Hope

At Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, we could not be more thankful than to our partners at Feeding America for providing us with the resources, expertise, and funding … Read more

Morgan Imel is a Product Operations Analyst at Looker in Santa Cruz.  Looker is a local tech company that works with data and analytics.  During this past year Morgan has … Read more

When COVID19 shut down the economy and created a huge need for food Robby Olson stepped up to help.  Concerned with the overwhelming need, he contacted Second Harvest to see … Read more

Justen began volunteering at Second Harvest’s weekly community drive-through distributions in April 2020.  As COVID19 began shutting down the economy and the need for food grew, Justen wanted to help.  … Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank is grateful for the CalRecycle funding that came through in 2019 to help fund a new refrigerator truck, a forklift, support positions, and some long overdue new white … Read more

Mary Wells is the lead pantry volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul pantry run by parishioners of Our Lady Star of the Sea. She has been volunteering for roughly 20 … Read more

The following post written by Carrie Mulcaire.  How does a group of 8-year old Girl Scouts seek to reach out to their community and help those in need while maintaining … Read more

(this message was given anonymously to a Second Harvest staff member to share with you) “After sitting down for months, watching the news, and feeling somewhat hopeless, I decided I … Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank is receiving a Feeding America grant to combat senior hunger in Santa Cruz County.  Second Harvest and Grey Bears are partnering together to utilize these funds … Read more

We want you to know that if you were evacuated or sheltering evacuated friends and family, the food bank is here for you. We are committed to continuing our Friday … Read more