Now is a great time to hold a food drive! Get together with your family and friends or team up with your office mates. A church group can hold a terrific food drive. Or a neighborhood drive brings folks together for the perfect cause.
For monthly donors, Ryan and Amanda Vargochik, food is more than nourishment. It brings us together.
Harris Teeter Rounds Up Support to End Hunger in Our Community
Gardens For Everyone Continues to Grow a Bountiful Harvest
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Gardens For Everyone program took off like a rocket ship after launching in 2020, with new raised garden bends completed at homes, community centers, preschools, transitional housing facilities, and other sites throughout the community
$25,000 Grant Funds Food Shuttle’s Growth and Expansion in Rural Counties
Taking a Bite Out of Hunger One Month at a Time
Giles Shih still remembers the haunting statistic on hunger from 13 years ago that 1 in 5 children in our community goes to bed hungry. For Giles, that was a call to action and it’s what motivated him to make his first donation to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. He’s been a faithful supporter of the Food Shuttle ever since. Then last October, Giles signed up to be a sustaining monthly donor. With the understanding that such contributions provide reliable support for the Food Shuttle’s efforts to create a hunger free community, Giles became a Cultivator.
Agriculture Education Offers New Opportunities for Learning and Growing
The new season will not only bring warmer weather, but the return of in-person Seed to Supper classes, starting April 2 and reoccurring every Saturday from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm for the next six weeks. These classes will be held at both Camden Street Learning Garden in Raleigh, as well as in Durham at Geer Street Learning Garden.
Community Health Education Initiative Prepares to Launch "Spanish Family Kitchen" Video Series
In an effort to be more culturally inclusive and broaden the reach of the Community Health Education initiative, a “Spanish Family Kitchen” series is currently in the works. The series will not only be presented in the Spanish language, but will feature nutrition information, culturally familiar recipes, and activities relevant to the LatinX community. A summer launch is planned for the online series.
Serving Community through the Food Shuttle Becomes a Way of Life for Board Member Michelle Pavliv
The Food Shuttle and WakeMed Partner So Those Experiencing Homelessness Can Rest and Recover from COVID
Patients that are experiencing homelessness that are too healthy to stay in what has become severely limited hospital space are being released into area hotels where they can be monitored as they continue to recover from the coronavirus. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is doing what it does best by ensuring that nutritious meals are provided to all these patients as they work toward returning to good health.