Hope House in Wake Forest now serving free meals
Food insecurity – not knowing if you and your family will have enough to eat – is a heavy burden some people bear, but in Wake Forest now there is a simple solution: Provide meals for those families.
Hope House at 334 North Allen Road now serves free, nutritious dinners to families and individuals at 6:30 p.m. every day except Saturday. The meals are prepared by The Forks Cafeteria and families and individuals can either eat at Hope House or take the meals home.
This direct solution to a problem was made possible by a partnership between Hope House and the Northern Community Food Security Team. Hope House was founded by Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. Enoch Holloway, and his wife, the Rev. Marion Holloway, to serve the youth and community in Wake Forest’s East End.
In February 2018, the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners endorsed Wake County’s Comprehensive Food Security Plan making the own the first in our area to join our area’s local food council, the Capital Area Food Network. The plan is designed to move the county towards addressing hunger now and in the future.
The Northern Community Food Security Team was created to develop and launch a viable food security plan for northern Wake County that aligns with the Capital Area Food Network plan. The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners charged local food security team with enlisting community members, food security organizations, resource experts, and other stakeholders to develop activities, policies, and partnerships that will move the county towards food security and a sustainable food future.
Wake Forest Customer Service Manager Andrew Brown Jr. serves as the current chair of the Northern Community Food Security Team. Other members include Ross Yeager, director of the Northern Regional Center; Sydney Klein with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension and Capital Area Food Network; and Emoke Anderson with the Northern Regional Center.
