As the colder temperatures and the shorter days move in, the Food Shuttle Farm is settling in for the winter. But do not let the quiet of winter deceive you. Despite the dormancy of the fields, the Food Shuttle Farm team is busy at work preparing to make the most of next season’s crop.
Food Shuttle Launches Program to Address Senior Hunger
Food Shuttle GivingTuesday Donations Exceed Expectations
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle wishes to express a heartfelt thanks to all its generous donors for an incredible outpouring of support on GivingTuesday, December 1, 2020. Online alone, the organization realized a truly inspiring total of over $46,000 in single day giving. That total is a 130 % over GivingTuesday donations from last year.
“Cooking Matters Para Familias” at Camden Street Learning Garden
Families recently gathered safely to prepare healthy recipes in the open air at Camden Street Learning Garden. Community Health Education offers Cooking Matters classes to teach members of our community strategies for preparing nutritious meals on a budget. The class was delivered in Spanish to welcome families from the Latinx community into the space.
Food Shuttle Launches "You are the Heart of Our Community" Campaign
Doron Gordon Explores Exciting Future with the Food Shuttle
Doron Gordon is a problem solver. An admitted “tech geek” by nature and having enjoyed a long career in computer technology, Doron says that he used to focus on what that technology could do for business. These days, he’s using technology to solve problems for the world, but his solutions to the issues facing society are not all high tech. Sometimes, they involve efforts of a more basic nature—like pulling weeds and shoveling mulch. Doron Gordon is the founder of the Gordon Family Foundation, a generous funder of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and a frequent supporter and volunteer at Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s 14-acre Farm in Raleigh.
Highlighting Blue Cross NC as Key 2020 Community Partner
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina was one of the first major donors to step up and provide funding to kickstart emergency response efforts to stave off hunger for those impacted by the pandemic. Their nimble response to support the Food Shuttle is just one of the many initiatives that distinguish Blue Cross NC as a strategic partner in the Food Shuttle’s mission to end hunger.
Special Announcement: Holiday Matching Gift Opportunity!
Green Tradition Carries Forth at Victory Garden
Citizens were encouraged to plant Victory Gardens to provide their own fruits and vegetables. The Durham Bulls are carrying on the tradition today in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, by growing fresh local food for our community at the Victory Garden at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Food Lion Feeds Great Pantry Restock Fills Shelves
The shelves are full at Western Wake Crisis Ministry Food Pantry in Apex, NC these days. That’s thanks to a grant from the sixth annual Food Lion Feeds Great Pantry Makeover pantry restock. Food Lion recognizes the importance of keeping the shelves of feeding agencies across their ten-state footprint and has committed to provide them with nutritious food that will help nourish neighbors in need.