Friendship Trays | Charlotte Meals On Wheels

Our Partners
We're pleased to collaborate with these entities in service to this community

Barking Dog Chocolatiers
A small company making hand-crafted chocolates, where Joal Fischer and Deborah Langsam take no salary and commit the company's profirts to donations in support of Charlotte-area charities including SupportWorks (a nonprofit organization that helps people find and form support groups and research medical information, MedAssist (providing Charlotte seniors assistance in obtaining prescription medications), and Friendship Trays.
704-333-1595 www.woofwoofwoof.org

Community Culinary School of Charlotte
Training and job search assistance in the food service industry for people who are chronically unemployed or underemployed.
2401-A Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 704-375-4500 www.communityculinary.org

Earth Farms Organics
A permitted type III large composting facility.
351 Colt Thornburg Rd., Dallas, NC 28034 704-263-8186 www.earthfarms.com

Encore Catering
A professional staff providing catering services to nonprofit gatherings, corporate meetings and events, local schools and churches as well as private parties. Encore is the revenue generating arm of the Community Culinary School.
2401-A Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 704-790-8646 www.encorecatering.org

Fisher Farms
A family farm since 1933 growing the freshest specialty hand-picked produce and delivering it to many of the finest restaurants in the greater Charlotte area.
Salisbury, NC 704-239-1719 www.fisherfarms1933.com

Grateful Growers
A small diversified farm in eastern Lincoln County growing amazing food in a conscientious manner, and serving it downtown and elsewhere off the big orange Harvest Moon Grille concession trailer.
Denver, N.C. 828-234-5182. Visits by appointment. www.ggfarm.com

Julia's Coffee & Books
A division of Habitat for Humanity Charlotte, the store supports Habitat's work every time a patron buys "a sustainable, conscientious cup of delicious coffee." Julia's was the first outside provider of Friendship Trays' Grab & Go program.
1131 N. Wendover Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211
v-704-295-4585 f-704-716-7055 www.juliascoffee.org

Parker Medical Associates, LLC
A manufacturer of healthcare products including splinting and casting products, sports protective equipment and stethoscopes.
2401 Distribution St. Suite C, Charlotte, NC 28203-5378
v-704-344-9998 800-677-2673 f-704-344-9733 www.parkermedicalassociates.com

Society of St. Andrew

Salvaging wholesome foodstuffs left behind in the fields -- everything from strawberries to sweet potatoes to collard greens -- for distribution to the hungry. The work is coordinated with local farmers, volunteers and food-providing agencies.

www.endhunger.org/north_carolina.htm

Trinity Episcopal School

An independent K-8 school in uptown Charlotte "creating scholars, nurturing spirituality and embracing diversity."
750 E. 9th St. Charlotte, NC 28202 704-358-8101 www.tescharlotte.org

Links to service providers, agencies, area schools and associations

Mecklenburg County Government Congregant meal sites, health programs.

United Family Services Crisis intervention, family assistance, counseling, domestic violence services.

Charlotte Community School for Girls A nonprofit opening in August 2010 and aiming to provide 5th- to 8th-grade girls a challenging academic curriculum while offering families and the community a way to help break the cycle of poverty.

N.C. Center for Nonprofits Serving the nonprofit sector and strengthening nonprofits' effectiveness as they improve North Carolina's quality of life.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council on Aging An information clearing house, community catalyst and advocate on behalf of the rights and needs of older adults.

Loaves and Fishes
Providing groceries and support to people in crisis from more than a dozen food pantries across Charlotte.
3200 Park Rd. Charlotte, NC 28209 704-523-4333 www.loavesandfishes.org

Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), to which Friendship Trays belongs, is the oldest and largest U.S. association of providers of meal services to people in need.