Manna Dream Center

The Fayetteville Cares Day Resource Center, operated by Manna Dream Center aims to centralize multiple resources for residents at-risk or currently experiencing homelessness in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. The center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Laundry and shower services are accessible from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and lunch is provided by Manna Church from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Fayetteville Cares also known as the Day Resource Center, has launched a new website, Faycares.org, for people to volunteer, donate and support individuals and families in the city experiencing homelessness.

Our mission at the Manna Dream Center is "Reaching people with the love of Christ by meeting both their physical and spiritual needs". The story below came out of the Manna DC Shelter. This is a good reminder of why we do what we do.

5/1/24 Micah came to the shelter freshly out of detoxing and short term rehabbing from drug addiction. He spent 86 days with us, and during that time he began a part time job at Food Lion. While saving up money we were also able to help him go through the process to get his ID card and a new birth certificate. Micah was always a very respectful man and was driven to move forward in life. He was able to save up enough money to move out into his own apartment and also transitioned into a full time job as well.

This is one of the hundreds of people that we are impacting each and every day.
If you would like to serve at the DC or donate goods or financially, please visit our website

Manna Dream Center – Reaching People With The Love Of Christ Reaching people with the love of Christ by providing support to those affected by homelessness, hunger, and or by the everyday challenges of life.

https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/city-picks-manna-dream-center-to-run-day-resource-center,81303

City picks Manna Dream Center to run Day Resource Center - CityView Fayetteville has selected the Manna Dream Center , a local nonprofit organization and church, to operate the city’s Day Resource Center (DRC) for a year starting July 1.

Vere Ogarro is one of the many success stories that we have at the DC Shelter every month. Upon entry, a 90 day plan was created to help Vere take the necessary steps needed to secure permanent housing. He quickly secured a job and began to save money. Ninety days later, with the help of an outside organization, Vere was able to proudly move out of the shelter and into permanent housing. Vere's story reminds us why we do what we do everyday.

The Manna Men’s Shelter, located at 913 Person Street, offers a sanctuary for men facing homelessness. Our program emphasizes personalized care, mentorship, and guidance for each guest.

The Manna Serve Team along with our community partner Simon Temple, a new partner, provided a wonderful hot cooked meal on 2/22. If you or your church/community organization would like to help provide a hot meal please reach out to us at [email protected]

Dave is part of Fayetteville’s unhoused community. He had a chance today to get a hot shower thanks to Ken, who leads the Shower Team, and the generosity of multiple businesses who helped to purchase our portable shower unit. Dave said “It was wonderful’ and that he felt like he lost 20 lbs.

Meet Danielle!
Danielle was one of our many guests at the Dream Center this week. During her visit we were able to donate to Danielle and her family several bags of food and fresh chicken. That one act of kindness involves several Serve Team members to pull it off.
Every month we receive 1,900 lbs of fresh chicken from Mountaire Farms. That chicken is pulled from the truck and placed in freezers. Some of that chicken is routed to Dhan’s Kitchen where they prepare hot meals for our guests at the Manna Luncheon. The rest of the chicken is distributed to our community through partners and bagged to give to our guests at the Dream Center Pantry. A big shout out to our Serve Team (volunteers) and Dream Center staff that make this happen daily!

Vanessa with her two children visited the Manna DC Food Pantry yesterday. We were able to bless her family with some meat, and various canned items and fresh bread. All this is possible due to the generosity of those in our community.

In October of last year Jon entered the Manna Dream Center Shelter. He was unhoused, estranged from his children and motivated to get back on his feet. As is the process Jon met with the DC Coordinator. Goals were set that would help him take the necessary steps to a permanent housing situation. We are excited to say that Jon, took advantage of the situation, met his goals and successfully exited the shelter on 1/24/24 having secured a place to live. In the process he completed a skill training course at FTCC, worked two jobs, distinguished himself as an ideal guest by completing his chores, showing respect to others and keeping his bed and living area clean and in order. This is an amazing story that is still being written. Pray that Jon would be reunited with his children and would walk out his God given purpose.

The Manna Dream Center teamed up with Fayetteville Church to serve our guests lunch at the DRC on Martin Luther King Jr day. In doing so, we honored the late Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy of service to others.

We have been blessed with deliveries to our Warehouse this week!
THANK YOU!
Mountaire Farms
Operation Blessing in VA

These items allow us to attack food insecurity in our region.

257 hot meals were served on 12/22 at the Christmas lunch at the DRC!
We served ‘restaurant’ style where our Serve Team members served coffee, tea or lemonade, their meal, and dessert to the guest at their table!

There will be a hot meal today at the DRC that has been provided by Two Brothers Catering
Thank you so much!
It’s well appreciated on this cold day!

Jordan and her two children were able to come in and shop our Food Pantry recently. What a joy to meet her and visit with her and her children.

The Food Pantry is dedicated to addressing the basic food needs of our community.

This week Forged Brotherhood MC (FBMC) had the honor to pickup and deliver enough food for 50 families, 1,900 lbs of firewood and gifts for 10 children. One of the Motorcycle Clubs in the Fayetteville area hosts a Christmas party every year for children/families who maybe struggling. They take the list of 200+ names and divide it amongst the areas various MCs. The Friends of Forged Brotherhood MC - Dogwood Crew has taken 10 names to purchase gifts for a number of years and we did so again this year. Three years ago we were asked if there was any way of obtaining grocery items so families could take with them as well. Last year we partnered with Manna Church In Fayetteville, NC. The Manna Dream Center provided all shown in the picture and has become a great support organization and partner of ours. The coolers alone were stocked with 50 whole frozen chickens. The partnerships don’t stop there. A local Food Lion is kind enough to provide grocery bags for the families to load the items in. Seeing how the God brings together the various groups to bless families is awesome to watch. FBMC Mission Statement is “To Glorify God by building spiritually mature brothers to send into the motorcycle club world.” This time of year it surpasses the motorcycle club world and goes into the community.

Great job men and thank you for all you put in to making Forged Brotherhood MC all that it is today!!!

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Does this sound yummy? BBQ chicken, pulled pork, Mac & cheese, green beans and sweet tea!
We can thank Sweetwater Property Management for this wonderful meal served for lunch meal at the DRC!
What a blessing to have a hot meal to serve on a Friday!

Merry Christmas to you and yours………

We are so thankful for the anonymous donation of thousands of dollars of shampoos, deodorants and body wash to the Manna Dream Center. These items will be distributed through our pantry, the shelter and into the community!

Contact us if there is something you or your organization, the company you work for or your family want to donate to the Manna Dream Center. We also have serve opportunities!

We have a portable shower, free washing and drying of clothes, a food pantry, a diaper pantry, a men’s shelter, a warehouse to house food items, a community store and we serve lunch M-F 1130-1pm at the DRC on Person St. We are also involved with Backpack Buddies in Cumberland County schools.

Come join us to help others in the physical insecurities of their lives!

The Manna Dream Center donated 200 food bags to ‘Grace in the Park’ annual outreach in Robbins, NC. This event is sponsored by our friends at , Southern Pines, NC. The food bags were donated to the Manna Dream Center by Sprouts!

Thank you to Sprouts Farmers Market located in Freedom Town Center, for donating the bags so that we can all help in fighting food insecurity in our community!

Traumatic Loss Grief Grp
Tuesday 630pm
@ Manna Dream Center`336 Ray Ave 2nd/4th Tuesday each month

We hope today has been a fabulous time with family and friends ! A time of celebrating all that you are thankful for, making memories that last a lifetime and looking forward to the hope of your future!
May God bless you and yours!

Yesterday at the DRC, Manna Church Dream Center served 263 hot meals, which included 56 of those going to students with food insecurity at FTCC!

A huge shout out of thanks to Parkton Grill for preparing the hot meals and partnering with Manna Dream Center on many of our outreaches and Mountaire Farms chicken prep.

And another big Thank You to the Carlie C’s IGA Round Up Program for financially supporting the meals!

Last but not least, a shout out to the red shirt mafia who showed up big to help serve the lunch!

Thanks everyone for helping Manna Dream Center in the fight against food insecurity in our community!

Mountaire Farms donated 120 Thanksgiving food boxes meals and 200 chicken roasters to the Manna Dream Center!

We were able to distribute the 120 boxes in the community so that 120 families will have a Thanksgiving meal tomorrow.

The chicken roasters were distributed out to many different areas in our community that have food insecurity. To include schools, a meal for soldiers, to a partner that serves in Robbins, NC and as well to the needs at each of our sites out of Manna Church Fayetteville/Ft Liberty.

Please help us in thanking Mountaire Farms for their generosity and big hearts to help us in fighting food insecurity !

Another blessing came to us today from Peace Chapel in Spring Lake!
Thank you for the fried rice and chicken!

We love to serve a hot lunch, when we serve 11:30-1pm Monday - Friday at the Day Resource Center on Person St.

200 spaghetti dinners were donated by Constantine Greek Orthodox Church today! They will be served to our lunch patrons !
THANK YOU, Constantine Greek Orthodox Church for helping us in serving the community and reducing food insecurity!!

Thank you for the wonderful food donation from Jacenta’s Packages of Love!!!