Posts Categorized: Real Stories

Working for Change: How MANNA Is Helping Inmates Prepare for The Future

Hands Guide a Fork Lift

by KC Johnson [Editor’s Note: MANNA has opted to identify IWP program participants using their initials for security and privacy purposes.]  In Asheville, North Carolina, MANNA FoodBank works to provide around 20 million meals a year, along with the help of over 200 donor agencies, and hundreds of individual volunteers.  One group of six women,… Read more »

Making Miracles Happen

At MANNA FoodBank, Miracles Can Come in Unusual Packages Beyond being a food bank, where our primary focus is to get food to our 225 partner pantries to serve those in need across WNC, MANNA FoodBank is also a warm and welcoming place for those seeking assistance. The following excerpt is a story from our Chief… Read more »