Food Lion Feeds donated 550 Backpack Pals weekend bags of food to CUOC, including canned meats and vegetables, noodles, fruit juices, and milk products. The food helped stock CUOC's shelves and the CUOC Back Pack Pals program.
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Gift cards: Food Lion Feeds also provided $5,000 in Food Lion gift cards.
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Financial award: Food Lion Feeds awarded CUOC a $20,000 grant to help with their efforts to address hunger in Lee County.
New Funding Improves Food Quality
In December 2023, The N.C. General Assembly appropriated $10 million to Golden LEAF for the Food Distribution Assistance Program. This program is funded by federal State Fiscal Recovery Funds through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County was awarded $100,330 for a walkin/roll in freezer, lift table, electric pallet jack, shelving, rolling food carts, box truck, and electrical upfit.
These improvements drastically improves the level of service we can provide to our neighbors in need.
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Thank you to our Partners!
Corporate partnerships:
Pfizer, Caterpillar, Moen, Zurn, Sanford Contractors, Enbridge Gas Co., Letts Tree Service, Common Thread, Edward Jones, McSwain Trust, Ernest & Ruby McSwain Trust, Lee County Sheriff’s Dept. Central Electric Membership, SCS, Munday Scientific Instruments, AMERICares, Gildan Yarns
Grocery Stores/Farms:
Food Lion, Walmart, Piggly Wiggly, Lowes Foods, Stretch a Buck, Lidl, Priority Farms, White Hill Farms, Buchanan Farms, Johnson Family Produce, Gary Thomas Farms, Gross Farms
Civic Groups:
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions Clubs, Elks Lodge No. 1679, Sanford Civitan Club, Carolina Trace Women’s Club, Retired School Teachers Assoc.
Churches:
St. Luke, St. Stephens, Pocket Presb, Jonesboro Baptist, Jonesboro Presbyterian, Edgewood Presbyterian, Broadway Presbyterian, 1 Hope Assembly, Rocky Fork Christian, Flat Springs Baptist, Wayside Presbyterian, First Pentecostal Holiness Church, First Presbyterian, Rise Assembly, Buffalo Presbyterian, Good News Baptist, Swann’s Station Baptist, Cumnock Baptist, Grace Chapel Ministries, Cool Springs Baptist, First Baptist, Baptist Chapel, St. Andrews Presbyterian, Poplar Springs Methodist Church, Tramway Baptist, Life Springs Church, Connect Church, Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, Focus Church, Moore Union, Morris Chapel, His Amazing Grace, Crossroads Ministry
New Growth, Thanks to Grant Funding
Feeding the community requires ingenuity and resourcefulness, and Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County is always looking for new ways to make food accessible. Food pantries rely on fresh produce, grocery store donations and extras gleaned from local farms. In winter months, that can mean a scarcity of nutritious greens. To combat the problem, we started hydroponic farming with grow lights.
Having nutritious options available to the nearly 800 families we serve each month is important. Vegetables should make up about half of your plate at each meal, since they are packed with vitamins, antioxidants and fiber. Often, vegetables are much more expensive than a can of soup or a bag of chips. We want to change the way Lee
County eats. "We use this as an opportunity to provide new flavors and foods that our community might not otherwise taste." says Executive Director, Teresa Dew Kelly. Fork Farms, Inc. hydroponic towers can grow fresh produce every day of the year, without the concerns of pests, frost or drought. Our facility has four units that can hold 277 plants each. This project was made possible by grants from United Healthcare and Pfizer.