As the new school year begins, many Central Florida families are facing hunger. Thanks to a caring community of volunteers, donors, and advocates like you, families are getting help in...
When Tracie and her family moved from Michigan to Groveland, they were hoping for a happy life in a warmer climate. Just weeks after settling into a new home and enrolling the kids in a new school, Tracie lost her...
The St. Cloud mom is grateful for the food she receives from The Altar Community Church, one of Second Harvest’s 800 feeding partners, each week because it ensures there’s food on the table and enough money to cover the bills...
Fighting childhood hunger is a year-round endeavor at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Mercy Kitchen. With one in six local kids facing hunger, the team works with volunteers to ensure nutritious meals make it to the table at...
He was enjoying a chicken wrap with vegetables in it, along with a side of carrot sticks during a recent lunch in June. His summer program in Apopka is one of more than 50 Summer BreakSpot sites supported by Second...
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida has completed the installation of a new Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system designed to strengthen operations and enhance emergency preparedness at the nonprofit’s Orlando distribution center....
Although Orlando is a big city with a busy job market, it’s also one of the lowest-wage metropolitan areas in the United States, and the cost of living is rising faster than the availability of quality jobs. Those contradictions raise...
The mom of two high-schoolers and two second graders with autism spectrum disorder put on a brave face as she pulled into the Summer BreakSpot rural distribution site at St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Sanford in June. She can’t afford...
