Cindy McCown Leaves a Legacy of Food and Friends
Special post by Caitlin Kerk, Second Harvest supporter and consultant I knew of Cindy McCown long before I ever worked at Second Harvest. She has been the go-to person [...]
Partner Agency Spotlight: Community Services Agency
Community Services Agency (CSA) provides food assistance, emergency financial aid, and homeless and case management services to clients in Mountain View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills. Last month, we [...]
Nutrition in Action: Recap of Our Work in Santa Clara County
Our Nutrition Department is always trying to come up with strategies and ideas to encourage clients, not only to take and eat the food that we provide, but to become [...]
Orange is the Happiest Color: A Fresh Food Donation
At the end of May, our partner Village Harvest, a nonprofit volunteer organization that harvests fruit from backyards and small orchards to feed those in need, informed us there was [...]
Summer Hunger: A Health Care Perspective
Special post by Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Janine Bruce, DrPH, MPH, Stanford School of Medicine “Today's park lunch. Flat bread turkey and cheese sandwich, apple, [...]
Comidas de verano gratuitas y saludables para niños y adolescentes
Si necesita ayuda para obtener comida este verano. Hay más de 120 lugares que ofrecen comida en los Condados de Santa Clara y San Mateo. No se requiere documentación o [...]
Free, Healthy Summer Meals for Kids and Teens
If you need help getting food this summer, there are over 120 locations offering food in Silicon Valley. No paperwork or identification is required. For free, healthy summer meals for [...]
Nutrition in Action: Do You Know These Spring Fruits and Veggies?
Our winter "Unfamiliar Produce" posters have been super successful! Our partner agencies were very excited to display them at their distributions and pantries. We've also heard from several clients they [...]
Events Recap: We Celebrate Volunteers and Donors
We recently hosted two events at our Cypress Center in San Jose to celebrate our community's commitment to end local hunger: the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, which took place on Monday, [...]
Local Hunger Fighter: Huey Harris, Volunteer Team Leader
“Local Hunger Fighters” is a series that spotlights our awesome volunteers, community partners and donors who help raise awareness of hunger in our community and motivate people to get involved. [...]