Paycheck to Paycheck: The Government Shutdown Reminds Us How Most Americans Live
A mother sits at her kitchen table, a pile of bills before her: The water bill, the electrical bill, the daycare payment, the rent note....
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Jan 2, 2019
5 Ways Your New Years Resolutions Can Help End Hunger
The New Year is an opportunity to take stock of our lives and of our community. For many of us, we reflect on our habits — good and bad —...
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Dec 21, 2018
Second Harvest’s Sister Food Bank Honors Our Late Leader
“Everything was close to Clyde’s heart.” That’s what Nikki McCormick, Second Harvest’s Agency Relations Director, thought when Kay Carter...
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Dec 20, 2018
Winter Wonderland: Allegacy finds a creative way to give back.
Allegacy Federal Credit Union humbly contacted Second Harvest Food Bank recently to let us know they were doing “a little holiday...
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Dec 20, 2018
“It’s become our holiday tradition.” Second Harvest’s Truck Drivers Deliver
Every day, usually before the sun is even up, Second Harvest’s small fleet of 10 trucks roll out our gates and across 18 counties of...
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Dec 18, 2018
Year in Review: Feeding Opportunity at Second Harvest
Hunger and food insecurity do not exist in a vacuum, but as a symptom of the larger issue of poverty. At Second Harvest, we are building...
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Dec 18, 2018
Ben Dunlap brings tenacity and talent to the table: We provide opportunity.
Earlier this month, Ben Dunlap stood up to the microphone in front of a group of students about to graduate from Providence Culinary...
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Dec 18, 2018
A Strong Farm Bill: Thank you for your advocacy
[ Thank you to all of the anti-hunger advocates who fought for a 2018 Farm Bill that protects SNAP, strengthens TEFAP, and protects...
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Dec 14, 2018
A Holiday Message from Eric Aft, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank
For me, the holiday season is still full of wonder. I believe this time of year creates something very special within people. Maybe it...
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Dec 12, 2018
Year in Review: Feeding Families at Second Harvest
HEAT OR EAT? No Family Should Have to Choose. Too many Northwest North Carolina families are making tough choices: Do they pay a utility...
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Dec 11, 2018
How You Can Help Kids at Risk of Hunger on Snow Days
School cancellations, especially when they stretch into several days in a row, can force families to choose between paying utility or...
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Dec 3, 2018
Eric Aft: The Wisdom of Dorthea Lange’s America
The Wisdom of Dorthea Lange’s America (On exhibit at Reynolda House Museum of American Art through December 30, 2018) While statistics on...
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Nov 30, 2018
“We all need to help each other sometimes.”
But it wasn’t long ago that a major heart attack that turned Chuck’s life upside down. Unable to work the long hours he had been putting...
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Nov 29, 2018
Be the Reason. 5 Ways Your Family Can Feed Community this Holiday Season.
1. Be the reason a local parent can provide for their family. Every time you eat at Second Harvest’s Providence Restaurant or Providence...
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Nov 19, 2018
Go well, Clyde
Friends, It is with deep sadness that we share that Clyde Fitzgerald, Jr., our former CEO, beloved friend, and passionate advocate for...
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Nov 16, 2018
We Are Family: Second Harvest sends staff to help with disaster response throughout the Southeast
Hurricanes. From Florence to Michael, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was, in a word, extreme. Florence made landfall right on the...
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Nov 15, 2018
‘Tis the Season: Second Harvest and WXII 12 Team Up for Holiday Food Drives
Once again, Second Harvest is teaming up with our wonderful supporters at WXII 12 News’ for our annual Holiday Food Drive. Cash and food...
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Nov 9, 2018
Providence Kitchen Joins the Downtown Culinary Scene
Providence Kitchen — the organization’s latest dining-for-a-cause social enterprise now open in downtown Winston-Salem. It wasn’t long...
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Oct 17, 2018
Got Milk? We do.
This morning, a large semi pulled up to the docks at our centrally located warehouses in Winston-Salem. This, alone, is not necessarily...
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Oct 15, 2018
“It’s People Just Like Me.” SNAP makes the difference for local families.
Jenny Hudson’s house is a tidy ranch on a cul-de-sac. Wildflowers and hostas edge the walkway, and the car in the driveway has one...
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