Thank you to Central Florida Foundation for convening important conversations around the issues that define our response to and recovery from COVID-19. Second Harvest Food Bank President/CEO Dave Krepcho recently joined community leaders in sharing insight on how COVID-19 has intensified existing hunger and housing issues. Here's a recap of their conversation and resources … [Read more...] about How COVID-19 has intensified hunger & housing issues
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Getting help for the first time
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a second crisis is gripping Central Florida. Even as businesses begin to reopen, people are facing tough financial decisions. Rent is due. Medications need to be filled. Kids need to eat. These expenses didn’t disappear while stay-at-home orders were in place. Central Florida has never seen so many people affected all at one time and … [Read more...] about Getting help for the first time
4.4 Million Meals And Counting
Thanks to you, thousands of families will go to bed with full stomachs tonight. On Tuesday, April 21st, our community came together in a big way to help feed our neighbors in need. On that day, the incredible team at WESH 2 News hosted a telethon to help spread the word about the impact of the coronavirus on our community and to help raise funds to put food on the … [Read more...] about 4.4 Million Meals And Counting
The New Normal: Drive-Thru Food Pantries
I learned at a board meeting that some of Second Harvest’s feeding partners, the food pantries that serve our communities in need, were having to close due to the lack of volunteers, mostly seniors, amidst the Coronavirus crisis. I thought, “How can I help them still provide the food to the communities that are most vulnerable?” How can I help them still provide the food to … [Read more...] about The New Normal: Drive-Thru Food Pantries
Grant + Tamia Hill Join Lineage Logistics to Help Provide Millions of Meals to Families in Central Florida
In an effort to support communities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in Central Florida, Grant and Tamia Hill have partnered with Lineage Logistics, the world’s largest provider temperature-controlled food logistics, to help provide more than 1.6 million meals* to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, a member food bank of Feeding America®. “This pandemic … [Read more...] about Grant + Tamia Hill Join Lineage Logistics to Help Provide Millions of Meals to Families in Central Florida
