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Fight Childhood Hunger with our 2021 Drive-through Food Drive and T-Shirt!

April 9, 2021 by macwinslow

The Food Drive Kids will continue their fight against childhood hunger in 2021 with their first-ever drive-through food drive. Since Covid-19 is still making it hard for us to get back to our normal food drive we are doing things a bit differently again this year.

WHAT: Drive-Through Food Drive, where you can bring your donations of food to help our fight against childhood hunger. Click here for a list of things to purchase. We will be collecting food for Backpack Buddies as well as food and toiletries for our network of Little Free Pantries. We will also be giving T-Shirts away to those that make monetary donations of $25 or more!

WHEN: Saturday, April 17 from 10-4 and Sunday, April 18 from 12-4

WHERE: Western Boulevard Presbyterian Church Parking Lot, 4900 Kaplan Drive Raleigh, NC 27606

HOW: Come by during the hours above to drop off your food and/or monetary donations (you can even get a t-shirt while you are there), or fill out the form below to donate online and we will mail you your t-shirt!

Please fill out the form below to make a donation to fight childhood hunger and get your 2021 limited edition Food Drive Kids t-shirt!

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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.

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What We Do – Education

January 6, 2018 by macwinslow

Educating the community about the prevalence of childhood hunger and the consequesnces of it on kids in their own schools and communities is crucial. We are dedicated to speaking to anyone that will listen about this issue and giving them opportunities to learn about it and to make a difference. Every event we have serves as an opportunity to educate people about this issue and how anyone can make a difference. If you would like to have The Food Drive Kids speak to your group contact us.

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What We Do – Sustainable Relief

January 6, 2018 by macwinslow

We work to promote the implementation of sustainable hunger relief like community gardens. This gives those at risk of hunger the ability to provide healthy fruits and vegetables for their families. Check out Whats Going On to fina a chance to vounteer.

hydroponics at Bugg Elementary

Growing with Hydroponics at Bugg Elementary

The Food Drive Kids have been experimenting at home with using hydroponics to grow fresh produce. Last fall, our founder, ...
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Paving the Way at Eastway

Paving the Way at Eastway

On March 24, 2018. The Food Drive Kids sponsored the construction a a garden at Eastway Elementary in Durham, NC ...
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Fuller Elementary Garden Build

Fuller Elementary Garden Build

In August of 2017, the Food Drive Kids provided the materials and volunteers and worked with The Interfaith Food Shuttle ...
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Growing Together

Growing Together

In order to begin working towards ways to help provide sustainable hunger relief. The Food Drive Kids partnered with The ...
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What We Do – Emergency Hunger Relief

January 6, 2018 by macwinslow

Emergency Hunger Relief is especially important, especially to kids from food insecure homes. This allows kids to receive cruical food to help feed them on a day to day basis. These programs are driven by volunteer support and donations from things like food drives. Programs that help provide Emergency hunger relief are things such as Backpack Buddies that sends home backpacks full of food to feed kids on the weekend when they aren’t at school.

Check out Whats Going On to find a chance to vounteer for one of the Food Drive Kids’ food drives.

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Bigger is Better

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