The Strength of a Local Community
12 years! That’s how long Dawn Ellis, founder, and executive director of Share the Table has been serving her community in Surf City, North Carolina. The faith-based nonprofit began inside Faith Harbor United Methodist Church. Dawn and a longtime [...]
More Than Just Civic Duty
For over 10 years, Reverend Barbara Hubbard has been a dedicated member of St. Julia AME Zion Church in Onslow County, North Carolina. Helping to establish the church as a partner agency with the Food Bank of Central & [...]
A Growing Family Legacy
Kim LeQuire is vice president of Kornegay Family Farms and Produce. As a fourth-generation family farm in Johnston County, North Carolina, Kim serves as vice president and oversees departments that include but are not limited to customer service, community [...]
Nourishing More through Facility Upgrades
One of the three pillars of the strategic plan is Nourishing People through a focus on efficiency, equity of services, and innovation. Also under the Nourish Pillar, our staff and board identified some key facility upgrades that would allow [...]
Out of the Mouth of the Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mariah Murrell
With the Food Bank’s placement of equity, diversity, and inclusion as an all-encompassing value of our strategic plan in 2021, we have been highly motivated to determine ways to support staff and enhance our workplace culture. We embarked on [...]
Feeding our Community with Pop-Up Markets and Fresh Produce
The Nourish Pillar of our Strategic Plan aims to address increased access to and distribution of nutritious food that is culturally appropriate, reduces waste, and strengthens the food systems in our community. Two new initiatives we’ve launched are Pop-Up [...]