Please consider a cash donation via Zeffy, Zelle, Venmo or PayPal to help us stock an emergency food pantry in our store.
https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/donate-to-feed-more-folks
Become a Monthly Sustainer for Food Security!!
by AndrewYou can use our Zeffy account to donate cash monthly to our mission and get a tax receipt instantly! Help us curb the ever growing hunger crisis in our state of North Carolina. We produce too much food for anyone to go hungry, yet 1 IN 6 people are food insecure. Donate items to raise 💰💰💰shop with us, volunteer with us and donate 💰CASH 💰to this cause today! And become a monthly sustainer via Zeffy. Your tax receipt automatically comes to your email. #downtowncary #carync #community #endhunger #NoKidHungry
https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/donate-to-feed-more-folks
What we do??
by AndrewGood morning and Happy Thursday!! I am Drew Klutz , the founder of Mama Edna’s Thrift Shop by The Mama Edna Project. Mama Edna was the mother of my life partner TR McLamb. She was a giver, a thrifter and always paying it forward. As we get closer to the end of week four of our opening, I want to say thanks to everyone who has made our new shop a dream come true for me after 42 years of retail management. Our mission is simple: feed more people in need across our state. The hunger crisis in Norh Carolina is worsening everyday and we can longer sit by and allow this process of food insecurity to worsen. With collaboration, community and compassion, we can build even stronger networks to be sure food is getting to the places it is most needed.
Our mission is to act as a cash flow for multiple food assistance programs. We are not a food pantry (YET). We are a nonprofit thrift store, selling gently used itmes to drive more cash into existing programs. In the last 12 years, we have donated to Dorcas Ministries, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, Durham Rescue Mission, and Restoration Church in Willow Springs. This month, we are partnering with Chef Sera Cuni at Feed-Well Fridges to buy two more fridges as well as cash to fill them. Let’s all find ways to make food more accessible to those in need. Plant a Row for the Hungry, Johnston County is just one great program that every community can adopt. Every household can also join in and grow a few items.
Let’s end the hunger crisis in North Carolina!! #volunteer #carythrift #endhunger #foodsecurity #GiftItForward #NoKidHungry #carync #carythrift #downtowncary #downtownraleigh
Opening our Doors soon!
by AndrewWe will do a soft opening on Saturday, March 29th at 11 AM. Come see us! Thanks for your help in making this dream a reality and for supporting food security in the 🔺 Triangle 🔺 and beyond!
Store Progress
by AndrewYesterday was a HUMONGOUS day!! A moving team and myself were able to empty the storage units so we are well ahead of tomorrow! We could absolutely use some VOLUNTEERS Sat/Sun the 22nd and 23rd to help clean furniture and home goods, sort and shelf books, unbox donations, help determine where things should land, all kinds of tasks…..even for an hour would be very helpful. I am onsite tomorrow from 11-5 and Sunday 2-6. Just show up if you can. Thanks for your support! 🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋
1393 Maynard Road SE Cary, NC 27511
Dorcas Food Pantry Donation
by AndrewIn mid July, several donors asked us if we could help in some way fight food insecurity during this pandemic. We went to work researching the best approach. We decided to donate $1500 to the Dorcas Ministries Food Pantry here in Cary, North Carolina, primarily because Mama Edna loved to shop at Dorcas Thrift shop to support their mission. Paying it forward was a huge part of her life, so we paid it forward. #dorcas #growyourown #foodinsecurity
#dorcas https://dorcascary.org/staff-directors/
#payitfoward #foodinsecurity #growyourown #juicingforcancer #turmerictuesday