National partnerships through Feeding America provide more than 40 million meals each year for local children, seniors, and working adults.

With the generous support of national corporate and institutional partners, the Food Bank provides nutritious food and support to families year-round — connecting kids and teens with the resources they need to succeed and thrive.

It’s nearly impossible for kids to sit still and focus when they don’t have enough to eat. Teens with empty stomachs can’t concentrate on studying at home or key exams at school. And the effects of hunger reach well beyond the classroom. Through school-based pantries, meals and snacks at afterschool programs, take-home options for weekends and school breaks, and breakfast and lunches at summer meal sites, our Child Nutrition team works closely with local agencies and school districts to meet children, parents, and caregivers where they are throughout the year.

All of us at the Food Bank are beyond appreciative of the generous support received directly from these partners and through our national organization, Feeding America!

Food Lion Feeds is a longtime champion of our mission through extensive donations of food, funds, and volunteer support.

Among the Food Bank’s most longstanding partners, the Food Lion team has donated over $1.4 million toward our shared effort to nourish communities across central and eastern North Carolina. Over the past year alone, their generosity helped to expand our Pop-up Markets’ distribution capacity by more than 583,000 meals through the purchase of a new refrigerated tractor-trailer. And Food Lion stores throughout the region are paired with Food Bank partner agencies to provide regular donations of grocery items like meat, produce, and baked goods.

This incredible impact can be seen in the year-round actions of Food Lion’s dedicated corps of volunteers. Just one example: the Food Lion Feeds team recently filled every available volunteer shift across all six Food Bank Branches in a single day — sorting 275,000 meals for local families during a one-day takeover of all Food Bank locations. We are grateful for all the ways Food Lion shows up for our communities!

“We are truly grateful for the critical resources our partners provide. This generous support allows us to nourish more people today, while we work together on solutions that will end hunger for good.”

– Amy Beros, Food Bank President & CEO

A new gift from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation is helping the Food Bank provide nourishing food and critical wraparound support to local families.

Nationwide annual commitments to the Food Bank total more than $460,000 over the past decade. In that time, over 1,000 Nationwide employees have contributed 4,500+ hours of volunteer service to our network — sorting and packing enough food to fuel more than 243,000 meals.

The Walt Disney Corporation provided funds to boost the quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables shared to kids and teens.

Gifts from Chick-fil-A and Sheetz are supporting child nutrition program sites year-round.

More than 1 in 5 children and teens in our service area don’t know where their next meal might come from — influencing health, academic success, and lifetime earning potential. This combined support for our Child Nutrition team helps ensure students have the fuel they need to learn and reach their full potential,

Core mission support from Sysco and 3M fuels our systemic approach to ending hunger and its root causes.

These unrestricted gifts help the Food Bank direct funds where communities need it most — from food sourcing and distribution capacity to prevention programs and partner agency support.