Salad or soda. Carrot sticks or potato chips. Chicken soup with rice … or chicken nuggets with fries. When it comes to nutrition, not all choices are created equal. Parents...
“It’s not our first time,” fifth-grader Garbie said. “We do this all the time.” The Washington Shores Elementary School student is one of a team of kids who expertly unloaded a pallet of produce and sorted all the fruits and...
As students head home for an extended holiday break, they leave behind homework, exams, and critical school-provided meals, making the need for food assistance more significant this time of year. Juggling high rent, utility bills, and essentials like food and...
With the generous support of people like you, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida recently opened a new, larger distribution center in Melbourne. “No one should have to worry or think all the time about when their next meal...
Since 2013, Second Harvest's Culinary Training Program has offered adults facing barriers to employment with the culinary and life skills training needed to pursue full-time careers in the food industry....
It only takes a slight rent increase, an unexpected expense like a flat tire, or a visit to the emergency room to cause a family to face the unthinkable: hunger. For one in eight Central Floridians, that's the reality. Sania...
When they retired, Michele and her husband moved to Florida to be close to family. Her son and his wife had good jobs and four young kids but needed extra help. “Things are tight for everybody,” Michele explains, adding that...
There are 600 Central Florida tables that will have Thanksgiving turkeys on them thanks to a joint effort between the food bank and a major national grocer. Winn-Dixie, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and Operation Love Outreach, a...
