The Food Shuttle Operates 30 school Choice pantries in 5 counties, serving students and families in need.

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Impact

In 2023 - 2024, our School Choice Pantries provided 224,509 pounds of food for 28,614 individuals.

School Choice Pantries provide a welcoming and convenient space for students and their families who may be experiencing food insecurity to access nutritious food. Students can help run pantries, which can help to remove the stigma of needing food and learning the valuable lesson of helping others in need, all while gaining service-learning credit hours. Staff are also welcomed to use the pantry.

A student can grab a snack or a quick meal during the school day. Additionally, families can come in and choose from a balanced selection of shelf-stable foods, fresh produce, and even meats. These pantries are intended to serve students and their families at a safe and easy-to-access point in their communities.

Our Community Partners

School Pantry Success Stories
School Pantry at Broughton Feeds Students in Need
School Pantry at Broughton Feeds Students in Need

Luckily, Broughton High School is one of 28 schools in Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s network that has a School Pantry that provides non-perishable food, produce, meats, and toiletry items for students and their families.

Brogden Middle School Receives a Pantry Makeover
Brogden Middle School Receives a Pantry Makeover

Food Lion managers from across Durham and their community relations team from Salisbury, NC joined forces on Tuesday, November 13th to transform Brogden Middle School’s School Pantry, which is supported by the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and PORCH-Durham.

New Child Food Hub to help make sure kids won’t go hungry
New Child Food Hub to help make sure kids won’t go hungry

DURHAM - Hundreds more children will have healthy food to eat with the opening of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Child Food Hub in Durham. The 7,000-square-foot warehouse on South Miami Boulevard near Research Triangle Park will serve as the hub for child-hunger programs, including BackPack Buddies and PORCH-Durham, as well as food pantries at schools in seven Triangle-area counties.

Release: Food Shuttle To Open New Child Food Hub
Release: Food Shuttle To Open New Child Food Hub

The Food Shuttle is opening its new Child Food Hub, a 7,000 sq. ft. facility that will lead the way in fighting childhood hunger in the Greater Triangle.

Smithfield Foods Takes Action Against Child Hunger
Smithfield Foods Takes Action Against Child Hunger

Smithfield Foods partners with us to alleviate Child Hunger by donating $16,000 to support School Pantries.

Serving the Community at Smithfield-Selma
Serving the Community at Smithfield-Selma

The Food Shuttle has officially opened its 25th school pantry!  The newest pantry will serve students and the community in and around Smithfield-Selma High School and could not have happened without the generous support of Sysco Raleigh.

Pantries In Wake County Schools Fight Food Insecurity
Pantries In Wake County Schools Fight Food Insecurity

WUNC- Wake County Commission Chair Jessica Holmes understands kids who grow up not always knowing where they’ll find their next meal.

More Wake County high schools add food pantries to fight hunger in hallways
More Wake County high schools add food pantries to fight hunger in hallways

WRAL - There are now 10 food pantry programs in Wake County, including at Broughton where the principal said a third of the school is on free and reduced lunch.

Broughton Receives New School Pantry
Broughton Receives New School Pantry

For the second year in a row, Wake County Commissioners are partnering with the Food Shuttle to expand School Pantry access for at-risk teens. The newest pantry is at Broughton High School.