In just a few short weeks, students will head home for an extended holiday from school. They will leave behind the worries of homework and exams. They will also leave behind their school-provided breakfast and lunch, making the need for food even more urgent during the holiday season. Your support of emergency food pantries, school markets, and mobile food distributions … [Read more...] about Holiday Hope for Families
food insecurity
Finding Your “Help Mode”
At the height of the pandemic, Dona started hearing more about food insecurity - when a person doesn’t have the means to access nutritious food on a regular basis - and how this can have a negative impact on their physical, emotional, social and mental well-being. Through some research, Dona found Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and was drawn to the vision of … [Read more...] about Finding Your “Help Mode”
Second Harvest Food Bank Expands Hunger Relief
Merger with First Step Food Bank Will Create Third Branch in Central Florida Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, the region’s largest hunger relief network, is set to expand into Marion County by merging with First Step Food Bank, Inc., which has served the community since 1992. Converting to branch operations not only strengthens the current infrastructure but … [Read more...] about Second Harvest Food Bank Expands Hunger Relief
Second Harvest to Train Health Care Workers to Identify, Address Food Insecurity in Patients
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida recently received a $300,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to expand hunger relief efforts by training local health care providers to screen patients for risk factors that could indicate food insecurity so they can be directed to community resources. The funding will support a three-year collaborative “Screen and … [Read more...] about Second Harvest to Train Health Care Workers to Identify, Address Food Insecurity in Patients
“This Program is Changing Me.”
Every morning Yolanda looks up at the wall inside the Culinary Training Program classroom to reads, "To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth." This quote by Pearl S. Buck affirms her decision to go back to school. “I was raised by my grandmother and became her caretaker for the last several years,” she explains. “Now I am turning back the clock, going to … [Read more...] about “This Program is Changing Me.”
