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NourishNC and LINQ Cares
NourishNC is very grateful for the continuous support we receive from LINQ. Check out this video featuring NourishNC's Executive Director Steve McCrossan and LINQ's Senior Director of Learning and Development Pat Litzinger as they discuss their partnership. https://www.screencast.com/t/K9LJIBXk
Produce Power Up at NourishNC!
Each month, the 1400 children who are enrolled in our Backpack Program are invited to the Market on Market (aka MoM!) to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies. This month we are also offering bread, chicken and milk. Thank you to our friends at Wilmington Health for sponsoring this month's Produce Power Up and [...]
Welcome Lambeth Chalk, NourishNC’s new Program Director
Press Release January 4, 2023 For Immediate Release Nourishnc welcomes Lambeth Chalk as new program director NourishNC, a Wilmington based nonprofit that provides nutritious food to hungry children, is pleased to announce the hiring of Lambeth Chalk as their new Program Director. Lambeth will strengthen relationships and serve as the direct liaison with the [...]
From Forgotten Buffet to Vital Blessing
Steve McCrossan, Executive Director Did you know that NourishNC owns the old China King buffet on Market Street? It’s true! This past winter we took out a loan and purchased the 2-acre lot and the crumbling restaurant slouching upon it. You see, our vision to be “anywhere and everywhere” our kids need food is being [...]
I Must Do Better
NourishNC stands in solidarity with those seeking justice for George Floyd and the countless other black and brown people who have faced systemic violence for far too long. But the reality is, these are just words, well-meaning, but meaningless without action. NourishNC, and I as a white leader, must do better than pen well-meaning words [...]
COVID-19 Guest Blog: Impacts on the LatinX Community
Author: Amanda Boomershine UNC Wilmington Latino Alliance For the first time in over a century, the entire world is faced with a global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, including almost 1,000 here in North Carolina. This deadly virus has far-reaching impacts for everyone, including impacts on your health, education, well-being, and daily life. [...]
COVID-19 Guest Blog: Maintaining Support Without Physical Classrooms
Author: Sarah Brinson School Social Worker, New Hanover County Schools As the days have turned into weeks, and the weeks have turned into months, School Social Workers throughout the county have been working hard to overcome a number of unique challenges we never thought we’d have to face. For all of us, our work in schools [...]
COVID-19 Guest Blog: Hope Over Fear, Always. An Intern’s Perspective.
Author: Rebecca Porter NourishNC's Programs Intern As a senior student trying to wrap up college and graduate this May at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, a lot of theoretical scenarios have been running through my mind. Will I be living alone in an unfamiliar city starting a new job or will I be staying in Wilmington post-college? Will I be financially stable? Will my lifestyle [...]
COVID-19 Guest Blog: What’s It Like to Be a School Social Worker During A Pandemic?
Author: Sarah Pearce School Social Worker, New Hanover County Schools "What's it like to be a school social worker during the pandemic?" I have received this question from friends and family many times since school closed mid-March. The answer is far from simple, and involves an understanding of what a school social worker does when there [...]