Our Response to the Government Shutdown

A sense of urgency characterized the last weeks of January, for our commitment to ensuring access to healthy food necessitated a quick response during the government shutdown. Media coverage [...]

5 Fun Community Fundraisers

You Can Help Your Local Food Bank Did you know you can host a community fundraiser to help build a hunger-free community? When you host a community fundraiser, [...]

Back to School: Free and Healthy School Meals to Help Your Kids Learn

EN ESPAÑOL Worried about how much food and housing cost? Living in the Bay Area is expensive, but healthy school meals for your kids don't have to be. Contact [...]

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Asks Community to Give Funds as Donations Fall, Expenses Rise and Need in the Community Elevates to Near Pandemic Levels

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is issuing an urgent call for monetary donations as demand for its services continue to rise to near-peak pandemic levels. Financial donations have dropped 37% compared to two years ago when the number of people the food bank served was similar.

New Summer Food Program “SUN Bucks” Will Help Families With Children Purchase Food This Summer

Second Harvest is urging families to file a “free and reduced-price meals” form at school—an easy way to become eligible With the launch of the U.S. Department of [...]

All Are Welcome

A man hears laughter rising from a neighbor's yard. Vibrant heads of cabbage peak out of brown boxes, and jugs of milk swing in small hands to the rhythm [...]

New Survey Shows That Inflation And High Gas Prices Are Taking A Toll On Local Families

A recent survey of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley’s clients shows increased costs and high gas prices are taking a significant toll on local families, with 93% reporting that they have bought less food due to the impact of inflation.

Health and Safety

Our response to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic Second Harvest rapidly expands operations as the need for food doubles Second Harvest is deemed [...]

Contact Us

Contact Us Curtner Center 750 Curtner Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 Google Maps Phone: 408-266-8866 Fax: 408-266-9042 Regular Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Closed [...]

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, [...]