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A Healthy Tool
Make the healthy choice the easy choice at food pantries—that’s a key goal for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC's Nutrition...
Aug 17, 2022


Catching Up with Providence
Fratellis – a popular, local steakhouse, is home to a number of Providence graduates, and on one thing they all agree: A key ingredient...
Jul 25, 2022


ELEVATING VOICES TO END HUNGER TOGETHER
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC has joined in Feeding America’s "Elevating Voices to End Hunger Together," initiative to...
Jun 30, 2022


Now that we know we can, will we?
Fallout from the ongoing pandemic, the resulting economic challenges, and world events are being felt by all of us. It doesn’t need to be...
Jun 29, 2022


Celebrating Our Partner Agency Network
The year is 2022, marking Second Harvest Food Bank's 40th year of service to the people of Northwest North Carolina, working alongside a...
May 4, 2022


Growing Community One Crop at a Time
A visit to the Betty and Jim Holmes Food Bank Garden finds volunteers stringing trellises for future beans and checking raised beds...
Apr 19, 2022


Meet Food Bank Garden Volunteer: Libit Glenn
Libit Glenn (left) and Ellen Kirby - longtime volunteer leaders for the Betty and Jim Holmes Food Bank Garden Libit Glenn has volunteered...
Apr 18, 2022


Commemorating 40 Years of Service
From humble beginnings in the early 1980s, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC (originally known as the Food Bank of Northwest NC),...
Jan 4, 2022


Tell Congress and USDA: Send more food from farms to food banks
Over the last year, the Second Harvest Food Bank network has seen more families coming to us for help to put food on the table - fresh...
Dec 10, 2021


Food Brings Us Together
Whew! The holiday season sure seems to have arrived early this year. Mind you, at Second Harvest Food Bank, we look forward to this...
Dec 1, 2021


Providence Grads: Where Are They Now?
If you've ever attended one of our graduation events , and we certainly hope you have, you'll probably hear something like this: "We're...
Nov 16, 2021


15 Years Later, Providence Still Changing Lives Through Food
Meals that matter Brian DePaulis stared at Wake Correctional Center’s walls in Raleigh and Dianah Bethel eyed another garage door to be...
Nov 15, 2021


Honor Our Veterans. Fight Military Hunger.
“ Canales ” by U.S. Army Materiel Command licensed under CC BY 2.0 Veterans Day provides an opportunity to express our appreciation to...
Nov 11, 2021


I'm Grateful
“The food we get here is a bridge until we get our next paycheck.” “The food we get here is a bridge until we get our next paycheck,”...
Oct 31, 2021


Give Gifts that Give Back
Give a gift that gives twice with these gift options supporting the food bank!
Oct 15, 2021


Hispanic Heritage Month
As we work to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion at Second Harvest, it is imperative that we recognize and celebrate the diverse...
Sep 14, 2021


Hope, for tomorrow
Leah was filled with fear as she walked out the door of her home seven years ago. After years of mental and emotional abuse she couldn’t...
Sep 1, 2021


When Disaster Strikes, Feeding America Food Banks Step Up
How Second Harvest’s Disaster Response Works Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC is part of Feeding America – the national network...
Aug 30, 2021


“Hunger is UNACCEPTABLE”
This story was originally published several years ago; however, Joyce Kohfeldt's passion for feeding children and supporting the work of...
Aug 23, 2021


"We look after each other here."
It was before school let out for summer that young Sierra J., Class of 2021, Alexander Central High School (ACHS), felt compelled to send...
Jul 30, 2021
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