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  • Girls Scouts Bring Joy to the Hunger Fight

    Girls Scouts Bring Joy to the Hunger Fight

    May 7, 2021 By: Leanne Adamsky - Agency Services Coordinator

    Girl Scout cookie time is one of the most wonderful times of the year for many, and thanks to our local Girl Scouts, we distributed more than 38,000 cookie boxes this spring!

  • Partnering to Address Child Hunger in the Suburbs

    Partnering to Address Child Hunger in the Suburbs

    May 5, 2021 By: Hannah Keuler - Child Hunger Specialist

    To show what a very successful school and local food shelf partnership can look like we spoke partners The Open Door Pantry in Eagan and Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 to learn how they’re fighting hunger in the suburbs.

  • Join Us for Second Harvest Heartland’s First-Ever 24-Hour Harvest Giving Day on May 20

    Join Us for Second Harvest Heartland’s First-Ever 24-Hour Harvest Giving Day on May 20

    April 29, 2021 By: Rachel Bittner - Direct Marketing Specialist

    As we head into our second summer since Covid began, we’re hopeful for better, hunger-free days to come. But if we don’t rally together and continue to fight hunger in full force, our neighbors could face the hungriest summer in memory. Join our 24-Hour Harvest Giving Day!

  • Ready for the Road to Recovery

    Ready for the Road to Recovery

    April 23, 2021 By: Stacy Wade - Chief People Officer

    After a year of non-stop crisis response to our partners and community, our team members, along with frontline staff from Minnesota Central Kitchen and numerous hunger-relief partner agencies, received the Covid-19 vaccine and are ready for the road to recovery.

  • Pro Bono Volunteers Help Advance Food Distribution Equity

    Pro Bono Volunteers Help Advance Food Distribution Equity

    April 23, 2021 By: Paige Stein - Volunteer Resource Developer

    This Volunteer Appreciation Month, we are celebrating Slalom’s impactful volunteer contributions by spotlighting Jimmy Son, a volunteer who served as engagement lead on a project with our Agency Relations team and has been instrumental in our data analytics work over the multi-step project.

  • Dana and Mike Want YOU to Join Them as Volunteers

    Dana and Mike Want YOU to Join Them as Volunteers

    April 16, 2021 By: Lynlee Roberts - Volunteer Coordinator

    In recognition of Volunteer Appreciation Month, we sat down with two of our regular pack-and-sort volunteers, Dana and Mike, who have shown up twice a week throughout the pandemic to keep up our end of the hunger fight. Get to know them!

  • A Skeptical Donor Finds Value in Charitable Gift Annuities

    A Skeptical Donor Finds Value in Charitable Gift Annuities

    April 14, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    A charitable gift annuity allows Leslie and Bob to blend altruism with a fixed stream of income for the rest of their lives.

  • Our Assessment of the American Rescue Plan Act

    Our Assessment of the American Rescue Plan Act

    April 14, 2021 By: Rachel Sosnowchik - Public Affairs Specialist

    It’s been a few weeks since the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law by President Biden. But what does this sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package mean for our food bank operations and the partners and neighbors we serve?

  • The Fanucci Family: Channeling Grief Into Some “Outrageous Good”

    The Fanucci Family: Channeling Grief Into Some “Outrageous Good”

    April 8, 2021 By: Maddie Archbold  - Community Engagement Coordinator

    Laura and Franco Fanucci decided to turn their ultimate tragedy into a celebration of their daughters’ memories and an opportunity to raise much-needed funds for Second Harvest Heartland. Read on to learn about Laura’s motivation to give back and how you, too, can get involved in the fight to end hunger.

  • Two Jerries Are Better Than One

    Two Jerries Are Better Than One

    April 6, 2021 By: Jane Thurow - Community Engagement & Program Development VISTA

    In recognition of Volunteer Appreciation Month, we’re highlighting the commitment of two volunteers who each dedicated hundreds of hours a year to behind-the-scenes database management support, and both happened to be named Jerri/Jerry!

  • Our Volunteers Are Finding Meaning, Building Skills, Strengthening Relationships and Helping Our Community

    Our Volunteers Are Finding Meaning, Building Skills, Strengthening Relationships and Helping Our Community

    March 30, 2021 By: Julie Greene - Volunteer Engagement Manager

    April is National Volunteer Month, so our Volunteer Engagement Manager Julie Greene is celebrating and sharing more about our phenomenal service team. Volunteers make up 25% of the Second Harvest Heartland team – we truly could not do what we do without them. And the ways they’re engaging with us are more varied than ever.

  • The Crawford Family

    The Crawford Family

    March 29, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    LIKE MOST OF US, Aaron Crawford hadn’t heard of COVID-19 in the early months of 2020. He was too busy looking for work following a recent layoff. As the calendar turned to mid-March, COVID hit our community—and the Crawford household—with the force of a late-season blizzard.

  • Thank You to Our Health Care Provider Hunger Fighters

    Thank You to Our Health Care Provider Hunger Fighters

    March 29, 2021 By: Lesley Walton - Development Coordinator 

    It’s National Doctor’s Day, so we’re taking the opportunity to thank a few of the physicians in our community who are not only fighting on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic but are also supporting our work of ending hunger together. Read their inspiring story.

  • The Crisis That Changed Us

    The Crisis That Changed Us

    March 29, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    Unrest swept across the Twin Cities in the days following the killing of George Floyd, leaving the communities hardest hit by COVID with damaged or shuttered grocery stores. Second Harvest Heartland leadership was there from the beginning, calling our partners in affected neighborhoods to ask how we could help.

  • Fueling the Work

    Fueling the Work

    March 29, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    2020 was defined by the acts of giving and receiving help. Record numbers of folks experiencing hunger reached out to the emergency food system for assistance with groceries and peace of mind. Their needs were met by record numbers of their neighbors, who showed up for them and gave donations to the hunger fight whenever they could. More than 66,000 donors supported Second Harvest Heartland to ensure we were up to the challenges of the year.

  • Delivering Peace of Mind

    Delivering Peace of Mind

    March 29, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    “We had to flip and pivot in just two days. In normal times, the kitchens at each of our schools are cooking and serving breakfast, lunch and supper to our kiddos, with many also providing a fruit or vegetable snack. We’d be sourcing healthy, local food and developing menus and recipes to serve our 7,500 students—half of whom qualify for free-or reduced-price lunch,” explained Maria Anderson, Nutrition Services Coordinator with suburban Roseville Area Schools.

  • Meeting the Moment

    Meeting the Moment

    March 29, 2021 By: Alison Griffin - Senior Communications Specialist

    Throughout the past year, our neighbors have needed more help staying fed and well than ever before. Getting food to people safely and in new ways was an around-the-clock effort, requiring us to reinvent our service model again and again. We were honored to do it, and to bring urgency to our work every day because our scale and efficiency makes us a critical player in keeping food moving when times get tough.

  • Expert Spotlight: Rebecca Mino, Manager of Applied Research and Policy 

    Expert Spotlight: Rebecca Mino, Manager of Applied Research and Policy 

    March 25, 2021 By: Rebecca Mino - Manager of Applied Research and Policy

    Get to know Rebecca Mino, a Second Harvest Heartland veteran now in a new role and poised to facilitate some critical evolutions for the food bank. Learn here what research is uncovering and how we’re responding.

  • Expert Spotlight: FOODRx Program Manager and Registered Dietitian Jana Martin

    Expert Spotlight: FOODRx Program Manager and Registered Dietitian Jana Martin

    March 3, 2021 By: Jana Martin - FOODRx Product Manager and Registered Dietician

    Meet Jana Martin: Jana combines the passion of a food banker with the expertise of a registered dietitian. She leads a unique-in-the-nation program, FOODRx, that brings health care clinics and health navigators together so they can easily deliver food and education to patients. Here, Jana explains why the connection between food and health is more important than ever.

  • Northside Partners for Food Delivery Expands to 300 Families

    Northside Partners for Food Delivery Expands to 300 Families

    February 26, 2021 By: Emily Paul - Minnesota Central Kitchen

    A $1 million grant from UnitedHealth Group will bolster the North Minneapolis program, which provides weekly grocery and prepared meal deliveries to Northside Achievement Zone families. Learn more about the partnership program here.

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