Viviane was inspired to fight hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she volunteered. And she hasn't stopped. "I started at Second Harvest, and I just fell in love," Viviane says. Since her first shift in March 2020, she's given 1,755 hours to help ensure her neighbors have the food they need to thrive. She's worked her way to being a volunteer captain. As a captain, … [Read more...] about Meet Viviane: A Woman on a Mission
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Top 10 Things to Know About Volunteering This Summer
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is gearing up for another fun and productive summer of volunteering. Here is everything you need to know to make the summer exciting and impactful. 1. We need you! We need you! Second Harvest Food Bank relies on the generous support of volunteers to maintain peak efficiency. Millions of dollars in labor cost is saved … [Read more...] about Top 10 Things to Know About Volunteering This Summer
Loving Our Neighbors
The 2022 film “I Want You Back” establishes that love could drive one to put their own needs to the side to address the needs of the one they love. Second Harvest Food Bank volunteers genuinely do what they do out of love. Not a romantic love like in the film, but a familial and communal love. A love for their neighbor, their city and their cause. Before the food bank could … [Read more...] about Loving Our Neighbors
Three cheers for our volunteers!
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Last year 28,289 volunteers generously donated 95,133 hours of service to share love, kindness, and hope with our neighbors facing hunger. From preparing meals for kids at Mercy Kitchen to sorting food donations, bottling honey, and even helping at food distributions, you made a positive impact on the … [Read more...] about Three cheers for our volunteers!
Volunteering is “where kindness meets reality.”
“I can’t change the world, but I can make it a little better,” says Al, a volunteer captain at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Al has volunteered at Second Harvest’s main Orlando warehouse since 2016. In the last year, he began volunteering more frequently at the warehouse and Mercy Kitchen, the new production kitchen facility a few miles north on Mercy Drive, … [Read more...] about Volunteering is “where kindness meets reality.”
