Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Establishing School Food Pantries

Greensboro High Point Winston Salem, NC, October 19, 2026 —

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are establishing food pantries within schools to support students and families facing food insecurity, according to the information provided about the initiative.

The effort is intended to make food support available through school-based pantries. The available information does not identify which schools will have pantries or when they are expected to open. It also does not describe how students and families will access the food or what items the pantries will provide.

Details about the initiative’s scale and administration were not provided. The information does not state how many students or families the pantries are expected to serve, how the effort will be funded, or whether the district is working with outside organizations. No district officials or participating families were quoted in the material provided.

The stated purpose is to support students and families experiencing food insecurity. The information does not include further detail about the needs prompting the effort, the criteria for receiving support, or how the district plans to assess the pantries’ reach.

As the schools establish the pantries, those operational details remain unspecified in the available summary. For now, the confirmed information is limited to the district’s plan to establish food pantries within schools and its stated aim of supporting students and families facing food insecurity.

Story summarized from the original created by Lisa O’Donnell Staff Reporter on journalnow.com, see more information here.

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