South Brunswick County, NC | PORCH Communities

Neighbors helping neighbors. As 25.6% of children in Brunswick County, North Carolina, live in food insecure homes, a year-round hurricane of hunger, pummels our coast. To help ensure our community, school and care resources can meet demands, PORCH – South Brunswick coordinates monthly neighborhood food drives in 25+ neighborhoods across southern Brunswick County. As Brunswick County is a vast 1,050 square miles in size, if you live in the Leland area, and are interesting in participating or finding out more about your local PORCH, there’s a PORCH – North Brunswick, that also coordinates a monthly food drive.

Since December 2020, PORCH – South Brunswick has collected and distributed more than 88 TONS of food and supplies to:

Brunswick Christian Recovery Center
Brunswick Community College pantry
Brunswick County Senior Resources, Inc. pantries in Shallotte and Southport
Brunswick County Streetreach
Brunswick Family Assistance
Matthew’s Ministry
SBIC – The Lords Food Pantry,
SOIICF Food Pantry in BSL
South Brunswick Charter School
Southport Boys and Girls Club
Southport Elementary

The PORCH collection model simplifies the donation process as it brings the food drive to your neighborhood. Participating Neighborhoods

Boiling Spring Lakes
Bolivia – New South Bridge
Calabash
- Calabash Lakes
- Cedar Tree
- Meadowlands
- The Farm
Caswell Beach
- The Arboretum
Holden Beach
Oak Island
- Hippie Chick Granola – 6402 East Oak Island Dr
- 104 SE 43rd Street
- 1104 Elizabeth Drive
- 110 SW 21st Street
Ocean Isle Beach
- Ocean Ridge
Shallotte
- Shallotte Presbyterian Church
Sunset Beach
- Sunset Beach Island
- Oyster Bay
- Sea Trail
- Wyndfall

Southport
- Hamilton Realty Group – 1427 N. Howe Street (drop-off side PORCH)
- Cottage Point
- Harbor Oaks
- Olde Southport
- Smithville Woods
- South Harbor
- The Hammocks
- The Ridge Townhouses
- The Landing
- The Village at Southport
St. James
- Cottage Lakes
- Players Club
- Pinecrest
- Reserve
- Waterway
- Woodlands

About PORCH

Started in 2010 in Chapel Hill, NC, PORCH is an all-volunteer, grassroots hunger relief organization that has collected and donated more than $4.8 million in hunger relief across all their communities.

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How Porch Works

PORCH is built around the very simple idea of a neighborhood food drive. Here’s how it works, in three easy steps:

Once a month, during the second week, a volunteer neighborhood coordinators place a food donation box on their front porch.
The volunteer neighborhood coordinator weighs and sorts the collected food and takes it to a central sorting location.
The donated food is transported by car to a local food bank or food pantry

The three-step process is easy, fast, and it’s also safe.

Get Involved

Be a Neighborhood Coordinator

PORCH Drop off house: Coordinate a monthly food drive in your neighborhood. Email neighbors, post on Facebook and/or Next Door to let everyone know collection details, put out the PORCH sign we’ll give you, a collection box and take the donated items to the central sorting site.

PORCH Pick up: Select a specific day during collection week where you pick-up donated items from neighbors’ porches. Whether you collect from 2, 20 or 200 houses – we need your help!

Volunteer Form

Donate Food

Donate unexpired, non-perishable food to our neighbors. Reach out to us: southbrunswick@porchcommunities.org or check our Facebook Page and we’ll let you know if there is a coordinator in your neighborhood or where the closest physical drop-off location is that month.