Abundant Life Health Ministry /Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
3910 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, NC 27405
Rev. Audra Abt audraabt@gmail.com (336) 303-1575
Nia Battle battle.nia97@gmail.com
The church has a free community dinner and food pantry open every Tuesday from 5-7 PM.
“When the pandemic started, we went from sharing food with 15 households (about 45 people) every week, to 70 households (245 people) weekly. Some of these households, those who have their own cars (few do) helped deliver food, diapers, hygiene products, and cleaning supplies directly to their neighbors and others in need. A year ago, we re-started our weekly onsite meal and pantry while continuing with home deliveries for those unable to reach the church. Fresh food continues to be one of the hardest items for many of our families to procure, so continuing to partner with Share the Harvest makes such a difference.”
BackPack Beginnings
3711 Alliance Drive, Greensboro, NC 27407.
Parker White parker@backpackbeginnings.org (336) 709-9649
BackPack Beginnings is dedicated to making a difference for local children and families by providing for their tangible basic needs. Our mission is to deliver child-centric services to feed, comfort and clothe children in need. By ensuring food and basic necessities are given directly to children in need, we are making a positive and lasting impact on the health and well-being of over 21,000 children in our community.
“Since 2020 we have seen quite an increase in the needs in our area as the pandemic has progressed and we are hearing more and more families requesting fresh produce. We are sending out about twice as much food each month than we did before the pandemic. In the past, we have taken a lot of the produce from Share the Harvest to the Hayes Taylor YMCA to be distributed to the children in need who attend the camps in the summer. The families are always excited to get the produce!”
Cottage Grove Collaborative/Mustard Seed Community Health Ctr
2208 Everitt St., Greensboro 27401
Gloria McMasters mcmasters581@gmail.com 336-681-0043
The mission is to provide a transformation of the neighborhood into a healthy, safe, vibrant environment so that it will become a model sustainable community.
“Because of Covid 19, we have been doing outreach to 60 or more families. Some of them are living in a hotel. They have no transportation and low or no income. Our goal is to make sure that they are eating healthy by distributing fresh vegetables to each family weekly.”
Food Not Bombs
407 E. Washington Street, Greensboro 27401
Keren Perez kerper@riseup.net (336)-346-4661
Food Not Bombs is a community program that uses donations of food from local grocery stores and Share the Harvest to prepare a free community meal. They prepare a meal for the hungry every Monday from 3:30-6:30 at the IRC. During the pandemic, they serve 30 meals on Fridays to people in the parks.
One Step Further Nutrition Assistance Program
1900 W. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27403
Susan Cox scox@onestepfurther.com (336) 554-2000
Grocery Assistance
The program provides a 7-day supply of groceries (approximately 31.5 pounds) to each patron and family member once a month. The CSNP is one of the select few programs that provides fresh produce and frozen meats on a year-round basis and is the only grocery assistance program that provides a home-delivery service to Guilford County homebound seniors and incapacitated adults on a monthly basis.
They distribute at the following locations:
Greensboro: 1806 Merritt Drive (Definition Church)
High Point: 1012 Leonard Ave. (St. Stephen AME Zion Church)
“Share the Harvest provides much needed fresh produce to the CSNP to distribute to residents of our community who are in need of assistance of nutritionally sound food. The CSNP has partnered with STH for over 5 years and has received more than 1000 pounds of produce during the growing season. These donations help the CSNP serve over 1800 individuals each month. Thank you Share the Harvest for all you do for the CSNP, our patrons, and the greater community!”
Montagnard-Dega Association
611 Summit Ave., #10, Greensboro, NC 27405
Satta Johnson Sattajmda@gmail.com (302) 444-7026
MDA works with refugees by assisting them in achieving self-sufficiency and adjusting to life in the United States.