Blog, Child Hunger
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That's a Wrap! Back to School Campaign Exceeds ...

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.

That's a Wrap! Back to School Campaign Exceeds Match, Fills Shelves and Backpacks
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NEW: Food Shuttle Academy is LIVE! Check Out ...

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!

NEW: Food Shuttle Academy is LIVE! Check Out this FREE Online Learning Resource!
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Food Shuttle Donors Crunch Spring Match ...

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!

Food Shuttle Donors Crunch Spring Match Challenge (And Then Some)!
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The Support from Love, Tito's to Create Garden ...

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.

The Support from Love, Tito's to Create Garden Accessibility for All
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Summer Brings Exciting Volunteer Opportunities ...

Gardening is an incredible way to spend a summer day. These opportunities will allow you to have fun while also helping others!

Summer Brings Exciting Volunteer Opportunities at the Food Shuttle

Events and Fundraisers

A Post-Halloween Treat: Little Goblins and BackPack Buddies

The Riehs family (Lorie and Arno, and their daughter Katelyn) loves Halloween, and they love planning fun Halloween parties. But for the second year in a row, they decided to make their annual Little Goblins Halloween Party an event with a cause. They asked their friends to consider supporting Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s BackPack Buddies program, which provides weekend meals to children in need across the Triangle area, reaching almost 1500 hungry kids. The Riehs family knows that we can reach more. They offered to match each dollar donated up to a total of $500….and together they raised almost a thousand dollars, plus pantry items for BackPacks! In addition, Lorie Riehs’s employer, Cisco, has a matching program, which brings the grand total up to $1500! That will ensure that at least 4 more children will have weekend meals for an entire year! Riehs Little Goblins partyLorie Riehs and her husband Arno decided to support Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s BackPack Buddies program after Lorie became involved stuffing BackPacks at a work team event with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. Lorie says,

“Providing healthy food options to children in our community touched our family, especially given we have a 3 year old at home. As first time parents, we also wanted creative ways to encourage our daughter to help others and give back to her community. Seeing the children arrive at our home, dressed in costumes and helping parents carry canned food, is priceless. My greatest wish is that our family provides learning opportunities for the children and parents that join us, as well as encouragement for each member of our community to come up with their own creative ways to fight to end hunger. We are already looking forward to next year!”

Efforts like those of the Riehs are truly inspiring to us at Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, and make it clear to us both that we are a part of a wonderful and caring community, and that it is by all working together that we will truly be able to end hunger.

You can find out more about BackPack Buddies on our website here, and start your own fundraiser here!