Watauga County Assistance Agencies

Here is a comprehensive list of Assistance Agencies for the residents of Watauga County, North Carolina and the surrounding areas. Please reach out to these organizations if you need assistance that they provide.

HUNGER AND HEALTH COALITION

Offers food boxes every 14 days, prepared to-go meals, and a backpack food assistance program for Watauga County residents.

Phone: 828-262-1628

Email: operations@hungerandhealthcoalition.com

Website: hungerandhealthcoalition.com

Location: 141 Health Center Drive, Suite C, Boone, NC 28607

HHC @ FBC Boone – Food Pantry

Phone: 828-264-2441

Location: 375 W King St, Boone, NC 28607

Located in: First Baptist Church

Hours:  Opens Monday 3PM – 6 PM

F.A.R.M. (FEED ALL REGARDLESS OF MEANS) CAFE

Donate-what-you-can restaurant serving lunch weekdays from 11 am-2 pm. Kids 12 and under eat free.

Phone: 828-386-1000

Website: farmcafe.org

Location: 617 W King St, Boone, NC 28607

HOSPITALITY HOUSE

Distributes food boxes to families and offers community meals at the Bread of Life Kitchen. 3 meals per day 365 days per year. No registration for meals is required.

Phone: 828-264-1237

Email: info@hosphouse.org

Website: hosphouse.org

Location: 338 Brook Hollow Road, Boone, NC 28607

WATAUGA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Manages WIC sign-ups. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program supporting women, infants, and children.

Phone: 919-707-5800 | Para Español: 919-527-6423

Website: apphealthcare.com

Location: 126 Poplar Grove Connector, Boone, NC 28607

DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS

Healthy Food incentive program that doubles value of federal nutrition benefits spent at farmer’s markets.

Email: farmersmarkets@brwia.org

Website: brwia.org/doubleup

Location: Available at all Watauga County farmer’s markets and High Country Food Hub.

CASTING BREAD MINISTRIES

Open for pantry food box pick up Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 am-3 pm.

Phone: 828-295-8333

Email: sam@increasefoodsecurity.org

Website: increasefoodsecurity.org

Location: 194 Aho Road, Blowing Rock, NC 28605

GREENWAY BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY

Providing weekly food boxes on Thursdays from 10 am until 2:30 pm.

Phone: 828-264-7750

Email: greenwayfoodpantry@gmail.com

Website: greenwaybaptist.com/copy-of-who-is-greenway-1

Location: 880 Greenway Rd., Boone, NC 28607

MOUNTAINEER FOOD HUB

Located in the office of sustainability, the pantry offers students non-perishable staples as well as fresh bread and seasonal, local fruits and vegetables, as available.

Email: maxwelljb@appstate.edu

Website: sustain.appstate.edu/initiatives/food-pantry

Location: East Hall, Bottom Floor

WESTERN WATAUGA FOOD OUTREACH

Provides a free community meal every Thursday from 4 pm-6 pm (no registration required).

Email: raineymac@hotmail.com

Website: wwfood.org

Location: 1081 Old US Hwy 421, Sugar Grove, NC 28679

BLOWING ROCK CARES FOOD PANTRY

The Blowing Rock CARES Food pantry is open for clients on Wednesday from 9 am to 12 pm at the rear entrance of Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Phone: 828-295-7675 Ext. 19

Email: info@blowingrockcares.com

Website: blowingrockcares.com

Location: 1218 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605

LITTLE FREE PANTRY OF BOONE

The Little Free Pantry motto is “give what you can, take what you need.” Any individual can access the little free pantry discretely at any time, day or night.

Email: lfpofboone@gmail.com

Website: lfpofboone.wixsite.com/boonepantry

Location: 130 Poplar Grove Road Connector, Boone, NC 28607 (in front of the NC Works building)