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Hurricane Helene Relief Updates

To Get Food Supplies

Distribution schedule: October 7-12 & 14-19: Distribution Hours:
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Distribution location:

WNC Farmers Market
570 Brevard
Road, Asheville,
NC 28806
(Parking lot to the left, just past Jesse Israel Nursery)

Click here for map / directions

To Volunteer:

Volunteer opportunities are now available at two locations. For safety purposes, we ask volunteers to please sign up online rather than arriving at either location without registering first.

Volunteers must be 18 and older to serve at this time.

To sign up, please go to the Volunteer Portal and create an account to choose your shifts.

Create new account

If you already have a CERVIS account with us,you can sign in here.

Login to existing account

To Donate Food and Supplies:

We are now accepting food and supply donations at:

99 Broadpointe Drive
Mills River, NC 28759.

We cannot accept clothing donations at this time.

Click here for map/directions

Donation schedule & times
Days: October 7-11; October 14-18 Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Most needed items:

  • Shelf-stable food (pop-top cans preferred, not requiring a can opener).
  • Shelf-stable items can also include breakfast bars, protein bars,
    healthy snacks, etc.
  • Bottled water
  • Baby and toddler formula and food Baby wipes
  • Diapers (all ages) and adult incontinence products
  • Personal hygiene products
  • Feminine hygiene products

Large food and supply donations:

For those wanting to send large donations of food, water, or other material supplies, please email us at: donatesupplies@mannafoodbank.org 

Monetary Donations:

You can make a secure online donation at donate.mannafoodbank.org.

Donate now

Donations by check can still mailed to: 627 Swannanoa River Road, Ashville, NC 28805.

The post office is holding all mail for MANNA staff to retrieve.

If you have any questions regarding making a financial contribution, please email us at donatefunds@mannafoodbank.org

Event Cancellations

As you can imagine, we are unfortunately cancelling the upcoming Empty Bowls. We hope you understand during these challenging times.

MANNA FoodBank, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is a private, not-for-profit service organization working to end food insecurity in the 16 counties of Western North Carolina, including the Qualla Boundary. MANNA links the food industry to over 200 partner pantries and other human service organizations to get food to thousands of families’ tables. We are a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization. Together we can solve hunger.

Call 1-800-820-1109
For Food Assistance

Upcoming MANNA Mobile Markets

Saturday, October 5th

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Monday, October 7th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Tuesday, October 8th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Wednesday, October 9th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Thursday, October 10th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Friday, October 11th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Saturday, October 12th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Monday, October 14th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Tuesday, October 15th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Wednesday, October 16th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Thursday, October 17th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Friday, October 18th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Saturday, October 19th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Farmers Market
570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vSaturday, October 5th

    Saturday, October 5th

    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vMonday, October 7th

    Monday, October 7th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vTuesday, October 8th

    Tuesday, October 8th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vWednesday, October 9th

    Wednesday, October 9th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vThursday, October 10th

    Thursday, October 10th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vFriday, October 11th

    Friday, October 11th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vSaturday, October 12th

    Saturday, October 12th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vMonday, October 14th

    Monday, October 14th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vTuesday, October 15th

    Tuesday, October 15th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vWednesday, October 16th

    Wednesday, October 16th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vThursday, October 17th

    Thursday, October 17th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vFriday, October 18th

    Friday, October 18th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806
  • >vSaturday, October 19th

    Saturday, October 19th

    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Farmers Market
    570 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28806

Hunger Is Real

Hunger Is Real: The Voices of WNC, is a short documentary about our neighbors' lived experience navigating food insecurity.

At the forefront of the daily work of food distribution—getting food into our neighbors’ hands—is a partner network of nonprofit organizations across Western North Carolina driven by caring people who are passionate about serving our communities’ most basic needs. The MANNA Partner Network is a 200+ member alliance of food pantries, meal providers, domestic violence and housing insecure shelters, care centers for seniors and children, and other direct human service organizations who also provide free food to the community they support. MANNA sources food to fill the pipeline to this dedicated network, and together, with an army of volunteers, distributes more than 50,000 pounds of food, every day of the year, to our WNC friends and neighbors who can’t afford groceries.

It takes many thousands of people working together to provide the millions of meals needed each year to ensure that our neighbors facing an empty plate always have somewhere to turn for food. Right now, MANNA, our partner network, our volunteers, and our dedicated donors are working to serve more than 100,000 people each year, and the need in our region remains high. There is a place for everyone at MANNA’s table. We invite you to join our mission to end hunger in WNC, and become part of a community of people working tirelessly to ensure that anytime any of us needs food, the MANNA community is there to help.