Stories

Written by Sarah Fligel

During a normal time, FeedNC serves 700 families in the Iredell County region and receives about 10 new food pantry applications a week. Then came COVID-19. Now, the organization has added close to 50 families in just two weeks and has received 10 to 15 calls a day about its pantry, says Executive Director Lara Ingram. 

Looking for creative ways to engage your people (employees, customers, clients, students, members, fans, viewers, residents, followers, etc) during this unprecedented time apart? We have one for you - and it includes a bonus dose of good.

Meals are often the choice between favorite recipes not how or if we can get the groceries to eat, but during this COVID-19 pandemic, grocery shopping, meal planning, and online pre-ordering is taking more forethought and planning. However, for 182,000 children and 45,000 seniors living in poverty in Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina’s service region, food always takes more forethought as they rely on food banks to eat and now more so than ever.

Contributed by Amy Andrews

Friendship Trays has been delivering nutritious meals to elderly and infirm individuals in the Charlotte area for more than 40 years. Friendship Trays clients face isolation and concern over access to food each and every day. The irony of today’s situation is that so many of us are suddenly facing those very fears, perhaps for the first time ever.

We have adapted our digital newsletter, Sunday SHARE, to feature ten different local nonprofits and their most urgent needs each week. We will be adding to this growing list as ten more ways to help are published every Sunday.  

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In just a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, shutting down any place where large groups of people would normally gather - including restaurants, concerts, performing arts, and fundraising events. For our local nonprofits, COVID-19 has forced dramatic change in order to continue serving the local community. 

In a time of crisis, we are often reminded that as long as our basic human needs are being met, in the end, we will be OK.

But here is the issue - food, water, shelter and clothing are not always guarenteed. With the current crisis our world is facing, the resources that many of our most vulnerable neighbors rely on for access to food have been disrupted and compromised, making hunger a more urgent need than ever in our community.