The David & Nicole Tepper Foundation recently announced more than $10 million in new funding to food banks serving North and South Carolina—their largest single commitment to date. And Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC is proud to be one of the 10 organizations receiving this critical support.

Today, Congress passed a federal budget bill that includes the largest cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and...

Devastating SNAP and Medicaid cuts have passed the Senate, but there’s still time to stop this bill from passing through the House! We’re...

These cuts will not make SNAP more efficient or put families back to work — they will push more families into crisis while shifting new costs to our grocers and taxpayers.

Food or Medicine? Dignity or Desperation? This Is What’s at Stake. Across Northwest North Carolina, families are facing impossible choices. Do I pay the light bill or put food on the table? Do I fill my prescriptions—or feed my kids?

The state’s Feeding America Food Banks, including Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC are mobilizing Hurricane Helene response efforts.

Dignity. Stability. Hope. What SNAP Means for Our Neighbors. When people hear “SNAP,” they often think of statistics or policy debates....

The proposed changes to SNAP will make our communities weaker - creating more desperate families, decreasing the ability of children to succeed in school, requiring seniors to stop taking medicine just so they can put food on their tables, translating into layoffs at grocery retailers, and, ultimately, forcing farms across the country to foreclose. Decisions have consequences.

At West Forsyth High School, a group of exceptional teens with differing abilities is rewriting what’s possible—with the help of Second...

At 62, Daniel Barkley never expected to find himself back in a professional kitchen. More than twenty-five years had passed since he served as a Navy cook, where he fed sailors with precision and care. Even longer had it been since his days working in restaurants. But after leaving the military, life led him in different directions—working as a carpenter and handyman, enduring periods of hardship, and, ultimately, facing homelessness.

At Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, we are steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that every person—every neighbor—has access to the nutritious food we all need as a foundation for everything else in life: learning, working, healing, and simply thriving. That work has never been more vital, and never more challenged, than it is today.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina has added two new vans to its Community Meals delivery fleet, thanks to generous grant funding from Publix Super Market Charities.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, in partnership with Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA), is proud to announce the launch of Solar Harvest—a 1-megawatt rooftop solar array now operational atop the Food Bank’s headquarters. A “flip the switch” event on April 22, 2025, marked the official start of power generation from this landmark system.

Wyatt Stebbins' journey into the world of pottery is a story of perseverance, passion, and a growing connection to both his craft and his community.

Soy and corn. Pork and poultry. Sweet potatoes. Soy and corn. Pork and poultry. Sweet potatoes. North Carolina is an agricultural...

By Amber Call-Second Harvest Food Bank Nutrition Services Intern Did you know that despite the availability of the Women, Infants, and...

We want to make healthy choices the easiest. NEFPAT support improving the nutritional environment at food pantries.

Change happens when communities come together. We’re excited to kick off another year of Walmart's Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign.

Being a part of the solution to food insecurity in our communities is about showing up to support our neighbors in ways that

By Eric Aft, CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC The House of Representatives voted this week to advance a budget resolution...