Together, we’re working to overcome hunger.

Because no one should go hungry — no matter where we live, where we're from, who we love, or the color of our skin.

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is among the largest anti-hunger organizations in the United States.

We work every day to provide food to people in need while advancing long-term solutions to end hunger in our communities. For 45 years, the Food Bank and our Branch locations have served as the central hub of a network that has grown to 700+ partner programs across a 34-county region — including no-cost food markets, pantries, meal sites, and a host of initiatives serving children, adults and seniors. Together, we’re working to overcome hunger and create an environment where everyone in North Carolina can thrive. (Pictured left to right: Founding Executive Director Barbara Oates in 1982 >> longtime CEO Peter Werbicki in 2018 >> Food Bank President & CEO Amy Beros in 2025.)

At the Food Bank, we envision a future where no one goes hungry.

We know that hunger is more than a single empty stomach or individual experience. Hunger is a community-wide symptom of not having enough — not having enough nutritious food, enough income, enough voice in the decisions that impact us. It’s a symptom of barriers to employment, education, housing and healthcare

We all experience the effects of hunger in our communities. And together we can build a future where everyone has access to the food and essential resources we need to thrive. Where every voice matters. Where we all share responsibility for each other and our common good.

We work systemically to achieve this vision through our network of 700+ no-cost markets, pantries, meal sites and delivery programs.

Together, we nourish people facing hunger with healthy, culturally familiar foods. We build solutions to reduce poverty throughout the region. And we empower our communities to address hunger at its roots through outreach, advocacy and organizing for long-term change.

Because no one should go hungry… no matter where we live, where we’re from, or the color of our skin.

It's our people and partners who make this work possible.

Together, we nourish people. We build shared solutions. And we empower our communities to advocate for long-term change.

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We're celebrating 45 years of community impact.

See how our network is rising to meet the hunger crisis head-on, even as federal safety nets continue to diminish.

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Our Strategic Plan to End Hunger

The pandemic shed much-needed light on systemic challenges hunger relief organizations have long worked to address. Too many members of our community are living one significant medical bill, one missed paycheck, one price increase away from being unable to consistently put food on the table.

Awareness of these challenges grew as many people experienced economic insecurity for the first time in their lives — offering first-hand experience in what it’s like to face impossible choices between paying for medications or utilities, gas or childcare, healthy food or the rent or mortgage. More and more people came to understand the longstanding realities of communities that have faced barriers and exclusion for generations.

This shared experience presents a critical opportunity to look deeper into what causes hunger and poverty in our communities.

And the outpouring of community understanding and support positions organizations like ours to invest in approaches that support people on the cusp of food insecurity before we find ourselves needing the services of the hunger relief system.

That’s where our Strategic Plan comes in: a multi-year blueprint to not only nourish people, but to build long-term solutions that empower communities to prevent hunger from happening.

Together, we’re strengthening existing tactics and trying new approaches that bring us closer to our vision of a future where no one goes hungry.

View Our 2021-25 Blueprint

The Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the national organization supporting more than 200 food banks across the country, and the largest domestic hunger relief agency in the United States.

We're also proud to join food banks from across the southeast in Feeding the Carolinas — our unified voice for policies and investments that help ensure a healthy, consistent food supply to every community every day.

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607,630

Individuals Facing Hunger
18% 1 in 5

Food Insecure Individuals
109 million

Pounds of Food Distributed by the Food Bank network
91 million

Meals Provided by the Food Bank network
505,967

People Enrolled for Assistance with SNAP, FNS, and Food Stamps
$6.7M

of Assistance Provided with SNAP, FNS, and Food Stamps

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It's our people and partners who make this work possible.

We're celebrating 45 years of community impact.

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