by Steve McCrossan, Executive Director If you’ve met me, I hope you have heard me speak about NourishNC’s (NNC) vision to provide nutritious food “anywhere and everywhere” food insecure kids need it in our community. Our board and staff take this vision quite literally. We do so because this vision inspires and invigorates us. It [...]
Steve McCrossan, Executive Director In 1902, Thomas Edison predicted that, “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” Well, that day is closer for children in New Hanover County. NourishNC is partnering with New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Nunnelee Pediatric [...]
Grab your sweetheart, partner, bestie, or whoever you'd like to take on a fun date night and #DoGoodWithTheOneYouLove! Your ticket will buy both you and your date a night full of fun! We'll have live music by the great Jared Michael Cline, drinks, games, raffle prizes, appetizers, and, of course - an [...]
February is Spread the Love month at NourishNC! We'll be sharing lots of short videos demonstrating the myriad of ways our supporters Spread the Love in our community. We also want to know “How will YOU Spread the Love?" and encourage you to share videos. There are so many ways to do this, so get [...]
Steve McCrossan, Executive Director As you may know, the Everybody’s IGA grocery store, a church, and several businesses on Greenfield St. were recently destroyed in a fire. Since then, there have been lots of questions about this neighborhood becoming a food desert, what the future holds for the destroyed plaza, and a lot of “what can we [...]
Steve McCrossan, Executive Director NourishNC is thrilled to partner with New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) in “Leading Our Community to Outstanding Health.” As part of its strategic emphasis on becoming a national leader in health equity, NHRMC launched its Health Equity Program. Health equity refers to the social reality that not all patients have [...]
by Steve McCrossan, Executive Director WOW! What an amazing year 2017 was for NourishNC. Thanks to you NourishNC was able to expand our services at an unprecedented rate. With your support we are fulfilling our promise to be “anywhere and everywhere” hungry kids need us in New Hanover County. We now provide nutritious food to [...]
by Steve McCrossan, Executive Director The holidays are here and you are looking for ways to give back to your community. That’s great because we have lots of ideas on how you can act to help the most vulnerable in our community. Let’s get right in to how you can take action this holiday season. [...]
Bring Our Kids Something Good to EAT! By Kellie Furr, Program Director Thursday, October 26th 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 601 Greenfield St. Wilmington, NC 28401 Admission: 1 Bag of Food from our Most Wanted List Pre-Registration is required. Click Reverse Trick-or-Treat to sign up! We Won’t Let Hunger Haunt Our Kids this Halloween! We’re hosting the [...]
by Steve McCrossan, Executive Director WOW! What an amazing year for NourishNC! We have greatly expanded upon our mission and our vision “to be anywhere and everywhere hungry children in New Hanover County need us.” This past year we have added 123 more children and 6 schools to our Backpack Program. We have also added [...]
