Running separately, yet together –   This year, the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot will again be prioritizing public health by holding a virtual Thanksgiving Day race. While not

Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County announced the Food Donor of the Year at the Annual Partner Agency Conference held in October. Sunset Grown/Mastronardi’s

 The giving season starts now, and it starts with you. For Second Harvest Food Bank, November and December are the most intensive two months of the year! We’re kicking off our

Published by CalMatters: WRITTEN BY ALEJANDRA SALGADO AUGUST 18, 2021 This past school year, Madeline Waters struggled to find a way to pay for food while

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

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

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

Originally written and published by Growing Up Santa Cruz M. LeBaron Meyers is a local resident, team member of Santa Cruz Works, President and Chief

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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