For National Nutrition Month, our Community Nutrition Team asked four community partners to share stories about how food connects them to their community. Food Bank Partner Tamiko McCullough introduces daycare children to the wonder of food. LEARN MORE ABOUT NUTRITION EDUCATION Everyone in the world needs food. And this [...]
For National Nutrition Month, our Community Nutrition Team asked four community partners to share stories about how food connects them to their community. Food Bank Partner Hiliana Patino is a nutrition educator who builds community by sharing culturally familiar foods and healthy eating practices. LEARN MORE ABOUT NUTRITION EDUCATION [...]
![Quote graphic with a photo in the right bottown corner of a woman with long hari and glasses cutting vegetables while wearing a light-colored sweater. The quote is on a dark blue background with the Food Bank logo at the top. Rachel Ezzel, Family and Consumer Science Agent, Duplin County Extension Center, says: “Food is family to me. It’s our community and livelihood and culture. It’s the breakfast biscuits the farmers eat together at the corner store and the chicken noodle soup your mom makes when you don’t feel well...[Food is] both the hard work of growing it and the comfort of sharing it with the people you love."](https://foodbankcenc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rachel-Ezzel-Quote-320x202.jpg)
For National Nutrition Month, our Community Nutrition Team asked four community partners to share stories about how food connects them to their community. Food Bank Partner Rachel Ezzel promotes healthy eating habits inspired by the Mediterranean Diet. LEARN MORE ABOUT NUTRITION EDUCATION Everyone in the world needs [...]
For National Nutrition Month, our Community Nutrition Team asked four community partners to share stories about how food connects them to their community. Cooking Instructor Betty Nzau makes classes accessible and fun for students with visual impairments. LEARN MORE ABOUT NUTRITION EDUCATION Everyone in the world [...]
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 [...]
Sponsored by the Food Bank, our friends at The Farmers B.A.G. offer incredible opportunities for local growers and producers through their Farm School program Support Local Farmers Join us to uplift small farmers and invest in a stronger, sustainable agricultural future! Established in [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
At the Food Bank, our Community Health & Engagement (CH&E) team regularly goes out into the community to hold cooking classes at Partner Agency sites. These are great opportunities to introduce new foods to people’s diets and help give them easy, quick, and low-cost recipes using healthful foods like whole grains, fresh produce, low fat [...]
In honor of National Nutrition Month, our nutrition intern Andrea Kerley spotlighted different food groups each week on social media - specifically shelf-stable items, why they are great choices, and the importance of these donations. These shelf-stable choices help us serve our neighbors, give healthy options to our communities, and fit the needs of everyone [...]
