Welcome to the Sandhills Branch Home Page!

The Sandhills Branch of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina serves 3 counties in south central North Carolina. They are Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties. One county served is shared with the Raleigh Branch, Lee county.

Last year over 3.17 million pounds of food was distributed to 97 agencies in those counties.

The Sandhills warehouse is 12,500 square feet and has the capacity to store over 225 pallets in dry storage and 44 pallets of refrigerated/frozen food.

The Sandhills Branch supports 4 Kids Cafe programs and 1 Back Pack program.  In the past year the Kids Cafe programs served more than 43,000 meals and more than 6,300 backpacks were distributed to children in the counties served by the Sandhills Branch.

Sandhills Branch News: First Friday in Southern Pines - Join us in downtown Southern Pines on September 5 for First Friday as part of Hunger Action Month. Bring your canned food and enjoy live music, refreshments and activities! Sandhills Food Bank Facing Difficult Times - The Sandhills branch of the Food Bank in Southern Pines is hungry for support. A slumping economy, rising gas prices and the lingering effects of a drought have created an increased demand for assistance, said Peter Werbicki, director of the Food Bank. View the full article. Backpack Pals Program Adds Another Five Schools - BackPack Pals, a program of the Moore County school system, was created to meet the needs of children known to have little or nothing to eat over the weekend.  Five more schools have joined.  View the full article. Current Press Releases - Catch up on the latest Sandhills Press Releases. Brochures and Logos Now Available -   Learn all about the Sandhills Branch of the Food Bank!  Brochures and logos are now available for immediate download.  Click here for more info. Sandhills Area Poverty Statistics - Find out about poverty in the Sandhills area.  A .PDF file with information about poverty in all counties in the Sandhills Branch service area are available.  Click here for more info.

 

Did you know? If you stacked all the cans received from food drives that were distributed last year at the Sandhills Branch, the stack would be over 7 miles high!