GTCC, Out of the Garden Project team up again for monthly opportunity to shop for free fresh produce, meat
Published on: July 30, 2024
JAMESTOWN, N.C. (July 30, 2024) – For a second year, Guilford Technical Community College students and community members can obtain fresh produce and meat at no charge on the college’s High Point campus through a partnership with its Titan Link services and Out of the Garden Project.
From August 2024 to May 2025, Out of the Garden Project will bring a Fresh Mobile Market food truck to the High Point campus on the first Wednesday of each month. The next distribution will be Wednesday, Aug. 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (or until the food is distributed) in the parking lot adjacent to the Johnson Warehouse at 719 S. Hamilton St., High Point.
Other dates include:
- Wednesday, Aug. 7
- Wednesday, Sept. 4
- Wednesday, Oct. 2
- Wednesday, Nov. 6
- Monday, Jan. 6 (Monday due to college holiday schedule)
- Wednesday, Feb. 5
- Wednesday, March 5
- Wednesday, April 2
- Wednesday, May 7
In addition to fresh produce and meat, shelf-stable food, bread, and grab-and-go snacks will be available.
The partnership is funded through a $7,500 investment from Titan Link and the GTCC Foundation.
In 2023-2024, the GTCC-hosted Fresh Mobile Market partnership served over 3,800 families with over 56,000 pounds of food.
Titan Link provides resources and information that help GTCC students, staff, and faculty with non-academic challenges such as housing, transportation, food insecurity, childcare, and emergency loan/grant/scholarship application access for GTCC.
“Last year’s collaboration was not only rewarding for the volunteers but also for the High Point Community,” said Natashia McEachern, director for Titan Link. “We are very excited to work with the Out of the Garden Project again this year. Serving over 3,800 individuals in the High Point Community was impactful, and we are excited about repeating the collaboration this year.”
Out of the Garden Project, a Triad-based nonprofit organization, began in 2008 serving a few families with food on Friday so they would not go hungry over the weekend.
“We are grateful for the partnership with GTCC and Titan Link,” said Beth Crise, president of Out of the Garden Project. “Together, we have made a big impact for those living in High Point who are food insecure. I am positive that as a community we will be able to meet the rising need to serve a greater number of families in the upcoming year.”
With the help of hundreds of volunteers and donors, the organization has distributed more than 20 million meals since it was founded, distributed over 2 million meals last year, distributes more than 200,000 meals monthly, and serves 2,500-plus students and families each week.
Fresh Mobile Markets, an Out of the Garden Project program serves families every month with 22 locations in the Piedmont Triad area. Families can expect to leave a Fresh Mobile Market with around 60 pounds of food.
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