Because of you, more children will start the school day ready to learn, without the pang of hunger as a distraction. Our Back-to-School campaign reminds us that along with pencils and paper, children need a daily supply of food to take on new concepts, run on playgrounds, and socialize more successfully.
Our Community Health and Agriculture Education teams have collaborated to develop the new Food Shuttle Academy, an online learning platform with free, self-paced lessons on health, nutrition, agriculture, and more!
Our Spring Match challenge, made possible by generous funders, including SOLV Energy and the Mead Family Foundation, exceeded the $105,000 goal, raising an additional $70,000 to erase hunger!
Love, Tito’s has a heart for community gardens and increasing access to fresh, healthy foods. Their philanthropic Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, reconnects neighborhoods and creates community gardens and farms throughout the United States. Our hearts are in full bloom knowing that our Camden Street Garden will be the next beneficiary of Block to Block, allowing neighbors with mobility challenges to access our many activities more easily.
What do plastic vegetables, 10,000 mosquito bites and glue sticks all have in common? During the week, all three are a big part of my day before 7 a.m. Having spent the last five years working as an outdoor educator, this is pretty normal stuff, but this time around, I’m adding a camera and a tripod into the mix—all with the goal of producing the Sprout Scouts Virtual Adventures digital learning series.
As a partner for more than 15 years, Food Lion Feeds and Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation have invested in the mission of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in a variety of ways. This year, the grocery store chain and its charitable foundation, based in Salisbury, NC, have gone far and beyond in their support of Food Shuttle programming with multiple generous grants, donations, and ongoing support. In total, Food Lion has provided over $142,000 in funds and thousands of dollars in gift cards and product to support the Food Shuttle’s efforts to end hunger.
Education is a key component in the solution to hunger and the new digital education programs are a true expression of the Food Shuttle’s mission to pioneer innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Concentrating on the areas of Community Health and Urban Agriculture, the Food Shuttle is expanding its reach to focus on one of the organization’s greatest strengths: education as a means of empowering people to overcome the burden of hunger.
Helping and Healing Hearts, Inc. offers Johnston County residents the opportunity to get free non-perishable and perishable food items once every 30 days. Thanks to grant funding, residents of the county can also apply for assistance with rent and utilities. Applications are available at the pantry, located at 804 E. Market St. in Smithfield, NC 27577. The pantry is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
My name is Carly and I am an AmeriCorps Food Distribution Associate serving at Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Thanks to a partnership between the Conservation Trust for North Carolina and the NC Commission on Volunteerism, my position was created in response to the coronavirus pandemic to assist the Food Shuttle with getting food into the hands of individuals and families that need it.
