Second Harvest Blog

Originally written and published by Growing Up Santa Cruz M. LeBaron Meyers is a local resident, team member of Santa Cruz Works, President and Chief Business Officer of #NotMe, and … Read more

Written by: Ford Kanzler CalFresh is the name used in California for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). CalFresh’s monthly, electronically provided benefits are used to buy most foods … Read more

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