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The Greenville Branch of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina serves 8 counties in eastern North Carolina. They are Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenior, Onslow, Pamlico and Pitt counties. Three counties served are shared with the Raleigh Branch; these counties are Duplin, Edgecombe and Wilson counties.
Last year over 7.3 million pounds of food was distributed to 153 agencies in those counties.
Volunteers donated over 23,000 hours of their time last year. This is equivalent to approximately 11 full-time employees!
The Greenville Branch supports 9 Kids Cafe programs. The Kids Cafe program served more than 50,000 meals in the past year to children in the counties served by the Greenville Branch.
The Greenville warehouse is 22,900 square feet and has the capacity to store 274 pallets in dry storage and 100 pallets of refrigerated/frozen food.
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC at Greenville:
497 West Ninth Street, Greenville, NC 27834
Phone: 252-752-4996
Fax: 252-752-1821
Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4 pm.
Greenville Branch Corporate & Media Partners:
Click here for directions to the Greenville Branch.
 Did you know?
If you stacked all the cans received from food drives that were distributed last year at the Greenville Branch, the stack would be over 10 miles high! |
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Greenville Branch News:
 Congratulations, Greenville Branch - 10 Years of Fighting Hunger!
2009 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Greenville Branch. Since opening in 1999, the branch has provided 55 million pounds of food to over 111,000 persons at risk of hunger. Kids Cafe and other programs have reached over 40,000 children. Greenville was instrumental in providing disaster relief during Hurricanes Floyd & Isabel.
New Branch Opens in Greenville Service Territory - A new branch of the Food Bank has been opened in the Greeville Service territory to better serve the rural agencies in eastern North Carolina. You can read more about the New Bern Branch of the Food Bank, serving Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties! Read about the New Bern Branch...
 Kids Summer Stock -
More than 250,000 children need you! Help support Kids Summer Stock, a community-wide food & funds drive to benefit children at risk of hunger by attending the Greenville Festival & Park Pops Concert on June 20. Read more about the event & other Kids Summer Stock activities!
Clark's Custom Framing Food Drive - Bring 4 cans for each framing item and received 20% off your framing order! More details...
Empty Bowl Supper: A Feast of Understanding - Hunger is not just a problem in distant third-world countries - many children in Pitt County worry where their next meal will come from. Says one teacher: "I saw a boy going through the cafeteria asking for everyone's sandwiches... I found out later he was homeless." Read how one school chose to support their fellow students suffering from hunger: School project fills empty bowls with food, hope.
Nothing Goes to Waste - Farmers use the Food Bank as a product outlet after harvesting. View the full article.
Students Reap Benefits - Students pickup backpacks filled with nutritional food to sustain them through the weekend. View the full article.
Program Puts Focus on Food Resources for Seniors - Pitt County launches the Food and Nutrition Services Program Outreach Project to raise awareness and educate seniors about the benefits food stamps. View the full article.
Brochures, Logos & Fast Facts - Learn all about the Greenville Branch of the Food Bank! Brochures, logos & fast facts are available for immediate download. Click here for more info.
Greenville Area Poverty Statistics - Find out about poverty in the Greenville area. A pdf file with information about poverty in all counties in the Greenville Branch service area is available. Click here for more info.
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