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 »
“Beer City” Comes Together in July to Feed WNC Many of us are busy planning summer vacations, gatherings, and picnics ahead of July. But for over 100,000 Western North Carolina residents busy trying to make ends meet to provide for their most basic needs, that kind of celebration is out of the question. That is… 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 »
The 2018 annual Student Food Drive is all wrapped up, and already people across our region are receiving the food they need as a result of the hard work of students from 30 schools from across MANNA’s 16 county western North Carolina service area. Here are this year’s winners for the Student Food Drive: Best… 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 »
Thanks to a grant from the Walnut Cove Member Association, more Buncombe County students receiving free school meals will have food access over the weekend, when they are away from the school meal program. The $10,000 grant from the Walnut Cove Members Association (WCMA) will directly support MANNA FoodBank’s child feeding program, MANNA Packs for… 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 »