Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration, a Carrier Transicold dealership, is helping address hunger and food waste in the Indianapolis area by donating the installation of a new X4 7500 trailer refrigeration unit to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.
Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration installed the unit on a 35-ft., trailer that entered service last month. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana partners with more than 300 pantries, shelters, senior centers and other organizations to relieve hunger in 21 counties across central Indiana. Its fleet of trailers and box trucks also provides mobile pantry services for families and individuals who fall outside the reach of its network, the company says.
“Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration has regularly serviced our Carrier Transicold refrigeration units and allows us to distribute more than 55 million meals a year, including nearly 5 million meals through our mobile pantries,” says Joe Slater, COO at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. “Almost 80% of the food we distribute is fresh produce, lean protein, dairy or other perishables. Reliable temperature control and dependable transportation are essential in the movement to end hunger.”
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Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana works with nearly 15,000 volunteers annually, including employees from Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration. The Carrier Transicold dealer’s newest facility is located across the street from Gleaners’ food bank and on-site pantry in Indianapolis.
“Our support for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana goes beyond installing and servicing their refrigeration units. We’re literally neighbors. We see the lines at the pantry,” says Shawn Aitken, vice president and general manager, Carrier division, at Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration. “We’re proud to equip their new trailer with Carrier Transicold’s most efficient, highest-capacity refrigeration unit and help make fresh, healthy food accessible in our community.”
The X4 7500 is the second Carrier Transicold refrigeration unit Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration has provided to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. In 2023, the dealer donated an X4 7300 unit for a 35-ft., trailer, the company says.
Carrier is a supporter of Feeding America, a network of more than 200 hunger-relief organizations across the United States, including Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Carrier provided $200,000 in grants to food banks affiliated with Feeding America near Carrier facilities across nine U.S. states for use throughout 2024 — $20,000 of which was directed to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, the company says.
