Did you know that, every year, 27% percent of the available food supply in the United States is thrown away or plowed under? That's the equivalent of a pound of food a day for every man, woman, and child in America, or 1.5 million pounds of food every day in the Indianapolis area alone.

Second Helpings thinks that's a crime. So Second Helpings gathers overprepared and surplus food from food distributors, restaurants, grocers, and other sources brings it back to a central kitchen and prepares nearly 3,000 nutritious meals a day for Indianapolis's hungriest people. Meals are delivered to day cares, senior centers, missions, and other facilities six days a week.

Plus, Second Helpings attacks poverty at its source by using some of the rescued food for its Culinary Job Training program that has helped hundreds of graduates find and keep good-paying jobs in the food service industry.

We think that's pretty cool. And we think it's great to know that every penny of your Tonic Ball ticket money goes to support this good work.

Find out more about Second Helpings. Then come to Tonic Ball and celebrate the good thing you're helping to do in the world.