PORCH Monthly Food Collection
‘Fight Hunger One Porch at a Time’
PORCH is a food collection opportunity within our community for residents to help the ever-growing number of families in Brunswick County who need food. This effort will be Sea Trail wide and is supported by the Master Association. Once a month, a team of volunteers within Sea Trail will place a tub/box/container on their porch or at the end of their driveway where residents can drop off non-perishable, non-expired food items. The donations will then be taken to The Lord’s Food Pantry, sorted, weighed and distributed to 11 different charitable groups in our county. Your donations are so important to this program in helping those who are currently in need. You can help by either dropping off food and/or volunteering with the program. For more information about PORCH click https://porchcommunities.org/
Next Collection Date: November 11-12, 2026
Please drop off your UNEXPIRED & UNOPENED donations to your neighborhood volunteer on either Wednesday, November 11 from 9 – 5 PM or Thursday, November 12 from 9 – 11 AM. All donations must be received no later than 11:00 AM. Please Note: The Volunteer containers are brought in each evening. Thank you for your generous donation and supporting PORCH!
2026 Collection Dates Schedule
Click 2026 Collection Dates to view the specific dates for each month.
Address Near You to Drop Off Your Donation
Click PORCH Volunteers for the list of current volunteers in your neighborhood where you may drop off your donations. Look for their container on their porch or near their driveway.
Volunteers and any resident who want to drop off their donations on the collection Thursday, may do so between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon at the lower parking lot across from the Maples Clubhouse.
Bins will also be available on collection days inside/outside the Creekside Building entrance.
Suggested Items
Click November Suggested Items as this list could change by month dependent on the current need.
- We can only accept unexpired food items so we ask please check your donations to make sure they are not expired. This saves the volunteers so much time checking each item for expiration dates.
- We prefer to not take glass. All donations get handled many times, so the probability of breakage is high.
- If you are donating pasta, cereal or other food items that might get soggy or ruined from wet weather, please place the items in a plastic bag before placing them in the volunteer’s bin.
- Sample/Hotel size toiletries are also accepted.
For your information related to Expired Food click Food Extension Dates for the information shared by the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC.
Would You Like to Become a PORCH Volunteer?
Click Volunteer Opportunities to complete the form and SUBMIT. You will be contacted by our Sea Trail PORCH representative. For further questions not answered in the above information, please contact Ellen at lala28468@gmail.com
Sea Trail Porch Volunteers Helping at the Food Pantry
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Jack Dambaugh, volunteer from Sea Trail helping at the pantry
Karen Hagy & Sally Dambaugh Sea Trail Volunteers helping at the pantry.
Katie from A+ Pro Cleaning Services helps each month driving the donations to the Food pantry in Shallotte.
Rich Corey & Mike Claxton Porch volunteers helping at the pantry.
Sheila Smeltzer owner of A+ Pro Cleaning Services helping at the pantry.
Thank You for Supporting PORCH in our Sea Trail Community
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The next dates for our PORCH food collection in Sea Trail will be Wednesday, November 11 from 9AM – 5PM and Thursday morning, November 12 from 9 – 11AM. Please click PORCH Food Collection page for all of the information especially for the suggested items. This month...