On a warm spring morning, cars wrapped around neighborhood streets in Altamonte Springs for two mobile distributions, one for food from a Second Harvest Food Bank feeding partner, the other for COVID-19 vaccinations courtesy of the Seminole County Health Department. The connection between health and hunger is paramount to combatting diet-related chronic diseases. It's also … [Read more...] about Caring for the well-being of our community
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A Mobile Mission
It was noon. Cars snaked through parking lots, lined side streets, and poured out onto US 192 in Kissimmee as hundreds of families waited in hot vehicles for hours. They weren’t clamoring to meet a celebrity or vying for parking to attend an event at Silver Spurs Arena. Instead, these families were waiting for one of life’s basic necessities: food. Together, a small army of … [Read more...] about A Mobile Mission
Hope & Relief in Unprecedented Times
It’s fair to say that none of us were prepared for the serious disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to our lives and our community. For thousands of our neighbors, however, the ‘disruption’ was literally devastating. As jobs were furloughed or ended, and last paychecks spent, it did not take long for many to face the prospect of hunger for themselves and … [Read more...] about Hope & Relief in Unprecedented Times
We’re In It Together
It's fair to say that none of us were prepared for the serious disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to our lives and our community almost a year ago.For thousands of our neighbors, however, the 'disruption' was literally devastating. The need for food in Central Florida began to spike in ways never seen before. With the help of so many caring people like you, the Food … [Read more...] about We’re In It Together
Second Harvest Goes “In Depth” with News 13 on COVID-19 Relief
The coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of hunger across Central Florida, as people lost their jobs and turned to Second Harvest Food Bank and its network of food pantries and meal programs to help put food on the table. Second Harvest Food Bank distributed an average of 300,000 meals a day in 2020, to the tune of 60 million meals since mid-March when the pandemic reached … [Read more...] about Second Harvest Goes “In Depth” with News 13 on COVID-19 Relief
