About PORCH Hillsborough

PORCH Hillsborough is an all-volunteer hunger-relief organization founded in 2011 to fight hunger in northern Orange County.  Beginning with food drives in just 3 neighborhoods, our first Food for Pantries donation to the Orange Congregations in Mission (OCIM) food pantry weighed 240 pounds. Since then we have grown to over 30 neighborhoods and added the Meadowlands Business Community. PORCH Hillsborough now donates an average of 4,000 pounds of non-perishables monthly!  

In 2016, PORCH Hillsborough started the Food for Schools program, providing nutritious snacks to each of the 13 Orange County Public Schools and the local Head Start Program for children in need.  In 2018, we launched the Food for Families program to deliver boxes of fresh produce every month to families identified by school social workers for being at risk of hunger. In 2020, as the Covid pandemic emerged, PORCH Hillsborough expanded our operations to include food distributions in partnership with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.  These distributions have served hundreds of Orange County families in need of food during this crisis.

In 2022 PORCH Hillsborough announced the start of the PORCH Fresh program! This initiative brings boxes of fresh produce from local farmers to those in need in our community. Every month 150 local families are benefitting from this program.

Our Team

Nancy Grebenkemper PORCH Hillsborough Founder

Linda Leikin PORCH Hillsborough Director

Sarah Zink | Food Distribution Coordinator

Nora Dicker | Program Manager

Meaghun Darab | Orange County Schools Central Pantry Manager

Avis Barnes | Lead School Social Worker at Orange County Schools

Anna Waters | Board Member

Mark Bell | Community Liaison

Judit Alvarado | Community Liaison

Our Impact

In 2023, PORCH Hillsborough donated 52,000 pounds of non-perishables, $48,000 in fresh eggs and protein, $45,000 in fresh fruits and vegetables, and $94,000 in grocery gift cards to members of our community. This totals over $275,000 in hunger relief to Hillsborough and northern Orange County!

Neighbors helping neighbors is what PORCH is all about!

Follow Us

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with the latest work PORCH Hillsborough is doing to fight hunger in northern Orange County, NC.