We will be CLOSED for the Week of Thanksgiving and REOPEN on Tuesday, November 29th at 9 AM. We are thankful for our faithful volunteers who show up each week to serve. This gift of rest is important to keep the mission moving forward. If you have a food emergency, please DIAL 211 from your phone for 24/7 support.
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Christmas on Main Street will be held in Pollocksville on December 3, 2022, beginning at 5:30 pm.
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Coastal Women’s Shelter held their annual Prayer Vigil on Oct 27th in the newly renovated space. The music, sharing of stories, and learning more about how to advocate for victims of Domestic Violence. We celebrated our friend Lisa Moore who is retiring from CWS after 23 yrs. Thank you donors, partners, and volunteers for working so hard to provide a beautiful space for our partner education. Thank you New Bern Web Design, LLC for photography and website support.
Coastal Women’s Shelter – Annual Prayer Vigil held at the Filling Station Read More »
The high school Seniors of The Epiphany School of Global Studies began their 3 week Love in Action service on Monday, May 9, 2022 Projects include: assisting with the Teaching Kitchen renovation project, processing food pantry donations, cleaning and organizing the facility, digging a trench for drainage, and raising new flags on the flagpole on the front campus. The group began their service with Volunteer Orientation and Onboarding. “It is important that each volunteer who steps onto our campus understand the mission and how their service matters to the residents of Jones County”, says Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director. In
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Jones County Commissioners celebrate the good news from the Governor’s Office and N.C. Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism. On Tuesday, April 19th, Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director of The Filling Station, made a presentation to the Jones County Commissioners to seek grant support for “transporting healthy foods”. The commissioners unanimously voted to approve a $5000 grant to The Filling Station. In addition, the good news was shared that The Food Pantry Volunteer Group is one of the 22 Governor Medallion Award winners in the State of NC. This is the highest volunteer honor in the state. Commissioner Chair, Frank
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Picture from left to right: Mark Blackman, DPR, Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director of The Filling Station, Scott Ladner, Carolina Handling When Oxford Press closed its operations in Cary, NC, DPR Construction worked with Scott Ladner, Raymond Carolina Handling Company, to find an organization in need of a generous donation. “We were overwhelmed to receive the call and find out many of our wish list items were being donated,” says Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director. There had been many conversations about how nice it would be to have board room chairs for our Board of Directors, who represent 12 churches
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Thank you to International Paper’s New Bern Mill for donating $500 to The Filling Station front lawn beautification and access project. Spring and Summer are here. Volunteers are ready to dig in the dirt and create a beautiful landscape around the building. “We welcome this beautiful gift of $500 and continued partnership with International Paper”, says Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director.
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After 2 years of “running virtual”, the Neuse River Bridge Run committee rolled out a wildly successful event on April 8-9, 2022 in New Bern, NC. The committee represents seven non profit agencies from Craven and Jones Counties. This was the 1st in person event for The Filling Station who was invited to join in 2021. The committee met by Zoom every other week for one year to discuss the sponsorships, volunteers, media/marketing, and logistics to deliver a professional event to the area. “We are a sanctioned race which attracts many runners from N.C and other states”, says Gary Kenefick,
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