Food Bank
Capital City Civitan is committed to making a difference in the lives of those closest to us - the people in need within our own community in Raleigh and across North Carolina. One topic that is of special concern to us is food insecurity.
For several years now, we have volunteered as a group on 2 - 3 Saturday mornings working at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. The task is always to sort donated food, and we have sorted almost everything - from canned goods to cabbage to eggs to peanuts to potatoes! We also support the work of the food bank with monetary donations.
Some of the links and information below are shared from the organization's website.
For several years now, we have volunteered as a group on 2 - 3 Saturday mornings working at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. The task is always to sort donated food, and we have sorted almost everything - from canned goods to cabbage to eggs to peanuts to potatoes! We also support the work of the food bank with monetary donations.
Some of the links and information below are shared from the organization's website.
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina was founded in 1980 as the Community Food Bank, the first food bank in the state. The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina provided start-up funds prompted by its concern about an increasing problem of homelessness and hunger in Raleigh and its surrounding communities. Since its founding, the Food Bank has expanded services in an attempt to keep pace with a growing demand for emergency food, distributing more than 236 million pounds of food in the process.
In 1984, the Food Bank gained affiliation with Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest). The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina distributed 18.8 million pounds of food in fiscal year 1999-2000. Last fiscal year, the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina distributed 41.5 million pounds of food. Today, the Food Bank provides more than 150,000 pounds of food every day to 800 nonprofit, community-based, emergency feeding programs (soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, and elderly nutrition programs), serving more than 500,000 individuals at risk of hunger in 34 central and eastern North Carolina counties.
