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.
Last July, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Gardens For Everyone program built Natalya a raised-bed garden box and helped her kickstart her gardening adventure. The Gardens For Everyone program helps local individuals and families access fresh and affordable produce right outside their own homes and experience the joy of growing their own food.
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
The fact is that one in seven North Carolinians face hunger on a daily basis and—for them—the holidays may provide little joy. For these neighbors, relief comes through a community of generous supporters who fund Inter-Faith Food Shuttle initiatives to end hunger. Now through December 31, through the You are the Heart of Our Community campaign, the impact of that support will be doubled thanks to a $100,000 Holiday Match Challenge funded by 4 Others Foundation and Oak Foundation.
Valerie Hocutt wears a lot of hats as property manager at Creekridge Apartments and Middlesex Manor in Middlesex, NC. When the pandemic hit, Valerie saw her community take on additional struggles, including job loss, health scares, and food shortages. That’s why it was such a blessing when Jill McKeel and Midpoint Church, through partnership with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, stepped forward with monthly distributions of food boxes for the families under Valerie’s watch.
Many hands make light work in the garden at Brown’s Early Learning School. And though a good number of those hands are small, the harvest the garden brings forth is rich and bountiful and filled with good things that big and little people like to eat. The Durham preschool is home to ten garden beds provided by Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Gardens For Everyone program.
For Vanessa Jenkins, the Gardens For Everyone program has made a significant impact on her life. The program "brought about a great amount of happiness knowing I was doing it for myself," said Jenkins.
With the growing season just around the corner, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Gardens for Everyone program is in full bloom. Folks can’t wait to get their hands in the dirt, and at a sunny garden box building day, volunteers are ensuring that healthy, fresh food is accessible to all
