Thanks to generous funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s longest-running hunger relief program is expanding into Tier 1 counties, to better serve our rural neighbors.
The Food Shuttle Responds to Unique Challenges of Senior Nutrition
Grocery Bags for Seniors Provide Nutrition and Sense of Community
Peggy and Faye are two community members who receive grocery bags from Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Grocery Bags for Seniors program. Through this program, volunteers come together to pack over 2,000 grocery bags a month with fresh produce and non-perishable groceries and deliver them to local seniors who many be at risk of hunger.
Job Loss, Health Scares, and Food Shortages - Working Together to Provide More Meals for Neighbors in Rural Counties
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.
Aetna Medicare's Support Enhances Key Nutrition Programs
FAERS Offers Healthy Outlook to Seniors with Type 2 Diabetes
Access to healthy food and nutrition education is often hard to come by for those in their golden years living in remote areas, but Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is stepping up to change all that. This month marked the well-received beginning of FAERS--the Food Access and Education for Rural Seniors—Program, facilitated by the Food Shuttle’s Senior Nutrition Programs, in Chatham and Johnston counties. In order to reduce perpetual disparities caused by systemic racism, the program focuses support to African-American and Hispanic seniors over the age of 60 living with Type 2 Diabetes and translates all materials for Spanish-speaking participants. Currently, FAERS supports dozens of participants and is working to recruit even more.
Food Shuttle & Aetna Spread the Word About Immune Boosting Foods
The fact is that eating certain foods can actually boost your immune system—providing vitamins and minerals that support immune functions and protecting the body from sickness. To help spread the word about this valuable piece of nutrition information, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Aetna Medicare Advantage have teamed up to include special cards in Grocery Bags for Seniors distributions in January 2021.
