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.
We are thrilled to have support from Duke Health through the Building Healthy Communities Grant. Their support has proven essential to building and maintaining community workshops tailored specifically to the needs of individual communities and programs like the Food Shuttle Academy, an online learning platform with courses about health, nutrition and agriculture.
September 1 marks the first day of Hunger Action Month, Feeding America’s annual hunger awareness campaign to engage us all in the movement to end hunger. Every year, food banks across the country, other organizations focused on human services, and civic-minded groups and individuals come together, stepping up, lending a hand, and lifting voices to help ease hunger and raise awareness with the simple message that hunger is not acceptable in a nation as affluent as ours.
At Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, we're thrilled to share the latest milestone in our partnership with the City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources (Raleigh Parks). Building on the success of our collaboration at Barwell Road Park, we are excited to announce the next phase of the Raleigh Parks Community Gardens Program with the inaugural community garden build at Eastgate Park.
Our senior neighbors facing food insecurity are receiving essential nutrition, thanks to the generous support from Searstone / Lutheran Services Carolinas. This funding arrives at a pivotal moment as our Grocery Bags for Seniors (GBS) program contends with unprecedented food inflation and a rapidly expanding population.
CAP is a transformative program that equips individuals who are unemployed or underemployed with valuable culinary skills and work experience. Over 12 weeks, students participate in 25-30 hours of hands-on training each week in a real commercial kitchen. We are excited to celebrate our most recent graduates!
At Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, our mission is clear: to feed, teach, and grow. We are dedicated to nourishing our community and fostering a future where hunger is no longer a barrier. Through a network of mobile markets and food pantries across central North Carolina, we provide essential food resources and support available to everyone.
At Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, we believe in more than just feeding our neighbors. We strive to teach self-sufficiency, grow healthy foods, and cultivate innovative approaches to end hunger in our communities. None of this would be possible without the dedication and passion of our incredible volunteers. Today, we want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every volunteer who has lent a helping hand, a smile, and valuable time to our mission.
