Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County
Food Banks
Why pick this one
Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County operates a Gold Standard client-choice pantry in Sanford with emergency food assistance and hydroponically grown produce.
Best for
- Lee County residents needing groceries
- Households preferring to select culturally familiar foods rather than receive a pre-packed box
- Families needing emergency food assistance as available
- Children needing weekend or summer food support through school and neighborhood programs
- Households needing limited emergency utility or rental assistance
- Individuals needing donated clothing, household items, or medical equipment loans
Look elsewhere if
- The person needing food is not a Lee County resident with a local address
- The need is outside food, clothing, household assistance, medical equipment, pastoral care, or limited emergency financial support
- The household needs pantry shopping more frequently than once every four weeks without qualifying for emergency assistance
Specialties
- Client Choice Healthy Pantry
- Emergency Food Assistance Program
- Backpack Pals weekend food bags
- Hydroponically grown produce and herbs
- Limited emergency utility and rental assistance
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization
- Gold Standard designation from the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
What makes them different
- Client-choice pantry lets guests select perishable and non-perishable foods like a grocery store
- Hydroponic system provides produce and herbs to supplement pantry items
- Backpack Pals distributes more than 500 weekend food bags weekly through approximately 23 Lee County schools
- Distributed 745,198 pounds of food to 8,607 households during calendar year 2024
- Offers limited emergency assistance for rental evictions, electric utilities, and natural-gas bills
- Emergency
- Available
- Serves
- Sanford
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 2885 Lee Ave, Sanford, NC 27332-6205
- Phone
- +19197748485
- Website
- http://www.cuoclc.org/
Services
- Food pantry
- Thrift store
- Backpack food assistance for schoolchildren
- Emergency financial assistance
- Medical equipment loans
- Pastoral care
- Clothing and household-item assistance