On April 24th, Second Harvest joined supporters of the Children’s Trust at the Orange County Board of County Commission meeting to urge Commissioners to place language on the upcoming 2018 ballot to support a dedicated funding source for children welfare…
Welcome to the first Advocacy Update of 2018! Between the federal government shutdown and the swearing-in for our new city of Orlando commissioners, we’ve kept busy. Shutdown Impact on our Neighbors in Need Last month, we saw the federal government…
At a ceremony last Thursday, the National Association of Counties (NACo) recognized the innovative public-private partnership between Second Harvest Food Bank and Orange County Parks and Recreation. In mid-2015, both parties began work on a long-term strategy to provide daily…
“Mmmm this is the best cheese I’ve ever had!” “Look, there’s chicken, and ham, AND cheese AND bread!!” “Oh yeah, this gets a thumbs up!… no, a double thumbs up!!” These were just some of the reactions I overheard during…
When we think about the holidays, no matter what we celebrate, there is one thing everyone has in common…food. We celebrate with food, we congregate around food. Food and the holidays go hand in hand. Now picture your family holiday…
This September during Hunger Action Month we asked for help from our community and did you all ever pull through! We want to start off by saying THANK YOU to every single person that took part in our Skip a…
