CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With grocery prices climbing and federal food assistance programs facing uncertainty, a Charlotte nonprofit is stepping up to help families put food on the table — fast.
The Flourish Foundation Project, founded by Chanda Spates, is partnering with churches across North Carolina to stock shelves and distribute grocery gift cards. It’s an effort Spates says was born out of both urgency and compassion.
“It affects school lunch programs. It affects that mother and small children. It affects that chemotherapy patient that can’t work because of their treatments,” Spates said…