{"id":37121,"date":"2023-12-08T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=37121"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:18:16","slug":"food-bank-of-cenc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/food-bank-of-cenc\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Bank of CENC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today, we introduce the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina<\/a>, founded in 1980 in Raleigh, NC, with offices in Wilmington, Greenville, New Bern, Durham and Southern Pines. It works daily to provide food to people in need while building solutions to end hunger in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Food Bank collects donated, government-allocated purchased food, sorts it into family-sized portions and distributes it to a network of approximately 700 partner agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and meal programs for children and adults. All foods are healthy and nourish families, children, seniors, and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through partnerships, education and evidence-based programs, the Food Bank empowers communities to overcome hunger, creating an environment where all North Carolinians can thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur mission is to nourish people, build solutions to hunger, and empower communities to work with us to solve hunger,\u201d said Andrea Maron, manager of the foundation partnerships for the Food Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food Bank’s core mission is to distribute nutritious and culturally meaningful food to underserved individuals. Intending to distribute and target children and seniors, the Food Bank serves over 100 million pounds of food\u201483 million meals, including 50 million pounds of fresh produce. Realizing that they cannot solve hunger without addressing its root causes, they will continue to expand the cause of hunger work, including investing in policy and advocacy work to strengthen policies that can end hunger. The Food Bank additionally wants to focus on culturally meaningful foods to provide more variety to extend to other communities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inflation is hitting the Food Bank and partner agencies hard. Food and freight costs strain the budgets. Funding from Yardi helps the Food Bank buy nourishing food and transport it to those who need it in central and eastern North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so grateful for Yardi\u2019s partnership and support! Yardi has provided incredibly generous grant funding, translating into thousands of meals on the tables of our food-insecure neighbors,\u201d shares Maron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last month, the Yardi corporate training team volunteered for the Food Bank. This unique team consists of people in multiple different offices across North America:<\/p>\n\n\n

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