Community Profile of the Month

Capitol Broadcasting Company believes one of our greatest responsibilities is supporting our community. CBC’s Community Profile is a new monthly feature on the Web – a way to inform our employees and the public about the work of area non-profits, and their volunteer opportunities and needs.

For November 2006, take closer look at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.

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Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
www.foodshuttle.org

Location:
1001 Blair Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27603

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 14638
Raleigh, NC 27620

Phone: (919) 250-0043

About the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle:
The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle rescues unused food from over 200 donors in the Triangle and then redistributes the food to the hungry in our community. The Food Shuttle prepares meals for homeless men and low-income children - in 2005 alone over 154,000 meals. The Food Shuttle also delivers groceries to low-income seniors and families. The Food Shuttle educates life-challenged adults through its culinary training program, giving them the skills to help put food on their own tables.

All of this began in 1989 when two women, Maxine Solomon & Jill Bullard, witnessed good breakfast food being thrown away at a fast food restaurant because it was time for lunch. The two women started the Food Shuttle in the back of a station wagon, and now the organization works from its brand new facility near the State Farmer’s Market where they manage a fleet of ten 12-foot to 16-foot refrigerated trucks.

The Mission of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle:
The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, in the belief that hunger is unacceptable, alleviates hunger by developing systems to recover, prepare, and distribute wholesome, perishable food for the area’s poor, hungry, undernourished, and homeless.

How To Help the Durham Rescue Mission:
DONATE
Every dollar donated to the Food Shuttle between Nov 1st – Dec 15th will be doubled thanks to the Stewart’s Fund, the Food Shuttle’s annual matching campaign. The Stewart’s Fund supports all of the Food Shuttle’s programs.
Donate online at: http://www.foodshuttle.org/volunteer.html

ATTEND
The 13th Annual Taste of Hope Gala will be held at Prestonwood Country Club on Nov 12th at 6pm. Some of the Triangle’s finest restaurants will be collaborating to provide a seven-course gourmet meal. WRAL-TV’s Greg Fishel will emcee the event, which will also include a silent and live auction. Tickets are $250, and can be purchased by contacting Maxine Solomon at (919) 847-0567.

VOLUNTEER
Drive a pick-up or delivery route, work in the office, donate your Lowe’s Foods Greenpoints - the opportunities are endless. For a list of ways to volunteer, visit the Volunteer page of the Food Shuttle’s website.

POSTED: November 1, 2006