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Last month, our community responded to an urgent plea for food donations.
Thank you so much to everyone who dropped off donations, set up food drives, and responded to our plea for help last month. Please keep the donations coming!
The staples that are provided each week from the Food Cupboard to people experiencing food insecurity cost around $3,000 every week. The summer months traditionally are the hardest months, yet this summer has proven to be the most challenging with increasing numbers of clients served. In one week alone last month, the Cupboard served 16 families on Monday and 100 more on Thursday.
Interested in helping?
- Check out our most needed donations on our website (and at the bottom of this newsletter).
- Drop off food donations on Mondays from 9-11 a.m. (preferred) or Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the food cupboard or at one of our community food drop-off sites.
- Consider organizing a food drive at your place of business, school, club, or neighborhood! Details here.
- If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. Email info@hsfoodcupboard.org for the fastest response.
As a 100% volunteer organization, we can't continue to do what we do without the support of our amazing community. Thank you for your continued support!
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Save the date!
Grapes, Grains & Giving 2023
Friday, Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m.
The Club at 12 Oaks
Grapes, Grains & Giving promises to be an elegant evening of fine wine, local craft beer, decadent hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and fundraising! Click here for information about and tickets to this Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce event with the goal of raising $20,000 for the Food Cupboard!
We're looking forward to the event and hope you can join us. An option for online auction bidding also will be available, so if you can't attend in person, you can still join the fun! Watch for more details soon!
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Around the Cupboard Last Month | |
Joy's friends celebrated her birthday by donating some non-perishable foods. Thank you, Joy, and Happy Birthday! | |  |
We are so thankful to the Woodcreek White Caps, a local swim team, that donated food this month. | | |
We had to snag a photo of our favorite Flytrex gal Laura Minck when she quickly stopped by during distribution to drop off bags that some of her clients had returned. We graciously accept and use these for our student bags that get handed out each week - they are the perfect size, as you can see! | |
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a very successful First Friday event at Bombshell Beer Company! More than $500 was raised for purchasing much-needed nonperishable food for weekly distributions. | |
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Thank you so much to Linnea Sill (pictured left) and Seqirus employees for a donation of non-perishable foods! We are very grateful.
Also pictured are our volunteer Food Drive Director Lesa O'Neal and her husband, Larry. This dynamic duo is instrumental in picking up quite a few of our food drives.
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Diana Bynum's heart is pure gold! This photo shows the result of her PB&J drive at Kraft Family YMCA over the last few weeks! A tiny effort can go such a long way when it comes to feeding our community. | | |
We are so thankful for a sweet surprise from Mary Chestang. Mary and her amazing group of coworkers from John Deere held a food drive and split the collections between our Cupboard and the one in Fuquay Varina. Thank you so much for loving our community so well! | |
Many thanks to the 12 Oaks Boomers Charity Committee for dropping off non-perishable foods and snacks for our student bags, along with a nice cash donation! We appreciate you taking some of these items off of our shopping list! | |
We are so thankful to Aibhlinn and her dad who decided to do a neighborhood food drive. The majority of the nonperishable foods donated was much-needed cereal! | | |
Lilly earned 9 service hours by organizing and delivering a food drive. Thank you so much! | | |
Thanks to Chick-fil-A and the Canes for packaging meals through U.S. Hunger. Twelve of the boxes went to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard for clients experiencing food insecurity. | |
Thank you to Lisa Hall who saw our recent post and encouraged her homeowners to drop off donations at a recent event in her neighborhood at Serenity. | |
Sunset Oaks Neighborhood really brought it on Monday and dropped off lots of donations for our volunteers! Thank you! | |
Mr. Collins and Mr. Everett from Holly Ridge Elementary dropped off a food donation. Thank you, Labradors! | | |
Maria and Michael Buckenberger brought this donation. They run the NC Cookie Momster booth at the Clayton Farmers Market where they collected on our behalf. Thank you! | | |
Rain or shine, scorching heat or bitter cold, every Thursday our distribution team works hard to make sure our clients feel the love, and it shows. We appreciate the feedback and kind words! | |
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The Holly Springs Farmers Market partners with the Holly Springs Food Cupboard for a market share produce donation program. When farmers market patrons purchase extra produce from the farmers at the market to donate, not only do the farmers get paid a fair price for food that may have gone to waste. The fresh produce is extremely welcomed by local residents experiencing food insecurity.
Next time you're at the farmers market (open Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon outside the Cultural Center in downtown Holly Springs), take a moment to think about how you can help fight hunger. Your donation of produce or non-perishables could make a real difference!
If you decide to purchase some extra produce, you can drop it off at the main Holly Springs Farmers Market tent, and they will make sure it gets picked up by the Food Cupboard that day.
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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.
- September 2 - Closed
- September 9 - Open Work Day
- September 16 - Closed
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September 23 - Open Work Day
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September 30 - 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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Many thanks! Troop 2019 built a wash table in the garden while the West Wake group power washed the tent area and cleaned windows. | | |
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The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is very grateful for all of the high school volunteers and the many hours they worked in our garden this summer. They were timely and dependable through some very hot and some very wet days, always enduring it with a smile. We wish them the best as they return back to school! | |
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
- Prana Yoga, 300 S. Main St., Suite 116 in Block on Main
- 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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