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Snow Days Can Mean Hungry Days
Winter in the South can be cold and muddy. So when the snow falls, blanketing the ground and blessing the tree limbs with fresh white,...
Jan 17, 2018
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Year in Review: Feeding Futures
“I hope you tell all the other kids about it.” That’s what a young boy said to the volunteers at the food pantry located in his school....
Dec 20, 2017
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Feeding the Carolinas, Together.
Across the Carolinas, there are 2.6 million people living in poverty. 2.6 million people. Early in the morning, a convoy of ten tractor...
Dec 15, 2017
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Thankful.
Last Thanksgiving, Crystal figured out how to cook turkey in a crockpot. The 300 square feet of their motel room was filled with the...
Nov 9, 2017
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Apple Wraps and Healthy Snacks: Cooking Matters for Kids
The squirming feet and wiggling hands always makes it a little unnerving to unload a plastic tub of knives and cutting boards in an...
Oct 27, 2017
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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...
Oct 27, 2017
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We are here to learn from each other (and eat).
Ana Atwater stands in the doorway of Hinshaw United Methodist Church in Greensboro, propping the door with her foot. She warmly greets...
Oct 18, 2017
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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,...
Oct 12, 2017
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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...
Oct 4, 2017
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Seeing Waste, Creating Abundance: Community Cupboard Thrives in High Point
Nearly 40% of the food grown in the United States every year is wasted. That’s a lot of food being thrown into landfills, creating...
Sep 28, 2017
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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...
Sep 26, 2017
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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...
Sep 26, 2017
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School Pantries and Fresh Veggies, Snacks and Backpacks: Solutions for Davidson County
“Bye Trenton! See ya’ Myra!” Liberty Drive Elementary School’s halls are buzzing with excitement as the bell rings and another school day...
Sep 14, 2017
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There’s a Heart in the Center of this Place: Volunteering at Second Harvest
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Sep 7, 2017
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Second Harvest Food Bank
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Sep 1, 2017
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Hunger Action Month: 3 Ways to Get Involved
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Sep 1, 2017
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Schools See It Every Day: Childhood Hunger and the Impact on Education
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Aug 30, 2017
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Second Harvest Welcomes Eric Aft as Chief Operating Officer
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Aug 29, 2017
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Better Boys & Brandywines: Second Harvest Partners with a Stokes County Farmers’ Market t
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Aug 11, 2017
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From Albermarle to Zebulon: North Carolina Farmers Markets Accept SNAP Benefits.
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Aug 8, 2017
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