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.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle was recently awarded a grant from Feeding America in the amount of $750,000. These funds will enable the Food Shuttle to increase food purchases, hire additional staff and make important equipment upgrades—all in efforts to expand programming to meet the rising need due to COVID-19.
September is Hunger Action Month, Feeding America network’s nationwide awareness driver, designed to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, a Feeding America network agency, is planning to join the annual month-long campaign to help bring attention to the reality of food insecurity in central North Carolina, and promote ways for individuals in the region to get involved in the movement to help end hunger
This summer, for the first time, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle sponsored the national Summer Food Service Program, also known as Summer Meals, to combat these food needs for five weeks during the summer months. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle partnered with 17 different Raleigh Parks and Recreation summer camp sites as a means of getting nutritious meals to children who might otherwise have to go without.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle held the Chatham County COVID-19 Mobile Market on June 4th at St. Julia Catholic Church in Siler City. Word of the event spread through flyers, social media, email and word of mouth throughout the month prior. The goal was to provide food to 1,500 households during the five hours of the drive-thru Market, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Launched the end of March, the Food Shuttle Summer Hunger Challenge provided initially by the Mead Family Foundation, offered a $35,000 matching challenge opportunity for donors. With unemployment rates soaring higher and the effects of COVID-19 continuing, it was clear the impact would continue well into the summer months. At the end of April, Chiesi USA extended the matching challenge up to $100,000 to inspire the community to give big during this critical time. It was then announced mid-May that an additional $25,000 was added to the matching challenge pool for a total match of $125,000.
