Empowering Students: Nancy and Robert Taylor
Empowering Students and Their Families with Food Nancy and Robert Taylor’s Dedication to Feeding...
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Join Our Fresh Food Drive!
In these late winter months, fresh fruits and vegetables are hard to come by, especially with the increased...
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Celebrate a World of Flavors
National Nutrition Month Amid these turbulent times, MANNA wants to bring light during National Nutrition...
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Get Cookin’ with MANNA & Friends
MANNA LIVE! MANNA FoodBank is proud to present “MANNA LIVE!” This series of live stream events takes...
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Nutrition Works: Berry & Barley Spinach Salad
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook the food that they...
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Food is Love
Thank You to our Volunteers, Partners and Donors for Helping to Spread the Love Ever since the beginning of...
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Nutrition Works: Breakfast Egg Muffins
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook the food that they...
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The 13th Annual Student Food Drive
#MANNAStudentChallenge2022 The past few years, we have been unable to host our annual student food drive due...
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Partner Agency Spotlight: St. Vincent de Paul
Throughout WNC, MANNA has a network of over 200 partner agencies. These partners are often the final hands in...
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MANNA LIVE!
The “101” on Food Banking MANNA FoodBank is pleased to announce a new online series: “MANNA...
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Reflecting Upon the Past Year
2021: 5 Things We Are Thankful For Much like the year before it, 2021 was another unprecedented year at MANNA...
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Top Organizational Supporters in 2021
Thank you to all of the following organizations for their vital and significant support of MANNA’s work and...
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Top Food Donors in 2021
Looking back upon this past year, we are beyond grateful for all of the public and private partnerships with...
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Nutrition Works: Jicama Salad
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook the food that they...
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Announcing MANNA’s New CEO: Claire Neal
MANNA FoodBank is proud to welcome Claire Neal, who will be joining us on Monday, January 31st as our 6th...
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Another Record Breaking Year
MANNA’s 2020-2021 Annual Report Throughout yet another unprecedented year, MANNA has witnessed a...
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The Gift of Food & Hope
Ways to Get in the Holiday Spirit, While Providing Food for our WNC Neighbors The holidays are the most...
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Grow Your Legacy, Create a Future Together
Planned Giving at MANNA Did you know that you could impact the lives of future individuals experiencing food...
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Interested in Driving Food to Families throughout WNC?
MANNA is Looking for Volunteer Drivers Volunteer drivers play an essential role in our operations. After...
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Nutrition Works: Cinnamon Chips & Fruit Salsa
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook the food that they...
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Rice-ing Up to the Challenge
Thermo Fisher Scientific Packs Thousands of Pounds of Rice for WNC Families In early November, Thermo Fisher...
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Spotlight on SNAP
The Importance of SNAP for WNC Seniors Did you know that one of the most effective ways of combatting food...
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An Update on MANNA’s New Facility
We wanted to give our community an update on where we stand in our planning process for our much-needed new...
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Reaching Out to Communities Across WNC
The Two Year “MANNA-versary” of MANNA Community Markets Two years ago, MANNA began a new and...
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Announcing the Lighting of the 29th Annual Ingles Giving Tree
The Beloved Tradition that Helps Feed WNC Continues! Nothing can hold back the giving spirit of the holidays...
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Thanksgiving Food in WNC
Thanksgiving Food Resources in Western North Carolina If you know someone who needs a little extra help at...
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Nutrition Works: Crockpot Navy Bean Soup
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook the food that they...
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Partnership for a Healthier America Welcomes MANNA to its...
National Healthy Hunger Relief work will double in reach, impacting more than 14 million Americans with...
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Why are so Many Seniors Struggling to Afford Groceries?
The Pressure Seniors Face Right Now in WNC In WNC, the fastest growing demographic is our senior population....
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Spotlight on Hunger
The Importance of SNAP for WNC Seniors Did you know seniors in western North Carolina currently struggle...
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Food Lion Feeds Foundation’s Great Pantry Makeover
The Food Pantry of Sandy Mush Community Center Each year, Food Lion Feeds Foundation hosts their Great Pantry...
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Nutrition Works: Carrot Slaw
A Side Dish for Your Favorite Fall Dinners Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes...
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Dancing in Can Costumes
Ingles Day at the Mountain State Fair Not only did the Mountain State Fair return this year to WNC –...
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Highlights of the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year
A Record Breaking Year The 2020-2021 fiscal year was a year unlike any in MANNA’s history. Throughout...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Empty Bowls!
20 Years of Art & Food: A Celebration to Feed Thousands Across WNC When art, food, music, and friends all...
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The Current Reality Across Our Beautiful Region
Dear Friends, We hope this letter finds you and yours healthy and doing well. These are highly unusual times...
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September is Hunger Action Month
Take action to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors! Every September, the network of 200 Feeding...
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Ingles Day at the Mountain State Fair
Get your cans ready for one of our favorite food drives of the year! Thanks to our incredible hometown...
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Nutrition Works: Tomato & Yellow Squash Side Dish
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook up the food that...
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Summer Packs
Food Access for the Summer, When Kids Are Out of School For MANNA FoodBank, and our dedicated network of...
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Nutrition Works: Crunchy Peanut Butter Banana Parfait
Our Nutrition Works team works to provide our clients with recipes detailing how to cook up the food that...
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Children and Food Insecurity
Why are WNC Children Facing Higher Rates of Hunger? In Western North Carolina, food insecurity...
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What is in a Summer Pack?
Summer Packs are MANNA’s answer to summer hunger, when WNC children don’t have access to free...
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Impact Report: March 2020 – June 2021
While we’re beginning to see the signs of recovery, the near 100,000 people we are serving every month...
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Partner Agency Highlight: Serving Latinx Communities in WNC
A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is helping to showcase the impact...
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An Update from MANNA
The Need for Food in WNC Remains High As MANNA FoodBank, the pandemic has been both a marathon and a sprint...
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MANNA’s Focus on Health
Even in a Pandemic, MANNA Maintains a Commitment to Healthy Food for the Wellbeing of Our Community At MANNA,...
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Make SNAP Dollars Go Further at Local Farmers’ Markets!
In Western North Carolina, we are surrounded by an abundance of beautiful farmland and farmers’ markets...
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Nutrition Works (Recipes + Video)
Our Nutrition Works team not only works to ensure that we are providing clients with nutrient-dense and...
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Healthy Food + Volunteers
Egg Candlers Help Provide Vital Nutrients to WNC Protein is one of several essential nutrients that the human...
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Impact Report: March 2020 – May 2021
While we’re beginning to see the signs of recovery, the almost 100,000 people we are serving every...
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Partner Highlight: Interfaith Assistance Ministry in Henderson...
Interfaith Assistance Ministry has been providing assistance to Henderson County residents since 1984. Their...
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Partner Agency Highlight: Serving Black Communities in WNC
Recent data analysis from Feeding America is helping to shine a light on how racial disparity has an impact...
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Where We Are Now
And Where We Can Go Together We want to take a moment to share a brief update on where we’ve been, a bit...
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