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  • Make a Difference Year-Round with Monthly Giving

    Make a Difference Year-Round with Monthly Giving

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

    It’s harder than ever to face hunger today. For 63% of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck, winter heating bills and surging grocery costs create impossible choices between food and other necessities like heat, rent or medical bills.

  • 4 Reasons Why Many Minnesotans Are Facing Hunger This Winter

    4 Reasons Why Many Minnesotans Are Facing Hunger This Winter

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

    The persisting pandemic, record-high food prices, supply chain disruptions, and an economic recovery that’s coming slowly for many means today’s hunger is tougher to fight. Here, we outline a few big reasons why Minnesotans might be facing hunger right now and some actions we can take to help our neighbors this winter.

  • The MNbenefits Application is a Game-Changer for Minnesota Families

    The MNbenefits Application is a Game-Changer for Minnesota Families

    November 24, 2021 By: Rachel Sosnowchik - Public Affairs Specialist  

    The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ new benefits application, MNbenefits, can be used to apply for nine different assistance programs, cuts application times down and makes it easier for families to access valuable supports to meet their basic needs.

  • From St. James to Robbinsdale, Our School Partners Deliver for Kids and Families

    From St. James to Robbinsdale, Our School Partners Deliver for Kids and Families

    November 10, 2021 By: Alauna Yust - Guest Contributor

    Childhood hunger in Minnesota is serious, affecting nearly 200,000 kids right now. At Second Harvest Heartland, we are collaborating with school districts and other community partners to make sure that every child can access the nutritious meals they need to succeed.

  • Community Solutions: Partnering to End Hunger at the Local Level

    Community Solutions: Partnering to End Hunger at the Local Level

    November 4, 2021 By: Alauna Yust - Guest Contributor

    At Second Harvest Heartland, we fight to end hunger every day by working closely with more than 1,000 agency partner programs throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Listening closely to the unique needs of every community is one of the most important parts of successful collaboration.

  • VEAP is Working to End Food Insecurity in the Southern Suburbs

    VEAP is Working to End Food Insecurity in the Southern Suburbs

    October 27, 2021 By: Alauna Yust - Guest Contributor

    For a growing number of families in Twin Cities suburbs, hunger and food insecurity are a new experience. As a trusted, long term community partner of Second Harvest Heartland, VEAP works to connect families in suburbs like Bloomington, Edina and Richfield experiencing hunger to the fresh, nutritious foods they know and love.

  • The Stepnick Family is Stepping Out to End Hunger This November

    The Stepnick Family is Stepping Out to End Hunger This November

    October 21, 2021 By: Maddie Archbold - Community Engagement Generalist

    Instead of celebrating Thanksgiving with turkey and football, Claudia and her children, Joe and Mary, participate in the Walk to End Hunger, an annual fundraising event to support Minnesotans experiencing food insecurity.

  • Making the Hunger Relief System Work for Seniors across Minnesota

    Making the Hunger Relief System Work for Seniors across Minnesota

    October 20, 2021 By: Alauna Yust - Guest Contributor

    By providing food assistance through programs like NAPS, CFAP and Minnesota Central Kitchen, Sleepy Eye Public Schools and Community Action Respecting Elders (CARE) are making a big difference for seniors and their families.

  • 75 Years of Improving and Expanding School Lunches to Keep Kids Fed

    75 Years of Improving and Expanding School Lunches to Keep Kids Fed

    October 13, 2021 By: Hannah Keuler - Child Hunger Specialist

    October 11-18 is National School Lunch Week. School lunches have changed a lot over the years and program operators are still finding new, creative ways to feed students high quality, nutritious and delicious meals.

  • Addressing the Racial Hunger Divide

    Addressing the Racial Hunger Divide

    October 7, 2021 By: Alauna Yust - Guest Contributor

    Second Harvest Heartland is leveraging our buying-power to support communities of color. We’re providing more culturally connected foods to trusted partners like CLUES and partnering with The Good Acre to connect with farmers of color across the state to buy fresh, nutritious produce.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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