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. [...]
Since its founding 30 years ago, Hunger Relief Day at the State Fair has grown to become the largest single-day food drive in the region. In that time, fairgoers have donated enough food to fuel more than five million meals for North Carolina families — and had a lot of fun along [...]
Year-round, we activate our disaster response plans in support of communities recovering from major storms. When severe weather is on the way, the Food Bank is prepared to respond. Delivery trucks and mobile refrigeration units are fueled up; staff and volunteers ready emergency kits; and our production kitchen goes into high gear [...]
Food Bank branches have activated our disaster preparation plans as we work through the aftermath of major storms. Emergency power is ready to go; delivery trucks and mobile refrigeration units are fueled up; and our commercial kitchen is in high gear preparing ready-to-heat meals for impacted families. We're actively working to connect [...]
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, [...]
Because of you, we were able to purchase more food, put more trucks on the road, and establish safety procedures to keep everyone healthy.
As the COVID-19 crisis took hold, the Food Bank transitioned our Trenton Pantry to a new permanent space to help build resilience in Jones County.
The Food Bank and our network of Partner Agencies are essential to NC. In the face of COVID-19 we continue sending food to our 34-county service area.
Our local network of Partner Agency food pantries in Jones County are still closed due to damage form Florence. So for the first time in FBCENC's nearly 40-year history, we are operating our own pantry.
It’s been several months since Hurricane Florence hit, and then lingered over North Carolina, impacting almost all the Food Bank’s 34-county service area. We knew immediately that recovery and rebuilding would take along time, and the Food Bank committed ourselves to supporting our friends and neighbors for the long haul.
