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  • More Than a Meal: The Application for Educational Benefits

    More Than a Meal: The Application for Educational Benefits

    September 23, 2021 By: Hannah Keuler - Child Hunger Specialist

    The Application for Educational Benefits is a household form for families enrolled in your school district. This form helps determine how much education funding your school district will receive, in addition to providing resources to families who qualify. But, every family should complete this form. Here’s why, according to our Child Hunger Team.

  • Hope Youth Center and Pham’s Rice Bowl Are Caring for Community Kids at Midtown Global Market

    Hope Youth Center and Pham’s Rice Bowl Are Caring for Community Kids at Midtown Global Market

    September 10, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist

    Hope Youth Center, an equitable learning pod for school-aged kids, teams up each week with Midtown Exchange neighbor Pham’s Rice Bowl to provide meals and healthy snacks to students—the true embodiment of Minnesota Central Kitchen’s value of providing community connected meals.

  • The Du Nord Foundation Community Market and Eat for Equity Team Up to Nourish South Minneapolis Neighbors

    The Du Nord Foundation Community Market and Eat for Equity Team Up to Nourish South Minneapolis Neighbors

    September 9, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist

    In our efforts to confront and address the racial hunger divide, Second Harvest Heartland is expanding and deepening our partnerships with organizations like the Du Nord Foundation Community Market and Eat for Equity to reach communities of color and get food where it’s needed most.

  • September is Hunger Action Month

    September is Hunger Action Month

    August 23, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist

    For far too many Minnesotans, a daily meal isn't a choice between different dishes. It's a choice between food and other critical needs, like utilities, medicine and housing.

  • The Good Acre is Building Equity by Supporting Farmers and Eaters

    The Good Acre is Building Equity by Supporting Farmers and Eaters

    August 23, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist

    As a large produce customer, Second Harvest Heartland has a responsibility to strengthen our agricultural community and address its persistent inequities. Beginning this growing season, we launched a three-year partnership with The Good Acre to support farmers of color.

  • I believe in the power of food.

    I believe in the power of food.

    August 16, 2021 By: Robin Manthie - Managing Director, Minnesota Central Kitchen

    In May 2021, Robin Manthie joined Minnesota Central Kitchen as its Managing Director. Learn more about how Robin is shepherding the initiative through its second year and beyond.

  • More Than a Meal: The Summer Food Service Program

    More Than a Meal: The Summer Food Service Program

    August 12, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist 

    The USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) works to provide free meals to all children and teens through school and community partners. Listen to our discussion with three partners who are incorporating SFSP meals into their work with youth and families this summer, including Yes Network in St. Cloud, MN, the Parks and Recreation Department at the city of Brooklyn Park, and Minneapolis Public Schools.

  • Thank You, Donors! Donor Appreciation Week, August 2-8

    Thank You, Donors! Donor Appreciation Week, August 2-8

    July 27, 2021 By: Rachel Bittner - Direct Marketing Specialist

    Whether you’re able to lend a hand—or need one for support—it takes all of us working together to fight hunger. August 2-8 is Donor Appreciation Week at Second Harvest Heartland and we’re giving a special shoutout to those who have supported our mission to end hunger in the heartland.

  • Staying Cool This Summer with Our New Temperature-Controlled Clean Room

    Staying Cool This Summer with Our New Temperature-Controlled Clean Room

    July 26, 2021 By: Nora Dragich - volunteer center manager

    We’re staying cool this summer with a brand-new Temperature-Controlled Clean Room, thanks to generous support from the Schwan’s Corporate Giving Foundation. Second Harvest Heartland’s Brooklyn Park facility is now the fifth food bank in the country with a temperature-controlled, USDA-inspected clean room, where volunteers can pack ready-to-eat items that must remain in a safe temperature range, such as meat and poultry.

  • 4 Reasons Why People Need Food Assistance Right Now

    4 Reasons Why People Need Food Assistance Right Now

    July 21, 2021 By: Rachel Sosnowchik - Public Affairs Specialist

    With many economic indicators rebounding and "We’re Hiring” signs adorning countless businesses, why do people need food assistance right now? It’s complicated and dynamic, and the need is very real in communities across our region and the country.

  • A New Partnership Aims to More Fully Address Hunger in Rural Western Wisconsin

    A New Partnership Aims to More Fully Address Hunger in Rural Western Wisconsin

    July 13, 2021 By: Jennifer Sheda - Senior Agency Relations Communications Specialist

    The relationship between Second Harvest Heartland and the St. Croix Valley Food Bank will double the number of meals distributed in Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties.

  • Monthly Giving: A Lifeline For Neighbors Facing Hunger

    Monthly Giving: A Lifeline For Neighbors Facing Hunger

    June 28, 2021 By: Rachel Bittner - Direct Marketing Specialist

    One of the most efficient ways to fight hunger is through recurring monthly donations, providing stability and hope to families year-round. Families like Bertie’s.

  • Midwest Dairy Makes Milk More Accessible

    Midwest Dairy Makes Milk More Accessible

    June 25, 2021 By: Lisa Boyd - Agency Partner Specialist

    As National Dairy Month comes to a close, we want to raise a glass (of fresh milk) to our long-standing partner Midwest Dairy and thank them for their commitment to ending hunger through providing fresh, protein-rich milk to those experiencing food insecurity.

  • We’re proud to announce that we have been awarded recertification as a Service Enterprise organization

    We’re proud to announce that we have been awarded recertification as a Service Enterprise organization

    June 15, 2021 By: Julie Greene - Volunteer Services Manager  

    We’re proud to announce that we have been awarded recertification as a Service Enterprise organization, putting us in the top 11 percent of nonprofits nationwide in upholding high standards in volunteer management and organizational performance. Read more! 

  • Resilience Through Food: The Celebration of Juneteenth

    Resilience Through Food: The Celebration of Juneteenth

    June 14, 2021 By: Vivian Moore - Office Manager and Inclusion Council Chair

    June 19,1865, the date enslaved Africans received their freedom from slavery in Texas. We celebrate that freedom, our true Independence Day, with the anniversary of Juneteenth. And in our commemoration of that freedom there also lies a connection to food in the celebration of Juneteenth which is essential to the day as we celebrate Black joy.

  • Minnetonka High School Students Destigmatize SNAP

    Minnetonka High School Students Destigmatize SNAP

    June 3, 2021 By: Guest Contributor

    Our SNAP Outreach team recently collaborated with students from Minnetonka High School on a digital journalism project aimed at reducing stigma and increasing participation in SNAP. Check out their video project.

  • This Spring, Hairnets Are In and Contaminants Are Out

    This Spring, Hairnets Are In and Contaminants Are Out

    May 24, 2021 By: Volunteer Engagement Team

    Lab coats, safety gloves, shoe covers, and hairnets. Volunteers in our Brooklyn Park facility can now be seen donning these latest fashion trends. These precautions are just a few of the measures in place to keep contaminants out of the General Mills and Mosaic Clean Rooms, where our volunteers are busy packing ready-to-eat items like cereal.

  • 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!

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