A little over a year ago, we introduced the Agency Benefit Program (ABP), our partner agency capacity building initiative, to a pilot group of 80 partner agencies. In that time, some exciting things happened: -$67,000 in new capacity building equipment was awarded, allowing agencies to increase their nutritious perishable distribution from 17% – 500% -3 […]
The School Farmers Market Resource Fair, a new addition to the Universal Orlando Foundation, Universal Orlando and Second Harvest partnership, Bites Camera Action! was held at Eccleston Elementary School on Wednesday, December 2nd. It was a huge success! Over 88 families benefited from the event as we distributed 100 large family food boxes filled with […]
On Tuesday, November 17th, elementary school kids at Cypress Creek Elementary School tallied up over 1,000 cans of tuna they’d been collecting for Second Harvest Food Bank. The cans will find their way to our Kids Cafes just before Thanksgiving; helping close the nutritional gap that exists in our neediest communities. The motivating force behind this […]
Last month, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida achieved a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator for the sixth year in a row! Charity Navigator is our country’s top charity evaluator, and rates nonprofits all across the country for their fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. Only 3% of charities have been rated […]
