Loving Food Resources
Food Banks
Why pick this one
Loving Food Resources provides emergency food boxes and Thursday hot meals while serving clients across 18 Western North Carolina counties.
Best for
- People living with HIV/AIDS who need food or personal care items
- People receiving home hospice care who need food assistance
- LGBTQIA2+ community members facing food insecurity
- People needing a one-time emergency food box
- Asheville-area residents seeking a Thursday hot meal
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking ordinary grocery shopping rather than food assistance
- People requiring a stated 24/7 emergency service
- People outside the 18-county Western North Carolina service area
Specialties
- Food assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS
- Food and personal care items for people receiving home hospice care
- Food assistance for LGBTQIA2+ community members facing food insecurity
- One-time emergency food boxes
- Weekly hot meals
Certifications
- MANNA FoodBank/Feeding America partnership
- NC State Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) partnership
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) partnership
- Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) partnership
- Care Partners Hospice partnership
- Four Seasons Hospice partnership
What makes them different
- Founded in 1991 by people living with HIV/AIDS
- Services extend across 18 counties of Western North Carolina
- Provides one-time emergency boxes containing food, personal health care products, and personal protection items
- Serves approximately 100 clients per week
- Provides hot meals every Thursday through the Kenilworth Welcome Table
- Emergency
- Available
- Years in business
- 30
- Serves
- Asheville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 123 Kenilworth Rd, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- +18282559282
- Website
- http://lovingfood.org/
Services
- Food pantry
- Emergency food assistance
- Personal care item distribution
- Food delivery
- Community hot meal service
- Street pantry