Video: Staying Active to Reduce Stress
In this video, our nutrition education team gives you tips on how to bring exercise into your life in a practical and sustainable way. [...]
Video: Mindful Eating
Start enjoying your food using all your senses. Learn some practical tools from our nutrition education team to start eating mindfully.
Video: Young Kitchen Helpers
Ever wonder how to bring your kids into the kitchen to enjoy cooking with you? Our nutrition education team shares some great ideas and advice in this video. [...]
Video: Boosting Your Immune System
Well-balanced nutrition is very important for supporting your immune system. In this video, our Nutrition Education team shows you how to choose foods that promote a healthy immune system. [...]
Power Outage Update
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is not affected by the current power outage and will continue to distribute food throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties as normal. We [...]
#letsbeethunger!
September is Hunger Action Month – it’s time to mobilize and beet hunger together. Hunger is a serious problem in our community. The cost of housing in Silicon Valley has spiraled out of control [...]
Memories of Going Hungry Never Go Away
Special Blog Post By Caitlin Kerk Alys Milner’s earliest memory of food insecurity is when she was 9 years old and there was no food in the house. “It [...]
Farewell, Sally Petersen!
Our very own Sally Petersen, Chief Financial Officer and long-time Second Harvest supporter, retired at the end of June 2019. “My work at the food bank is the capstone [...]
2019 California Association of Food Banks Conference and Capital Action Day
Source: Marc Berman’s Twitter. Left to right: Andrew Cheyne, Director of Government Affairs at California Association of Food Banks; Marc Berman, California Assemblymember, 24th District; Tracy Weatherby, Vice President [...]
Education and Nutritious Food for All: Reflecting on Food for Fines
Karen Dougherty, library clerk at Los Altos Library, depositing a bag of food With the recent Food for Fines program at Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD), [...]