Three Ways to Help Kids at Risk of Hunger on Snow Days
School cancellations, especially when they stretch into several days in a row, can force families to choose between paying utility or...
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- Jan 17, 2018
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,...
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- Dec 20, 2017
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....
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- Dec 15, 2017
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...
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- Nov 9, 2017
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...
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- Oct 27, 2017
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...
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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 18, 2017
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...
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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 28, 2017
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...
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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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- Sep 14, 2017
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...
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- Sep 7, 2017
There’s a Heart in the Center of this Place: Volunteering at Second Harvest
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- Sep 1, 2017
5 Things You Might Not Know About Second Harvest Food Bank
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- Sep 1, 2017
Hunger Action Month: 3 Ways to Get Involved
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- Aug 30, 2017
Schools See It Every Day: Childhood Hunger and the Impact on Education
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- Aug 29, 2017
Second Harvest Welcomes Eric Aft as Chief Operating Officer
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- Aug 11, 2017
Better Boys & Brandywines: Second Harvest Partners with a Stokes County Farmers’ Market t
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