The overcast skies and bleak weather didn’t discourage Ramona Matthews from coming out to the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service’s 26th annual CROP Hunger Walk Sunday to fight global and local hunger.

This Valentine’s Day, Carrboro residents showed their love for the town and local charities through food, fun and fundraising.

Local businesses — including some started by University students — are gaining exposure while bundling up the homeless this winter with the Clothing Community holiday sale.

Local charities are beginning to take in thousands of gifts, clothing and food to distribute to families in need as December opens and the holiday season begins.

In its 23rd year, the Interfaith Council for Social Service’s restaurant fundraising event Tuesday drew its largest crowd of participants yet.

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service is kicking off its holiday season fundraisers to meet the growing demand of its hunger relief programs.

With Thanksgiving approaching fast, Juan Tuset wants to make sure all Hispanic residents in need receive enough information to register for a holiday meal. And because of his efforts to bring together the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service and the local Hispanic homeless community and in-need Spanish speakers, he might see that goal achieved.

Transparency matters with issues as contentious as the homeless shelter’s move down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. An outreach committee seeking to increase communication between opponents and supporters of this move took a step in the right direction by taking the town council’s recommendation of adding members. But numbers alone won’t make this committee as open as it should be.

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service has seen victories this year, despite difficult economic times and heated criticism from local residents.

Members of the Good Neighbor Plan Advisory Committee have been told transparency comes with numbers – so they added three new members at a Monday night meeting.

With the fifth annual Project Connect just around the corner, organizers are calling for donors and volunteers to aid in an effort to stop homelessness.

The Inter-Faith Council is accepting applications for the Good Neighbor Plan Advisory Committee through Oct. 14.

The Chapel Hill Town Council decided to hold another public hearing on a proposed site for a men’s homeless shelter after more than 45 residents signed up to speak at Monday night’s meeting.

After two years of debate, Chapel Hill residents will be able to discuss whether a local homeless shelter should get a new home.

Hey, progressive Chapel Hillians, how high does your social justice meter go? Do you draw the line at thinking about the rights and treatment of sex offenders — one of society’s most stigmatized groups?

The the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service set up an open house Sunday to show members of the Chapel Hill community the state of its facility at 100 W. Rosemary St.

More than 800 local families can look forward to turkey, ham, stuffing and pie this holiday season thanks to a local organization and gracious neighbors. The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service will be providing families with meals as they celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the winter solstice through its holiday meals program.

To help those in need combat dropping temperatures, one county organization is working to keep area shelters warm during the winter weather. Blanket Orange County, a nonprofit organization, kicked off its seventh annual blanket drive Monday and hopes to collect 400 new and used blankets for local shelters — more than the group has ever collected before.

An increase in the number of restaurants donating a portion of their profits to an annual fundraiser might denote an improved economic climate. On Nov. 9, 103 restaurants will be giving 10 percent of profits earned to benefit the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, an increase from 95 restaurants last year and a return to participation levels before the recession.

Since Sept. 18, a team of bikers have delivered breakfast burritos — along with peanut butter sandwiches and water — to those in need in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The group, known as the Chapel Hill Burrito Bikers, delivers 18 to 22 breakfast burritos every Saturday morning.