With a 31% increase in households served last year, our volunteers logged over 15,469 hours at the Cupboard in 2022 - a 35% increase from the previous year! That's a whole lot of bagging, sorting, sweeping, cleaning, gardening, planting, picking up food, delivering, lifting, and SMILING! Thank you to all our volunteers and our supportive community who rose to meet the challenge of rising demands for supplemental food services in Holly Springs. | |
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Need for Food Donations Continues
The Holly Springs Food Cupboard served more than 92 families during one of our Thursday food distributions. This means, in one day alone, at least 225 boxes of crackers and cereal were given to people experiencing food insecurity. Interested in helping replenish Cupboard shelves? Drop off donations on Mondays at the Cupboard between 9-11 a.m. Thank you for making Holly Springs such an amazing community.
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AmazonSmile Program Ending by Feb. 20
The Holly Springs Food Cupboard was notified that Amazon is winding down its charitable program, AmazonSmile, by Feb. 20. Until then, your purchases made via AmazonSmile will continue to accrue funds for the Cupboard as normal. While we are disappointed that AmazonSmile is ending, we are grateful for the generosity shared with the Cupboard by our community supporters through this program while it lasted. Thank you!
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Around the Cupboard in January | |
Meet Carlos Alvarez of Alvarez Painting. When the ceiling of the front room of the Cupboard began to separate, we reached out to him for an estimate and not only was he quick to come out, but he also offered to complete the repairs as a donation. The next day, he had someone onsite to remove, replace and paint the damaged ceiling area, as well as the entire wall since the top of the wall was impacted and they wanted it to match. They also did some touch up painting where our carts round the corners. They were not only professional and accommodating, but they expressed a desire to help and support the community and we are so blessed to have found them! Be sure to give them a call for all your painting needs! | |
Thank you so much to CrossFit Holly Springs, which donated proceeds from their homemade Christmas ornament auction! | |  |
Many thanks to Knights of Columbus - Council 12119 from Fuquay Varina, which held a food drive benefting the Holly Springs Food Cupboard and FV Food Pantry. | | |
Many thanks to Chandler and his brother Elliott who decided to complete “25 days of kindness” in December. For one of those days, they held a hot chocolate sale in their neighborhood. With their excellent salesmanship, and their mom’s social media skills, they raised a generous donation to the Cupboard! | | |
The Holly Springs Rotary Club brought sunshine to the Cupboard on an overcast day when they dropped off 250 bags for our student bag program as well as a very generous monetary donation! Thank you! | | |
Save the Date! Spring Plant Sale to Benefit Cupboard | |
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Garden Update: Regular Volunteer Opportunities Beginning After Winter Hibernation
We have restarted our regular Saturday volunteer garden work days for the year. If the weather cooperates and it’s not too wet, we start our weekly Saturday gardening at about 9 a.m. We work for 1-2 hours. You can sign up on your first visit. We have tasks for all ages and on selected Saturdays we have special activities for the younger children.
Your volunteer time is such a great help to us in providing fresh, nutritious vegetables and fruits to our clients.
Our garden complex includes fruits and vegetables, honeybees, mushrooms, apple & fig trees, grapes, blueberries, chickens, hydroponic systems and more. And in our small space we grow about 2,800 lbs of produce each year! So much to see and learn!
Join us for a fun time and help those in need in the greater Holly Springs area. Please join us when you can.
For additional information or questions please contact us at garden@hsfoodcupboard.com.
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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:
- March 11: Painting terracotta pots
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April 1: Exploring tree rings
- May 6: Plant sunflowers
- June 24: Mini garden
- July 22: Bird seed cones
- Aug. 26: Tool tote
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Thank you, Apex High School!
Check out these future stars from Apex High School! They came in on a chilly Saturday morning to volunteer in our garden putting in onions, weeding the collards, turning compost, and more! We love our garden volunteers!
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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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More Information
Thank you, again, to our dedicated volunteers and generous community for making everything we do possible.
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