Nearly $30 million dollars has been slashed from Local Food Purchases for schools and food banks. We need state and federal leaders to act!
All of us at the Food Bank celebrate the strength, resilience, and incredible contributions of women and girls everywhere. We also recognize the disproportionate challenges women face, particularly when it comes to food insecurity. Double Your Impact Today Women face social, systemic, and [...]
Amy Beros brings deep North Carolina roots, close knowledge of Food Bank Network operations, and decades of experience in philanthropy and strategic partnerships to the local fight to end hunger and its root causes. Sign Our Virtual Card to Welcome Amy Home For [...]
“Let us march on poverty until no American parent has to skip a meal so that their children may eat.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find Volunteer Opportunities Near You Donate to Support Volunteer Efforts Learn More About MLK's Call to Service [...]
Right now, more than 173,000 people under the age of 18 in our communities don't know where their next meal might come from. That's one in five kids and teens facing hunger across central and eastern North Carolina. And these challenges are even worse during the summer months when school meals are [...]
Each month, thousands of local seniors participate in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program — a vital resource made possible by volunteers like Joyce Bobbit. Learn More about CSFP Donate to Help End Senior Hunger Hundreds of vehicles pull through the lot of a former Halifax County school [...]
Right now, more than 173,000 people under the age of 18 in our communities don't know where their next meal might come from. That's one in five kids and teens facing hunger across central and eastern North Carolina. And these challenges are even worse during the summer months when school meals are [...]
Service Insights is an initiative to gain a better understanding of the specific goals and needs of local neighborhoods through direct input from community members. Service Insights on Meal Connect (SIMC) is a secure, private platform used by the Food Bank and several of [...]
So many of the drivers of hunger are addressed — or not — through public policy. Government funding for food purchases and distribution is set through the state budget process. Members of Congress determine who is eligible for SNAP (often called FNS or ‘food stamps’) and how much support families receive for groceries. [...]
Food Bank supporters join Smithfield Foods to send the equivalent of 280,000+ meals to Western NC Find Resources Support Disaster Response Eighteen truckloads of much-needed food and supplies are headed to Western North Carolina communities, thanks to generous local supporters and Smithfield Foods. [...]
