As if three telethons in the last year and a half weren’t enough, WESH 2 was back at it again this December for the 36th Annual Giving Tuesday and Share Your Christmas events. Each year WESH 2 calls upon our community to help our neighbors through a food and fund drive, and in true Central Florida fashion, the community tuned in and showed up in a huge way! The 36th Annual … [Read more...] about Central Florida Steps Up for Share Your Christmas
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1.9 Million Meals on #GivingTuesday!
What an incredible day of generosity! Thousands of caring individuals came together to raise over $491,000 on #GivingTuesday. Your gifts of hope will provide nearly 1.9 MILLION MEALS for families, isolated seniors, and kids home from school during winter break. Thousands of your Central Florida neighbors in need won't have to worry where their next meal is coming from … [Read more...] about 1.9 Million Meals on #GivingTuesday!
Your gift is MATCHED now!
Your Giving Tuesday gift will be matched up to $30,000! Your $10 gift will double today and provide 80 meals for families facing hunger. Through the kindness and compassion of people like you, Second Harvest is able to provide 250,000 meals each day for kids, families and seniors experiencing hunger in Central Florida. Will you consider making a special Giving Tuesday … [Read more...] about Your gift is MATCHED now!
WESH2 Goes Above and Beyond to Fight Hunger
A very special celebration was in order for the amazing team at WESH 2 after the station implemented three specialty telethons in addition to their annual Giving Tuesday and Share Your Christmas efforts. Through these initiatives, which were in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, WESH raised over $2.4 million to help support our neighbors in need. That’s over 9.6 million meals … [Read more...] about WESH2 Goes Above and Beyond to Fight Hunger
It’s so close. Can you help?
Kids need your help today.Yesterday, Second Harvest partnered with WESH 2 News and set an ambitious goal of raising enough funds to provide 1 million meals for kids and families this summer. That goal is not just a number: 1 in 5 kids in our community are experiencing hunger, and this gets worse over the summer when they don’t have access to school-provided meals. It was … [Read more...] about It’s so close. Can you help?