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 so grateful for Publix’s rich history of partnership with the Food Shuttle and excited about their willingness to support us in this new venture. Through their generosity, they are not only providing emergency food to neighbors in need, but also funding long-term, sustainable solutions to food insecurity.
Since 2016, the good folks at Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) have been working a good deal of “Christmas magic” with their PBV Angel Tree, part of their PBV Connects corporate community service program. Partnering with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, the Angel Tree connects Pepsi staff to local school children, families, and seniors during the holiday season to distribute gifts and essentials to make Christmas a little brighter.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina was one of the first major donors to step up and provide funding to kickstart emergency response efforts to stave off hunger for those impacted by the pandemic. Their nimble response to support the Food Shuttle is just one of the many initiatives that distinguish Blue Cross NC as a strategic partner in the Food Shuttle’s mission to end hunger.
