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.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle held the Chatham County COVID-19 Mobile Market on June 4th at St. Julia Catholic Church in Siler City. Word of the event spread through flyers, social media, email and word of mouth throughout the month prior. The goal was to provide food to 1,500 households during the five hours of the drive-thru Market, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Every other Saturday for the past couple of months, Gethsemane Seventh Day Adventist Church holds “Free Meal Give-a-Ways”. The church sends out emails, posts signs, and shares the news by word of mouth that community members can pick up free food for their families at the drive-thru event. The food comes to the church from Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and the Hindu Society of North Carolina, a collaboration organized by Vielka Gabriel from Wake County Human Services
Launched the end of March, the Food Shuttle Summer Hunger Challenge provided initially by the Mead Family Foundation, offered a $35,000 matching challenge opportunity for donors. With unemployment rates soaring higher and the effects of COVID-19 continuing, it was clear the impact would continue well into the summer months. At the end of April, Chiesi USA extended the matching challenge up to $100,000 to inspire the community to give big during this critical time. It was then announced mid-May that an additional $25,000 was added to the matching challenge pool for a total match of $125,000.
On Monday, April 27, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle moved its emergency food packing operation into space provided by long-time ally Marbles Kids Museum. Marbles is currently closed as part of NC’s stay-at-home order. Using its large space to support the work of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is one-way the Museum continues to serve the community.
