The last place any parent wants to raise their children is in a homeless shelter. After a series of unfortunate events, including job loss and domestic violence, Qui and her sons were living in an emergency shelter. She’d hit rock…
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Hunger in Central Florida remained a daunting challenge for hundreds ofthousands of our low-income neighbors in fiscal year 2017-18. In both goodeconomic times and bad, it is a sad truth that our community has never fully met the need for…
On March 28, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation (AHLEF), the foundation arm of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), to announce a $75,000 grant to help Orlando community-based organizations – Second Harvest…
When it comes to fighting hunger in our community, providing meals for our neighbors in need is critically important. But to create long-term change, we must “shorten the line” of people struggling with food insecurity – connecting them with resources…
It’s been said that dedication and talent are traits of successful people. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Culinary Training Program students had the chance to show off their dedication to making their lives better and their talent in…
The purpose behind every Chef’s Night is to raise funds for the Second Harvest Culinary Training Program and to provide students with the opportunity to showcase and enhance their culinary skills. Often these events have a guest chef, a local…