Let’s Squash Hunger Together!
September is Hunger Action Month – it's time to mobilize and squash hunger together. Hunger is a serious problem in our community. Nutritious food is the foundation for a healthy productive life and without [...]
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 [...]
SNAP and Children’s Health
Special Blog Post By Dr. Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Deborah Frank, M.D., Boston Medical Center, and Lisa Chamberlain, M.D. As a pediatrician, [...]
Hunger Hurts Kids – Even in Silicon Valley
Did your child eat breakfast today? Imagine the heartbreak of sending your kid to school on an empty stomach because you can’t afford food. Sadly, it happens in nearly every [...]
Valentine’s Day is for #FoodBankLove : An Employee Family Harvest Distribution Recap
To continue the employee volunteer tradition that began a few years ago and in order to share some #FoodBankLove on Valentine's Day, Second Harvest employees from all departments and functions volunteered [...]
This Is Hunger: Together We Can Transform How It Is Into How It Should Be
Recently, many of our staff attended the This is Hunger traveling exhibit organized by Mazon, a nonprofit whose goal is to end hunger among all faiths and backgrounds in the United States [...]