Author : Agency Relations & Programs Team

Top Stories of 2018

#1 Volunteer Story While Hurricane Michael did not directly impact Central Florida, you responded by volunteering to build relief boxes, organizing food drives and donating funds to support disaster relief efforts. Relive 2018’s disaster relief preparation and response. Throughout the year volunteers lent a helping hand to prepare meals, pack family boxes, sort donated food and assemble weekend […]

Over 2,500 Families Served at Annual School Holiday Drop

With just a few days left until students head home for a 17-day holiday break, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and Orange County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services partnered to help ease the burden for families at eight local schools during the ninth annual Holiday Food Drop. One in six area residents are in economic […]

Every Day is a New Challenge

“When I had nowhere to go, you were there for me,” explains Amelia. One day she came home after picking her kids up from school to discover her husband had abandoned their family. As a stay at home mom, she had no income to pay bills or rent. Within a month, she and her four children […]

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