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  • Enabling Choice Fosters Equity and Identity While Reducing Food Waste

    Enabling Choice Fosters Equity and Identity While Reducing Food Waste

    September 30, 2021 By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist

    Enabling choice for families who are experiencing food insecurity happens in a variety of ways. For some, it’s having access to SNAP benefits to use at their local grocery store. For others, it’s accessing grocery store-like hunger relief models like Today’s Harvest.

  • 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.

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