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Hatteras Island Meals expands to run Cape Hatteras Food Pantry; group asks county for more funding amid supply shortfalls
Summary
Hatteras Island Meals told commissioners the nonprofit now manages the Cape Hatteras Food Pantry, is serving more people, faces supply cuts from the regional food bank, and asked the county to consider increasing quarterly funding from the current $6,000.
Hatteras Island Meals told the Dare County Board of Commissioners it has taken over operation of the Cape Hatteras Food Pantry and is seeking additional county support after regional food-bank shortages reduced donated shelf-stable supplies.
At the meeting, Hatteras Island Meals representatives described delivering hot lunches five days a week to people who cannot prepare meals, operating a pantry at the Buxton United Methodist Church site, and increasing service volumes in 2024.
Ada (presenter name given on the record) said Hatteras Island Meals is a 501(c)(3) that delivers hot lunch five days a week to 50–60 in-home recipients and now runs the Cape Hatteras Food Pantry, where vetted clients make…
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