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)