Home Deliveries Reach More Seniors

Each month, the Food Bank’s Senior Nutrition Team serves nearly 9,000 seniors across our 34 counties through management of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), a monthly food box program. 

For many seniors, barriers such as transportation or mobility mean that home delivery is critical to accessing their box each month. And thanks to our pantry network, dedicated local volunteers, and partners like DoorDash, we delivered more than 19,500 boxes of food and other essential resources to seniors’ homes this year.

“I am so thankful every month for my box,” a local senior recently shared. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to you. There’s never enough words to say how pleasant everyone is there.”

Of the 1,500+ participants in our recent survey, 88% reported that the box makes up at least half of the food they consume in a month. The challenges are even deeper in rural communities, where full grocery stores and traditional pantries are less accessible. With the senior population in North Carolina on the rise — and SNAP and Medicaid cuts on the horizon — programs like CSFP are more important than ever before!