This past Tuesday, several members of our Childhood Hunger Programs team attended the 2016 Child Hunger Summit in Sarasota where over 330 participants gathered for the day. The summit was organized by All Faiths Food Bank, a member of Feeding America, and Feeding Florida, an organization made up of fourteen food banks, including Second Harvest […]
Cheyanna joined our Agency Relations & Programs team in August. She comes to us via Feeding America’s Child Hunger Corps. The Child Hunger Corps is a national service program that helps member food banks increase the number of meals served to children and their families. Cheyanna will serve at Second Harvest for two years, segmented […]
Our Summer Food Program for Children has never experienced such maneuverable mobility! We accelerated our pace by serving almost 175,000 freshly prepared breakfasts, hot lunches and snacks to youngsters in underserved areas who were on school vacation. All that in a mere 46 days! Approximately 94 different locations in 5 counties went on a healthy […]
Our summer food program got off to a quick start in June, serving 75,000 meals to approximately 2,400 youngsters. This program closes the nutritional gap when kids lack access to school cafeterias. Our newly expanded fleet of 7 mobile units (retrofitted trailers, fully equipped to hold and serve hot meals,) continue to pull up at […]
