Thank You to Everyone Who Donated Food Last Month, and Please Keep the Summer Donations Coming! | |
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Last month, in one day alone, the Holly Springs Food Cupboard served 95 families and handed out 89 student bags. In that one day alone, 184 boxes of cereal went out the door.
The reality of food insecurity is real and it's right here in our community.
Thank you to everyone who heard our plea and dropped off donations. Families and individual donations; neighborhood food drives in Arbor Creek, Morgan Park, Oak Hall, and others; lemonade stands donating proceeds; businesses; and others: thank you!
Thanks also to the many donors who participated in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on the second Saturday in May. The Cupboard received about 2,200 pounds of food donations from the broader community and partnered with the Fuquay Varina Emergency Food Pantry and shared the donations; they received a similar amount.
Please keep the donations coming during the summer months. The need is real, and it truly takes a village.
Please consider putting together a food drive for some of our most critically needed items: canned meat, cereal, dry pasta, canned soup, spaghetti sauce, broth, sides (such as suddenly salad, rice a roni, instant potatoes, etc.), and canned tomatoes. As always, we are thankful for anything you can donate!
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Many hardworking families in Holly Springs face difficult choices during summer when school meals are unavailable: pay bills or put food on the table?
You can help ease those choices by participating in our Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation Food Drive this month:
We're on Target to Meet our Goal!
Our goal is to collect 25,000 pounds of food by July 4! As of Monday, May 29, we had collected 18,514 pounds. We're a month in, and we're well over a half of the way to our goal! That being said, last Thursday, we served 95 families - so the donations go quickly and are much needed. Please continue to spread the word and drop off those non-perishable donations through July 4 to help make it happen!
Thank you so much for considering helping local families facing food insecurity.
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Healthy Eating
In addition to nonperishable goods, the Cupboard also focuses on providing fresh produce. While some produce is harvested from the Cupboard garden, other produce is purchased locally. Click here to donate funding and help provide healthy, fresh foods for clients.
Pictured are produce items being prepared for distribution to clients and a healthy food tasting of fresh honey mangos!
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MacGregor Downs Garden Tour to Benefit Holly Springs Food Cupboard
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
$20 in advance / $25 day of tour; call (919) 244-3225 to purchase
The MacGregor Downs Garden Club would like to invite the Holly Springs Food Cupboard and supporters to its neighborhood Garden Tour. Bring your friends on this self-guided tour to visit five lovely and unique gardens in this gorgeous Cary community! For tickets and more info, call (919) 244-3225. All proceeds go towards the Holly Springs Food Cupboard vegetable garden.
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Around the Cupboard in May | |
Many thanks to everyone who supported the Cupboard during Bombshell Brewery's First Friday Event last month! | |
Thank you, Russel Family, for your donations! | |
Thank you to Lucy Armsworthy for engaging her neighbors at Morgan Park to help stock our pantry shelves! | |  |
Over 550 pounds of nonperishable items were dropped off by parents, students, teachers, and the head of the Holly Springs High School National Honor Society in May. We are so thankful! | | |
Many thanks to these cheerful young helpers who really put in a lot of effort and brightened everyone's day at the Cupboard! | |
Many thanks to the fabulous neighbors at Sunset Ridge South for collecting and delivering nonperishable items to the Cupboard! | |
Many thanks to the Carolina Hurricane Warriors for a food donation last month! | |
Check out this amazing bee hive, which was donated to the Cupboard by Avery Freyer of BSA Troop 2019 Eagle Project | |
Thank you Grady for collecting non-perishable food for your Honor Society project at Holly Ridge Middle School! | | |
Big thanks to Camdyn at Middle Creek High School for choosing us as the beneficiary of her senior class project! | | |
Many thanks to the Coyle family for donating food! | |
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As a part of the Cupboard's mission to provide supplemental food to our clients, we also offer them free vegetable transplants for their home gardens. We have handed out 258 transplants during the last 4 weeks - tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, tomatillos, kale, and chard. | |
This cheerful group of members from the Holly Springs Church of Christ spent last Saturday morning potting up plants and starting seeds for our gardens! | |
Check out part of the 41-pound harvest of zucchini, lettuce, sugar snap peas, greens, turnips, and radishes, all fresh and pesticide-free for Cupboard clients! Our fresh produce, harvested several times each week, is not only delicious but also colorful and pesticide-free. Thanks to the many volunteers who help provide healthy, tasty produce for clients. | |
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Garden Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in volunteering in the Food Cupboard garden? Please volunteer on any "Open Work Day" listed below. "Closed days are reserved for previously scheduled large groups.
- June 3 Open Work Day
- June 10 Closed
- June 17 Open Work Day
- June 24 Open Work Day
About Volunteering in the Garden
- Garden volunteering on "Open Work Days" is held unless it is raining or muddy, or if there is a threat of storms.
- Work starts at 9 a.m. and continues for one to two hours. Volunteers can arrive and leave at any time.
- All ages are welcome, and a volunteer agreement form must be signed upon your first visit.
- No need to bring garden tools.
- Water, sunscreen, insect repellent, and gloves may be helpful.
- Please do not volunteer (wait a week) if you or your family members have been dealing with COVID.
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Questions can be directed to garden@hsfoodcupboard.org.
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Saturday Children's Acitvies for Cupboard Volunteers
Need a little help with your little helpers while you’re volunteering at the garden? The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is hosting a Saturday series of garden-related projects to keep little fingers busy and safely occupied while you finish up your volunteer work. Activities will be geared for K-3rd graders, but all ages are welcome.
Activities begin at 10:30 a.m. on the following dates:
- June 24: Mini garden
- July 22: Bird seed cones
- Aug. 26: Tool tote
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Getting Help & Helping Out | |
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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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Donating food? How to Get Food to the Cupboard | |
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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
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Coldwell Banker HPW, 5261 Sunset Lake Road
- 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
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SupaBowlz Cafe, 150 W Holly Springs Road
- Wake FC, Ting Park
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More Information
Thank you, again, to our dedicated volunteers and generous community for making everything we do possible.
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