Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest provides free phone support for households seeking to enroll in FNS / SNAP.
Contact: Tel: (336) 422-7758 | fnsoutreach@secondharvest.org
Website: https://www.secondharvestnwnc.org/
Location: 3655 Reed St. | Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Hunger and Health Coalition
Offers food boxes every 14 days, prepared to-go meals, and a backpack food assistance program for Watauga County residents.
Contact: Tel: 828-262-1628 | operations@hungerandhealthcoalition.com
Website: https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/
Location: 141 Health Center Drive Suite C | Boone, North Carolina, 28607
F.a.r.m. (Feed all Regardless of Means) Cafe
Donate-what-you-can restaurant serving lunch weekdays from 11 am-2 pm. Kids 12 and under eat free.
Contact: Tel: 828-386-1000
Website: https://farmcafe.org/
Location: 617 W King St | Boone, NC 28607
Hospitality House
Distributes food boxes to families and offers community meals at the Bread of Life Kitchen. 3 meals per day 365 days per year. No registration for meals is required.
Contact: Tel: (828) 264-1237 | info@hosphouse.org
Website: https://www.hosphouse.org/
Location: 338 Brook Hollow Road | Boone, NC 28607
Watauga County Health Department
Manages WIC sign-ups. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program supporting women, infants, and children.
Contact: Tel: (919) 707-5800 | Para Español: 919-527-6423
Website: nutritionnc.com/wic
Location: 126 Poplar Grove Connector | Boone, NC 28607
Double Up Food Bucks
Healthy Food incentive program that doubles value of federal nutrition benefits spent at farmer’s markets.
Contact: farmersmarkets@brwia.org
Website: https://www.brwia.org/doubleup.html
Location: Available at all Watauga County farmer’s markets and High Country Food Hub.
Casting Bread Ministries
Open for pantry food box pick up Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 am-3 pm.
Contact: sam@increasefoodsecurity.org
Website: http://www.faithbridgeumc.org/casting-bread-food-pantry.html
Location: 194 Aho Road | Blowing Rock, NC 28605
Greenway BaptisT Church Food Pantry
Providing weekly food boxes on Thursdays from 10 am until 2:30 pm.
Contact: greenwayfoodpantry@gmail.com
Website: https://www.greenwaybaptist.com/copy-of-who-is-greenway-1
Location: 880 Greenway Rd. | Boone, NC 28607
Mountaineer Food HUb
Located in the office of sustainability, the pantry offers students non-perishable staples as well as fresh bread and seasonal, local fruits and vegetables, as available.
Contact: maxwelljb@appstate.edu
Website: https://sustain.appstate.edu/initiatives/food-pantry/
Location: East Hall, Bottom Floor
Western Watauga Food Outreach
Provides a free community meal every Thursday from 4 pm-6 pm (no registration required).
Contact: raineymac@hotmail.com
Website: https://www.wwfood.org/
Location: 1081 Old US Hwy 421 | Sugar Grove, NC 28679
Blowing Rock Cares
The Blowing Rock CARES Food pantry is open for clients on Mondays from 9 am to 12 pm at the rear entrance of Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Contact: info@blowingrockcares.com
Website: http://blowingrockcares.com/wordpress/
Location: 1218 Main Street, Blowing Rock | NC 28605
Little Free Pantry of Boone
The Little Free Pantry motto is "give what you can, take what you need." Any individual can access the little free pantry discretely at any time, day or night.
Contact: lfpofboone@gmail.com
Location: 130 Poplar Grove Road Connector in front of the NC Works building.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY (HHC@FBC)
We are open for all individuals and families in need every Monday from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm. The Health and Hunger Coalition also runs their mobile delivery program out of this location, which strives to deliver food to people who have limited transportation. The combined efforts are called HHC@FBC.
Contact: office@boonefirstbaptist.org
Website: https://www.boonefirstbaptist.org/ministries/health-hunger-coalition-first-baptist-church-of-boone
Location: 375 W. King Street Boone, NC 28607