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Posted via Brighton McConnell | August 1, 2024 | Non-profit
PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro, a nonprofit committed to addressing the lack of trust in food in the region, will open its first headquarters and food market for consumers later this year.
A statement from the organization Thursday announced plans to open the PORCH Community Center at 202 South Greensboro Street in Carrboro, across from the under-construction Orange County South Branch Library. The area, which the nonprofit began leasing in recent weeks, will be the first of its kind in PORCH’s 14-year history and will serve as a distribution site for its Food for Families program and as an area for further interactions. between consumers and the organization’s staff. and volunteers.
The market will provide other people with the opportunity to source food that is more culturally applicable or tailored to their nutritional needs, according to PORCH, and will operate on a more flexible schedule than distribution days and times through the Food for Families program.
“We asked our families for feedback and heard it loud and clear — they would love to be able to eat their own food,” Erin Riney, executive director of PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro, said in the statement. “We are making this update to better serve our participants. Through the Hub, we can focus on building deeper connections while also prioritizing the dignity of choice.
The netpaintings center will also allow PORCH to provide a gathering and programming area for netpaintings members, saying the organization plans to work in partnership and plan pre-kindergarten registration events, English categories and information sessions on affordable housing features in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. PORCH added that it plans to expand its partnerships with outfits like the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle to combine fresher foods in more varieties. broad. Despite the new overall prices in the area, nonprofit leaders say adjustments to food source partnerships likely won’t increase PORCH’s operating prices.
Since its inception in 2010, PORCH has provided millions of dollars to combat hunger in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. Each month, the nonprofit distributes food assistance to more than 2,500 people in 663 families through its Food for Families program, which totaled more than 627,000 pounds of food. It will distribute more than 627,000 pounds of food in 2023. Its current style makes families are driven to a distribution on a designated day where PORCH distributes pre-packaged bags containing non-perishable foods, produce, milk and eggs.
However, the existing style requires the nonprofit to be artistic in the way it sells and preserves food before distribution. Non-perishable food items are kept in a classroom at Carrboro United Methodist Church and the area is rented each month to Extraordinary Ventures to collect, sort, package and store donations, according to Sofia Edelman, PORCH communications manager.
Riney said in Thursday’s statement that he hopes the PORCH Community Hub will offer not only an area for clients, but also an area for the group’s volunteers. The physical location will require further adjustments and will offer a wider variety of roles for those looking to contribute to the nonprofit’s efforts.
“Our project is to have interactive neighbors, build networks and supply fresh and healthy food. Through the PORCH Community Hub, we’ll know how we do those three things,” he said. “We have worked very hard to find the right formula for expansion and we can’t wait for this new bankruptcy to begin. “»
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