On-site registration required

At this Nourish Up food pantry location, neighbors facing food insecurity pick up a week's worth of nutritionally balanced groceries and, because this is a client-choice pantry, can select items that best fit their household. The pantry also participates in a FEMA gift-card program for clients with supplemental dietary needs; medical providers must call in those referrals on the client's behalf, and each client may receive one referral per calendar year. Clients who do not have a referral from a clergy member, medical provider, school counselor, or government human-services agency can ask Lemontree to provide one.

Update to FEMA Card Program We have received additional FEMA gift cards, and the program will reopen in June for clients with supplemental dietary needs. Reminder that clients may receive one referral per calendar year (Jan–Dec). Referrals must be CALLED in by medical providers ONLY.

Lemontree can provide the required referral for this pantry. Please reach out to our helpline for help getting a referral for a Nourish Up pantry. Nourish Up also runs pop-up food shares, where no referral, ID or financial documents are required. Pre-registration is required for these pop-ups. Follow this link to see locations and register: https://nourishup.org/foodshare/ Website: https://nourishup.org/pantries/ Requirements: referral required, appointment required

Host site for the USDA Summer Food Service Program (CMS Summer Meals) at the Beatties Ford Road Vocational Trade Center, Inc. facility. The center is a community-based vocational trade school on Charlotte's west side that partners with Dayson Diamond Youth Foundation and We Are One Charlotte to provide free meals and snacks to children and teens during the summer. The school also offers construction, fiber optics, computer technology, multimedia, and HVAC workforce training, plus a Family Counseling Center for mental health and substance abuse services.

Small boxes of food, for emergency.

On-site registration required

Serve clients once a month. Provides walk-in assistance on a first-come, first-served basis during normal operating hours.

Catherine Essick (980) 343-6041 6/15/2026 10:00:00 AM 7/30/2026 10:00:00 AM

A referral is required to receive a week’s worth of groceries from our pantries. For information on how to get a referral click here or call 704-523-4333. For a printable list of pantries click here.

Free summer meals program for children and teens 18 and younger, run by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools School Nutrition Services. Part of the federal Summer Food Service Program, it provides a free breakfast and a free lunch on weekdays to any child in the community, with no registration, sign-up, ID, income, or address documentation required. Operated at the Mecklenburg County Ivory/Baker Recreation Center in partnership between Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation.