Family Fare in the Community

Community Engagement

Eagle Award

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Family Fare accepts the Eagle Award, the highest honor bestowed by Durham TRY (Triangle for Resilient Youth) at the annual Durham Try Convention on Friday evening April 20, 2018. Pictured from left to right: Ed Masuk, Business Consultant Family Fare, Runa Masuk, Family Fare Franchisee, Sudheer Vuyyuru, Family Fare Franchisee, Nancy Kneepkens, Durham TRY, Wanda Boone, Durham TRY Founder and Executive Director, Lee Barnes, Family Fare, Danny Bass, Vice President, Family Fare.

Shared Purpose

Family Fare supports local nonprofits throughout the geography where Family Fare operates. The selection of 501-C 3 Organizations for Family Fare’s Shared Purpose Funding is a grass roots effort derived from our Service Collaboration and Support Center Administrative Representatives and our Independent-Entrepreneur Franchisees.

Each established Store Region and the Service Collaboration and Support Center may nominate a qualifying organization once per year. If you or your nonprofit 501-C 3 Organization would like to be considered for Family Fare’s Shared Purpose Initiative, you may direct inquiries at individual Family Fare Stores to the Franchisee at the store or contact a member of the Service, Collaboration and Support Center Administrative Team. The region representatives, whether Service, Collaboration and Support Center Administrative Team Members or Franchisees, in collaboration with one another select recipients each year for Family Fare’s Shared Purpose Initiative.

2019 Habitat for Humanity Appreciation Breakfast

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Family Fare representatives attended the 2019 Habitat for Humanity appreciation breakfast on April 30, 2019 and presented a check for $2,500.00 their organization, which serves Durham and Orange counties. This organization helps to build affordable homes for people in our community and is a vital asset in enriching lives through its program. Their Habitat Restore in Durham , N.C. offers used home furnishings for sale, another way they extend service to the community. Several of the administration staff from the Family Fare Service Collaboration and Support Center will volunteer at the Restore in May to further extend Family Fare’s giving to this great organization! Pictured left to right: Karl Klingelsmith (Family Fare’s Chief Administration Officer), Blake Strayhorn (Habitat for Humanity), and Family Fare administrative staff, Jazmin Serrano, Amy Tippett and Joycetta Prude.

Community Connection

All members of the Family Fare Service Collaboration and Support Center Administrative Team and Family Fare Business Consultants are offered the opportunity to provide any 501-C 3 Organization where they personally volunteer up to ten times their individual donation to the organization up to a total contribution from Family Fare of $1,000.

Here’s how it works:

  • Any Family Fare volunteer as outlined above that volunteers at an approved nonprofit organization can receive a check for $100 from Family Fare.
  • Any Family Fare volunteer as outlined above that volunteers at an approved nonprofit organization and individually donates $25 to the approved organization will be matched by Family Fare for $250.
  • Any Family Fare volunteer as outlined above that volunteers at an approved nonprofit organization and individually donates $50 to the approved organization will be matched by Family Fare for $500.
  • Any Family Fare volunteer as outlined above that volunteers at an approved nonprofit organization and individually donates $100 to the approved organization will be matched by Family Fare for $1,000.

5 K Great Human Race

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Family Fare President, Lee Barnes, volunteered at the 5 K Great Human Race on Saturday March 23 in downtown Durham, benefitting hundreds of triangle non-profits. In addition to setup and welcoming duties, Dr. Barnes was the Official Race Starter, setting the racers to their mark and firing the starting horn. After sounding the horn, Lee also slipped back behind the starting line and jogged the race as well. It was a beautiful brisk day through the lovely Forest Hills neighborhood and adjacent to Forest Hills Shopping Center, Forest Hills Family Fare, and Forest Hills Park. The final leg concluded down the American Tobacco Trail and back to the starting point at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The GREAT HUMAN RACE is the largest collaborative fundraising event in the Triangle operated by The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center, benefiting hundreds of nonprofits. Celebrating 24 years with the 2019 running, this unique event combines a nonprofit fundraising platform with a 5K Run & Community Walk raising over $3 million since 1996! Family Fare is a proud supporter of The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center.

Family Fare Shared Purpose/Community Connections 501c3 Organizations

  • A PUBLIC SCHOOL OF CHOICE INC.
  • ALAMANCE ELDERCARE
  • AMERICAN RED CROSS BURLINGTON
  • AMERICAN RED CROSS GREENSBORO
  • AMERICAN RED CROSS WINSTON SALEM
  • ANIMAL LIFE
  • ANIMAL RESOURCE FRIENDS
  • APS OF DURHAM COUNTY
  • APS OF ORANGE COUNTY, PAWS4EVER
  • ASU FOUNDATION
  • AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE
  • CRISISDOGSNC
  • CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
  • DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION, JUVEN
  • DUKE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
  • DUKE HOMECARE & HOSPICE
  • DURHAM FOOD BANK
  • DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • DURHAM RESCUE MISSION
  • DUSTY JOY FOUNDATION
  • ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIV.
  • FARM FRIENDS RESCUE
  • FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
  • GIRL SCOUTS NC COASTAL PINES
  • H.E.A.R.T.S.
  • HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM
  • HILLSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
  • LIVING FREE MINISTRIES
  • MEALS ON WHEELS DURHAM
  • MEALS ON WHEELS, ALAMANCE COUNTY
  • NC A&T FOUNDATION INC.
  • NCCU FOUNDATION INC.
  • NEW HORIZONS ADULT DAY SERVICE
  • OLD NORTH STATE COUNCIL
  • OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION, OUR TEAMS
  • PARK AND ECO CENTER INC., SYLVAN HE
  • PAWS4EVER
  • PERSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
  • PERSON HIGH SCHOOL FFA
  • PIEDMONT WILDLIFE CENTER, INC.
  • RELAY FOR LIFE
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE- DURHAM
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, WINSTON SALEM
  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NC
  • UNCW SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
  • VETS TO VETS, INC.
  • VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER, TRIANG
  • WSSU FOUNDATION, INC.