I volunteer at IFFS every month, usually sorting food or filling backpacks for their Backpack Buddy program. It is amazing how much food comes in and out of their facility every day! There is always something to do and I always get a great workout lifting cans instead of free weights.
The backpacks are given out at local schools on Fridays for students that receive free school lunches to take home and have meals over the weekend. They bring the empty backpacks back on Monday and the cycle starts over. The last time I was there my group of 7 assembled 200 bags in about 90 minutes.
After the recent tornadoes IFFS handed out food to anyone that came without any questions or forms - a true blessing while everyone was still talking to insurance companies, FEMA, etc.
They have other programs that I have not been involved in like a cooking program that prepares hot food while preparing the unemployed for new careers in the restaurant industry.
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Causes: Food, Food Programs, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, Job Training
Mission: We feed our neighbors, teach self-sufficiency, grow healthy foods, and cultivate innovative approaches to end hunger.
Results: This past year we rescued over 8 million pounds of food, 26% of which was fresh produce, and distributed it to those in need.
Target demographics: families, children, and seniors
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1,427,936 people impacted in our 7-county service area
Geographic areas served: 7 counties in North Carolina: Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Johnston, Nash, and Edgecombe.
Programs: Food Recovery and Distribution, Children's Hunger Relief Programs (BackPack Buddies, Summer Feeding, School Pantries), Mobile Markets, Grocery Bags for Seniors, Plant-A-Row for the Hungry, Culinary Job Training Program, Community Gardens, Agriculture Education, Food Shuttle Farm, Nutrition Education (Cooking Matters, Food Matters), and trainings and workshops on sustainable agriculture at our gardens.