About us
Neighbors feeding neighbors since 2001.
The Fuquay-Varina Emergency Food Pantry is a faith-based organization with one mission: to lift the burden of hunger from as many local families as possible.
Statement of purpose
Hunger holds families back from chasing life’s dreams. Lifting that weight, one wagon of groceries at a time, is the whole reason this pantry exists.
Our history
Churches, banded together
01
2001: Too much need for any one church
Several southern Wake churches were each fighting hunger alone, well-intended but recipients weren't able to find the food they needed.
02
One pantry, one shared effort
Those churches consolidated resources and incorporated as a single nonprofit, faith-based pantry to serve the whole area from one location.
03
Today
That same pantry is still 100% volunteer-run. They rely completely on dontations from our community and partners.
2001
Serving since
528
Households in September
100%
Volunteer-run
1,900
Sq ft of pantry
Where our food comes from
Support from every corner of the community
Financial support comes from individuals, churches, organizations and grants. Our food arrives three ways:
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Programs
Through TEFAP and the Retail Foods Program.
Community food drives
Run by individuals, area schools, churches and neighborhoods.
Weekly local purchases
Bought each week from local supermarkets using donated funds.
In partnership with
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC
Food Lion · Harris Teeter · Aldi
Cultivale
La Farm Bakery
Panera Bread
Area Churches, Neighborhoods & Schools
Who we serve
Our neighbors across four communities
We provide about a weeks worth of groceries to families living in our service area and who meet government income requirements. We also provide food to all those outside our service area using USDA foods on a first come first serve basis until depleted.
We're 100% volunteer-run, and everything we do depends on the generosity of our community, which has never been in short supply.
Service area
Fuquay-Varina
Willow Springs
Holly Springs (South of Wade Nash)
Angier (Wake & Johnston Only)
Leadership
Board of Directors
An all-volunteer board guides the pantry’s work, meeting throughout the year to keep our shelves stocked and our doors open to every neighbor who needs us.
PD
Laeron Roberts
Co-Chair
LR
Peggy Day
Co-Chair
RO
Ray O’Brien
Treasurer
CE
Cynthia Ellison
Secretary
RB
Robin Boraski
Board Member
LH
Louis Hargrove
Board Member
JM
Jerry Miller
Board Member