For the last two years, uncertainty has been a constant at the Food Bank. As the COVID-19 variants loom, we worry how they will impact the health and well-being of those we serve, our partner agencies, and our staff. Supply chain issues continue to delay our purchase of food and other items necessary to our work. Rising costs are impacting our budgets, but more importantly, are causing even more strain on those we serve.

Masked individuals carry boxes and bags of food from stacks on the right to a line of cars waiting with trunks open on the left

We know these are issues that are facing everyone and that many of you reading this have or continue to feel the same strain. And at the same time, we know we can count on your belief in our mission.

Your support has allowed us to nourish more people these last few years as well as continue our work of building solutions to end hunger. We’ve been able to move into a larger building in New Bern that will greatly expand our capacity to serve the surrounding area. We created a pilot program to further our outreach to the LatinX community by providing our agencies with boxes of food that are culturally meaningful. We distributed nearly 50 million pounds of food in the last six months.

Families like Leslie’s count on us to be there when times get tough. Thanks to your generosity, Leslie was certain she could feed her children. Thanks to you, thousands of our friends and neighbors can count on that too.

With Sincere Thanks,

Peter Werbicki
President & CEO
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

 
 

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