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The Second Thursday No Charge Food Distribution will not be possible this week.
It is normally held at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market, off Beckford Drive in Henderson, on the second Thursday of the month, but the facility is not available, and there are not enough volunteers available.
An area citizen called WIZS Tuesday asking about it, and local organizer and volunteer Betty Boyd was able to provide a quick response by phone. Boyd said, “No, we will not be able to proceed (this month). The farmers market has suspended all rentals, and with the volume of food that we normally receive, there’s just not any way we can distribute that with nine people or less.”
You can be sure that the event organizers are disappointed in not being able to do this distribution this month, but that as soon as possible, and in the interim, they are working hard towards future events.
In the meantime, please visit this link from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to locate food resources in our area: https://foodbankcenc.org/find-help/food-finder/
An area partnership of St. James Missionary Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, NC Cooperative Extension Office, Vance County Social Services and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, the monthly distribution supplements the food resources of the Vance County community.