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.
On Friday, April 17, eight of the barbecue cooks from the Whole Hog Barbecue Series spread out in the parking lot of the Vernon Malone Center—home to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle—to set up their pits and cook up 150 pork barbecue shoulders donated by the North Carolina Pork Council and the National Pork Board.
In the interest of helping to care for our resident bees at the Food Shuttle’s Urban Learning Gardens, this past winter I and fellow Food Shuttle garden coordinator, Fern Hickey, took part in a beekeeping class with the Durham County Beekeeper’s Association.
As an essential service agency, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle will continue operation under Wake County Board of Commissioners Chair Greg Ford’s recent order for Wake County residents to “stay at home”. The Food Shuttle will continue its emergency response programs to feed families, children and seniors affected by COVID-19.
As information regarding COVID-19 unfolds, in efforts to adhere to CDC guidelines and protect the health of volunteers and staff, the Board of Directors of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle made the decision to suspend most volunteer activities until further notice. Following is the message from Board Chair Bob Alger sent on Saturday, March 21, 2020:
First Horizon Bank has made a generous and timely donation of $25,000 from their Foundation to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. This grant will enable the Food Shuttle to continue developing alternative ways to feed families, children and seniors in light of the current situation unfolding due to COVID-19.
In the last few days, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has created a more structured plan to serve partners in our seven-county service area. In partnership with multiple community partners, government agencies, and faith-based organizations, the phrase “it takes a village” truly came to life. Following is the status of our current operations, county by county.
