Being selected as one of Feeding America's Amplified Voices of Neighbors with Experience for the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in over 50 years is at the top of my list of Professional Achievements. Despite Hurricane Ian looming back home, I decided I could not miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shed light on my personal … [Read more...] about White House Conference on Health
Advocacy
Feeding Florida’s Hungry Is Harder Than Ever as Support Wanes
After two difficult years, we’re all ready to believe that post-pandemic life is getting “back to normal.” But when it comes to hunger in Central Florida, that’s far from true. I’ve seen it firsthand over the last nine months as CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida: Food insecurity – and the challenges of solving it – are getting worse, not better. The national … [Read more...] about Feeding Florida’s Hungry Is Harder Than Ever as Support Wanes
You help kids like Zach learn
In our community, one in five kids is at risk of starting the day with an empty stomach. Rumbly tummies and headaches make it hard to concentrate at school. Hunger can impact their success today and derail their long-term growth and potential.Thankfully, there is hope. Through a variety of programs, Second Harvest Food Bank is helping close the hunger gap for our most … [Read more...] about You help kids like Zach learn
Food is more than a meal
Food is essential for a brighter future. It is the fuel for student success, the medicine that nourishes seniors, and the foundation sustaining hardworking families. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida distributes enough food for 250,000 meals across six counties to tens of thousands of our neighbors every single day. But feeding our neighbors facing hunger is only … [Read more...] about Food is more than a meal
The Tipping Point
It’s no surprise that rising food prices, increasing rent, and fluctuating gas prices are straining already tight household budgets. Record inflation is forcing local families to choose between food and rent, food and medicine, or food and gas to get to work. "There are a lot of people in Central Florida who live right at that tipping point economically of being able to … [Read more...] about The Tipping Point
