Impacting North Carolina: Harsh Restrictions and the Farm Bill
Food Banks around the country were anxious to review the House Agriculture Committee version of the 2018 Farm Bill released in April. We...
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- May 4, 2018
Stamp Out Hunger with Second Harvest and Your Letter Carrier!
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Nor...
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- Apr 11, 2018
April is National Volunteer Month
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve,” said Martin Luther King. At Second Harvest, we get to spend time with some pretty...
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- Apr 4, 2018
Tireless and Dedicated: Food Bank volunteers Gwen and Warren get things done.
Tammy DeCicco, Second Harvest’s Volunteer Coordinator, wrote this story and nomination of two incredible volunteers, Gwen Blane and...
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- Apr 2, 2018
They Really DO Make Great Neighbors: Why we love Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices volunteers
Second Harvest is fortunate to have many dedicated volunteers that support our mission of moving healthy, nutritious food to the 18...
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- Mar 26, 2018
Why I Volunteer At Empty Bowls by Sarah Stitzel
I’ve been a part of Second Harvest’s Empty Bowls fundraiser in one way or another for the past seven years. First as a guest, then as a...
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- Mar 22, 2018
“They are seniors like me.”
“What comes to mind is thankful and appreciative.” Rebecca Brooks leans forward in her chair to make sure to look you in the eye; she...
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- Mar 15, 2018
Ready, Set, Go! A springtime line-up of races to end hunger.
Lace up your running shoes! Second Harvest has a growing list of foot races that benefit our work, and we don’t see these only as...
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- Mar 14, 2018
Farm Bill 101: What it is and why we need your help
This year, you are going to hear food bankers talking about the Farm Bill… a lot. At first blush, you might wonder what the Farm Bill has...
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- Feb 16, 2018
Discovery: Diving Deep and Asking Questions
Recently, a small van filled with senior citizens from High Point were headed on a Senior Resources of Guilford County outing to a candy...
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- Jan 11, 2018
Take the Pledge: Volunteering in the New Year
Volunteers power Second Harvest Food Bank. It’s as simple as that. We could not help provide food and resources to the one in four people...
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- Nov 28, 2017
Holiday Food Drives
To say they can set up this tent in the dark is not an analogy: it is literally what food bankers Joe Kilar and Michael Berry do with...
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- Nov 22, 2017
Bearing witness to the great generosity and kindness of our communities.
They are painting flowers. They are painting their favorite foods. They are painting trees and peace symbols and mandalas and cherry...
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- Nov 11, 2017
“Tell me how far you can stretch that?” Veteran and Poet Lavinia Jackson Asks the Hard Q
This Veterans Day, we are each thinking of the veterans who have given so much to our great state and great nation. Unfortunately, too...
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- Nov 10, 2017
Good Neighbors: Food Lion Feeds Lifts Our Network
It’s the type of community where you might well be told to “Turn by the oak tree up by the old Harris’ farm” by way of directions. Shady...
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- Oct 27, 2017
Strengthening Families and Communities: FNS Outreach at Second Harvest
In Watauga County, a young couple is homeless, unemployed and raising a two month old infant. They were living in the woods prior to...
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- Oct 12, 2017
Second Harvest Opened 35 Years Ago (and we have been feeding community ever since)
133 billion pounds of food is wasted every year, yet 42 million Americans do not get enough nutritious food to eat to lead healthy,...
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- Oct 4, 2017
Action Alert: US House Budget Vote
On July 19, 2017, the US House Budget Committee passed its FY2018 budget resolution. The House will be voting on this resolution this...
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- Sep 26, 2017
The Outcomes Are Clear: Advocating for TEFAP and SNAP
“Their doors would close.” This is what Susan Cox said would happen to hundreds of food assistance programs if TEFAP (The Emergency Food...
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- Sep 26, 2017
We Couldn’t Do It Without Our Volunteers
This past week we celebrated our volunteers at Second Harvest’s Annual Volunteer Dinner. And it got us thinking about everything...
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