Food and Nutrition Services
Food and Nutrition Services, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides healthy food options to families and individuals who need it.
Contact Us: 704-336-3000
Food Donation Box Locations
The following locations have food donation boxes:
- Northern Regional Recreation Center - 18121 Old Statesville Rd. Cornelius NC 28031
- Eastway Regional Recreation Center – 3150 Eastway Park Dr. Charlotte NC 28213
- Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library – 2412 Beatties Ford Rd. Charlotte NC 28216
- South County Regional Library - 5801 Rea Rd. Charlotte NC 28277
- University City Regional Library – 5528 Waters Edge Village Dr. Charlotte NC 28262
Please consider donating food at this time based on the priority needs of county partner Nourish Up:
Priority Needs
- canned meat: tuna, chicken, salmon
- canned fruit: no sugar added or in juice
- canned vegetables: no salt added or low sodium
- pasta: canned or dry boxed
- whole grain cereal
- beans: canned or dry
- peanut butter
- rice
- diapers
Please note: Nourish Up cannot accept food items that are unsealed, expired, loose without listed ingredients, unlabeled, or in glass containers.
C0mmunity Resource Centers
Mecklenburg County will continue to work with SNAP participants through its Community Resource Centers to ensure they have the opportunity to find food and groceries during this period.
Food Resources in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
SNAP participants can find food and grocery resources at the Community Resource Centers.
- United Way’s NC 211: Dial 211 or visit NC211.org
- Nourish Up: Find a Pantry, a list of community pantries
- Hearts & Hands Food Pantry
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
EBT is the method North Carolina uses to issue Food and Nutrition Services benefits. The FNS benefits are placed in an EBT or E-Funds account each month. FNS recipient households use a plastic magnetic stripe card, much like a credit or debit card, to buy food at USDA authorized grocery stores. Once a FNS application is processed, the head of household is sent an EBT card.
Double-Up Bucks
Double-up Bucks helps you bring home affordable, healthy food by matching your SNAP dollars spent at participating farmers markets. SNAP users get tokens in place of cash for purchases at farmers markets. SNAP users do not need to enroll for Double Bucks – just bring your EBT card to participating markets.
