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, we volunteered as a group 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, we volunteered as a group 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).
Last year, the Food Bank provided enough food for more than 103 million meals. The Food Bank assisted 800 nonprofit, community-based, emergency feeding programs (soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, and elderly nutrition programs) and served more than 500,000 individuals at risk of hunger in 34 central and eastern North Carolina counties.
