Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry in Cashiers, an emergency food pantry, works year-round to help meet some of the dietary requirements of individuals and families in need throughout the community. Nearly one in five people in Jackson and Macon counties fall below the...

Food, Wine, Music and Good Times at Highlands Food and Wine Festival
People come to the Highlands Food and Wine Festival for the food and wine, obviously; but more and more are coming for the music. Produced by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, this year’s festival, November 8-11, once again has a great line-up for the weekend with...
Food Pantry Food Drive
This year, Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry’s annual fundraising breakfast has been cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns, a disappointment because not only does that mean the pantry is losing out on the monies raised at its biggest fundraiser, but also because the...

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Join the Fight Against Food Insecurity
Individuals and organizations that are fighting food insecurity on the Plateau could use some help. To learn more, join the Plant for The Plateau Facebook group or email plantfortheplateau@gmail.com.

Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Donates to Local Food Pantries
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital’s timely gift makes Christmas a bit brighter for a pair of nonprofits and promises good things for 2024.
Food Insecurity Rising
Here we are in the pristine North Carolina mountains surrounded by affluence. But are we? Did you ever stop to think if your neighbors might not have food for dinner, or they are rationing their food so they have something to eat a few more days? Defined...

Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry
Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry is a North Carolina non-profit corporation created in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code by six Cashiers area churches in 2005. Our organization operates under the direction of a Board of Directors whose...

Fishes and Loaves, Cashiers Food Pantry
Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry invites everyone out to their 11th Annual Big Ol’ Mountain Country Breakfast on Saturday, July 7, from 7:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. at the Cashiers Community Center, next to the Fire Station. The Fourth of July week is filled with many...

Amos Lee, Hiss Golden Messenger, Devon Gilfillian, and Rufus Lee and The Handful to headline 5th annual Highlands Food & Wine Festival
Highlands Festivals, Inc. announced today the musical headliners for the 5th Annual Highlands Food & Wine Festival, which is set to be held Nov.11-14, 2021, in Highlands, NC, will include Amos Lee, Hiss Golden Messenger, Devon Gilfillian and Rufus Lee and The Handful.

Food Pantry Benefits
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce went the distance in 2016, raising funds for the Food Pantry of Highlands, especially through the popular Highlands Food and Wine Festival in November. They raised over $5,000. Executive Director Bob Kieltyka said it was natural to...

Food Pantry: What’s in Store?
According to the UNC School of Government statistics, 29.5 percent of children in Macon County live in homes that are considered “food insecure.” That’s a staggering statistic, considering “Feeding America” states that food insecurity within the entire state of...
Holiday Help and Beyond: Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry
Even before a pandemic upended lives, statistics determined that one in five people in Jackson County fall below the poverty line, which means some children and families are food insecure.

Highlands Food & Wine Festival Announces Event Disaster Relief Fundraiser to Support Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
A portion of Sunday’s “Shot at Redemption” ticket sales will now benefit local and regional non-profit organizations·. Abraham Alexander and headliner Lee Fields & The Expressions will perform at the fundraiser, with more special guests to be announced in the weeks to come.

Food for Thousands
Neighbors needing food help will find a pair of partners on the Plateau.