Reaching More People Through Client Marketing
Holly Cohen, Second Harvest’s Encore Fellow in Marketing, is leading our efforts in a new endeavor: client marketing. Why has Second Harvest decided to focus on client marketing? Holly: We [...]
Mission: Possible – Marie-Edith Aubry
"Mission: Possible" focuses on our volunteers, without whom our mission of creating a hunger-free community would be impossible! Special blog post by Teresa Carstens, Encore Fellow in Volunteer Services Marie-Edith [...]
Starbucks FoodShare: Hunger Relief in Action
Last Friday, we celebrated the launch of the Starbucks FoodShare program with Feeding America at a packing event at the Downtown San Jose Farmers Market. Starbucks employees volunteered their time [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Superheroes Come in Many Forms
Special post by Colleen Murphy, Second Harvest's Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Second Harvest held our first Family Sort on Saturday, May 19, and it’s safe to say the families had a [...]
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. [...]
Meet Gary Maxworthy, Farm to Family Program Founder
Did you know? 85% of Second Harvest's fresh produce comes from the California Association of Food Bank's Farm to Family program. Our employees recently had the pleasure to meet [...]
2018 Harvest of Knowledge Conference Recap
On Friday, May 11th, Second Harvest hosted its 2018 Harvest of Knowledge Partner Conference at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood City. The event was an overwhelming success with over [...]