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Multiple Mecklenburg Human Service Agencies, Including Loaves & Fishes, Are Impacted by Cut in EFSP Federal Funding

Mecklenburg Agencies not receiving Emergency Food and Shelter Program Federal Funding On May 18, Mecklenburg County received the disappointing news that it did not meet the established thresholds to receive Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This loss of EFSP funding will deprive nine human service agencies of over […]

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Raising Children Who Care Brochure

Thank you to everyone who attended the Raising Children Who Care luncheon featuring Maddi’s Fridge author Lois Brandt. Ms. Brandt shared ways to talk to your child about childhood hunger and offered tips, stories and examples of how we can help our children recognize and help the Maddi’s in our midst. Download a copy here: Raising […]

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Scouting for Food Results Are In and Mecklenburg Co. Boy Scouts Collect 230,574 lbs of food for Charlotte’s Hungry

A generous Charlotte-Mecklenburg community has donated 230,574 lbs. of food for hungry neighbors in need during February’s 2018 Scouting for Food Drive to benefit Loaves & Fishes.   An estimated 3,000 Boy Scouts from The Mecklenburg County Council of Boy Scouts of America went door-to-door February 3rd collecting food, as well as staffed multiple food […]

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Exciting Staff Changes at Loaves & Fishes

2017 brought many exciting changes to Loaves & Fishes, first and foremost, the opening of 10 new food pantries in Mecklenburg Co. To help with this growth and the increased need of our food insecure neighbors, Loaves & Fishes is happy to announce two staff changes. Angie Brumer has been promoted to the newly created […]

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Behind Every Bag There Is A Story

It all happens so quickly. Your child is sick and you need to take a couple of days from work to be with her. It takes longer than expected and suddenly you’re out of sick days, finding yourself having to do without a paycheck or two. Medical bills and living expenses start to add up. […]

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Loaves & Fishes Shares Research that Shows Where Charlotte’s Hungry Live

This year the Opportunity Task Force Report confirmed that for far too many in Charlotte, the dream of upward mobility remains just that….only a dream.  Their research shows that our long standing issues of racial and economic segregation has only deepened. At Loaves & Fishes, we have been in the business of feeding our neighbors […]