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Nov 21, 2019
Reverse Advent Calendar Food Drive: A full season of giving
Get the entire family involved in giving this season with Reverse Advent Calendar Food Drive!
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Nov 1, 2019
5 Ways to Give Back this Holiday
In all the hustle and bustle, we know it’s important to you to give back during the holiday season and reflect on community.
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May 14, 2019
Blues Food: Second Harvest teams up with the Carolina Blues Festival
“The kitchen is life,” says Atiba Berkley, reflecting on his family and his upbringing. “My family is from NYC by way of the Caribbean...
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Apr 17, 2019
Stamp Out Hunger 2019!
This May 11th, From Alaska to Florida, from Maine to Hawaii, to right here in Northwest North Carolina, letter carriers will do double...
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Feb 16, 2019
10 Heart Healthy Food Items to Donate
Because many of our partner programs at Second Harvest serve at-risk populations, focusing on the distribution of healthy, fresh food is...
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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 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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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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Aug 7, 2018
Broccoli and Apple Slices.
Apple slices. Chicken fingers. Broccoli crowns. Peanut butter on a celery stick. This is the lunch being served at one of Second Harvest...
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May 30, 2018
Local Kids Need a Boost: Jon Lowder and the PTAA help fight summer hunger
There isn’t much Jon Lowder wouldn’t do to raise awareness about summer hunger and children. At least that is to say he hasn’t turned...
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May 17, 2018
Southern Traditions: Blues and Food
From Sonny Terry’s “Custard Pie Blues” to James Cotton’s “Digging My Potatoes,” the Blues and Southern food have always been deeply...
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May 4, 2018
Stamp Out Hunger with Second Harvest and Your Letter Carrier!
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Nor...
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Jan 24, 2018
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
This blog post was written by Michael Barry, Second Harvest’s Food Drive Coordinator and our in-house Peanut Butter Aficionado. Read on...
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Nov 28, 2017
Holiday Food Drives
To say they can set up this tent in the dark is not an analogy: it is literally what food bankers Joe Kilar and Michael Berry do with...
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