Raleigh Fall Festival Partners with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 13, 2011

IFFS will benefit from 27 year old race

Raleigh, N.C. – NC Races is pleased to announce a partnership with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle as the beneficiary charity for the Inaugural Raleigh Fall Festival 5K and 10K, formerly the Old Reliable Run.

“We are pleased to partner with the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle this year. They have and continue to increase access to healthy, fresh produce for low income community members for more than 22 years,” said Butch Robertson, owner of BTR Management. “Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a great organization and a respected first responder in the Triangle. This year, they have fed victims of both the April Tornadoes and Hurricane Irene. We are thrilled to help them continue to do the great work that they do to feed the Triangle.”

RACE INFORMATION

SAME GREAT COURSES • SAME GREAT EVENT • SAME MANAGEMENT TEAM Butch Robertson also commented about the race, “This event has a new name, but is the same great event that was formerly The Old Reliable Run. We have the same people in place again this year whom directed and managed The Old Reliable Run consecutively for 27 years.”

What: Raleigh Fall Festival 5K & 10K Race Where: Nash Square, Downtown Raleigh When: Sunday, November 13, 2011 1:00 PM 10K 2:30 PM 5K 100 Yard Kids Dash (10 year old and younger) For more details, go to Raleigh Fall Festival at ncraces.com.

ABOUT INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is North Carolina’s Share Our Strength partner agency teaching Cooking Matters classes. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a non-traditional Food Bank of Feeding America and a United Way Agency of Excellence. Visit www.foodshuttle.org to learn about our solutions to end hunger in our community. For more information regarding IFFS' Disaster Relief efforts please visit http://www.foodshuttle.org/program/hurricane-Irene and http://www.foodshuttle.org/program/Tornado-Relief. Media contact for Inter-Faith Food Shuttle: Melissa Wajnert Hartzell (919) 250-0043 or email melissa@foodshuttle.org.

Media Contact Butch Robertson butch.robertson@earthlink.net 919-889-3438

 

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) Feeding Edgecombe and Nash County Residents Impacted by Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, September 7th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 02, 2011—RALEIGH, NC

Raleigh, N.C. - Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is distributing free, healthy and nutritious food through a mobile market to people impacted by Hurricane Irene in Edgecombe & Nash Counties. People impacted should come on Wednesday, September 7, at 3:00 PM to Heritage Park located at 122 /258 Highway North (towards Scotlandneck, NC) in Princeville, NC.

"Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is providing canned/dry goods and ready-to-consume produce," said Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Executive Director Jill Staton Bullard. "This is part of our response to the needs of those affected by Hurricane Irene in our seven-county service area. We are always ready and committed to respond to the food needs of people when there is a natural disaster."

Sister agency Red Cross will be passing out cleaning supplies to senior citizens. Sarah Lee, Harris Teeter, Eastern Carolina Organics and other donors are helping Inter-Faith Food Shuttle distribute healthy, nutritious food to people impacted by Hurricane Irene. On August 30th in Rocky Mount, NC, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle served 880 people from 265 households by distributing 1,500 deli sandwiches and 13,083 pounds of food to hurricane victims.

For more information regarding IFFS' Disaster Relief efforts please visit http://www.foodshuttle.org/program/hurricane-Irene and http://www.foodshuttle.org/program/Tornado-Relief.

To help Inter-Faith Food Shuttle's disaster relief efforts please donate online www.foodshuttle.org or call (919) 250-0043.

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Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. www.foodshuttle.org

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Helps Feed People Impacted by Hurricane Irene in Rocky Mount

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 29, 2011

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) Distributes Food to People Impacted by Hurricane Irene in Rocky Mount, NC, as IFFS Did During April Tornadoes

August 29, 2011, Raleigh, NC - Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is distributing food to people impacted by Hurricane Irene in Rocky Mount, NC. People impacted by Hurricane Irene should come on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at 3pm to First United Methodist Church located at 100 South Church Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Harris Teeter, Eastern Carolina Organics and other donors are helping Inter-Faith Food Shuttle distribute healthy, nutritious food to people impacted by Hurricane Irene. To help Inter-Faith Food Shuttle's disaster relief efforts please donate online www.foodshuttle.org or call (919) 250-0043.

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Media Contact: Melissa Wajnert Hartzell office (919) 250-0043 mobile (919) 414-2069

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. www.foodshuttle.org

Map the Meal Gap Child Food Insecurity 2011: Data at the Local Level for the First Time

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, NC – Aug. 25, 2011 – Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, today released a new study which reveals in the greater Triangle area, 23.2% of children under the age of 18 are struggling with hunger.

The study, “Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011”, also reveals that there are children struggling with hunger in every county in America. Nationally, while one in six Americans overall are food insecure, the rate for children is much higher: nearly one in four children are food insecure.

“The study is a groundbreaking tool for fighting hunger,” commented Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Co-Founder and Executive Director Jill Staton Bullard.  “It allows us a look at the very different face of food insecurity in each county and congressional district. This study shines a light on what Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has witnessed on the front lines for more than 22 years of hunger relief, the problem of hunger -where we live - is much bigger than most neighbors imagine.  This is the bad news.  The good news is we can end hunger in our community if we work together to create sustainable solutions.  The work has already started, IFFS planted the seeds to these solutions more than two decades ago and with your help we are beginning to create a hunger-free community.  How can we achieve this?  We need more understanding of the problem and resources, support and your help to end hunger in our community.  Together we can end hunger in our community!”

“Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity” provides the following data for Greater Triangle Area in an interactive map format:

• 15.8% of the Triangle population who is food insecure.

• 56% of children in Triangle that is eligible for assistance from federal nutrition programs like Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), free or reduced-price school meals, and others.

• 44% of children in the Triangle that is not eligible for assistance from federal nutrition programs like Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), free or reduced-price school meals, and others.

An executive summary of the report can be found at: feedingamerica.org/mapthegap/childsummary

The study is an important tool because it provides critical information for developing strategies to alleviate child hunger.

By providing additional details about the face of child food insecurity at the county level, “Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011” will enable Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, food banks, the community based agencies they serve and policy makers to redefine approaches in addressing needs of hungry children and their families and develop more effective policy solutions.

This research is supported by ConAgra Foods Foundation. The ConAgra Foods Foundation funded this research with the goal of advancing the collective understanding of child hunger in America, so that resources at the local and national level could be better leveraged to help children and families in need.

The research is based on “Map the Meal Gap 2011: Food Insecurity Estimates at the County Level”, supported by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nielsen.

TRIANGLE SOLUTIONS

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.  Since 1989, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) has served children, adults, families and the elderly through proactive programs; moving beyond emergency food provision to sustainable, local solutions to food hardships. From farm to fork, IFFS teaches, grows, prepares, cooks & delivers healthy, nutritious food to people experiencing food hardship.

There are two major factors leading to food hardship: income & access.  Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions to both empower and provide access.  Our approach emphasizes the importance of nutrition and eating well on the health of individuals and society as a whole.

Empowerment Solutions:

• Culinary job training and internship programs
• Young farmer training program
• Culinary-based nutrition education programs and workshops
• Catering With a Cause

Access Solutions:

• Food recovery & distribution
• Mobile farmers markets
• Grocery bags for seniors
• BackPack Buddies, summer lunches and Kids Cafes
• Community gardens and farms
• Local food stabilization
• Field gleaning & Plant a Row for the Hungry

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ABOUT INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has been increasing access to healthy, fresh produce for low-income community members for more than 22 years. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is North Carolina’s Share Our Strength partner agency teaching the Cooking Matters classes. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a non-traditional Food Bank of Feeding America and an United Way Agency of Excellence. Visit www.foodshuttle.org to learn about our solutions to end hunger in our community.

ABOUT FEEDING AMERICA

Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 37 million Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support 61,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit http://www.feedingamerica.org. Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/FeedingAmerica or follow our news on Twitter at twitter.com/FeedingAmerica.

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.

www.foodshuttle.org

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle's Hunger Free Summer Delivers 42,000 Meals to Triangle Children Facing Food Hardship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jul 26, 2011—

Raleigh, NC - Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is providing a Hunger Free Summer for thousands of children in the Triangle while school is out for the summer, including 150 children from the Stony Brook neighborhood whose families are still recovering from the April tornadoes.

“There are more than 110,000 children participating in the free and reduced lunch program in the Triangle during the public school year.  Unfortunately, it is a huge struggle for the majority of these families to feed their children during the summer,” said Kia Baker, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Director of Food Recovery & Distribution.  “Inter-Faith Food Shuttle goes directly to the neighborhoods where these children live, camp, and play during the summer and provides them with healthy, nutritious food.  At each of our eight sites, children receive hot lunches daily and bags filled with five breakfast meals and five snacks to take home.  By summer’s end, we will provide more than 42,000 meals over ten weeks.  The heartbreaking truth is that our food is critical to many families’ ability to feed their children.  Without our Hunger Free Summer program thousands of children may not eat in our community.”

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Hunger Fee Summer operates during the weeks that traditional school calendar is not in session (6/13/2011-8/19/2011).

Eight IFFS Hunger Free Summer Sites:

• Stony Brook Community (Wake County) – *Tornado Relief* - Serves up to 150 children daily.  Partnership: Centro Internacional de Raleigh
• Franklin Village (East Durham - Alston Ave. and Taylor St) - Serves 150 children daily. Partnerships: East Durham Children’s Initiative and City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services
• KaBoom Playground at Shepherd’s House UMC (East Durham - N. Driver and Main St) - Serves up to 100 children daily.  Partnerships: East Durham Children’s Initiative and City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services
• Five other enrolled, camp-based sites

The Hunger Free Summer program is supported in part by a grant from the ConAgra Foundation.

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions

designed toend hunger in our community.

www.foodshuttle.org.

Crop Walk Raleigh Announces the Annual Event's Date, Time, and Benefiting Organizations

INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE IS PARTNER AGENCY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jul 13, 2011—CROP WALK RELEASE

Triangle - The 2011 Raleigh CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday, October 30 at 3 p.m. The Walk will start and finish at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh. The CROP Hunger Walk is a community-based fundraiser that seeks to end hunger locally and across the globe by benefiting Church World Service and several local organizations, including Urban Ministries of Wake County, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Catholic Parish Outreach, North Raleigh Ministries, and Partners for Strong Communities. Individuals, companies, and more than 200 Raleigh area congregations demonstrate a community effort by participating in the CROP Hunger Walk each year. We hope that the 2011 Raleigh CROP Hunger Walk will be the best yet! For more information, please visit http://www.crophungerwalk.org/, call 888-CWS- CROP (888-297-2767), or become a fan on Facebook or follow @cropwalkraleigh on Twitter.

IFFS 20 Year Partnership with NC State Farmers Market Yields Over 50 Million Pounds of Fresh Produce for Local People Facing Food Hardship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jun 30, 2011—RALEIGH

Today, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle celebrates its 20 year partnership with the NC State Farmers Market by recovering fresh North Carolina produce, as the Food Shuttle has done six days a week since June 12th, 1991.

The impact of this two-decade partnership is immense -- 50 million pounds of fresh food donated by the farmers, retailers and wholesalers of the NC State Farmers Market delivered to agencies providing food to people in need.

As in most things, it started with one person who wanted to do something good. That person was Barbara Johnson, a farmer from McCullers, NC. Barbara donated one Wednesday afternoon in June 1991 and by the end of the following week, everyone on the Market was participating.

IFFS volunteers would pick up the daily unsellables from the wholesalers and the truckers in the morning and the farmers and retailers in the afternoon. For the first time area soup kitchens and shelters could serve their guests fresh fruits and vegetables -- the most nutritious foods that were impossible to get before Farmer Johnson’s donations.

Jill Staton Bullard, co-founder and one of those original volunteers at the State Farmers Market said, "The summer of 1991 was a critical turning point for us. We had to decide where to spend our energies and we decided to go with fresh foods. Between 1990 and 1991 IFFS experienced a 1,542% increase of food donations because of our partnership with the State Farmers' Market. We went from 12,500 pounds of food recovered from restaurants and grocery stores in 1990 to192,850 in 1991 because of the wonderful donors of fresh fruits and veggies at the NC State Farmers Market. "

"When Jill and I first met we hit it off right off the bat when I worked for the USDA as an egg inspector. She has always been concerned that healthy food reaches people who are hungry instead of being thrown out,” commented Market Manager Ronnie Best. "Because of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, our farmers are able to do so much more than recycle food. Unsold produce is collected by the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. The Food Shuttle redistributes it to people who are hungry. When food is not fit for human consumption, the Food Shuttle composts it for use on their teaching farm. That way food donations that are not used to feed folks are feeding the soil. This is a great partnership for us and we are happy to join with the Food Shuttle in marking this anniversary.”

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Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.

http://www.foodshuttle.org/

Help Tornado Families

WRAL-TV FOOD DRIVE @ FOOD SHUTTLE THIS FRIDAY; RISEUP RALEIGH RAISES FUND FOR IFFS ON JUNE 3RD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 18, 2011—RALEIGH, NC

Learn more

Help Families Impacted by the Tornadoes

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011

Capitol Broadcasting and WRAL-TV are partnering with The Inter-faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh for a daylong collection drive for Wake County families impacted by the tornado. The relief effort will be held at 1001 Blair Drive in Raleigh from 6AM to 7PM. Donations accepted include: dry goods, juice, canned meat, cereal, healthy snacks, and bottled water. http://www.wral.com/5onyourside/story/9613576/

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

“Rise Up Raleigh” will feature concerts from 11 terrific bands at the city amphitheater as well as street performers and vendors along the blocks leading to and from the facility at Lenoir and Cabarrus streets. The charities that will receive the proceeds from the concert are the Salvation Army of Wake County, Centro International de Raleigh, the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Help hands Mission. The United Way of the Greater Triangle is processing the donations and is not charging an administrative fee for doing so. Donations to the concert that will begin at 5 p.m. and rock to 11 p.m. will be accepted at the gate. The Mayor encouraged residents who may be unable to attend the event to send their donations to www.unitedwaytriangle.org/tornado or www.riseupraleigh.com.

HELP INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE

If You Would Like to Help

1.  Donate Money –Donate online www.foodshuttle.org or send a check to P.O. Box 14638, Raleigh NC 27620.
2.  Donate Food - Come to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, 1001 Blair Drive, in Raleigh, NC 27620. Food Items most needed:

• • Fresh Produce
• • Dry Goods- Rice, Beans, Flour, Sugar, Grits, Oatmeal
• • 100% Juice (large bottles or individual)
• • Canned Meats (Tuna, Chicken)
• • Cereal
• • Healthy Snacks
• • Water (jugs or bottles)

3. Donate Your Time – Volunteer! Please visit our website to sign up or call (919) 250-0043.

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Action

Video: Food In, Food Prepared & Food Out - Jill Staton Bullard, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s co-founder and executive director.

ABOUT INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE  The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has been increasing access to healthy, fresh produce for low-income community members for more than 22 years. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a non-traditional Food Bank of Feeding America and an United Way Agency of Excellence. www.foodshuttle.org

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Impact - Tornado Aftermath

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2011—RALEIGH, NC

INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE IMPACT IN AFTERMATH OF APRIL 16th TORNADOES

Raleigh, NC - Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) reports on impact of Emergency Relief to devastated neighborhoods a month after tornadoes hit the Triangle. In the first week after tornadoes hit our state, IFFS:

• • Distributed over 150,000 pounds of emergency food and water
• • Provided boxes filled with food to more than 1325 people in 350 families
• • Prepared and served 1,000 free, hot meals a day for four days
• • Served a full Easter Dinner, complete with Easter Baskets

IFFS distributed an average of ten tons of emergency food each day to people impacted by the tornadoes and served hot meals where the tornadoes hit hardest. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle worked with the City of Raleigh, Red Cross and NC Baptist Men to provide them with food and supplement their efforts in the Triangle. In addition to our immediate emergency efforts, IFFS held free mobile markets in the Stony Brook neighborhood and Four Oaks community. We also distributed directly to families more than 1000 food boxes. Despite the fact that Inter-Faith Food Shuttle did not have power itself days after the tornadoes, IFFS staff and volunteers meet the emergency needs and continued delivering our planned services and distribution.

“Our community came together to help address the emergency. Companies and organizations called wanting to donate food and volunteers just showed up at our doors and asked what they could do to help. Food Shuttle put them to work and distributed the food to people in need,” said Terri Hutter, COO Food Service & Job Training for Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.

The need continues and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is committed to continue to help families impacted by the tornadoes by increasing the food collected for and distributed to our 212 partner programs and agencies (soup kitchens, shelters, pantries, etc), conducting free mobile markets and delivering food boxes. We are working closely with our distribution partners in areas hardest hit to provide much needed food.

If You Need Help:

Please call the Inter-Faith food Shuttle at (919) 250-0043.

If You Would Like to Help

1.  Donate Money –Donate online www.foodshuttle.org or send a check to P.O. Box 14638, Raleigh NC 27620.
2.  Donate Food - Come to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, 1001 Blair Drive, in Raleigh, NC 27620. Food Items most needed:

• Fresh Produce
•  Dry Goods- Rice, Beans, Flour, Sugar, Grits, Oatmeal
•  100% Juice (large bottles or individual)
•  Canned Meats (Tuna, Chicken)
•  Cereal
•  Healthy Snacks
•  Water (jugs or bottles)

3. Donate Your Time – Volunteer! Please visit our website to sign up or call (919) 250-0043.

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Action

Video: Food In, Food Prepared & Food Out - Jill Staton Bullard, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s co-founder and executive director.

ABOUT INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has been increasing access to healthy, fresh produce for low-income community members for more than 22 years. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a non-traditional Food Bank of Feeding America and an United Way Agency of Excellence. www.foodshuttle.org

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Sets Up Free Market for People Hit by Tornado in Four Oaks, NC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Apr 22, 2011—FOUR OAKS, NC

This Saturday in Four Oaks, NC, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) is providing free food to people in need. IFFS is bringing one of its refridgerated trucks full of healthy, nutritious food to a neighborhood hit hard by last week's tornadoes. Anyone impacted by the storms may come and "shop" for food. All of the food is free. Free Easter baskets will also be given to families with children. The market will be set up in front of the Dollar General located at 507 E Wellons Street. The event starts at 3pm.

On April 21th IFFS served more than 700 hot meals and 800 hot meals on Friday (April 22) night. This weekend, IFFS will serve more than 1,000 hot meals on Saturday (April 23) and another 1,000 on Sunday (April 24).

VIDEO COVERAGE: In their own words. Family - Tornado Hits Our Family's 6th Birthday  Shelly - Tornado Hit her Home Vet - Tornado Hits Our Home when 82 Year Old Mom was Home

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Action Tornado Disaster Relief - Kia Baker Hot Meals - Terri Hutter Food In, Food Prepared & Food Out - Jill Staton Bullard

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP

1. Come receive free, hot meals, prepared by the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s culinary program, at these locations in the heart of where the tornadoes hit in downtown Raleigh:

Helping Hand Mission of Raleigh 623 Rock Quarry Road Raleigh, NC 27610

•  Thursday, April 21 after 4 PM,
•  Friday, April 22 after 4 PM,
•  Saturday, April 23 after 11 AM, and
•  Sunday, April 24 (EASTER) after 11 AM.

Boys & Girls Club (Meals available at the Girls Club Building) 701 N. Raleigh Boulevard Raleigh, NC 27610

• Thursday, April 21 4:30 PM – 6 PM,
• Friday, April 22 4:30 PM – 6 PM,
• Saturday, April 23 Noon – 1 PM, and
• Sunday, April 24 Noon – 1PM.

2. Come to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, 1001 Blair Drive, in Raleigh, NC to receive emergency supplies of food

3. Or call the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at (919) 250-0043 to find a partner agency distributing food.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP

1. Donate online www.foodshuttle.org
2. Come to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, 1001 Blair Drive, in Raleigh, NC to donate food or volunteer.

• Volunteer - No need to call, just come. We are accepting volunteers all week to help sort nonperishable food in the warehouse and staff our emergency food pick up table. Volunteers may come between 8am and 4pm and should wear closed-toed shoes and dress for the weather. The warehouse might be warm.
• Donate Food - Items most needed:
  • WATER and juice
  • pop top fruit cups and meats like tuna and chicken
  • Deli items such as sandwiches and salads
  • Snack items such as granola bars and snack crackers
  • Cereal

3. Donate Money/Gas Cards

IFFS is distributing an average of ten tons of emergency food each day to people impacted by the tornadoes and serving hot meals where the tornadoes hit hardest. In addition to running these emergency services, IFFS trucks are on the roads delivering healthy, nutritious food throughout the Triangle to 212 partner agencies and performing direct distribution programs through mobile markets, grocery bags, BackBack Buddies and community gardens programs. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is providing food to the Red Cross and NC Baptist Men and supplementing their distribution efforts. Smithfield Foods donated more than 5,000 pounds of pork to IFFS’s emergency hot meal service.

ABOUT INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has been increasing access to healthy, fresh produce for low-income community members for 21 years. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle pioneers innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has partnered with Share Our Strength to run Cooking Matters classes in the Triangle since 2008. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a non-traditional Food Bank of Feeding America and an United Way Agency of Excellence.

MEDIA CONTACT: Melissa Hartzell (919) 414-2069 or Jill Staton Bullard (919) 812-1885.