Have you ever wondered what you can make with a big bag of produce and a bag of pantry items like rice, beans, lentils and canned tomatoes? Well, the Second...
After 43 years of serving the County of Santa Cruz, the past 33 of them as the executive director and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank in Watsonville, our beloved...
By:FORD KANZLER, SPECIAL TO THE PAJARONIAN June 18, 2021 One of the healthiest food banks in the country. That’s the claim Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County makes because...
Written by: Richelle Noroyan / Orginally published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. One of baseball hall-of-famer Yogi Berra’s memorable “Yogi-isms” is “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The pandemic-related challenges...
Written by: Ford Kanzler CalFresh is the name used in California for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). CalFresh’s monthly, electronically provided benefits are used to buy most foods...
At Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, we could not be more thankful than to our partners at Feeding America for providing us with the resources, expertise, and funding...
Second Harvest Food Bank's Cooking Club is at it again. This month's healthy recipe is Cauliflower Casserole. Watch the video and see how convenient it is to make something both...
Morgan Imel is a Product Operations Analyst at Looker in Santa Cruz. Looker is a local tech company that works with data and analytics. During this past year Morgan has...
When COVID19 shut down the economy and created a huge need for food Robby Olson stepped up to help. Concerned with the overwhelming need, he contacted Second Harvest to see...
Justen began volunteering at Second Harvest's weekly community drive-through distributions in April 2020. As COVID19 began shutting down the economy and the need for food grew, Justen wanted to help. ...
Second Harvest Food Bank is grateful for the CalRecycle funding that came through in 2019 to help fund a new refrigerator truck, a forklift, support positions, and some long overdue new white...
Mary Wells is the lead pantry volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul pantry run by parishioners of Our Lady Star of the Sea. She has been volunteering for roughly 20...
The following post written by Carrie Mulcaire. How does a group of 8-year old Girl Scouts seek to reach out to their community and help those in need while maintaining...
(this message was given anonymously to a Second Harvest staff member to share with you) "After sitting down for months, watching the news, and feeling somewhat hopeless, I decided I...
Second Harvest Food Bank is receiving a Feeding America grant to combat senior hunger in Santa Cruz County. Second Harvest and Grey Bears are partnering together to utilize these funds...
