Share Thy Bread (STB) is a nonprofit organization which has served low income and disadvantaged families since May 2014. We believe in making a difference in people’s lives and impacting them for eternity. Available to the community Monday through Friday and the first Sunday of the month, STB offers a well-balanced selection of food promoting wellness for every individual in our community. Our programs support an average of 4,667 household visits annually, distributing over 248,389 pounds of MANNA food annually to those in need in Polk, Hendersonville, Rutherfordton, Greenville, and Spartanburg counties.
Our main partner is MANNA Food Bank in Asheville, North Carolina. We receive both regular MANNA product and TEFAP products. We also receive regular donations of food from Food Lion and Bojangles in Columbus, North Carolina.
Dirt to Dish is a program that makes it possible for farmers to donate Overage and/or Ugly Duckling fruits and vegetables to Share Thy Bread and receive a tax deductible receipt through this program. For more information on how you can donate to this program, call or text 828-817-1544. This program is for food grown by farmers who have more produce than they can sell at market or have “ugly ducklings” that they are unable to sell. You can donate to Share Thy Bread and help continue to bless people with nutritional options.
In order to provide a healthy environment for our volunteers, as well as you, our Neighbors, we are putting a regular variety of the foods we receive on tables and carts just outside our doors. This also makes it possible for us to have food available more hours each week. We do our best to have it available whenever the Adventist Thrift Store is open — Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the first Sunday of the month, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information or if you have an emergency food request outside open hours, call or text 828-817-1544.
2023-2024
We participate in:
Fruit & vEGETABLE PRESCRIPTION (FVRx)
Healthy Opportunity Pilot (HOP)
NC360
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Businesses we Work With:
Bojangles
Food Lion
Sunny Creek Farms
B & B Produce
Dollar General ~ Lake Lure
TK Family Farms
Charlene’s Garden
Dollar General ~ Mill Spring
TRACTOR Food & Farms
PARTNERSHIPS
HOURS
Tables outside with free food are available:
Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
First Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
TEFAP Distribution Days:
Wednesday 10:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M.
Thursday 10:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M.
Friday 10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
CONTACT
828-817-1544 (Call or Text)
Email: serendipitykids@gmail.com
Caring for the Carolinas – WSPA-7
OUR PROGRAMS
MANNA (Mountain Area Nutritional Needs Alliance): We receive food from MANNA every other week.
TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistant Program): Available weekly to North Carolinians who financially qualify. Financial chart can be found on our entry door. Sign up at Share Thy Bread is available.
HOP (Healthy Opportunity Pilot): Available weekly to North Carolinians with Managed Care Medicaid and who have one of the following Care Providers: AmeriHealth Caritas, Healthy Blue NC, WellCare of NC, United Healthcare. Call your care manager at the number on your Medicaid card to see if you are eligible.
OUR FOOD PROVIDERs
MANNA: Pre-ordered non-perishable and perishable food as well as TEFAP food and shelf stable HOP is delivered every other week.
Bojangles: Sunday through Friday our volunteers pick up chicken.
Charlene’s Garden: Fresh produce is provided to us weekly by this local farm.
Dollar General: Volunteers pick up donated “pulled” items weekly. Dollar General locations participating in this program include Lake Lure, Mill Spring, and Tryon.
Food Lion: Twice weekly volunteers pick up donated items including produce, bakery, meat and deli.