
- Boys & Girls Club, Crestmont
- Countryview Apartments
- E Burks Drive (Walnut Springs)
- Highland Park Elementary
- Kroger (Seminary Square)
- Marquise & Lismore intersection
- Post Office (3210 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN)
- Southcrest Estates
- Winslow Plaza
Community Kitchen of Monroe County
1515 S Rogers
812-332-0999
Monday – Saturday 4-6 p.m.
Warm carry out meals available
The Crimson Cupboard Food Pantry is open and provides free food to students in need.
DeAngelo’s Bloomington
812-961-0008
Free Kid’s Pizza for all free-lunch eligible children. Simply give us a call to receive the free kid’s pizza for your child, and we will have it ready for carry-out.
Feed the Needy at Second Second Baptist Church
321 N Rogers / (812) 336-5827
Hours: M, T, Th, F 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
People now have to wait outside and we will provide them with pre-packaged bags that include meals for breakfast lunch and dinner
Food not Bombs
Seminary Square Park
Sundays 5 p.m.
Provides cooked meals, to-go style, at Seminary Park. Vegan and vegetarian options available!
Food Pantry @ First United Methodist Church
219 East 4th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
Note: Follow signs at chapel entrance.
Hours: Wed 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Open to students and no mandate to show proof of need
Grace Food Pantry
9206 S Old SR 37, Harrodsburg
812-329-0337
Hours: 3-7 p.m.
Drive thru style - park and then volunteers will come out to you with pre- packaged food. Only serve Clear Creek, Indian Creek, and Polk Townships, but they won’t turn anyone away.
Hoosier Hills Food Bank
Little Free Pantry Bloomington
Monroe County Community School Corporation Breakfast and Lunch Service Plan
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monroe County United Ministries
827 W. 14th Court
Tuesday, Thursday 12-3 p.m.
Call 812-339-3429 ext. 18 to inquire about making donations.
Due to the stay at home order, hours have been reduced. Beginning March 23 or sooner, the food pantry will temporarily pre-bag grocery sets while food is available.
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
1100 W Allen St.
812-355-6843
Monday – Friday 12-2 p.m., 4-6 p.m.
Pre-bagged groceries
New Hope for Families
301 W 2nd Street, Bloomington IN 47401
812-334-9840
Hours vary, call ahead
Note: provides resources to homeless families. See donation needs at the end of this document for supplies that they need.
One World at Woolery Mill
2250 West Sunstone Drive
Hours: 3-4pm
We will provide family meals (one meal daily per person) for those people and their families laid-off in our local food/beverage/bar community, and experiencing food insecurity. Family Meals are prepared fresh, Mon-Sat at a specified time in the afternoon. These meals are at NO COST to the recipient and One World will do this for as long as it takes. We will continue to practice an extremely high level of sanitation, and we will expect that of our guests. One World will also provide to-go meals if that is needed. Staff who wish to attend should go to www.bloomington.com/rbfood for more information and immediate access.
Pantry 279
501 E Temperance St.
Ellettsville, IN 47429
812-606-1524
Monday/Wednesday 4-6 p.m.; Saturday 3-5 p.m.
If feeling sick, please stay in your car and call 812-606-1524 from the parking lot and a volunteer will work with you to pack a box of food to fit your needs and tastes.
Small waiting room for disabled and elderly
Inquire about delivery options for homebound or quarantined
Redeemer Community Church Food Pantry
111 S Kimble Rd / (812)269-8975
T/Th 2-4 p.m.
Open during regular hours, but protocol is a little different
Salvation Army
111 N Rogers St.
812-336-4310
Our pantry will remain open Tuesday and Thursday 1-3:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 9-11:30 a.m.
Shalom Community Center
620 S Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
Take out lunches available from 12-1:30 p.m.
Only those experiencing homelessness will be served by Shalom at this time.
Tabitha’s Storehouse
421 S Curry Pike
Bloomington, IN 47403
March 26, 10-2 p.m. (open the last Thursday of every month)
Due to the current situation we are not letting any shoppers into the inside, even the hallway. So, if you come early please wait in your vehicle. We will put it into your vehicle or given to you to transport however necessary. We realize you may not get exactly what you would have picked but hope you will be blessed with what you receive.
Walnut Grove Food Pantry (Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington)
3100 S Walnut St
812-332 3695
3rd Friday of the month at 3 p.m. $5
We will be operating from a sign up list that is posted at Walnut Grove and will be distributing pre bagged sacks of groceries. If you have people that have used the pantry in the past and would like a bag of food, please make a list of those names, their addresses (in case there is a recall) and if they would like meat. People must not congregate in groups. So please stress this to your patrons and ask them to wait in their cars or in the courtyard shelter at Walnut Grove until they receive their food.
Open to students and no mandate to show proof of need.
Wheeler Mission
215 S Westplex Ave.
812-333-1905
Sunday – Saturday 12-1 p.m., 5-6 p.m.
Hot meals
Recipes and Tips for Cooking on a budget

General Services

Mental Health

IU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
812-855-5711 option #1
Effective March 23^rd through April 6 ^th will only provide counseling services via telephone or zoom counseling. Students can schedule a telephone appointment by calling 812 855-7688.
The emergency services number will remain active.
This service can be utilized by students concerned about themselves, students concerned about other students or faculty/staff concerned about students.
Centerstone
24/7 Crisis Line – 1-800-832-5442
Also offering intakes, therapy and such via telehealth. Call 812-339-1691 to schedule.
VA Clinic 812-334-4406 or 812-336-5723
National Text Crisis Line 24/7 – Text: 741-741
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Physical Health

If you are feeling physically unwell, the Health Center on campus continues to be open, but do check their daily hours as they may be different than usual
CVS Minute Clinic
2701 E 3rd Street or 4444 State Road West 46
IU Health
IU Health Urgent Care 812-353-6888
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday/Sunday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
VA Clinic
812-334-4406 or 812-336-5723

Social Services

Dial 2-1-1 (in most states) or 866-211-9966 (Indiana specific)
https://in211.communityos.org/
401 N. Morton St., Suite 260
Bloomington, IN 47404
Social services for assistance with food, shelter, internet, clothing, child care, errands, transportation, legal services, education, employment, health care, and substance abuse.
Emergency Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support
https://studentaffairs.indiana.edu/student-support/advocates/emergency-request-cv19.html
Helping Bloomington Monroe
https://bloomington.in.gov/node/4204
Helping Bloomington Monroe is a free community resource to help you find the services you need.

Simply enter a keyword below and your ZIP code, then click the search button and you’ll find local information about health care, finding food assistance, social services, childcare and more. If you have any trouble using the search function you can click here to be redirected to the Helping Bloomington Monroe site.
No Space For Hate COVID-19 Mutual Aid
https://nospace4hate.btown-in.org/nsfh-mutual-aid/

mutualaidmoco@gmail.com
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
800-891-6449
Employment Services
A coalition of community members and organizations working together to make sure no one gets left behind. In these fast moving and uncertain times, it’s important that we show up for each other and remember that we are not alone.
Mutual aid is a powerful way to build strong connections- we all have something to offer and we all have something we need.
IU Student Advocates Office

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–noon and 1–4:30 p.m.
Phone: 812-855-0761
Fax: 812-855-2259
Email: advocate@indiana.edu

No matter what your situation is, Student Advocates are here to listen nonjudgmentally, provide unconditional support, and help you resolve problems so you can successfully complete your degree.
United Way of Monroe County
For over 60 years, United Way of Monroe County has improved people’s lives. With your support, we focus on the building blocks for a better life – Education, Earnings, and Essentials. We create and sustain solutions to the most pressing issues in Monroe, Owen, and Greene counties.

For questions regarding the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, please contact executive director Efrat Feferman at efrat@monroeunitedway.org or 812-334-8370 ext. 15

Wellness Checks

IU Care Referral

Anyone who is concerned about the safety or well-being of an IU student—including parents, IU faculty and staff, community members, and other students—can submit a confidential Care Referral about that person. If you are a student, you have the option of submitting a Care Referral to get help for yourself.

Anonymous referrals are accepted; however, an anonymous report may limit our ability to address issues.