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Nina has always loved to cook. As a stay at home mom, she prepared scratch-cooked meals for her family. Her husband had a good, steady job in maintenance for an apartment complex but sometimes it was not enough. She visited a food pantry to help keep food on the table. As her daughters grew up, Nina started to find work outside of the house, mostly cleaning houses. She used … [Read more...] about Nina’s Story: “I appreciate you with all of my heart.”

The last place any parent wants to raise their children is in a homeless shelter. After a series of unfortunate events, including job loss and domestic violence, Qui and her sons were living in an emergency shelter. She’d hit rock bottom. “So many bad things had happened that I felt like I would never find success,” explained Qui. “I felt pretty hopeless about myself and our … [Read more...] about Qui’s Story: “Second Harvest has given me my life back.”