While thousands of Western North Carolina families struggle to hold on through the pandemic and its economic impacts, our alliance of partners and supporters, whom we work with daily, continue to stretch every available resource to make sure these families can weather the crisis long enough to reach the light at the end of a… Read more »
Help Spread the Word One of the most important things you can do as an advocate for our friends and neighbors who might be struggling right now is to normalize reaching out for help, and to spread the word about the resources we have available. Please share MANNA’s Food Helpline information with your employers, church… Read more »
A County by County Guide In the interest of everyone’s health & well-being, we wanted to help best provide an answer to the question that everyone has asked themselves, “when can I get the COVID vaccine?” The answer is not straight forward and varies county by county. That’s why we’ve put the links to all… Read more »
Food, Rent, Utilities & Mortgage Assistance We recognize now is a time that many people are struggling to make ends meet. Please go ahead and review the following resources, while also sharing them with your networks. Buncombe County Rent, Utilities & Mortgage Assistance. On Jan. 5, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved accepting… Read more »
Notes From Our Partners For the past fifty years, Haywood Christian Ministry has been a part of Haywood County, evolving with the community to serve in many capacities and aiding vulnerable citizens to meet the challenges of everyday living. We offer a thrift store, clothing assistance, utility and rent assistance, and food assistance through partnerships… Read more »
Volunteer Drivers & Their Incredible Impact in 2020 Following a year like no other, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the amazing impact that our volunteer drivers has had across our 16 county service area. In 2020, our dedicated and passionate members of the MANNA Volunteer Driver Team have… • Worked in pairs… Read more »
A Letter From MANNA’s CEO Dear MANNA Community, The last weeks and months have been revealing—showing who we are and who we aren’t yet. There have been too many heartbreaking moments. We’ve been given little choice about seeing the harsh realities of our country’s current state even when so many of us are working together… Read more »
Ways to Lend a Hand this Holiday Season! This holiday season, there are many ways that you can support MANNA, whether that is helping out at MANNA or by supporting local businesses across Western North Carolina! • Volunteer at MANNA: Start the new year by volunteering at MANNA this January! For those interested in volunteering,… Read more »
A Little Bit of Hope for 2021 One of the most important things a person can possess is hope. That’s why, after a year as unprecedented as the one we just experienced, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some stories that left us feeling hopeful. These stories come from partner agencies across our… Read more »
Celebrating a year of MANNA Community Markets! Last year, MANNA officially launched a new program, which sought to hold free food distributions in areas lacking the infrastructure and/or resources to combat the high level of food insecurity in the region. Being that most of Western North Carolina is rural, we were aware that there… Read more »