March 3, 2026
Dear Leighton,My name is Courtney. We met last week.I’ve been thinking about you ever since.You carefully spelled your name for me. You told me about your birthday party — the one where, instead of asking for gifts, you asked your friends to bring food for neighbors...
From left: Courtney Oates, Alenys Borrás, Ian Burge, Lucy Mitchell, Jennifer Gallagher
It started like any other volunteer shift.A group of students from Johnson & Wales University’s College of Food Innovation & Technology arrived at Nourish Up, ready to pack boxes of nonperishable...
Nourish Up recently held its inaugural Pantry to Plate cooking class in the Hunger Hub Teaching Kitchen. The launch of this program, designed by Community Outreach Director Chasidie Glover and funded in part by the Farm to Table Fund, is a dream come true for Nourish Up.
And a game changer for...
We couldn’t imagine a better way to close out Volunteer Appreciation Month than by celebrating the people who make it all happen.On Saturday, nearly 300 volunteers joined us for our first Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in the Hunger Hub—transformed from warehouse to a celebratory space. It was...
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Scouting for Food! Approximately 185,000 lbs of food was collected to help Nourish Up fight hunger in our community.
Just look at all these bins—each holding up to 2,000 pounds of donations! The Nourish Up warehouse is now filled with...
Quint Ulchar has grown up attending Scouting for Food. Now a sophomore at East Mecklenburg High School, this is a tradition he and his family keep. You might think Quint is one of the thousands of Charlotte area Scouts who participate each year bright and early, on a chilly February morning, but...
On Saturday, January 25, several members of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church gathered at the Hunger Hub for a special afternoon together. The group shared a meal, took a tour of our facility, and gathered to bless the lobby of the Nourish Up Food Lion Feeds Pantry—a space they generously supported...
Saturday, February 1, the Scouting America Mecklenburg County Council is once again Scouting for Food. Scouts go door-to-door throughout Mecklenburg Co. collecting non-perishable food items for Nourish Up, formerly Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays. The 114,373 pounds of food collected...
Novant Health recently partnered with student-athletes and staff from Ambassador Christian School to pack 8 pallets / 624 boxes of nutritionally balanced nonperishable groceries. Novant Health is a steadfast supporter of Nourish Up, and together we firmly believe that food is medicine....
In preparation for Thanksgiving, Emily visited the Nourish Up pantry in Huntersville to provide a traditional holiday meal for her family. “I thought I wasn’t going to have a turkey this year. I was worried,” she shared. Like many other families in our community, Emily faces the constant challenge...
