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Volunteers Honor National Day of Service
In 1994, Congress designated MLK day as a national day of service. Taking place on the third Monday in January, the MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a “day on, not a day off.” Fifteen members from the Notre Dame AmeriCorps volunteered at Second [...] -
Anti-Hunger Advocates Unite
Ending hunger takes a village, to borrow a phrase. Second Harvest is lucky to have partners across Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties willing to join forces to solve this stubborn problem. We recently brought together the Central Coast Hunger Coalition and a regional CalFresh (formerly the food stamps program) outreach partnership to see [...] -
Community Raises 2.7M Pounds
All the barrels have been picked up and weighed and the cash donations tabulated: the truly astounding grand total for the 2011 Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday Food Drive is just over 2.7 million pounds of food and cash equivalent! That’s well over our goal of 2.5M and a wonderful example of just how dedicated [...] -
Carrie Birkhofer – Hunger Fighter
Carrie Birkhofer leads Bay Federal Credit Union, its 170 employees and over 55,000 members to fighting hunger in Santa Cruz County. Bay Federal has been a presenting sponsor of the Holiday Food Drive for a number of years and they are proud to be a part of the hunger fighter army. To view videos of [...] -
Nick Alaga – Hunger Fighter
On Saturday, December 17th, a group of extremely brave swimmers swam around the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in water ranging from 50-51º to raise funds for Second Harvest’s Holiday Food Drive. Each of the twenty swimmers committed to raising $300 each with an event goal of reaching $10,000. They ended up raising over $17,000. Since [...] -
José Valenzuela – Hunger Fighter
Acerca de “Le Duela a Quien Le Duela” Durante su show trata temas de nuestro diario vivir con el único fin de ofrecer ayuda y consejos a sus radio escuchas para que vivan mejor. Durante su programa Valenzuela entrevista frecuentemente a Doctores, abogados, psicólogos, maestros, trabajadores sociales y lideres comunitarios quienes ayudan tremendamente a su [...] -
René Schlaepfer – Hunger Fighter
Just ten weeks ago, Pastor René Schlaepfer issued a challenge to his congregation to donate one million pounds of food by Thanksgiving. He asked every person in the church to set aside $1.40 a day for ten weeks. “For our church, that adds up to over $330,000,” explains Pastor Rene. “Since Second Harvest Food [...] -
KDON Morning Madhouse – Hunger Fighters
The Morning Madhouse from 6am to 10am Monday to Friday on 102.5 KDON and http://www.kdon.com/. Huge supporters of Grind Out Hunger and Second Harvest Food Bank together we collaborated to raise over 80,000 pounds of food through grocery store drives and PSA’s. To view videos of other community Hunger Fighters please visit: TheFoodBank.Org/ThankYou -
Marissa Hushaw – Hunger Fighter
Marissa Hushaw decided her friends should not go hungry. She championed her own page on Grind Out Hunger, created a campaign to involve China Peak and her snowboarding friends and sponsors. And is building an army to spread the word to end child hunger in her community. To view videos of other community Hunger [...]
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