WHO is feeding WHO
BY Staff
Your guide to meal and pantry assistance in Wilmington and surrounding communities
Ambassadors for Christ
4513 Franklin Avenue
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 1st and 3rd Thursday 5-7 p.m.
Contact: Olivia Thames (910) 228-8667
Cape Fear Christian Church
Love In Action Ministry
811 N. College Road
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Every other Thursday 10 a.m.-noon
Contact: Edwina Marbley (910) 399-7131
Catholic Charities
4006 Princess Place Drive
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-11:30 a.m.
Contact: Linda Chance (910) 251-8130
Early Bread
Street Peter The Fisherman Church
314 S. Carolina Avenue
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Sunday 7-8:30 a.m.
Contact: Deacon David Hueholt (910) 763-6222
First in Families
5041 New Centre Drive
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Wilmington NC 28403
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Contact: Regina Johnson (910) 350-2737
First Fruit Ministries
2750 Vance Street
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: FOOD PANTRY & SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Food Pantry Tuesday and Saturday
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wed 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Contact: Ron Pinney (910) 612-1653
Full Circle Ministries
2841 Carolina Beach Road Suite 7
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 9-11 a.m.
Contact: Reverend Thomas Deen (910) 352-2830
Good Shepherd Center
811 Martin Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Monday-Friday 7-8 a.m. and 11 a.m.-noon
Contact: James Williams (910) 763-4424
Holy Grounds/Calvary Chapel of Wilmington
2841 Carolina Beach Road
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 1st and 3rd Saturday 9-11 a.m.
Contact: Tammy Ritter (910) 279-7049
Inner City Food Ministry
14th Street between Greenfield and Martin streets
Wilmington NC
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Sunday 12:30 p.m. until food runs out
Contact: Mel and Linda Smith (910) 686-5308
Jesus Ministries Church and Outreach Inc.
6763 Market Street
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 10 a.m.- noon
Contact: (910) 791-7002
Help Center of Federal Point
Carolina Beach Recreation Building
Type: FOOD PANTRY
1121 N. Lake Park Boulevard
Carolina Beach NC 28428
Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-noon
Contact: Anne Hope Marvin (910) 458-2777
Helping Hands
4849 Castle Hayne Road
Castle Hayne NC 28429
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 9 a.m.-noon
Contact: George Lapinsky (910) 452-6361
Kings Ministry/Kings Breakfast
Pine Valley Church of God
3810 Shipyard Boulevard Wilmington NC 28403
Type: FOOD PANTRY /SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Monthly breakfast 1st Saturday 7 a.m.; Bread and Eggs every Saturday 7 a.m.
Contact: Pat Bradford (910) 791-8253
Marthas Kitchen
First Baptist Church
409 N. Lake Park Boulevard
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Carolina Beach NC 28428
Hours: Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m.
Phone: Bob Hodge (910) 458-5134
Mother Hubbards Cupboard
221 N. Second Street Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday 1-3 p.m.
Contact: Sue Wood (910) 762-2199
Myrtle Grove
7547 Carolina Beach Road Wilmington NC 28412
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 1st and 3rd Tuesday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Contact: Wendy Peterson (910) 793-6181
Mercy House
506 N. Fourth Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday noon-4 p.m. call for appointments
Contact: Frank Roberts (910) 343-0707
Mercy House Parking Lot
First Fruit Ministries
Type: SOUP KITCHEN/STREET
Hours: Wednesday & Sunday 6-7 p.m.
Contact: Ron Pinney (910) 612-1653
New Covenant Holiness Church
1102 Dawson Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 1st and 3rd Wednesday
11 a.m.-noon; every Wednesday
4 -5 p.m.
Contact: Tonya Lawton (910) 762-7376
Phillipians 3 Ministries
20 N. Fourth Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday
10 a.m.-3 p.m.; other days by appointment
Contact: Jerri Holliday (910) 617-4595
Salvation Army-Wilmington
820 N. Second Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY & SOUP KITCHEN
Pantry hours: Thursday and Friday
9-11 a.m. Soup Kitchen hours:
Monday-Sunday 6-6:30 p.m
Contact: Debra Webber (910) 762-7354 ext. 123 or Korey Giordano ext. 133
Street Judes Metropolitan Community Church
19 N. 26th Street
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Tuesday 9 am-noon and by appointment
Contact: John McLaughlin
(910) 762-5833
Street Pauls Lutheran Church Parking Lot
First Fruit Ministries
Type: SOUP KITCHEN/STREET
Hours: Wednesday and Sunday
7-7:45 p.m.
Contact: Ron Pinney (910) 612-1653
Step up For Soldiers
2412 Infantry Road
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Saturday and Sunday for military families only
Contact: Tom Russell
(910) 297-4981
Straightway Ministries
3705 US Hwy 421 North
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 7-9 p.m.
Contact: (910) 232-3459
The Lords Church
1502 E. Lake Shore Drive
Carolina Beach NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Wednesday and Friday
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Contact: Bruce Miller (910) 762-5797
The Love Center Church Inc.
15 Queen Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Contact: Carlisa Fields
(910) 815-0669
The Rock of Wilmington
5301 Sidbury Road
Castle Hayne NC 28429
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 3:30 p.m. until food runs out.
Contact: Barbara Miller
(910) 602-5300
Tileston Outreach
412 Ann Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY & SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-11:30 a.m. (Limited to first 35)
Contact: Sister Mary Isaac Koenig
(910) 762-5491 ext. 135
Tuesday Night Homeless Feeding Ministry
First Baptist Church
411 Market Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SOUP KITCHEN/STREET
Hours: Tuesday 6-8:30 p.m. FBC courtyard and 8:30-9 p.m. Mercy House
Phone: Don Vigus (910) 799-7564
Tuesdaydayhomeless.blogspot.com
Upper Room
406 Central Boulevard
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Sunday noon-2 p.m.
and 7-8 p.m.
Contact: Ashley Beeman (910) 612-5510
Wrightsboro United Methodist Church
3300 N. Kerr Avenue
Wilmington NC 28405
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Wednesday 9-11 a.m.;
Thursday 5-6 p.m.
Contact: Barbara Walker
(910) 762-2583
Wilmington Homeless Ministry at VFW
2722 Carolina Beach Road
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: SOUP KITCHEN
Hours: Sunday 8:45-10:15 a.m.
Phone: Pastor Chris Rollings
(910) 264-7337 and Steve Lambros (910) 443-5087
Pender County Food Pantries
Burgaw PFWB
416 W. Bridger Street
Burgaw NC 28425
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2 p.m.
Contact: (910) 259-5447
Pender County Christian Services
210 W. Freemon Street
Burgaw NC 28425
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Monday-Friday
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Contact: Judy Bruce (910) 259-5840
St Joseph Parish Outreach
1303 Hwy 117 South
Burgaw NC 28425
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 2-5 p.m.
Contact: Joseph Waseleski
(910) 259-2601
Livingstones Tabernacle
127 Loop Point Road
Hampstead NC 28443
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Monday -Saturday
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Contact: (910) 270-0750
Brunswick County Food Pantries
Inspirational House of Praise
9871 Wayne Drive
Leland NC 28451
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Monday and Wednesday
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Contact: (910) 371-6052
Salvation and Deliverance Church
4402 Northwest Road
Leland NC 28451
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 3rd Thursday and 4th Saturday
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Contact: (910) 655-3261
Towncreek Vision Corporation
215 Sunnybrook Way Road
Leland NC 28451
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Thursday 10 a.m.-noon
Contact: (910) 443-7111
Trinity Tabernacle
1029 George II HWY
Winnabow NC 28479
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: 1st and 3rd Friday 10 a.m.-noon appointments all other days
Contact: (910) 253-6015
Wings Ministry
4519-1 Main Street
Shallotte NC 28470
Type: FOOD PANTRY
Hours: Wednesday noon-4 p.m.
Contact: Missy Settlemyer
(910) 512-7643
Second Helpings
Food from grocery stores and elsewhere are gathered and delivered to nonprofits that serve food to their guests. Volunteers take the truck out randomly during the week to pick up food and deliver it to area food pantries and soup kitchens for example Good Shepherd House.
811 Martin Street Wilmington NC 28401
Type: OTHER/SERVICE
Hours: Friday 8:45-10:45 a.m.
Contact: Bruce Shuman 910-256-9659 & James Williams 910-763-4424
Nourish NC
Provides weekend food to New Hanover County school children packed and placed into book bags for 155 school children per week K through high school in seven schools.
Elementary schools
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: OTHER/BACKPACK
Hours: Distributes Fridays
Contact: Kim Karslake 910-442-7831
Street Turkeys
Wrightsville United Methodist Church Mens Bible Study Group and Outreach Committee
Type: OTHER/FOOD DRIVE
The Fourth Annual Street Turkeys of Wilmington to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at Wilmington will take place on Wednesday November 21 at the Landing at 530 Causeway Drive Wrightsville Beach from 7 a.m. to 5p.m. Drop off one or more of the items listed: frozen turkeys and hams; canned stews soups tuna ravioli; peanut butter; cereal; canned fruits and vegetables; rice pasta dry beans; infant formula diapers and wipes (no glass.).
Additional donations may be made that same day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following Harris Teeter locations: Lumina Station (1940 Eastwood Road Wilmington) Long Leaf Mall (2800S.College Road Wilmington) and Oak Landing Shopping Center (8260Market Street Porters Neck).
At last years event volunteers collected 9 500 pounds of food and $9 000 in cash donations 100 percent of which was donated to the local Food Bank. In turn they were able to provide 46 200 meals to the areas hungry. The Food Bank provides food and supplies for 92 area food pantries shelters soup kitchens and group homes. In the four counties served by the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at Wilmington 69 109 individuals are at risk of hunger: 5 431 are 65 years and older 20 600 are children.
For more information visit
www.streetturkeyswilmington.org or call: (910) 465-0886.
Bread For Life
St. Marks Catholic Church A gleaning ministry for low income seniors 55+. Food drops three times a month at Westminister Presbyterian Church 500 Kenwood Avenue
Contact: Claudette Fiskin
(910) 762-0596
Elderly Nutrition
New Hanover County Senior Resource Center
Meals on Wheels
2222 S. College Road.
Wilmington NC 28403
OTHER/ ELDERLY NUTRITION
Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to noon
Contact: (910) 798-6400 and
(910) 798-6412
Weekend Meals on Wheels
Elks Club
5102 Oleander Drive
Wilmington NC 28403
OTHER/ ELDERLY NUTRITION
Hours: 2nd Sunday of the month
Contact: Cindy Hall (910) 612-0676
Weekend Meals on Wheels
Temple of Israel
1 S. Fourth Street
Wilmington NC 28401
OTHER/ ELDERLY NUTRITION
Hours: 4th Sunday of the month
Contact: Charlotte Rosenberg
(910) 509-7200
Shelters
Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc.
2901 Market Street
Wilmington NC 28403
Type: SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: Renee McGill Cox
(910) 343-0703
First Fruit Ministries
2750 Vance Street
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: Ron Pinney (910) 612-1653
Good Shepherd Center
811 Martin Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: James Williams (910) 763-4424
Mercy House
506 N. 4th Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: Frank Roberts (910) 343-0707
Salvation Army-Wilmington
820 N. Second Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: Korey Giordano (910) 762-7354 ext. 133
Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network
411 North 4th Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Type: SHELTER/OVERNIGHT
Contact: (910) 762-0339
Open House Youth Shelter
Coastal Horizons
615 Shipyard Boulevard
Wilmington NC 28412
Type: YOUTH SHELTER
Hours: 24/7
Contact: Celine Adair (910) 392-6936