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The mission of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is: No One Goes Hungry in Central & Eastern North Carolina. Established in 1980, the Food Bank is a nonprofit organization that has provided food for people at risk of hunger in 34 counties for over 35 years. The Food Bank serves a network of more than 800 partner agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and programs for children and adults through distribution centers in Durham, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, the Sandhills (Southern Pines) and Wilmington. Sadly, food insecurity remains a serious problem in central and eastern North Carolina. In these counties, more than 636,920 people struggle to access nutritious and adequate amounts of food necessary for a healthy life.

Second Harvest Food Bank is leading our community in the fight to end hunger. We provide food, services, and education to address nutritional needs of all people at risk in an 18-county service area, including: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Hamblen, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union. Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for nonprofit agencies in East Tennessee, accounting for 78% of the food distributed by pantries, 68% of the food distributed by soup kitchens, and 54% of the food distributed by shelters and drug-rehab centers. Many of the agencies who feed the hungry would not be able to keep their doors open were it not for Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. Second Harvest Food Bank provides the following services to meet the needs of our communities: 1) Distributes over 15 million meals of food annually through six major food-distribution programs. 2) Recovers 8 million pounds of perishable foods that would otherwise be discarded, and redistributes that food to local soup kitchens, food pantries, and senior facilities who directly serve the hungry. 3) Provides supplemental food for over 12,150 elementary school children over the weekends during the school year. 4) Collaborates with Knox County Community Action Committee and the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc. to meet the nutritional needs of approximately 950 seniors through our Senior Outreach. 5) Administers Federal Food Programs (USDA) for local agencies. 6) Provides education for partners agencies, including ServSafe training.

To create hope and nourish lives through a powerful hunger relief network, while multiplying the generosity of a caring community.

In collaboration with our partners, we provide dignified, equitable and consistent access to nutritious food, creating a foundation for community health.

Guardian Angel Settlement Association exists to serve those living in poverty to improve the quality of thier lives and achieve economic independence.

United Community Concerns Association’s mission is to eradicate the effects of food insecurity experienced by Elmhurst School District 205’s most disadvantaged children and their families. We believe supporting local families with extra food and additional funds to purchase fresh food results in healthier students and promotes a more productive learning environment at home and at school for each child.

To provide information and awareness of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet on a local and global level.To unite the Specific Carbohydrate Diet Community at an annual conference. To offer support to all those who seek to follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.To promote research of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.

To promote the importance of honey bees in the Klamath Basin.