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About the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC

Established in 1980, the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina a nonprofit organization that has provided food for people at risk of hunger in 34 counties in central and eastern North Carolina for over 30 years. The Food Bank serves a network of more than 800 partner agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and programs for children and adults through warehouses in Durham, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, the Sandhills (Southern Pines) and Wilmington. In fiscal year 2010-11, the Food Bank distributed more than 42.7 million pounds of food and non-food essentials through these agencies.

Sadly, hunger remains a serious problem in central and eastern North Carolina. In these counties, more than 500,000 struggle each day to provide enough food for their families. Nearly 29 percent of the people served by the Food Bank’s network are children, and another 8 percent are elderly. Thirty percent of the families served  are the “working poor” people who work hard and still have to choose between eating and other basic necessities such as medicine and housing.

The Food Bank operates 6 branch warehouses: a primary facility in Raleigh and branch warehouses in Durham, Greenville, New Bern (in the Greenville Service Territory), Wilmington and Southern Pines. Click here for locations, hours and contact phone numbers.

Additional Resources:

  • Read more about our financials & view other helpful informational materials.
  • See the story of the Food Bank by watching the Real People, Real Hunger Documentary Video.
  • Learn more about poverty in central and eastern NC from the 2010 Hunger Study Report.

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