As thousands of people received furlough and unemployment notices in 2020 and even into the new year, accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) became a lifeline for many families in Central Florida. SNAP is the nation’s largest hunger-relief program that puts food into the hands of low-income families, seniors, veterans and persons with disabilities. This … [Read more...] about Answering the Call
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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
It’s not enough.
There’s more hunger in America today than at any point since 1998. To discuss this dire situation, Hari Sreenivasan of PBS/ CNN International's Amanpour and Company spoke this week with Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, and Dave Krepcho, President/CEO at Second Harvest Food Bank in Florida. Watch their discussion via YouTube below. In Central Florida, … [Read more...] about It’s not enough.
Mobile food drops deliver hope during pandemic
Dawn and her husband, Ritchie, are parents again. After their daughter passed away in a car accident a few years ago, they adopted their two grandkids. They sold their business so they could focus full-time on the kids, taking them to grief counseling, helping with schoolwork and adjusting to their new normal. Eventually, Ritchie went back to work, just as the pandemic … [Read more...] about Mobile food drops deliver hope during pandemic
The inevitable “food cliff”
At a recent food distribution at Hummingbird Pantry in Titusville, Sam and his children drove through the line. As volunteers loaded up boxes of cereal and bags of fresh produce into the car, they saw a young boy look over the back seat to see what kinds of food were in the boxes. He whipped back around and asked: “Dad, are we going to eat today?” Sam began to cry and said, … [Read more...] about The inevitable “food cliff”
