Sandhills Branch
The Sandhills Branch of the Food Bank serves 4 counties: Lee, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland.
Contact Us
Location: 195 Sandy Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Phone: 910.692.5959
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Branch Director: Michael Cotten
Regional Council Chair: Alona Briley Sloan, Retired Adult Services Supervisor Moore County Department of Social Services
By The Numbers
Sandhills Events & Blog Posts
We’ve been named Food Bank of the Year!
The Food Bank was selected, out of 200 food banks, for dedication to community collaboration and innovative solutions in ending hunger.
Peter: 40 years of feeding
Even as the first food bank in the state, I doubt our founders could have predicted how food insecurity would increase and the challenges we would meet along the way.
More North Carolinians facing hunger for the first time
The projected number of food-insecure people has increased to 756,000 neighbors, with 253,000 being children. That’s approximately a 38% increase.
Scheduled Closings
All branch locations will be closed on these upcoming holidays:
- July 3-6, 2020 Independence Day
- July 31, 2020 5th Friday (close at noon)
- September 7, 2020 Labor Day
- October 30, 2020 5th Friday (closed full day)
- November 25, 2020 Close at 3pm
- November 26-27, 2020 Thanksgiving
- December 24-25, 2020 Christmas
- December 31, 2020 New Year's Eve
- January 1, 2021 New Year's Day
- January 18, 2021 MLK Day
- January 29, 2021 5th Friday (close at noon)
- April 2, 2021 Good Friday
- April 30, 2021 5th Friday (close at noon)
- May 31, 2021 Memorial Day
- June 18, 2021 Juneteenth