Goal: Move from “Life Saving” to “Life Changing” Location: 189 Old Vale Road, Newland (behind WAMY and Avery County Schools) Builder: Dean Hagie, Elk Park Total Cost: $1.2 million Building: $600,000 Equipment / Furnishings / Shelving: $125,000 Land: $107,000 Engineer: $33,000 Site Prep: $135,000 Parking Lot Paving: $200,000 Financing or Donations needed: $600,000 Building Materials: […]
Simple Ways to Take Better Care of Seniors
Provided by Beverly Nelson | Photo: Avery Senior Services If you have older adults in your life, you should also know that seniors occasionally need more than just comfort and connection to live a healthy, happy life. If you’re concerned about older friends or loved ones, here are some ways you can help. Make Sure […]
2021 News Features
We are delighted to be featured in so many feature stories and updates in a variety of media outlets. (Photo above by Avery Journal.) Here is a sampling for you to read and watch: WBTV Feature, June 2021 Avery Journal – June 2021, “Feeding Avery Families continues mission with food distribution van”: Click here to […]
FAF Top 20 Highlights of 2020
What a year it was for Feeding Avery Families, a non-profit organization fighting hunger in Avery County, North Carolina! The first couple of months of 2020 were “business as usual” as they worked on several new initiatives. Then COVID-19 hit in March. They immediately pivoted their distribution on Fridays from client-choice shopping inside to drive-through […]
Food Lion Weekly Donations
Food Lion in Banner Elk quietly donates thousands of pounds of food each month to Feeding Avery Families. Five days each week, a FAF volunteer (like Larry Zimmer in photo above) picks up surplus food from the meat, deli and bakery departments. So far in 2020, they have averaged more than 2,100 pounds each month! […]
Generous Lowes Foods Customers
If you shop at Lowes Foods in Banner Elk, you have been asked at the check-out about donating food to Feeding Avery Families. You also see the bins of donated food displayed by the front door. The latest campaign collected more than 10,000 cans of Campbell’s tomato and chicken noodle soup in just two weeks! […]
Feeding Avery Children: Summer 2020
Today was the first day of a Summer Delivery Program organized to deliver food to the homes of the children of Avery County and their families. As the days have finally warmed and occasional thunderstorms roll across the surrounding mountains, it feels like there is fresh hope and a new beginning, although the food insecurity […]
High Country Charitable Foundation & AMY Wellness
High Country Press | May 4, 2020 | By Nathan Ham In extremely uncertain times and some critical food shortages for families, particularly in rural areas, the High Country Charitable Foundation and AMY Wellness Foundation in Avery County have been able to raise a total of $75,000 that will be distributed evenly to Feeding Avery […]