Announcements
Backpack Program-The Corner Table:
The Backpack Program serves children in thirty four local schools who face hunger on the weekends in Catawba County. Each week of the school year over 1,200 children receive a bag full of food. The Backpack Program is in existence because of the community's constant support in the form of volunteers and donors giving their time, talent, and treasures. The program is led by volunteers and is completely reliant on the generous hearts of local donors. Permission forms were sent home here at Startown on Monday August 29 or Tuesday August 30th. Please fill the form out and send it back to school by Tuesday September 6. Food bags will be coming home hopefully the week of September 12. We send our bags home each Friday. And If you would rather fill out the online permission form, you may do that as well. The Corner Table also has fresh frozen cooked meals available for pick-up at their community kitchen each day. This is a fantastic community service and they serve up super yummy meals so please consider this outreach.
Community Kitchen Hours
Monday-Friday: 11:30AM-12:30PM
THE CORNER TABLE 122 N MAIN AVE, NEWTON, NC, 28658, UNITED STATES (828) 464-0355 INFO@THECORNERTABLE.ORG
Complete the following online Application:
www.thecornertable.org/backpack-program-food-for-students
STUDENT HUNGER PREVENTION PROGRAM
Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry offers additional food assistance through its Hunger Programs to families in Catawba County. Available to school students and their families, this program will provide additional foods to your household through the week for 12 months, and includes meats, produce, breads, dairy items, and snacks.
A one-month supply of food can be picked up once each month at your convenience, with additional fresh foods available to you twice during each month, all at the ECCCM Food Pantry. If you and your family need additional foods through the week, and are not currently receiving assistance through ECCCM’s hunger programs, you are encouraged to request further assistance. Commodities available to Student Hunger Prevention Program families include:
Fresh bread
Fresh fruits, veggies, and other produce when in season
Pasta - Meats: chicken & beef, hot dogs, hamburger
Dairy: cheese, eggs, yogurt - Canned: vegetables, soup, meats, and fruit
Snacks: snack crackers, chips, candy, granola bars and other nutritious snacks as available
Drinks: Flavored "Pouch" drinks, nutrition drinks, sodas (with parental approval), as available
Applications are open to all students in Catawba County including: Catawba County Schools, Newton-Conover City Schools, Hickory Public Schools, Parents As Teachers program, the Early Headstart Program, Catawba Valley Community College, and will be approved by Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry, Inc. (ECCCM).
Parents, or college-age students, simply fill out the application for a telephone interview. Parents, college-age students, or their representative, will be able to pick up their household foods directly from ECCCM at the parent's, college-age student’s (or designated person's) convenience. ECCCM Food Pantry pickup hours are Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am through 4:30 pm 245 East N Street Newton, NC 28658 (Behind the County Agricultural Center)
If you and your family need additional foods through the week, and are not currently receiving assistance through ECCCM’s hunger programs, you are encouraged to request further assistance. Simply call ECCCM for more information at 465-1702, or easier yet, complete this online application.
Click on the link below to be directed to the website and online application process...
Complete the following online application:
http://www.ecccm.org/student-hunger-prevention-program/
Jodi Hutto
828-464-1257