INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE
1001 BLAIR DR STE 120, RALEIGH, NC 27603 www.foodshuttle.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE PIONEERS INNOVATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO END HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE'S FOOD RECOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION ADDRESSES FOOD INSECURITY AND FOOD WASTE BY COLLECTING PERISHABLE AND SHELF-STABLE FOOD FROM DONORS. DISTRIBUTION OCCURS THROUGH A VARIETY OF METHODS AND VENUES, INCLUDING 35 RECIPIENT AGENCY PARTNERS, 81 BACKPACK BUDDIES SITES, 33 MOBILE MARKET PARTNERSHIPS, 27 SCHOOL PANTRIES, AND 29 GROCERY BAGS FOR SENIORS SITES IN A SEVEN COUNTY SERVICE AREA. IN FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020, COVID-19 FORCED A SHIFT INTO BULK PURCHASING AND LED TO THE CREATION OF 51 NEW AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE FOOD SHUTTLE DISTRIBUTED 6,863,516 POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH THE YEAR, 36% OF WHICH WAS FRESH PRODUCE.DESPITE COVID-19 DISRUPTION TO SCHOOLS AND SENIOR SITE DELIVERIES, INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY OUR NON-DISASTER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 20,963 GROCERY BAGS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE DOORS OF SENIORS AT RISK OF HUNGER; 79,532 BACKPACK BUDDIES DISTRIBUTED TO 3,020 UNIQUE CHILDREN; 535 MEALS SERVED TO YOUTH FROM OFF OF OUR FOOD TRUCK, THE MOBILE TASTINESS MACHINE; 15,863 INDIVIDUALS ACCESSING 77,913 POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH SCHOOL PANTRIES--ALL WITH THE HELP OF 30,876 VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED.MOBILE MARKETS BORE THE BRUNT OF COVID-19 DISASTER RELIEF SERVICES, SERVING 328,220 PEOPLE (COMPARED TO 76,010 IN FY 2018-2019) AND OUR CULINARY PROGRAM CAME INTO FULL FOCUS, PROVIDING OVER 42,204 FRESH MEALS IN INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SIZE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS OUR SEVEN COUNTIES OF SERVICE.URBAN AGRICULTURE PROMOTES FOOD EQUITY, LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, AND KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC PRACTICES. THE FOOD SHUTTLE PROVIDES COMMUNITY GARDENING SPACE AND INSTRUCTION AT TWO GARDEN SITES IN RALEIGH AND DURHAM, PROMOTING FOOD INDEPENDENCE AND HEALTHY ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 TWENTY-THREE INDIVIDUALS UTILIZED OUR CAMDEN STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOTS. URBAN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION PROVIDED INSTRUCTION TO 453 ADULTS AND 1,334 YOUTH. OUR PRODUCTION FARM SUPPLIED 53,605 POUNDS OF PRODUCE TO OUR FARM STAND, MOBILE MARKETS DISTRIBUTIONS, GROCERY BAGS FOR SENIORS, AND AS A SOURCE THROUGH OUR REVENUE RESTAURANT SALES.

NUTRITION EDUCATION PROVIDES ADULTS, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH AGE-APPROPRIATE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO BUY AND PREPARE HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE MEALS AND SNACKS. THERE WAS 5,489 HOURS OF TRAINING PROVIDED TO 2,205 ADULTS AND 339 YOUTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020.

A MEANINGFUL JOB AT A LIVING WAGE IS ESSENTIAL TO FOOD SECURITY. TO THAT END, THE FOOD SHUTTLE PROVIDES PAID CULINARY APPRENTICESHIPS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020, WE PROVIDED SEVEN STUDENTS WITH 771 HOURS OF HANDS-ON PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN CATERING, FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEALS, AND ON OUR FOOD TRUCK--THE MOBILE TASTINESS MACHINE--PROVIDING SUMMER MEALS TO CHILDREN. IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, FRESH MEAL PRODUCTION FOR DISASTER RELIEF DISTRIBUTION WAS ADDED TO THE 2019-2020 TRAINING PROCESS. IN JUNE 2020, THE FOOD SHUTTLE HIRED ONE OF OUR CULINARY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM GRADUATES WHO IS NOW A FULL-TIME PRODUCTION COOK.

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