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 has been awarded an $800,000 Feeding America Retail Agency Capacity Building Grant. This significant funding will assist in growing the Food Shuttle’s retail rescue program by building capacity of agency partners to improve equitable access to nutritious food, with a focus on strengthening rural and/or communities of color. The grant is funded by Feeding America and the Walmart Foundation
This February, we want to take the opportunity to share a little love for some of our civic partners and their outstanding support. The Junior League of Raleigh, Creekside Cares, and the Elks Lodge of Raleigh all contribute in different ways to the Food Shuttle’s work of serving our neighbors facing hunger, but each makes a world of difference in the lives that they impact with their gifts of time, talent, and treasure.
Gardens For Everyone takes the Food Shuttle’s well-established community gardening program on the road by building 8’ x 4’ x 20” raised garden boxes at individuals’ homes or for community organizations. This is a pay-what-you-can effort, asking for a minimum $25 from individuals and the full cost of $200 per bed from organizations.
The Community Health Education Department at Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is launching a new program called Diabetes Education for Seniors. The goal of this program is to help older adults manage their diabetes through access to diabetes education and an increase in healthy food needed to support the condition including whole grains, high fiber foods, and produce.
A planned gift demonstrates your commitment to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s mission to feed, teach, grow, and cultivate innovative approaches to end hunger. By including the Food Shuttle in your estate plan, you ensure the work continues. As this new year begins, we are introducing our newly renamed legacy program, “Seeds of Hope.”
2023 is well underway, and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle challenges you to make this the year you make a difference by committing to a hunger free community. Become a Cultivator sustaining monthly donor to the Food Shuttle.
This holiday season, you can double your impact when you make a gift to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Thanks to generous funding from 4 Others Foundation and Oak Foundation, the Food Shuttle is offering a Holiday Match Opportunity during our You Are the Heart of Our Community campaign. Now through December 31, all gifts will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $100.000.
