HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Anyone who’s been to a grocery store lately knows prices are high, and those high prices make it tough for families to put healthy food on the table, but a nonprofit in the Piedmont Triad is trying to make food more accessible.
“Everybody needs a helping hand. Everybody at one point or another needs help,” said Wayne Hawks, a driver for the Out of the Garden Project. The nonprofit helps families find food. The mission began in 2009 when a family saw children in their elementary school going hungry and took action.
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“One simple act of kindness led to weekend bags for students at home elementary schools and the fresh mobile market program,” said Beth Crise, Executive Director of Out of the Garden Project. “That’s our flagship program where about 80% of all of our food goes to this program. It’s when we load up a box truck with produce, beans, cheese, deli, dairy, bread, all things you would buy in the grocery store, and we bring that into areas that are considered food deserts or areas where there is food insecurity.”
Out of the Garden Project’s mission is to end hunger by providing nutritious food to children and families in need. It picks up donations of fresh fruits and vegetables from Foster in Greensboro. Volunteers and workers sort the food at a warehouse and then distribute the food to people as well as to other nonprofits such as Helping Hands High Point. Executive Director Steve Key says the partnership is crucial to successfully feeding families…