Hunger Matters || Fall 2025 Edition
Featuring Hunger Action Month efforts, vital Sustainer support, state and federal agriculture priorities, honoring Craig Campbell's legacy, and more.
Hunger Matters, Fall 2025 Edition
Featuring Hunger Action Month efforts, vital Sustainer support, state and federal agriculture priorities, honoring Craig Campbell's legacy, and more!
I’m glad to share your fall Hunger Matters newsletter with you. You’ll find updates on current needs in our community, a Stop Summer Hunger wrap-up, and some thoughts on how we can show up together as hunger rises in North Carolina. It’s a reminder that our community truly can make a difference.
Of course, one way to show up for the 1 in 7 people facing hunger is to make a gift to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Because every $1 is enough for 5 meals, a gift of any size goes a long way. You’ll also support our efforts to address the root causes of hunger as we work toward a future where no one goes hungry.
Thank you for your friendship and support,
Amy Beros
President & CEO
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
News & Updates
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What's at stake in the government shutdown — and action you can take to help end it
The drastic cuts passed by Congress are already forcing too many families to make impossible choices. We need the dysfunction to stop.
Uniting with PORCH to Power Local Pantries through Neighborhood-based Food Drives
With 1 in 7 neighbors facing food insecurity and massive federal program cuts looming, new partnership forms to meet the region’s hunger crisis head-on
Perdue Farms Helps “Fill the Food Gap” with Critical Protein Donation
Our friends at Perdue Farms came through with an incredible Hunger Action Month donation of a full semi-trailer full of enough chicken to fuel over 34,000 meals for local families!
A Strong Finish to #HungerActionMonth with Blue Cross Blue Shield
On September 30, our central distribution center in Raleigh welcomed over 150 Blue Cross Blue Shield volunteers to sort and pack food kits headed out to our network of local pantries and delivery programs. In a single shift, BCBS volunteers assembled enough kits to fuel more than 41,000 meals for local families!
Fidelity Boosts #HungerActionMonth Efforts with Critical Support
Fidelity has provided more than 3.2 million meals as a part of their commitment to nourish our communities, and we couldn’t do this work without their generous support.
Our Statement on USDA Elimination of Vital Hunger Data
Government data shows that 607,000 people face food insecurity in our region — evidence that federal officials are moving to erase.
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