Stay-at-home mom Angeline Cruz was at a crossroads when returning to the workforce: Should she keep her entry-level job at a shipping warehouse to provide for her family, or should...
The Culinary Arts are essential in fighting hunger and feeding hope at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. In multiple ways, the food bank’s programs heavily involve culinary work, emphasize the importance of good nutrition and demonstrate building community...
Residents of Paisley have to travel ten miles in either direction to get to a grocery store. Access to food, especially nutritious and fresh food, is limited in the small east Lake County community that is considered a food desert....
Adding one refrigerated storage trailer at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida branch in Ocala has increased access to nutritious food for thousands of Marion County neighbors. A second Conex box, an insulated, climate-controlled shipping container, was installed...
At 48, Donald did not expect any more new, exciting opportunities. While a student in Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Culinary Training Program, Donald was in a residential recovery program at a local rehabilitation center. His required work...
Jaxon attends a summer camp program at Midway, which is one of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Summer Break Spot sites, where breakfast and lunch are served daily to all kids 18 and younger....
Hunger doesn't take a summer break. See how Mercy Kitchen ramps up production of meals for kids and teens to support childhood nutrition all summer long....
She moved to Central Florida as a single mother of three boys, working as a Certified Nursing Assistant in an assisted living facility. Her circumstances were made even more challenging when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing chemotherapy treatment...
