The Nest Food Pantry is a food assistance program that we offer through the Care Center at Wake Technical Community College. The Care Center is a department where we assist students who are facing non-academic barriers that may affect their education. The food pantry here assist students who may be facing financial issues or food insecurities. We approximately assisted around 40 households a month. At the moment the food pantry offers non-perishable items. We would love to expand to perishable items such as produce, dairy, and possibly meat to help students maintain a healthy life style.
We would like to create a perishable items pop up event once a month at the school to give students the opportunity to select the items they need.
This listing was last updated Sep 25, 2024
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We will have a produce pop up event on October 24th for students to receive fresh produce. We are open to receiving donations on October 23rd and 24th from 8 a.m until 11 a.m
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