The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina works through a network of 870 partner agencies in 34 counties where there are more than 450,000 people at risk of hunger. In 2006-07 the Food Bank distributed over 32.6 million pounds of food from warehouses in Durham, Greenville, Raleigh (main office), Sandhills and Wilmington. The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina serves over 75,000 people at risk of hunger in Wake County. RALEIGH, NC • www.foodbankcenc.org
Urban Ministries of Durham's Community Kitchen is in its 30th year of serving
nutritious meals to Durham's hungry people. In FY 2007-2008, we served
over 180,000 meals to over 4,500 different individuals. Meals are
served at no charge three times daily, seven days a week, 365 days per
year to anyone in need of a warm nutritious meal. The Community
Kitchen relies on the assistance of thousands of individual volunteers
and volunteer groups. Because of food donations and volunteer support,
each meal costs approximately $1.00 to prepare and serve.
DURHAM, NC • www.umdurham.org
The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service
is in its 45th year, the Inter-Faith Council provided 87,500 prepared
meals last year; provided 11,507 bags of food to 4,374 households; and
provided 763 people a place to sleep through its Community House,
HomeStart, and Community Services programs. CARRBORO, NC • www.ifcweb.org