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The Food Drive Kids install Little Food Pantries

January 20, 2020 by macwinslow

little food pantries

Thanks to the work of our Founder William Winslow during his Eagle Scout project, the Food Drive Kids have installed their first 2 Little Food Pantries. These first 2 pantries will provide food and toiletries to people in need. We realized that there is still a gap when kids can’t get food, and that is during long breaks from school. We also are seeing a need for things like basic toiletries that arent given through schools or covered by SNAP benefits. Because of this gap, The Food Drive Kids are now adding Little Food Pantries to their work. People have the opportunity to come and take food from these pantries at any time. The hope is that the neighborhoods surrounding these pantries will contribute to them as well to create sustainable Little Food Pantries. Our first 2 pantries can be found at:

  • Western Boulevard Presbyterian Church; 4900 Kaplan Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Avent Ferry United Methodist Church; 2700 Avent Ferry Rd., Raleigh, NC 27606

More pantries have since been installed, they are located at:

  • The Well Fed Community Garden; 1321 Athens Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Pullen Memorial Baptist Church; 1801 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27605
  • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; 2723 Clark Ave., Raleigh, NC 27607
  • Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church; 7506 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615
  • Capitol City Lumber Company; 4224 Berly Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606

“We realized that there is still a gap when kids can’t get food, and that is during long breaks from school.”

William Winslow, Founder, The Food Drive Kids

You can also see more Little Food Pantries across the country by visiting http://www.littlefreepantry.org/

Want to know what to buy and put in the pantries download a list here.

For more information on our Little Free Pantries please Contact Us.

Filed Under: Emergency, Uncategorized

Comments

  1. Beatrice says

    March 26, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    Took some can / dry goods to Avent Ferry. Will give the other dry goods I had planned for FEED THE PACK since college is closed.

  2. Adrian Standish says

    August 3, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    We have a neighborhood Corner Pantry at the corner of Glascock and Watauga Streets, if anyone downtown would like to contribute or is in need.

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    January 28, 2022 at 2:46 pm

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