Thanksgiving Distribution Serves Record Number of Households | |
Thank you so much to everyone who donated supplies and funding to brighten the Thanksgiving holiday for Holly Springs Food Cupboard clients. The Holly Springs Food Cupboard distributed boxes full of ingredients for Thanksgiving meals to a record 367 households before the holiday - a record number possible only thanks to our generous community. | | |
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Many thanks to Triangle Community Church for donating 150 meal boxes! | |
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Thank You, Turkey Gift Card Donors
As part of the Thanksgiving meal package distributions, gift cards for clients to purchase turkeys were provided, thanks to significant contributions from companies working to build the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies site. Donors included:
- Jacobs
- Advance TEC LLC
- DH Griffin
- Graycor
- JE DUNN
- Paul Mueller Company
- Roberts Company
- Ultra Pure Systems Puerto Rico
- Southern Industrial
- Turnkey Modular Systems
Thank you so much!
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Holiday Student Bag Drive | |
Help ensure students enjoy kid-friendly foods and snacks while school is out for the holidays by participating in the Holiday Student Bag Drive through December! Collect items into a reusable grocery bag to donate to the Cupboard. Drop off donations Mondays, 9-11 a.m. (preferred time) or Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. | |
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Brighten the Holidays for a Local Household in Need.
Through mid-December, collect an item a day to donate to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard in time for the winter holidays.
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Tree Lighting Ceremony & Food Drive
Bring a non-perishable food donation to the Town of Holly Springs Tree Lighting ceremony outside the Cultural Center Thursday, Dec. 1, 5-8 p.m. to be entered to win a $15 Holly Springs Parks & Recreation gift certificate and swag bag. Many thanks to the Town of Holly Springs!
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Enjoy a Hot Cocoa & Support the Cupboard!
During the Happy Holly Days Parade through downtown Holly Springs on Saturday, Dec. 10, 10 a.m., drop by Keller Williams Legacy near the Main Street and Center Street intersection to enjoy a hot cocoa fundraiser to benefit the Cupboard!
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Blood Drive to Benefit Cupboard
Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Holly Springs Police Department, 750 Holly Springs Rd.
Sign up now!
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Around the Cupboard in November | |
Thanks to Pine Springs Preparatory Academy for a much-needed food delivery! | |
Thanks again to CrossFit Contrivance for providing Thanksgiving boxes AND an amazing financial donation to help prepare for Thanksgiving distribution. | |
The Holly Grove Middle School National Junior Honor Society absolutely blew us away with a humongous food drive! Many thanks to the students who loaded everything up as well as Carissa Smith, the NJHS Advisor for guiding them on this journey. | |
Thank you New School Montessori Center for dropping off donations! | |
We so appreciate the local Hindu community that donated food collected from their Sewa Diwali celebration! Thank you! | |
Rock Solid Warrior - what an amazing addition to our community! Thank you so much for your donations! | |
Heidelberg Materials was kind enough to not only drop by with food drive donations but also help unload and load donations back onto carts to get items weighed in… whew! We appreciate you! | |
Bright Horizons of Apex was a “bright spot” in our day when they dropped off their Thanksgiving food drive donation. | |
Many thanks to our local firefighters who helped with some Thanksgiving meal deliveries. | |
A big thank you to Holly Springs School For Early Education for food drive donations! | |
CrossFit HSP donated 40 Thanksgiving meal boxes, as well as a generous financial donation! Thank you so much! | |
Craig and Bryce with Thanksgiving meals loaded for delivery! Thank you! | |
Many thanks to Audrey for decorating and providing a Thanksgiving box for a family. So creative! | |
Thank you to Brighton Forest neighbors who provided Thanksgiving meal boxes this week, brightening the holiday for households facing food insecurity! | |
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Coldwell Banker HPW donated 65 turkeys for Thanksgiving boxes.
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Thank you, Nicole and Dan and sweet Maverick (see arrow), and the Downtown Square neighborhood right across the street from the Cupboard! | |
Many thanks to Gage who not only worked for several hours in our garden but also conducted a food drive! We are thankful you chose us for your Star Badge Project with your Boy Scout Troop! | |
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Thank you so much, Holly Springs Police Public Safety Cadets who conducted a food drive as an Operation Legacy Project, part of the Character Does Matter curriculum offered by the Travis Manion Foundation. The Character Does Matter program helps develop character and leadership skills in young adults.
As they closed this service project, they began another one - accepting donations for their holiday toy drive at the end of the month, which will benefit local families in need during the Christmas holiday.
A special thanks to Food Lion Holly Springs, the Travis Manion Foundation, and community members that supported our Cadets in this endeavor!
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Thank you so much to Maureen, who collected food from her neighborhood, The Park at West Lake! | |
Two volunteers from Resurrection Life Church completely cleaned the Food Cupboard's outside food distribution room. After taking everything outside and conducting a deep and thorough cleaning, they returned all the items to a spotless room. From top to bottom - including blinds, windows, shelving, ceiling fan, and floors - the transformation was amazing! Thank you so much to the volunteers from Resurrection Life Church! | |
Bombshell Beer Company, in conjunction with the Sunset Ridge South Neighborhood, held a weekend event that collected hundreds of pounds of needed items for the Cupboard, including diapers and cereal! | |
We are so very thankful to Jodi and Todd Stevens - both for their generous donation from their "Give Back Thursday Event" and also for the much-needed food drive that was collected from their "Holiday Open House Event" at Bless Your Heart Boutique! Thank you for making shopping local so much fun! | |
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Got Extra Garden Tools? Consider Donating Them!
Cleaning out your garage and storage shed? The Holly Springs Food Cupboard Garden may be able to use some of your old, used equipment and supplies. If you would like to drop off your “gift“ to us, stop by any day (except Thursday) and put it by the door to the garden shed. We can provide you with a donation receipt if desired.
Thanks!
Jerry DeWitt
Here’s what we could use:
- Partial bags of lawn fertilizer
- Push-type lawn fertilizer spreader
- Used bricks & bags of play sand
- Spade or shovel for digging holes and mulching fork for compost
- Electric dehydrator for drying our herbs
- Small grinding wheel to sharpen hand tools
- Small workbench vice
- Hand tools: crescent wrench, screwdrivers, socket wrench set, pliers, hand saw
- Lumber: usable 2x6 boards that are about 4-10 ft long
- Paper scissors
- Wood screws 1-3 inches long
- Partial boxes of nails
- Cement blocks
- Hand pruners/clippers for plants
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November Garden Activity
Thanks to the many volunteers who help maintain our garden and work to grow and harvest healthy produce for our clients.
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Brrr! Garden volunteers put in garlic on a cold morning for an expected July harvest. Thank you! | |
Troop 320 volunteers spent Veterans Day morning working on the compost bins in the Holly Springs Food Cupboard garden. Meanwhile, herbs and flowers, grapes, hydroponic lettuce, and other greens continue growing strong. Thanks for the help, Troop 320! | |
Students from Apex, Friendship, and Garner High Schools spent a morning in the Holly Springs Food Cupboard gardens weeding, mulching, transplanting, and sowing seeds for our winter harvest. Thank you, volunteers! | |
The Food Cupboard gardens continued to produce fresh delicious greens and vegetables in November! Thanks to the many volunteers who help make these healthy foods available for the food insecure. | |
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Do you need food assistance? Know someone who does?
Please visit us. The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is here to help. Drive through food distribution is every Thursday, 2-5 p.m. Shopping food distribution by appointment only is every Monday, 1-4 p.m. Deliveries are available to persons with compromised health or without transportation. Click here for more information or to sign up for an appointment to shop in person.
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How to Get Food to the Cupboard
The Cupboard can receive donated food on:
- Preferred hours: Mondays 9-11 a.m.
- Also: Thursdays noon-5 p.m.
Place donations on our delivery dock on the side of our facility and ring the doorbell for assistance. Or, give us a call and we can meet you to pick up food from your neighborhood.
If you have food that you want to deliver at other times, you can take it to one of our community drop-off sites listed below. If necessary, we can arrange a time for a pick-up. Please do not leave food outside the Cupboard.
Community Drop-Off Sites
- Bless Your Heart Boutique, 242 S. Main Street, Ste. 106
- The Block on Main, Corner of Main Street and Rogers Street
- Coastal Credit Union, Village Walk Drive
- First Flight Federal Credit Union, Village Walk Drive
- Holly Springs Farmers Market, West Ballentine Street
- Holly Springs Town Hall, Main Street
- Keller Williams Legacy, 201 W. Center Street
- Pet Mania, Sunset Lake Road
- Sunrise United Methodist Church, 5420 Sunset Lake Road
- Sweet Berry Bowls, 150 W Holly Springs Road
- Wake FC, Ting Park
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More Ways to Give
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PayPal: Support the Holly Springs Food Cupboard when you shop online with PayPal. Set us as your favorite charity, and you can choose to donate $1 when you checkout with PayPal. Click here visit PayPal and save the Holly Springs Food Cupboard as your favorite charity. This allows you to conveniently support us at checkout and other donation opportunities.
- Venmo
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Amazon: Enjoy online shopping? Use this link to set up AmazonSmile. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard.
- If you're using the Amazon app, select the main menu, select "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features, and select "Holly Springs Food Cupboard as your charity. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app.
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Thank you, again, to our dedicated volunteers and generous community for making everything we do possible.
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