Beach Food Pantry sets up permanent endowment fund
By Submitted Story on October 21, 2016
Leaders of the Food Pantry and Community Foundation: from left, Richard Bruce, Jane Webster, Teresa Osborne, Theresa Armendarez, Howard Neren, Steve Hanson, Bob Muller and Lorelei Costa.
The Beach Food Pantry has established a new charitable endowment to fight hunger in Dare County.
The Beach Food Pantry Endowment Fund will provide ongoing and perpetual support for the nonprofit as it works to provide direct nutritional assistance to Dare County residents.
The fund, to be held at the Outer Banks Community Foundation, will be available to cover all of the Pantry’s program, operating and capital needs.
“Since the Beach Food Pantry was first organized in 1989, we have helped thousands of Dare County residents feed their families through a temporary crisis or emergency situation,” said Theresa Armendarez, executive director of the Pantry.
“Our staff, board, and volunteers work incredibly hard each and every year to raise the funds we need to support our mission. With this new endowment, we now have a permanent, sustainable source of funds to supplement the annual dollars we raise. This means that we will be able to feed more families in our community, seek more food donations, and provide more educational programs about nutrition and food.”
“All of us at the Community Foundation are honored to partner with the Beach Food Pantry,” said Lorelei Costa, the Community Foundation’s executive director. “This is a vital organization that plays a leading role in assisting the needy in our community.”
Earlier this month, the Community Foundation awarded a grant of $5,000 to the Pantry to purchase a generator for use during natural disasters and power outages. In 2015 the Community Foundation awarded a two-year, $50,000 grant totowards the purchase of the Pantry’s new building in Kitty Hawk.
Anyone can make a tax-deductible gift to the Beach Food Pantry Endowment Fund at www.obcf.org/donate. The Pantry and the Community Foundation also invite major gifts, bequests and legacy donations to the fund. Please contact Lorelei Costa at 252-261-8839 for more information about leaving a planned gift to benefit the Pantry.
The Outer Banks Community Foundation holds endowment funds by and for over 40 nonprofits and churches across the Outer Banks, including Food for Thought, Interfaith Community Outreach, Outer Banks SPCA, St. Andrews By-the-Sea, Elizabethan Gardens, Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, Dare County Arts Council and Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church. For more information on establishing an endowment for your nonprofit, contact the Community Foundation at 252-261-8839.
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