Gleaning America's Fields ~ Feeding America's Hungry

 

 

 

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P.O. Box 25081
Durham, NC 27702-5081
Phone: (919) 683-3011
Toll free: (866) 453-2662 or

              (866) GLEANNC
FAX: (919) 682-3349

 

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SoSA - North & South Carolina

Charlotte Area Gleaning

Piedmont Triad Region Gleaning

Upstate SC Gleaning

 

Farmer's Market Initiative

- partner program with United Methodist Churches

News of Society of St. Andrew, North Carolina

also covering parts of South Carolina

Latest News update from the North Carolina office

Harvest for the needy ~ Charlotte Observer, December 2, 2011 - Article on several faith groups and organizations gleaning with SoSA and Charlotte Area Gleaning Coordinator Kristen Shaben.

Fallen apples fill food bank pantries -  - Spartanburg Herald Journal, October 8, 2011 - The local paper showed up at Nivens Apple Farm in Moore, South Carolina to observe gleaning coordinated by the Rev. Ashley McCoy-Bruce, South Carolina program coordinator for SoSA. She was assisted by Maddie Batlas of Greer Relief - also a field leader for SoSA.

August 31, 2011 - A sweet potato drop at John Wesley UMC in Pinopolis NC is covered by the Charleston Post & Courier.  (runs 1:13)

August 13, 2011 - "Upstate volunteers glean all they can from local farms, gardens for those in need" - from the Independent Mail newspaper of Anderson, South Carolina.

August 1, 2011 - Video interviews of gleaners Sylvester Brown and Sheila Black, and farmer John Yelton, at a tomato gleaning in Gold Hill, NC.  (runs 2:05)

August 1, 2011 - "Volunteers pick through fields to help the hungry" - article in the Salisbury (NC) Post

July 27, 2011 - SoSA and Charlotte-area gleaning coordinator Kristen Shaben are featured in this article in the Charlotte Observer that focuses on gleaning as a great idea with wonderful results.

A film documentary about helping the hungry will feature a North Carolina woman and her volunteer work with Society of St. Andrew. (May 8, 2011 in ENCToday.com) Gloria Henderson will be featured in the film, Every Three Seconds, by Daniel Karslake. Learn more about the film here.

February 25, 2011 - Marilyn Marks retires after 13 years of coordinating gleaning in the Charlotte NC region for the Society of St. Andrew

Nov. 2010 - People from Covenant Presbyterian Church and Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte gleaned at Riverbend Farm in Midland NC. The turnips became part of trays distributed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg's primary meals-on-wheels program.

 
 

 
 

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