The Food Mover: Monthly Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE

> Jill's Message
> Newest data reveals 271,970 food insecure in IFFS’ 7 counties
> WakeMed Farmers' Market brings healthy food into Food Desert
> Meet IFFS' Executive Director Dave Koch
> New Camden Street classroom dedicated to Jamie Kirk Hahn
> 9,000 pounds of food, $10,000 collected for BackPack Buddies by “The Food Drive Kid”
> Learning to Shop "Healthy on a Budget"
> 2014 Growing Report
> Volunteer Spotlight: Pat Clark
> IFFS in the News
> Recipe of the Month

WHAT'S "GROWING" AT THE FOOD SHUTTLE

• Triangle Breakfast Club’s 6th Annual Cornhole Classic & Raffle is set for Saturday, June 13. REGISTER NOW

• Our Tryon Road Farm Stand will officially open Saturday, May 9th, and will be open most Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays this summer. MORE INFO

• Have you seen our video? Watch it here

• Become a monthly Ground Level Giver and help sustain our programs year-round!

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

•Thank you to all the law firms who supported IFFS during this year's Legal Feeding Frenzy - including two-time Attorney General's Cup winner Mason Law Office!

•Thank you BB&T for spending multiple days painting our warehouse, building up Camden Street Learning Garden, and donating supplies to both projects!

•Thanks to Liberty Mutual for volunteering with us at Camden Street Learning Garden!

• Shop AmazonSmile year-round to support IFFS

• Check out Walling & Spencer: Food with Purpose! For every subscription box purchased, they're donating prairie-raised ground beef to IFFS!

KEEP IN TOUCH

Share your stories and photos from volunteering, holding a food drive, or working towards a #HungerFreeNC! It’s a movement built piece by piece, forming a community and a coalition of hunger-fighters!

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OUR MISSION

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.

CONTACT US

1001 Blair Drive,
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-250-0043
www.FoodShuttle.org

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A message from Jill Staton Bullard

Hanging in my office are several pictures that inspire me. But the ones that move me the most are photographs of the early volunteers who helped build this incredible organization...Cowboy, Ann Bumgardner, Maxine Solomon, Emilie Sigel, Karen Ridout, Paul Pope, Warren Shaw, and Clarence Williams, to name just a few. What truly defined them was their belief that hunger was unacceptable and, most importantly, their belief that they could make a difference. They really did what seemed impossible!

We still have passionate volunteers, doing the “impossible!" Look at William Winslow, whom the Huffington Post calls “this incredible kid.” For three years, William has raised food (14,000 pounds) and money ($21,000) to fight childhood hunger. His enthusiasm and passion enlisted people young and old to join in these food collections. He truly is "The Food Drive Kid!" William started these drives when he was eight, can you imagine what he has yet to do?

Then I see the “Army of Jamie’s” that the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation enlists weekend after weekend to improve our community. This “Army” epitomizes what Jamie stood for: creating a community where people care about each other all of the time. We are blessed to have them help us.

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle volunteers have a unified passion and focus on building a community without hunger. They are a force for good that is truly changing our world here in North Carolina.

-Jill

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Newest data reveals 271,970 residents are food insecure in IFFS’ 7 counties

That’s 15.7% of total residents & 21.2% of children in the IFFS 7-county service area.

If you’re into maps, infographics, statistics, or hunger in your community, Feeding America's interactive Map the Meal Gap tool is worth the click.

WakeMed Farmers' Market bringing fresh, healthy food into Raleigh Food Desert

IFFS is collaborating on the WakeMed Farmers’ Market (located in the Southeast Raleigh food desert) to increase access to healthy food.

The market is open to the public, and will run most Tuesdays this summer. MORE INFO

Meet Dave Koch:
Q&A with IFFS’ Executive Director

Dave Koch officially joined the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle family in January as IFFS’ first Executive Director. He took the time to chat about his experience so far and introduce himself to the Food Shuttle’s online supporters.

Q: Your background prior to IFFS includes working with seniors, mental health patients, and refugees. How has this experience fit into IFFS? READ MORE

New Camden Street Learning Garden classroom dedicated to Jamie Kirk Hahn

“Inter-Faith Food Shuttle dedicates this place of learning in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn for her devotion to justice, dedication to service, and determination to lift up the least, the last, and the lost. May all who walk through this door carry forward her mission and her light in the world.”

9,000 pounds of food, $10,000 collected for BackPack Buddies by “The Food Drive Kid”

9-year-old William and over 150 volunteers teamed up for unprecedented success in his 3rd annual Weekend for BackPack Buddies.

“If no one did this, there would be a world full of hungry kids,” he said.

Learning to Shop "Healthy on a Budget"

During his first week our new Major Gifts Officer, Ryan Clark, joined a grocery store tour led by our Nutrition Educators, and blogged about the experience.

"We learned how to scan product labels for healthy ingredients, how to compare unit costs, and how to meet our nutrition needs on a $10 budget," he writes.

Our 2014 Growing Report
is here!

Our easy-to-read 2014 Growing Report infographic illustrates the true difference that our volunteers, donors, staff, and partners make in the fight against hunger.

See the report in full here.

Volunteer Spotlight: Pat Clark

After helping pack and deliver Grocery Bags for Seniors on several occasions, Pat has become an asset to the IFFS admin office.