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There are many ways to help the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina continue its mission to provide fresh, nutritious food to over 400,000 children, parents and grandparents who are at risk of hunger in our service region. Your donation provides healthy meals for. . .- Hungry, low-income children. In 2006, our Kids Café program made it possible for over 1,100 children to grow and thrive every year. - Seniors who have to choose between medicine and food. - Families struggling to make ends meet. 38% of the households we serve have one or more working adults. No donation is too small or too large! 
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Your gift to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is important to us. For every dollar donated, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is able to distribute eight dollars worth of food. Also, we honor our donors and your gift by keeping your private information confidential. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina's fundraising and administrative costs account for 3% of total expenditures. This means that 97% of your contribution goes directly to program work. Please contact our Vice-President of Development to receive a full copy of our financial statements or copies of our federal form 990. Checks (made payable to Food Bank CENC) can be mailed to: Food Bank of Central & Eastern North CarolinaAttn: Accounting 3808 Tarheel Drive Raleigh, NC 27609 Cash can be donated at any of the Food Bank's 5 branches. Click here for directions to all the branches. The Food Bank also accepts these types of gifts:
Gifts of Real EstateA gift of real estate is often a desirable way to make a major gift as it entitles the donor to an income tax deduction for the full appraised fair market value, and in most cases the donor will not have to pay capital gains tax. For more information on how to donate real estate to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina or to make your gift, please contact our Vice-President of Development. Gifts of StockOne of the best ways to make charitable gifts is through the donation of securities which have appreciated. The more they have appreciated, the more it will save you to donate them. For example, you have a stock which is now worth $1000. You bought it for $100. If you sell the stock and give the $1000 to the Food Bank, you will get a $1000 deduction, but you will pay about $270 in additional taxes. If you give the stock to the Food Bank, you will be able to claim a $1000 deduction, and you will pay no capital gains tax. If the stock is one you wish to keep, donate the shares that have appreciated most, and then spend $1000 to replace them and they will be on your books at a higher cost and save future taxes. For more information on how to transfer securities to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina or to make your gift, please contact our Vice-President of Development. Gifts by Will or TrustA bequest of cash, securities or real property to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina entitles the donor to a charitable deduction that can be used to reduce the size of the taxable estate and thus reduce or eliminate estate tax liability. There are several types of bequests from which your attorney or financial advisor can help you select. Life Income GiftsA donor may also give assets to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and retain the right for a designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, including the donor, to receive income during life from the donated assets. After the death of the income beneficiary or beneficiaries, the gift is used by the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina for the purpose designated by the donor. Life income gifts are a family of highly tax-efficient gift vehicles including unitrusts, annuity trusts, and charitable gift annuities. When properly drawn, life income gift arrangements can provide substantial income and estate tax benefits. They can increase income if the gift is to a trust or charitable gift annuity that produces a higher cash yield than the assets donated. They reduce the size of the estate subject to probate and relieve the donor or other beneficiary from some of the burden of estate investment and management. The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina also welcomes contributions that may include gifts-in-kind, life insurance, and payroll deductions, among other gifts. As with any major gifts, it is advisable to consult your attorney, accountant, or other advisor regarding tax advantages of such gifts. For further information please contact our Vice-President of Development. Memorial and Honorary GiftsYour memorial gift to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina can help perpetuate the values and ideals that guided someone's life. Gifts may also honor a person during his or her life or commemorate some significant event. Simply include the following information with your donation via check or credit card:
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Donate FoodLocal food donors such as individuals, grocery chains, manufacturers, packers and growers, annually contribute 52% of the 32.6 million pounds of food distributed in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. Food donations are essential in meeting the needs of those who suffer from hunger in our 34-county service territory. 
Individuals or Businesses can make donations of food at any of our five Food Bank locations or run a food drive with their organization, company, school or neighborhood. For more information, please see Sponsoring a Food drive. Click on the links below for branch information:
Raleigh | Durham | Sandhills | Greenville | Wilmington 
Corporations such as food producers, manufacturers and distributors can make donations of food or other non-essential items to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. To donate products produced by your company, please call our Food Resource Manager at 919-865-3019 or email now. Donating Goods and Services
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina utilizes many donated goods and services to continue operating efficiently. If you have a company or business that can donate goods or in-kind services, please consider the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina as a beneficiary. The Food Bank is in need of the following items:
Pentium IV processor 1 GB RAM 60 GB hard drive Donate Time During 2005-06, volunteers logged over 99,000 hours of service to Food Bank
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For every dollar donated, the Food Bank can provide $8.00 worth of food or 4 meals
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programs, events and activities - the equivalent of over 47 full-time employees. Volunteers are a vital part of the Food Bank's services to the community. For every hour worked by volunteers at the Food Bank, 317 pounds of food is distributed to our network of partner agencies who serve the 400,000 people at risk of hunger in our service area.
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