Volunteers Help Rescue Food to Fight Hunger for Local Families 

To keep food flowing across its network of feeding partners, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida runs the Retail Rescue program, which collects millions of pounds of unsold food from stores like Walmart and Sam’s Club. The food reaches people in two ways. In one, a Second Harvest truck brings the food to the food bank, where volunteers sort it. Then, a feeding partner picks it up and takes it to their food pantry or community meal program. 

Volunteering is the Universal Love Language

Volunteers for the Bites, Camera, Action program, which is funded by the Universal Orlando Foundation, come to the food bank monthly to pack food boxes for local families, seniors and veterans. Through this program, they also help out at school resource fairs by cooking, providing dinner for families, and distributing bags of fresh produce. 

Mobile Food Distributions Bring Relief to Neighbors Facing Hunger

Mobile food distributions help get large amounts of food to the community quickly. In just a few hours, volunteers hand out tens of thousands of pounds of nutritious food to neighbors.

Thanks to donations from the community and grocery stores like Walmart and Sam’s Club, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida can give out much more fresh food to neighbors in need than they could without this support.

Volunteers Fight Hunger and Spark Change by Sorting Donated Food

Fighting hunger requires a community-wide effort.

Food is the first key ingredient. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida gets much of its food from grocery industry partners. Through its Retail Rescue program, stores like Walmart and Sam’s Club donate millions of pounds of fresh produce, dairy products, baked goods, frozen meat and nonperishable items each year.