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  • Get Your Tickets Today for Vintner Ball 2015

    Get Your Tickets Today for Vintner Ball 2015

    February 27, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    Don’t miss the 10th annual Vintner Ball—a world-class, charitable wine tasting event, with 100 percent of funds raised benefiting Second Harvest Heartland.

  • Easy and Fun Ways to Fight Hunger This Spring

    Easy and Fun Ways to Fight Hunger This Spring

    February 24, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    Local businesses are stepping up in big ways this spring with promotional opportunities that give you a chance to make a difference right in your own neighborhood. Here are a few of the many campaigns that are working to raise funds for Second Harvest Heartland and our hunger-relief efforts.

  • Behind the Numbers: Retail Food Rescue

    Behind the Numbers: Retail Food Rescue

    February 19, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    Millions of pounds of food go unused each year in Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland’s Retail Food Rescue program offers an innovative solution: partner with retail grocers in our communities to divert food being removed from their store shelves to feed hungry people. Learn more about this fast-growing program here.

  • Do You Know a Senior Who Could Use a Little More Food Each Month?

    Do You Know a Senior Who Could Use a Little More Food Each Month?

    February 17, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    Second Harvest Heartland is committed to identifying and assisting seniors who are at risk of going hungry through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). If you know a senior who could use a little more food each month, help them access the free food they may be eligible for.

  • Volunteering to Honor Loved Ones

    Volunteering to Honor Loved Ones

    February 10, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    When Robert Johnson passed away at age 79 last March, he was survived by a large family: his wife, six children, thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Bob was a man who touched many people’s lives and his family felt it would be fitting to remember him through acts of service for others.

  • Thank You for Helping Kick Hunger

    Thank You for Helping Kick Hunger

    February 2, 2015 By: Sara Blair - Senior Communications Coordinator

    Thanks to all who participated in last week’s Let’s Kick Hunger Day! The all-day radiothon raised more than $238,453 for hunger relief, pushing the six-year total for the event to nearly $1.3 million.

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