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Our Programs
Feeding the hungry
Our non-profit was blessed to become a recipient of The Food Donation Connection's Harvest Program. We were partnered with Outback Steak House, Olive Garden & 2 - Starbucks in Burlington, and 1 in Whitsett, where we also have our newest food donor Chick fil-A. We pick up 3 times a week from each Starbucks, twice a week from Chick fil-A & weekly from the other restaurants. This is food they would normally throw away. Instead, they freeze the food and save it for us.
with Help from our
Since 1992, Food Donation Connection has assisted food service companies with the development and implementation of Harvest Programs designed to provide an alternative to discarding surplus food.
We want to give a big thanks to Outback Steak House, Olive Garden, Starbucks, Chick Fil-A & Main Street Cake our local community food donors for their generous donations of food to help feed those in need in our community.
Community Partners
To date, Kitchen we've collected and delivered over 8K pounds of food to these organizations. Trinity Worship Center, The Piedmont Rescue Mission, The Caring Kitchen, Mercy & Grace Ministries, Freedom's Hope Community Outreach center, Hope Chest Thrift Store & City Gate Dream Center in Burlington, NC.
Outback Steakhouse
2735 Longpine Rd, Burlington, NC 27215
Big thanks go out to The Food Donation Connection for creating the Harvest Program, and to all the participating restaurants as well.
Olive Garden Italian Kitchen
1770 Glidewell Dr, Burlington NC 27215
University Commons,
1447 University Dr.
Burlington, NC 27215
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6405 Burlington Rd.
Whitsett, NC 27377
Our volunteers pick up food 3 times a week from each location. Thank you so much for not throwing away perfectly good food & donating it our non-profit so we can get it to those suffering from food insecurity.
2555 Maple Ave.
Burlington, NC. 27215
FDC's Harvest Program
This is how the Food Donation Connections Harvest Program works. Since 1992, Food Donation Connection has assisted food service companies with the development and implementation of Harvest Programs designed to provide an alternative to discarding surplus food.
We deliver the donated food to Trinity Worship Center's Food Pantry, The Piedmont Rescue Mission, The Caring Kitchen, Freedom's Hope Ministry, Mercy & Grace Ministry, Hope Chest Thrift Store, City Gate Dream Center. These organizations have a bigger reach than we do and we are all trying to do the same thing. Provide food to those in need in our Burlington, NC community.
Thanks to the new owners Brent & Jonah as well as the rest of the staff at Main Street Cake for continuing to donate all the delicious Cakes, Cupcakes & goodies you donate to our cause weekly to help feed the hungry & the homeless.
1345 South Church Street Burlington, NC 27215. Email info@mainstreetcake.com
336 261 8725
Bride's Choice Award
Wedding Wire 2014 & 2015
Best of Alamance County
The Times News
Reader's Choice 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
Best Cake Shop
Reader's Choice 2021 and 2023
Best Cake Shop and Best Bakery
Reader's Choice 2022
Best Wedding Cake Shop
Welcome to our latest food donor, Thank you so Much!
From scholarships and surplus food donations to sustainability milestones, Chick-fil-A strives to have a positive influence throughout the communities we serve.
- 9.9 million meals created from surplus food donations through the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program.
Food lines around the country
NY, GA, PA, FL, Food lines
OHIO - long lines for food
Utah food bank
Housing the homeless
IS AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
Our plan is to build temporary transitional shelters, 1, 2, 3 BR apt. homes & Duplexes. All Safe, affordable, Low-income, Green housing. The shelters will be used to get people off the streets and into interventions such as "Housing First". A philosophy that all people should be housed prior to working on anything else. This outlook can filter through every individual program and the collective system to focus on moving people into housing as quickly as possible, then providing the appropriate level of support to ensure long term housing stability. This system also lowers hurdles to program access, prioritizes people that have the highest barriers to stable housing first, and believes that everyone is housing ready. Additionally, Housing First is based on the simple idea that a person experiencing homelessness will be most successful when able to make his or her own informed decisions about housing and health. We will also build larger structures like the one pictured above that can be used as multi-generational homes, Veteran housing, ADA compliant Assisted living facilities, Group Homes, Mental Health & Elder care facilities, etc. There is a large and growing evidence base demonstrating that Housing First is an effective solution to homelessness. Housing First programs often provide rental assistance that varies in duration depending on the household’s needs. Consumers sign a standard lease and are able to access supports as necessary to help them do so. A variety of voluntary services may be used to promote housing stability and well-being during and following housing placement. Two common program models follow the Housing First approach but differ in implementation. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is targeted to individuals and families with chronic illnesses, disabilities, mental health issues, or substance use disorders who have experienced long-term or repeated homelessness. It provides long-term rental assistance and supportive services. (PSH) has a long-term housing retention rate of up to 98 percent. A second program model, rapid re-housing, is employed for a wide variety of individuals and families. The Core components of rapid re-housing—housing identification, rent and move-in assistance, and case management and services—operationalize Housing First principals. It provides short-term rental assistance and services. The goals are to help people obtain housing quickly, increase self-sufficiency, and remain housed. Studies have shown that Rapid re-housing helps people exit homelessness quickly—in one study, an average of two months—and remain housed. A variety of studies have shown that between 75 percent and 91 percent of households remain housed a year after being rapidly re-housed. Participants will be given the option of a rent to own program or yearly lease. Affording them the opportunity to achieve the American dream of homeownership if they so desire. Once they are back on their feet.
(Data compiled by National Alliance to end Homelessness &
Partners ending homelessness)
why we do, what we do.
From our conversations with homeless people we learned that not everyone living on the streets wants to exit homelessness. The reasons given were mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction and some said they have just given up. We understand we can only help those who want to be helped and our community is full of people who need and want help. We work diligently to help people by providing the 2 things we feel are most needed, the basic necessities most of us take for granted, food and housing. We want to help our veterans the elderly, people with mobility issues an of course the homeless to enjoy a better quality of life.
Guilford County has developed a Housing First team that drastically reduced the number of Chronically Homeless individuals in the community from 107 in 2014 to 36 in 2016 (2016 Point In Time Count). This partnership between the Salvation Army Greensboro, Psychotherapeutic Services, Inc. and the Servant Center’s SOAR program (Disability Assistance) have changed the landscape of long term homelessness in this community.
For details about a (PIT)
Point-In-Time count and a (HIC) Housing Inventory Count conducted in January of 2022. Click the link below for national, state, and CoC-level PIT and HIC estimates of homelessness, as well as estimates of chronically homeless persons, homeless veterans, and homeless children and youth.
Temporary transitional Homeless Shelters Accessory dwellings / disaster relief
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