Nearly $30 million dollars has been slashed from Local Food Purchases for schools and food banks. We need state and federal leaders to act!
When Will's second grade class learned that 1 in 5 kids face hunger in our area, they got the whole school involved — donating and volunteering to support our Durham Branch. Join Will and Support Our Work Hi! My name is Will [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Major new efforts help to connect more children and families throughout the region to nutritious food There's a reason you see the Food Bank and Food Lion together so frequently – it’s a relationship that goes back decades and one that’s very important across North Carolina and beyond. Volunteers from [...]
We know that kids thrive when they have access to no-cost breakfast and lunch at school. Research consistently shows that healthy school meals help kids pay attention and stay engaged — which leads to better grades, more consistent attendance, and higher graduation rates. It's why we're big fans of the School [...]
FIND FOOD DONATE VOLUNTEER For families facing food insecurity, summer has long marked a time when kids no longer have easy access to breakfast and lunch at school. Many parents and caregivers have to come up with [...]
Local hub distributed 8.7+ million meals as food insecurity hit 15-year high Community leaders gathered at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina (the Food Bank) in Wilmington this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the nCino Hunger Solutions Center. Opened in 2023 after a community-led fundraising campaign, [...]
