The Food Bank recently provided new refrigerated box trucks to two partner agencies in our eastern service area. The gifting of the trucks was made possible through the Food Bank’s special grants program with Feeding America.
The Storehouse Food Pantry in Morehead City and Word of Truth Anointed Ministries in Farmville both received trucks that will allow them to pick up and distribute more food. Both Food Bank partners serve rural communities that often lack other food providers in their area.
“We’ve been wishing for a truck like this for years,” said Delicia Linteau, Director at the Storehouse Food Pantry. “It will make large food donations accessible to us and allow us to distribute food in a more efficient manner.”
“The main part of our mission is to nourish people,” said George Young, Eastern Regional Branch Director for the Food Bank. “That includes providing food to our partners but also offering ways for them to expand their capacity to serve. It’s very exciting to be able to do that in such a big way.”
The Food Bank’s branches in Greenville and New Bern serve 10 counties in which more than 170,000 people face food insecurity. The two branches serve nearly 200 partners agencies which include food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters. With the help of these agencies, the two branches distributed about 20 million pounds of food per year.
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This story was originally featured in our Hunger Matters newsletter, published Fall 2021.
