Mother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington

Mother Hubbard's Cupboard is an all-volunteer organization and has no paid staff. We utilized dedicated community volunteers to distribute approximately 920,000 pounds of food in 2023 for 67,151 individuals, a 39% increase over the number of clients served in 2022, and a 93% increase over the number of clients served in 2021. In 2023, 30% of our clients were children and 24% were seniors. Specially tailored food options were provided to meet the needs of diabetic clients and clients who were unhoused or had no access to cooking or refrigeration appliances. Clients were permitted to come for service up to three times monthly and each time received adequate food for three to five days of meals assuming three meals per day for every household member. Unhoused clients or those lacking appliances could come for service weekly.Mother Hubbard's Cupboard is a valued partner of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and is one of the Food Bank's largest distributors for New Hanover County. We are proud of not only the quantity, but the quality of the food we provide our clients. Last year we bought cereal, milk, eggs, fresh produce, diabetic food supplies and meat when necessary to supplement the food we received from all other sources. In addition to the organization's regular weekly service for clients, the agency also provided food for a collaboration with Wilmington Housing Authority and Wilmington Police Department to deliver food to elderly Housing Authority residents at Christmas. Additionally, Mother Hubbard's provided food to a local church which sets up warming stations for the unhoused on particularly cold nights.In 2023 Mother Hubbard's Cupboard continued to grow its participation in the Healthy Opportunities Pilots, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive, evidence-based pilot program providing food for high-needs Medicaid enrollees. This is our first and only venture into a revenue generating service through our partnership with the Food Bank, and we distributed 95,554 pounds of food for this program.