Beautiful locally handmade pottery, delicious soup from favorite local chefs, and all for a great cause: Empty Bowls is back on Monday, September 24! Tickets are on sale now! To stay in the loop, sign up for MANNA’s e-newsletter, Fresh News! You can sign up for these emails here, and you can unsubscribe any time…. Read more »
Celebrating A Record-Breaking Blue Jean Ball This year’s 19th Blue Jean Ball was our most successful event in Blue Jean Ball history! This incredible accomplishment is possible only through the support of the 1,000 attendees, the hundreds of volunteers, the dedicated event sponsors, and our irreplaceable culinary sponsors. All of these incredible folks come together… Read more »
MANNA is a mobile organization, moving food across 6,434 square miles of our mountainous service area, and our daily work to meet the food needs for over 100,000 WNC people a year depends greatly on reliable vehicles. MANNA is in great need of reliable vehicles, with relatively low mileage, that can support the collective efforts… Read more »
Proposed Cuts to SNAP Threaten National Anti-Hunger Efforts MANNA FoodBank is a nonpartisan organization committed to sharing facts and information about issues related to hunger in Western North Carolina and how they affect those we serve. We believe food is a basic right, enabling all of us to pursue the life, liberty, and happiness afforded… Read more »
Growing Hearts & Hope There’s something growing at the Swannanoa Correctional Facility for Women. Set against the backdrop of a gorgeous range of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a small plot of freshly tilled dirt is receiving some special attention. The planting season has started, and for the second year, inmates at the facility will be… Read more »
Egg Recall The FDA issued the following recall alert on Friday, April 13, 2018: Through an abundance of caution Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana is voluntarily recalling 206,749,248 eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly,… Read more »
MANNA FoodBank invites gardeners in the region to join us in the work to end hunger in WNC by participating in the Plant a Row Campaign. Initially launched by the Garden Writer’s Association, Plant a Row is a program that encourages local gardeners and grower networks to either plant extra produce in their garden specifically… Read more »
For the last three years, Food Lion, a regional grocery chain based out of Salisbury, North Carolina, has been making strides to help hundreds of food relief organizations to improve how they are serving their local communities through their campaign, The Great Pantry Makeover. Through this initiative, Food Lion gives support to these organizations by… Read more »
If you are ever in need of a dose of inspiration, it takes nothing more than walking through the doors of the MANNA Volunteer Center any day of the week. You will be greeted with the bustle of people, the clang of pallet jacks, and a peek at the daily work of what it takes… Read more »
Local hotels raised over 100,000 meals during Hunger Action Month There is a special thing that happens when a group of like-minded individuals come together for a single cause. For MANNA, this past September, which is also Hunger Action Month, that special thing came in the form of a new campaign to address hunger in… Read more »
