Together We Make a Difference

Before the sun rises, cars line up behind orange cones for food assistance. This was a common sight during the pandemic, and it continues to persist at a food distribution hosted by Advance Community Center, one of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s 750 feeding partners.

“You are not going to get up at 2 o’clock in the morning to wait for food if you don’t really need it,” says Sylvia, a volunteer and retired federal government employee.

1 in 8 Central Floridians face hunger, and inflation exacerbates the issue.

Distributing Meals and Hopes through Mobile Drops

Behind the hundreds of boxes and bags of food compiled by volunteers, cars line up all around the block. As 1 in 8 Central Floridians face hunger, the hundreds of families in these cars are among the unfortunate numbers affected by this haunting statistic.