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Boosting Your Immune System
Well-balanced nutrition is key to boosting your immune system and helping fight damage and inflammation in the body. These four key vitamins along with nutrient-rich food sources such as [...]
What’s a Food Allergy?
A food allergy is an immune system reaction that occurs soon after eating a certain food. Even a tiny amount of the allergy-causing food can trigger signs and symptoms such [...]
Shobana Gubbi Named Chief Philanthropy Officer of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley announced today that it has named Shobana Gubbi as its new chief philanthropy officer. Gubbi will lead Second Harvest’s effort to raise an unprecedented [...]
5 Fun Virtual Food Drives
You Can Help Your Local Food Bank Did you know you can host a virtual food drive to help build a hunger-free community? When you host a virtual [...]
Cooking with Kindness and Self Compassion – Livier’s Story
Every day, Livier gets up at 5 a.m., prepares her coffee and immediately sends a loving and encouraging group message to her 14 younger siblings who live in Mexico [...]
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Must Raise $22M in December to Stay on Track With Its Fundraising Efforts
Food bank must raise 80% more in funds as it continues to serve 80% more people than it did pre-pandemic Highlights: Second Harvest’s annual fundraising goal is set [...]
The Long Term Effects Food Insecurity Has On Families – Ana and Oscar’s Story
Before the pandemic, Ana would save small amounts of her husband Oscar’s paychecks to provide for their children’s futures. However, after Oscar lost his job in April 2020, the nearly [...]
Chickens and Turkeys for the Holidays
Our warehouses buzz with activity this time of year. The beeping of tractor trailer trucks coming and going, the zoom of forklifts moving pallets of food and the voices of [...]
Diabetes Management Through the Lens of our Community Nutrition Work
November is National Diabetes Month, when communities and nutrition educators team up to bring attention to this disease. Here at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, we know there’s not [...]
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Enters Critical Holiday Giving Season with a Funding Deficit
Donations are down, but need remains high as many local families struggle to recover from the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. Highlights: Second Harvest’s annual fundraising goal [...]
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Providing Quality Food
When the pandemic froze our economy, it overwhelmed our clients already struggling to make ends meet in one of the most expensive places in the country. As service workers and [...]
A Resilient Working Mother of Two During the Pandemic – Sulma’s Story
Sulma’s 1-year-old daughter plays and coos on her lap as she watches her 5-year-old son Jefferson play with his two cousins in their apartment in San Mateo. Every week, Sulma [...]