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The Friendship Trays News Archive

2010

7-14-10 Teens were up early to help in the Friendship Trays kitchen.

7-7-10 During this week's visit, teens with Catholic Heart Workcamp helped tame what will be "Blueberry Hill."

7-3-10 The website sported this bit of aquatecnics for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

6-30-10 A cooler way to transport meals: Coolers, insulated bags begin carrying ice packs to keep food cool during transport.

6-29-10 Teens from a Cross Mission Group put the piano in the lobby to use during a break.

6-28-10 New biodegradable trays replace clamshell boxes used for salads and other parts of the Friendship Trays meal.

6-26-10 Ibti Vincent, on a tour of America's farms and gardens, writes in her blog about her June 17-18 visit at Friendship Trays.

6-24-10 Garden to Table Camp drew a number of children to Friendship Trays for afternoon sessions.

6-21-10 Some of the cut flowers from the funeral for Susan Burgess were distributed to some Friendship Trays recipients.

6-21-10 Ibti Vincent set aside a classroom job to ride a bike across America learning and teaching about food.

6-16-10 Susan Burgess, City Council member and longtime Friendship Trays volunteer, died today. A tribute.

6-14-10 Winstead Attorneys donate fans to keep Friendship Trays recipients cooler.

6-14-10 Serving Your Neighbors: a short video reminder of the work of Friendship Trays.

6-11-10 Recipients comment about their food trays.

6-9-10 A team from Duke Energy serves in the kitchen.

6-4-10 Recipient writes about a special treat from a caring staff member at Friendship Trays.

6-4-10 A Garden Camp for ages 6-13 will be held later this month at Friendship Trays.

6-2-10 Garden Coordinator Henry Owen was featured as "Sustainable Man" in Natural Awakenings magazine.

5-31-10 Volunteers are the lifeblood of Friendship Trays. Can you help this summer?

5-22-10 CPCC volunteers deliver plants donated by CPCC's Horticulture Department.

5-20-10 A celebratory movie marks Slow Food Charlotte's grant to continue a program that helped build the Friendship Garden.

5-19-10 Pepsico team members serve in the kitchen.

5-17-10 A donor's gift will cool Mr. G's apartment this summer.

5-14-10 A team from CPCC volunteered in the kitchen today.

5-14-10 From field to kitchen in about 200 feet: An example of local food production.

5-12-10 The Charlotte Observer prints local-front story on the Friendship Garden. Text cache.

5-7-10 Friendship Trays' 2009 Annual Report is released. Download the PDF in low-res (1.7 mg) or med-res (16.3 mg) files.

5-5-10 Mother's Day marked.

5-4-10 On this election day, one young volunteer is a reminder that community service doesn't have to be dull.

5-3-10 BioCycle Magazine featured the green collaboration that is behind the Friendship Garden. Download a copy here.

4-30-10 Friday morning in the Friendship Garden.

4-29-10 TIAA-CREF volunteers fanned out to deliver 10 Friendship Trays routes today.

4-27-10 Drew Johnson volunteered at Friendship Trays as part of his mission to volunteer in 48 states within 48 weeks.

4-23-10 Covenant Presbyterian donates fresh vegetables out of its Dilworth garden.

4-20-10 Employees of the McGuire Nuclear Station donate $3,000 to Friendship Trays.

4-19-10 A group from TIAA-CREF serves in kitchen as part of the company's community service days.

4-13-10 A recipient comments about the quality of Friendship Trays food.

4-12-10 The Charlotte Observer wrote today about the Friendship Garden.

4-12-10 Donations given at a designers booth at the March Home & Garden show help Friendship Trays.

4-12-10 Friendship Trays' spring newsletter is being delivered this week. Click at left to download a copy.

4-9-10 UNCC student Christian Soto volunteered to drive, but first he gathered up some friends to join him.

4-9-10 When a new Firestone store opened, its managers made a $500 donation to Friendship Trays.

4-7-10 Students from S.T.A.R.S. Math & Science Academy visited today.

4-6-10 A piano donated last week is livening up the lobby. Burton Mackey takes a turn at the keys.

3-26-10 A workgroup from Principal Financial assisted in the kitchen.

3-24-10 A number of public officials helped Friendship Trays celebrate Mayors For Meals Day.

3-24-10 A few copies of the free Edible Piedmont Magazine were in the foyer today.

3-22-10 Donated flowers lift spirits along Friendship Trays routes.

3-18-10 Wallace Farm donates a truckload of aged compost to get the Friendship Garden growing.

3-10-10 Customs and Border Protection staffers help out in the kitchen.

3-8-10 A short rescue mission to the site of the just-closed Spring Garden Show yields plants for the Friendship Trays property.

3-7-10 The Observer profiles Chris Folk, a school administrator who in retirement has been a stalwart Friendship Trays volunteer..

3-5-10 A former recipient's family offers a note of thanks to all who helped their loved one.

3-4-10 An electric utility crew teamed up with a water utility crew to fix a problem that was imperiling Distribution Street electric service.

3-3-10 Deliveries went ahead despite early-morning slush from Tuesday's light snowfall.

3-2-10 A few snow flurries did not keep volunteer drivers off the road.

2-26-10 Students at Queens University of Charlotte do service learning in the Friendship Trays kitchen.

2-24-10 Forecasts of heavy rain didn't deter volunteers from their appointed routes.

2-18-10 Friendship Trays received a 100.0 score during today's Health Department visit.

2-12-10 A retrospective of Thursday evening's Sweets & Treats fund-raiser at Friendship Trays.

2-12-10 Our Valentine's Day video card.

1-29-10 Teens in the Home School Honor Society pitch in to package meals.

1-16-10 Workshop volunteers inaugurate Worm College, where red wigglers are composting kitchen scraps. Scroll on page to Jan. 16.

1-12-10 FIrefighters not only packaged meals, they send out warnings about carbon monoxide dangers on the day's meals.

1-7-10 Recipients offer some comments about the Friendship Trays service.

1-7-10 Friendship Trays in 30 seconds: a video about the work behind the trays.

1-6-10 Friendship Trays will not deliver on Jan. 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

1-4-10 WCNC reporter Rad Berky follows volunteer driver Meredith Tomascak as she not only delivers food but checks on recipients.

1-2-10 Join us for a vermicomposting workshop on Jan. 23. Download the flier here.

2009

12-31-09 We concluded today the Remember series begun Dec. 2 on the subject: Remember Your Meals-on-Wheels Program This Holiday

12-31-09 We offered cornbread for New Year's celebrations.

12-24-09 Christmas Eve at Friendship Trays.

12-23-09 Collaboration by Home Instead and Dilworth Coffee yield holiday gifts for Friendship Trays recipients.

12-21-09 Chef Peter Reinhart gave the commencement speech at the Community Culinary School graduation.

12-18-09 Conclusive Marketing redirects its holiday gifts budget into a donation to Friendship Trays in honor of its vendors.

12-18-09 Center City Church donates to Friendship Trays.

12-17-09 CoreNet Global donates in support of Friendship Trays.

12-14-09 Down the Street: A collage of one day putting out Friendship Trays.

12-11-09 In the kitchen: A video tribute to volunteers from all sorts of places who came together to prepare meals and meals and more meals.

12-9-09 Watch Talia Saxe's slideshow on her father Allen's philosophy about running the Dilworth Soup Kitchen.

12-7-09 Group brings a global perspective to local volunteer action.

11-27-09 Fresh lettuce from the garden. Welcome to Charlotte's mild fall.

11-25-09 Our Thanksgiving thank-you card.

11-24-09 Video report on WCNC explains how three Distribution Street nonprofits cooperate to reduce hunger.

11-23-09 Carolinas HealthCare human resources employees volunteer in the kitchen.

11-19-09 BI-LO Charities distributes donations to area nonprofits during an event held at Friendship Trays.

11-18-09 A note of thanks from the family of two recipients.

11-18-09 Youth from St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church create emergency food supplies for Friendship Trays recipients.

11-16-09 Employees of Dilworth Coffee, which operates a warehouse near Friendship Trays, donates to support building maintenance fund.

11-16-09 Canned goods donated during a Harris YMCA event are donated to Friendship Trays.

11-16-09 Creflo Dollar Ministries donates $10,000 to Friendship Trays during a visit to Charlotte.

11-13-09 The sun returned to cast shadows, dry the land and raise the spirits.

11-13-09 Pepsico employees helped out in the kitchen.

11-11-09 A thank you for all the volunteers who braved the rain to deliver Friendship Trays.

11-08-09 Erik Robinson, 8, proved up to the task of delivering Friendship Trays. You would too.

11-6-09 The Community Culinary School held a Bistro today. Click here for a slideshow of the event.

11-6-08 Eric and Cathy McCall from As Hot As Possible are collecting Thanksgiving fixings.

11-4-09 Encore Catering has a discount offer for Friendship Trays volunteers.

11-3-09 Joseph-Beth Booksellers in SouthPark will hold a Book Fair to benefit Friendship Trays on Saturday, Nov. 14.

11-2-09 Meals on Wheels of America provided this public service announcement about WalMart Foundation support of this work.

10-30-09 Students from Piedmont Middle School make cards and re-pot pansies for Friendship Trays recipients.

10-30-09 Staff from the Community Relations Committee helped out in the kitchen.

10-27-09 Throughout October we celebrated our volunteers. The note here changed throughout the month.

10-26-09 Four church choirs will perform Fauré's Requiem; donation will support Friendship Trays and Loaves and Fishes.

10-23-09 Friendship Trays and Slow Food Charlotte hold a Garden Party.

10-20-09 Volunteers from Simpson Housing Co. packaged meals and delivered meals today.

10-1-09 Charlotte Magazine profiled Friendship Trays in the media community's Mission Possible series. Story on their website. Refer posted on the main page of this site for a time.

9-30-09 In a note, a recipient expresses thanks and a desire to give back.

9-26-09 James Willamor wrote about garden volunteer Henry Owen in a posting on the Crossroads Charlotte website.

9-25-09 A note in a donation is a reminder of the extraordinary volunteers Friendship Trays is blessed with.

9-24-09 Ron Ahlert was the teaching chef in the Friendship Trays kitchen today as Country Day School students came to visit.

9-23-09 Volunteer substitute drivers like Jimmy Basinger are key to Friendship Trays' operations.

9-18-09 Davidson College student Jacquie Morges reflects on her summer interning in Charlotte this summer.

9-18-09 A recipient says thanks for meals.

9-18-09 Davidson College intern Jacquie Morges writes about her experience this summer interning at Friendship Trays.

9-15-09 Employees of Wells Fargo pitch in to package meals today.

9-12-09 A September visit to the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont.

9-11-09 Friendship Trays and Slow Food Charlotte invite you to an Oct. 23 Garden Party fund-raiser to benefit Friendship Trays, Slow Food Charlotte and the Community Culinary School of Charlotte.

9-11-09 Colorful bounty of the summer harvest was going into trays today.

9-4-09 Employees of Carolinas HeathCare help out in the kitchen.

9-3-09 An open can in the kitchen turned pimentos into a broad smile.

9-2-09 The harvest from a garden at Covenant Presbyterian Church will be used in Friendship Trays meals.

9-2-09 Vanguard Group volunteers assisted in the kitchen and drove routes today.

8-31-09 The White House releases video via AOL on the Obama vegetable garden.

8-27-09 Volunteers from Vanguard Group prepared meals in the kitchen and drove routes today.

8-20-09 Members of the Charles family, new residents of Mecklenburg, volunteer in the kitchen.

8-20-09 A recipient praises the chicken and the stewed squash.

8-12-09 UNCC psychology major Cassie Duncan brings to Friendship Trays an unusual partnership with Ford Motor Co.

8-6-09 A recipient responds to WCNC about what service from Friendship Trays means to her.

8-5-09 Sunflowers growing in the Urban Ministries garden turn out to be revenue sources.

8-3-09 Friendship Trays posts its 2008 IRS 990 tax return on this site.

7-30-09 First staff director Ann Elliot writes about the early years of Friendship Trays.

7-29-09 Middle schoolers from Mecklenburg Community Church served at Friendship Trays as part of MAXlife Mission Week.

7-29-09 WCNC broadcasts story about Friendship Trays as part of Mission Possible series, gets a response from a Friendship Trays recipient.

7-29-09 The Charlotte Observer focuses on Friendship Trays in its Mission Possible series.

7-29-09 Practically any means of transportation will do when you come to volunteer at Friendship Trays.

7-28-09 The front-page refer to WCNC and Charlotte Observer coverage of Friendship Trays coping in the current economic downturn.

7-28-09 Recipients receive cards made by students at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church Vacation Bible School.

7-24-09 Students from Camp Mindy, focusing this week on learning about community service, volunteered in the kitchen.

7-23-09 Shredded paper from the Friendship Trays office gets recycled in the demonstration garden.

7-20-09 It is volunteers that make the entire Friendship Trays operation possible.

7-20-09 A volunteer's efforts noticed: Family sends thanks for a repaired doorbell.

7-12-09 A refer to the Rock Out Hunger Party at Earth Fare.

7-9-09 Earth Fare celebrates Rock Out Hunger partnership to benefit Friendship Trays.

7-8-09 A couple sends along their thanks for meals delivered by Friendship Trays,

7-6-09 A plea for drivers to fill in on routes during July.

7-2-09 A donor comments about Friendship Trays services.

6-30-09 Friendship Trays' Fourth of July schedule.

6-29-09 Founding congregation Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian sends along gifts in-kind from their garden.

6-26-09 A work team from Duke Energy helped out in the kitchen today.

6-26-09 Friendship Trays board member Chris Clackum reports for WCNC on growing market for local vegetables.

6-25-09 Country Day students brightened some recipients' day with "Have a Great Summer" cards that volunteers delivered with meals today.

6-24-09 Volunteers from Carmel Presbyterian and Duke Energy join forces in the kitchen.

6-23-09 A recipient offers thanks for the meals she receives.

6-22-09 A mission group of youth from Arkansas helped out in the kitchen today.

6-21-09 Our tribute to Fathers on Fathers Day.

6-19-09 Two longtime farmer's market vendors have been honored for collecting food donations for Friendship Trays.

6-18-09 The Wii Generation gathered in the warehouse to play and raise money for Friendship Trays. What we said on the front.

6-17-09 Duke Energy volunteers packaged meals, and bagged canned goods into bags for delivery to recipients. What we said on front.

6-9-09 Kindergartners from Trinity Episcopal School added spalshes of color to the Friendship Trays demonstration garden.

6-8-09 It's all natural, if a bit unruly: Does a grass strip in a parking lot near Friendship Trays have an alternative future?

6-8-09 Guests were in the building today on one of our regularly scheduled Breakfast Tours.

6-8-09 An update on the demonstration garden.

5-28-09 Friendship Trays' Lani Lawrence is taped for upcoming radio show.

5-28-09 Tega Hills Farm donates hydroponic lettuce that will brighten up next Monday's tuna salad.

5-26-09 Vendors from the Hot As Possible Hot Pepper Herb Farm collect donations for Friendship Trays at the Matthews Community Farmers' Market.

5-25-09 Volunteers are the lifeblood of Friendship Trays. Drivers are needed this summer.

5-20-09 A note about Friendship Trays' interest in cultivating garden plots across the city.

5-18-09 A refer to the day's Breakfast Tour, where those interested can learn how several nonprofits work together to fight hunger.

5-8-09 Friends answer call for donations to help Ms. C, a recipient living in a bare apartment after a forced move.

5-5-09 Two employees of a nutrition company rent out the kitchen to prepare foods they say help control epilepsy in children.

5-4-09 A special thank you to all who supported the day's Driving Away Hunger Golf Tournament.

4-29-09 Fifth-graders from Carmel Christian helped prepare lentils for upcoming deliveries of Friendship Trays.

4-27-09 A refer to the day's Breakfast Tour.

4-10-09 Mayors for Meals Day brings out candidates John Lassiter and Anthony Foxx

4-2-09 Help us respond to the Feinstein Foundation's fund-raising challenge.

3-27-09 The latest Friendship Trays newsletter is available for download.

3-26-09 How a bunch of stuffed peppers stayed out of the dumpster and fed hundreds of Friendship Trays recipients.

3-20-09 Students from area colleges joined Wachovia Wells volunteers in the kitchen.

3-19-09 A Salem Produce donation of Bok Choy yields a vegetable medley for Friendship Trays meals.

3-18-09 It's Mayors For Meals Day. John Lassiter delivered meals on the 18th, Anthony Foxx on the 25th. Click here for more on Mayors for Meals. And click here for the YouTube movie.

3-16-09 A grant from the Critical Need Response Fund will help Friendship Trays expand to reach more recipients.

3-11-09 Food purchasing agents from Compass Group were in the kitchen today.

3-4-09 Executive Director Lucy Bush Carter offers a status report on Friendship Trays in the economic downturn.

3-2-09 There were no deliveries on Monday after Sunday evening's snowstorm.

2-23-09 Zebra restaurant chef/owner Jim Alexander helps Culinary School students learn what to do with, um, liver.

2-17-09 Staff from the Community Relations Committee volunteer in the kitchen.

2-16-09 Overstocks from Trader Joe's floral collection brighten recipients the Monday after Valentine's.

2-12-09 The Sweets & Treats party brought dozens of people into Friendship Trays for fun, food and parparing Valentines.

2-10-09 Students at Trinity Episcopal School prepare snow packs for days when deliveries must be cancelled.

2-9-09 Our thanks to those who donated during the second half of 2008.

2-6-09 An on-air fund-raiser raises donations for the Critical Need Response Fund.

2-24-09 New board members toured the Friendship Trays facility.

1-28-09 Duke Energy employees helped feed hundreds of people; your group could too.

1-23-09 Hands On Charlotte organized a work day for area high school students in the kitchen.

1-20-09 An Inauguration Day essay from Route 61.

1-15-09 Sweets & Treats is a Feb. 12 fund-raiser for Friendship Trays. Join us!

1-10-09 Shadows on a wall remind of what lies ahead: Spring.

1-5-09 Pictures on this site of the big wall map showing Friendship Trays routes have been updated.

1-1-09 At dusk we retire the Art Deco masthead placed on the front of the website to mark New Years Day.

1-1-09 After the last ka-BOOM dissipates, we retire the Fireworks masthead marking New Years Eve.

2008

12-30-08 Recipients write to thank everyone for the nutritious meals.

12-29-08 Donation offers a suggestion on how parents can teach the satisfaction of philanthropy to their children.

12-28-08 A bit of industrial skyline offered an opportunity to ask readers to tell Friendship Trays about folks needing a meal.

12-25-08 On Christmas Night, we retire the Santa hat from our website.

12-24-08 Members of the Havurat Tikvah Jewish congregation assisted in the Kitchen on Christmas Eve.

12-24-08 A holiday card from the Christmas Eve crew at Friendship Trays.

12-23-08 Longtime Friendship Trays volunteer Guilford Oldham has died. [Updated Jan. 11, 2009]

12-23-08 Friendship Trays receives heat for the holidays.

12-19-08 RBC Wealth Management foregoes a holiday party and turns that money into a donation to support Friendship Trays.

12-14-08 Culinary School grad and Friendship Trays employee Betty Reed is featured in Observer's "The Gift of Giving" series.

12-12-08 Employees from Target help out in the kitchen.

12-6-08 Charlotte Roller Girls split a double-header, donate $2,000 to Friendship Trays during halftime ceremony.

12-4-08 Charlotte firefighters deliver meals and safety tips to Friendship Trays recipients.

11-27-08 This greeting ran on the front of our website on Thanksgiving Day.

11-22-08 Kitchen Manager Sibyl Durant is taking orders for corn bread for the holidays.

11-15-08 Charlotte falls to Wilmington's Cape Fear Roller Girls at Cricket Arena in a 80-76 cliffhanger.

11-12-08 Book fair and food preparation demonstration at Joseph-Beth Booksellers Nov. 21-22 to benefit Friendship Trays.

11-5-08 Proceeds from the First Presbyterian Church cookbook, "Inspired Cooking," support hunger-fighting agencies like Friendship Trays.

10-28-08 This masthead decorated the site for Halloween.

10-16-08 Volunteers were honored for long service at a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Click here for pictures from the dinner.

10-16-08 Read about a Charlotte visit by Hungary's Debrecen-Nagytemplomi Reform Church Choir.

10-11-08 Stock and bond values may rise and fall but there are investments of other kinds made daily at Friendship Trays.

10-10-08 Margaret Morrison's team wins Prudential award for hours donated at Friendship Trays.

10-4-08 The week's economic bailout revives a tax break for donations out of some Individual Retirement Accounts.

10-1-08 Duke Energy continues to step up to help in the kitchen.

9-30-08 A short video tribute to Friendship Trays co-founder Ann Elliot on the occasion of her birthday.

9-30-08 Deliveries are back to normal thanks to volunteers stepping up to drive.

9-29-08 A video update on impact of gasoline shortage on Friendship Trays.

9-26-08 An update on impact of gasoline shortage, and link to News14's TV report on Friday's activity

9-25-08 Thursday recipients receive two meals, Friday deliveries cancelled as Friendship Trays responds to gasoline shortage.

9-25-08 Preparations are underway for this holiday season's Be A Santa To A Senior campaign.

9-17-08 A Duke Energy team packages food in the Friendship Trays kitchen.

9-17-08 Former Friendship Trays Executive Director Tia (McCutcheon) Athens visits South End.

9-15-08 A hurricane-induced gasoline shortage prompts calls for help from volunteers with gasoline in their vehicles.

9-10-08 We used our website to work around a phone disruption at our South End offices.

9-8-08 Skirt Magazine features Friendship Trays Executive Director Lucy Bush Carter.

9-9-08 About 30 visit our new distribution site during an open house on the campus of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

9-2-08 Vanguard Group team drives routes.

8-29-08 The Macy's "Shop for a Cause" promotion will help support Friendship Trays. Learn how you can participate.

8-29-08 A joint effort between teams from Duke Energy and Vanguard Group helped package meals for Friendship Trays.

8-25-08 Food donation from Trader Joe's puts in the trays today a rare treat – steak.

8-20-08 Fall newsletter is available as PDF download or as separate pages on this website.

8-15-08 Duke Power schedules a pole replacement affecting power at Friendship Trays; meal delivers not affected.

8-11-08 When volunteers are away....

8-6-08 It doesn't matter where you work; come on down and volunteer to help your neighbors.

7-30-08 Goodrich Corp. employees deliver Friendship Trays

7-30-08 All ages are welcome to volunteer at Friendship Trays, and BofA Card Services employees brought their children.

7-21-08 Sprint employees donate tons of food for Friendship Trays meals.

7-18-08 Work teams from Bank of America and Wachovia merge to serve in the Friendship Trays kitchen.

7-13-08 Weekend deliveries end, in part to save gasoline. Recipients needing weekend meals will received them Fridays.

7-11-08 Staff members of the Charlotte Bobcats organization help prepare meals in the kitchen.

7-2-08 Determined volunteers, private gifts help Friendship Trays succeed as other meals-on-wheels programs are forced to cut back.

7-1-08 Youth from Catholic Heart Workcamp are at Friendship Trays painting and gardening in active community service.

7-1-08 Routes get rebuilt every day at Friendship Trays as recipients' needs change.

7-1-08 "It doesn't matter what you drive" -- One in a series

6-27-08 A new volunteer, age 6, learns a route in front of Friendship Trays' route map.

6-25-08 Wachovia internal auditors volunteer in the kitchen.

6-9-08 A new drop site on Beatties Ford Road will save volunteer drivers time and gasoline as they serve north and northwest routes.

6-6-08 Friendship Trays held a Fish Fry fund-raiser curbside on Distribution Street.

6-3-08 Friendship Trays' funding differs from Wake County meals-on-wheels program featured in a recent news story.

5-29-08 Kitchen volunteers were preparing chicken parmesan for recipients today.

5-29-08 Students in Class 31 of the Community Culinary School of Charlotte hold their first BISTRO!

5-23-08 Friendship Trays announces it will not deliver meals on Memorial Day.

5-23-08 Duke Energy serves in the kitchen.

5-21-08 From the skies over Friendship Trays, a congratulations to all area graduates this commencement season.

5-18-08 Charlotte Roller Girls win fourth straight bout with lopsided 178-30 win against Roanoke's Star City Roller Girls.

5-15-08 Why Golf? is a video remembrance of the Driving Away Hunger Golf Tournament.

5-12-08 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Aging Coalition prepares evacuation supplies for seniors.

5-8-08 Longtime volunteer Linda Kincheloe was working in the kitchen when she received a singing telegram for her birthday.

5-8-08 TIAA-CREF sends volunteers to mark Giving Back for the Greater Good Service Days.

5-7-08 Friendship Trays co-founder Ann Elliot is honored by the Council on Aging.

5-2-08 A food donation from Trader Joe's brightens a Friday meal for hundreds of Friendship Trays recipients.

4-16-08 "It doesn't matter what you drive" -- One in a series

4-15-08 Conversion to chilled meals is complete: Last hot meals for home delivery are prepared.

4-2-08 Watch a movie and see the list of winners from the 1st Annual Realtor Challenge Bowl-a-thon at Centennial Lanes.

3-31-08 The Wienermobile delivers Friendship Trays.

3-26-08 Mayor Pro Tem Susan Burgess and Commissioners Chair Jennifer Roberts deliver meals.

3-17-08 Prudential Carolinas Realty holds another chili cookoff, and Friendship Trays is the winner.

3-7-09 Charlotte Roller Girls deliver meals for Friendship Trays.

3-3-08 Finance Enterprise Associates from Wachovia volunteer in the Friendship Trays kitchen.

3-2-08 Charlotte Roller Girls will meet the New River Valley Roller Girls March 16 at Cricket Arena.

3-1-08 All are welcome to register for the First Annual Realtor Challenge Bowl-a-thon, set for April 2 at 5 p.m. on South Boulevard.

2-27-08 Help Friendship Trays go green: The black trays now in use are recyclable.

2-27-08 Alan Feinstein will give $1 million to hunger-fighting agencies. Our donors will decide how much gets to Friendship Trays.

1-31-08 It's a Bistro!

1-29-08 Employees of LarsonAllen's Charlotte office support Friendship Trays by paying to dress down in jeans.

1-29-08 Short, silent video of clips from trackside at Charlotte Roller Girls bout posted at YouTube.

1-27-08 Charlotte Roller Girls stage first roller derby in Charlotte since the1970s. Portion of proceeds to support Friendship Trays.

1-17-08 Find a niche and take action, Executive Director Lucy Bush urges folks wanting to fight homelessness, poverty or hunger.

1-8-08 Joseph-Beth Booksellers to stage Book Fair Sunday, Jan. 13. Portion of proceeds go to Friendship Trays.

2007

12-24-07 The usual magic at Friendship Trays this holiday deliver day -- and then some. Pictures from the morning.

12-13-07 Charlotte artist and Friendship Trays recipient Wallace Ervin has a painting on display in the Friendship Trays lobby.

12-10-07 Joseph-Beth Booksellers plans a Book Fair Jan. 13, 2008 to benefit Friendship Trays.

12-6-07 Members of Team BofA ladled beans and okra. Your group can also help out during the holidays.

12-4-07 Some of the trees auctioned at the Festival of Trees are donated to Friendship Trays recipieints.

11-13-07 Training begins with staff who will use the computer-controlled "blast chiller."

11-7-07 Crane returns to pluck compressor from roof: An update on cool meals conversion.

11-1-07 Community Culinary School of Charlotte hosts another scrumptious Bistro!

10-30-07 Fed Ex drivers deliver on seven routes.

10-29-07 An update on preparations for cool meals conversion.

10-22-07 First Presbyterian publishes "Inspired Cooking" cookbook. Proceeds benefit organizations feeding the hungry.

10-19-07 Elevation Church members and Pastor Steven Furtick serve in kitchen, commit to $25,000 donation.

10-11-07 Friendship Trays celebrates its volunteers at appreciation dinner.

9-17-07 Fight hunger: Lace up your shoes and join the CROP Walk on Sunday, Oct. 14.

9-14-07 More equipment arrives for cool-meals conversion.

9-14-07 Drought-starved tomatoes from the Sardis Presbyterian garden are right-sized for Friendship Trays meal boxes.

9-6-07 Some members of Team Vanguard helped in the kitchen, while others paired up to drive 10 routes.

8-31-07 Panthers mascot Sir Purr is a hit with recipients as he helps Cameron McCutcheon deliver a route..

8-30-07 Friendship Trays named September "Friend of Earth Fare." Events and support opportunities planned at SouthPark store.

8-16-07 Becky and Gary Workman often have a grandchild helping as they deliver a Friendship Trays route.

8-15-07 Conversion to cool meals announced.

8-15-07 Summer intern organizes food drive for Carrier Corp. employees.

8-8-07 Volunteer driver racks up points for Charlotte Chamber's Amazing Race challenge.

8-2-07 Sprint employees donate more than five tons of food during annual Feed the Need campaign.

7-20-07 The Substitute: Jere Witherspoon explains his preference to be a driver on call.

7-26-07 Members of Team Wachovia served up trays in the kitchen.

7-24-07 Longtime Friendship Trays volunteer extraordinaire Bob Williams was back for a visit.

7-18-07 Teen pitcher Alex Perullo is raising money for Friendship Trays every time he goes to the mound.

7-13-07 Lots of hands pitched in to bag lunches for 600 Freedom Schools students.

7-11-07 Team BMW prepared meals, then drove a route. How four volunteers made a difference, and how you can do the same.

7-6-07 How donated zucchini and yellow squash landed in Friendship Trays meals. A tale of farmers and nonprofits working together.

7-3-07 Ten win in another drawing for gasoline cards to help volunteers with a cost they bear delivering Friendship Trays.

7-2-07 Youth from Catholic Heart Workcamp helped out in the kitchen, then took to sprucing up the parking lot.

6-29-07 Friendship Trays receives $500 check, a successful conclusion to Alan Feinstein's $1 million giveaway challenge.

6-21-07 A child holds a violin in her hands in the foyer of Friendship Trays.

6-19-07 Fifth-graders from Carmel Presbyterian Vacation Bible School help out in Breadland, then deliver meals.

6-16-07 The Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment honors Ann Elliot for work promoting health in Charlotte.

6-14-07 Friendship Trays intern and violinist Mejin Leechor entertained visitors during the Culinary School's Bistro.

6-11-07 Washington-based advocacy group honors Friendship Trays co-founder Ann Elliot as a "community champion."

6-4-07 Poverty simulation is a learning exercise for nonprofit agency board members about the impact of "helping" programs.

6-4-07 Charlotte artist Carla Leaf captured Friendship Trays' history and mission in a drawing.

6-1-07 Charlotte Observer report says Charlotte-area large nonprofits chalked up the lowest average overhead costs in a 30-city study by nonprofit watchdog Charity Navigator. The Observer said Friendship Trays' Lucy Bush Carter was listed as having the lowest CEO salary among the 29 Charlotte-area nonprofits in the Charity Navigator study.

5-14-07 More than 90 golfers took to the fairways in the 13th Annual Driving Away Hunger Golf Tournament.

5-11-07 Nineteen Friendship Trays volunteers star in a movie thanking donors for their support.

5-4-07 Actor Richard Gere appears in tributes to his father Homer's 18 years of service delivering meals to his neighbors in Syracuse, N.Y.

5-2-07 Produce from The Bradford Store east of Huntersville is making its way into Friendship Trays meals.

4-27-07 Here's a map and directions to help you find us in South End.

4-26-07 Link your Food Lion MVP card to Friendship Trays and donate every time you buy groceries.

4-16-07 Friendship Trays yanked yesterday's technology out of storage to get meals out after a windstorm cut all electricity.

4-13-07 Photos from the South End Fish Fry. Proceeds went to support Friendship Trays.

4-7-07 The Elliot Corps gets A's for its E's and L's. How one one group of women pitches in at Friendship Trays.

4-4-07 Make a bid for the Traveling Chair.

4-1-07 Panthers official Donnie Shell talks about what he gets from driving a route.

3-26-07 Sardis Presbyterian volunteers have been delivering for over a quarter century.

3-23-07 Volunteers from Compass Group took over in the kitchen.

3-19-07 Post all the details in your office about the April 13 Fish Fry.

3-14-07 Your donation by April 30 counts toward Alan Feinstein's $1 million challenge.

3-8-07 The 13th Annual Driving Away Hunger Golf Tournament announced for May 14.

2-14-07 Five volunteers win $25 gas cards to help pay fuel costs in drawing prompted by an anonymous donor's gift

2-8-07 Community Culinary School students show off their skills at Bistro

2-2-07 Prudential Carolinas Realty donates proceeds from 3rd Annual Chili Cook-Off

1-29-07 Anonymous donor's gift spawns a drawing open to Friendship Trays volunteers to help with their gasoline costs

2006

11-27-06 Schneider Corp. donation marks its opening of a new facility.

9-29-06 Prudential Carolinas Realty agents collecting canned goods for Friendship Trays snow days.

5-26-06 Longtime volunteers honored at Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.

1-13-06 Prudential Carolinas Realty agents begin donating $10 from every home-closing.

2005

5-5-05 Earth Fare designates Friendship Trays its June charity of the month.

1-1-05 Friendship Trays' Sibyl Durant is featured in the Charlotte edition of Skirt! Magazine.

Friendship Trays, 2401-A Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 voice 704-333-9229 fax 704-333-5947

Delivering, in a caring and friendly manner, balanced meals to individuals in this community
who are unable, because of age or infirmity, to obtain and prepare their own meal