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.
This was the 28th year the Temple Beth Or Food Drive has taken place. Once the truck was returned to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle warehouse the day after the drive, and the food was weighed, the total came to an impressive 4,816 pounds of non-perishable food items to be distributed through Food Shuttle programs.
An enthusiastic, sold-out crowd of friends and followers of local chef and restauranteur Ashley Christensen gathered at Poole’s Diner on Sunday evening for an occasion of fine food, good company, and social change. By evening’s end, the dinner prepared by award-winning chefs and auction of culinary experiences raised over $130,000 to fight childhood hunger.
As the Durham Bulls faced off against the Gwinnett Stripers on August 31, Chiesi, a Cary-based specialty pharmaceutical company, sealed its presenting strikeout partnership with the minor league baseball team. In an on-field recognition, Chiesi and the Bulls presented a donation check of $5,000 to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.
