Holly Springs Food Cupboard Celebrates 15th Anniversary | | |
This June, the Holly Springs Food Cupboard is celebrating its 15th anniversary!
The Cupboard began in 2010 operating out of the Holly Springs United Methodist Church annex. In 2011, the Cupboard moved to its permanent location at 621 W Holly Springs Road.
From distributing our first bags of groceries to providing record numbers of Thanksgiving dinners, the Cupboard has witnessed incredible growth, both in the number of clients we serve and in the variety of foods we are able to provide.
But throughout the years, one thing remains the same: the unwavering generosity of our neighbors, volunteers, and partners who team with us to fulfill our mission of providing supplemental food and referral assistance to those in need in the Holly Springs community.
As we celebrate, we extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has contributed to our success – from the dedicated volunteers who staff our operations to the generous donors who fill our shelves. You are the heart of the Holly Springs Food Cupboard.
Celebrate with us this month! Consider donating 15 non-perishable food items to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard. Visit our website to view most-needed food items and community drop-off locations.
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The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is deeply grateful for many neighbors and organizations that donated much needed food to replenish shelves to help meet an increased and ongoing need.
Bikes For Hope, My Way Tavern, and Heroes Express Car Wash teamed up all through April to support the Cupboard in a big way! Led by the incredible Tim Overton, this crew didn’t just collect - they strategized... they reached out to ask what we needed most, hunted down the best deals, and went on a full-on shopping spree! Over three weeks last month, they donated a jaw-dropping amount of food, including case loads of pasta sauce and veggies.
Tim's men’s group from Hope Community Church stepped in with a second wave of generosity (pictured here!). To everyone who donated, planned, lifted, and loaded... we thank you for being hunger heroes!
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Scout Leads Cemetery Restoration Project
For his Eagle Scout project, Ben Balsley with Troop 356 is leading a restoration of a private cemetery that dates to the 1800s. The private Robinson Family Cemetery contains at least eight graves and is located in a wooded area of the Food Cupboard property.
Ben's team identified grave sites, removed brush and trees, built a picket fence around the site, and mulched a path to it. While three graves are identified with markers, wooden crosses will be made for unmarked graves.
A big thanks to Ben and fellow scouts in completing this project.
| | Around the Cupboard Last Month | | |
Belén Rogers from the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina stopped by last month. As part of their Community Nutrition Team, Belén helps keep us on track as a designated Healthy Pantry—which means more fresh, nutritious food for our neighbors in need.
Thanks to this partnership, we’re able to stock our shelves each week with healthy options—many at little to no cost. The Cupboard also receives access to food recovery programs, food safety education, and equipment grants.
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Meet Rylander! This rockstar organized a food drive in his Oak Hall neighborhood and collected over 200 pounds of food for the Holly Springs Food Cupboard!
This is Rylander's second year organizing a neighborhood food drive. Thank you, Rylander and Oak Hall neighbors. We appreciate you!
| | Thank you so much to Elizabeth Camacho for dropping off non-perishable food! With food drives running low, every donation counts more than ever, and this one came at the perfect time! Thank you for helping us feed our neighbors! | |  | Fresh and local from our amazing partners at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina! Fresh fruits and veggies are one of the most requested items by clients, so it's wonderful to be able to give a little "extra" when we have it! Thank you, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina for helping the Cupboard serve with abundance and heart. | | | |
Giant thank you to Food Lion #938 at 517 N. Main Street for donating 2,000 reusable bags to the Cupboard!
The Cupboard fills these bags with kid-friendly meals and snacks for families with children in school.
We’re so grateful for this generous support and proud to have such a thoughtful partner in our mission to feed our neighbors.
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The Town of Holly Springs Public Works Department organized a food drive in honor of National Public Works Week. Thank you very much for the much-needed non-perishable foods!
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A huge shoutout to everyone who participated in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive by leaving donations for your mail carriers - y’all really showed up in the best way possible! Because of your generosity (and the hardworking folks at the US Postal Service), we collected a mountain of food to help stock our shelves to feed our neighbors in need.
We also want to give a heartfelt thank you to our amazing friends at the Fuquay Varina Emergency Food Pantry for teaming up with us again this year. This partnership is what community is all about.
| | | Sara Haggar, the Executive Director of the Holly Springs Food Cupboard spoke with Apex Sunrise Rotary Club about the Cupboard's mission and service. The club donated a book in her name to a local elementary school library. | | | The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is so appreciative for this amazing group from Samsung who dropped off hundreds of pounds of non-perishable food! Every bit makes a difference for sure! | | Thank you, Connor Dollhausen of Southern Wake Academy for taking action when he heard the Cupboard was in need of donations! | | | Jake Reynolds of Pine Springs Preparatory was looking for a way to get some service hours and decided to put together a food drive! Thank you for the much needed food for clients! | | | Spring is in full bloom, and we’d love your helping hands in the Holy Springs Food Cupboard Community Garden! Whether you’ve got a green thumb or just love being outdoors, come dig in the dirt, plant some veggies, and connect with your neighbors. | | |
Interested in volunteering in the garden? Both individuals and families are invited on Open Work Days, beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting for a couple of hours on. No need to bring any tools - just gloves and maybe water.
For more information, email garden@hsfoodcupboard.org.
Organized groups like schools, student clubs, churches, and businesses should contact garden@hsfoodcupboard.org to schedule a special work day for their group.
| | A huge thanks to the amazing crew from Cornerstone Building Brands who spent a toasty Wednesday morning in the garden harvesting, transplanting squash, fixing irrigation, and more! This team shows up for the Cupboard multiple times a year, and we’re so grateful for their continued support and hard work. | | This fabulous crew from Holly Springs Church of Christ harvested Egyptian onions, snow peas, started new seeds in pots, and transplanted peppers into the beds. Thank you for the hard work, good vibes, and green thumbs! | | Many thanks to Chris Cook and Modern Woodmen of America for a generous donation of garden equipment and supplies needed to keep the Cupboard garden in fantastic shape. We are grateful! | | The Holly Springs Food Cupboard Community Garden is collecting reusable 3” and 6” plastic plant pots to help grow even more fresh produce for local families in need. Do you have pots you no longer need? Instead of tossing them, drop them off in the cart by the shed! | | | It’s garlic time! Every May, volunteers dig up the beautiful garlic planted the previous fall. The garlic is rinsed and ready for use by Cupboard clients! | | | Getting Help & Helping Out | | |
Do you need food assistance? Know someone who does?
Please visit us. The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is here to help. Drive through food distribution is every Thursday, 2-5 p.m. Shopping food distribution by appointment only is every Monday, 1-4 p.m. Deliveries are available to persons with compromised health or without transportation. Click here for more information or to sign up for an appointment to shop in person.
| | Donating Food? How to Get Food to the Cupboard | | |
The Cupboard can receive donated food on:
- Preferred hours: Mondays 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Also: Thursdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Bring donations to the delivery dock on the side of our facility and ring the doorbell for assistance. Or, give us a call and we can meet you to pick up food from your neighborhood.
If you have food that you want to deliver at other times, you can take it to one of our community drop-off sites listed below. If necessary, we can arrange a time for a pick-up. Please do not leave food outside the Cupboard.
Community Drop-Off Sites
- Bless Your Heart Boutique, 242 S. Main Street, Ste. 106
- Coastal Credit Union, Village Walk Drive
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Coldwell Banker HPW, 5261 Sunset Lake Road
- Holly Springs Farmers Market, West Ballentine Street
- Holly Springs Town Hall, Main Street
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Local Time Brewing, 300 S. Main St., Ste. 204
- Oak Village Academy Holly Springs, 160 Solaris Ln.
- Pet Mania, Sunset Lake Road
- Prana Yoga, 300 S. Main St., Suite 116 in Block on Main
- Sunrise United Methodist Church, 5420 Sunset Lake Road
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SupaBowlz Cafe, 150 W Holly Springs Road
- The Block on Main, Corner of Main Street and Rogers Street
- Triangle Wine Company, 4204 Lassiter Road
- Wake FC, Ting Park
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Thank you, again, to our dedicated volunteers and generous community for making everything we do possible.
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