Food for Thought

On behalf of our staff, Board, volunteers and those we serve, let me personally extend our deepest gratitude. Our team has helped thousands of our neighbors in need thanks to everyone who has donated time, money, food, and resources over the past weeks and months. Second Harvest has responded to dozens of disasters and emergencies... Read More

HOW YOU CAN HELP and GET HELP: Click here for info about all the ways you can help our response, including monetary donations. The Need Thousands of our neighbors are food insecure, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic and extended school and business shutdowns, the need is overwhelming and increasing to levels we have rarely seen before. ... Read More

Your generous support for Second Harvest is helping thousands of senior citizens make ends meet.  Miss Pearl is just one person who recently shared her story with us.  After working her entire life, she said it’s difficult to need help from a food pantry, but she feels fortunate to live in a community where neighbors... Read More

We met Leon (left) and Joe (right) at the New Orleans Mission on Christmas morning. The Mission is one of the hundreds of shelters, pantries, and soup kitchens across South Louisiana supported by Second Harvest. “I’ve been clean for seven months now,” Leon said.  “This food is a blessing. It’s so much easier to stay... Read More

Feeding hungry children is a cornerstone of our mission at Second Harvest. And our after-school Kids Cafe program is an important way your support helps at-risk children. Every week during the school year, Second Harvest volunteers and drivers prepare, package, and deliver thousands of hot meals and snacks to children across our 23-parish service area.... Read More

In South Louisiana, we’re blessed with some of the best food and restaurants in the world. But, one big problem is the meals that go to waste when extra food is left at the end of the business day. That’s where our new Rescue Runner program comes in. Rescue Runner utilizes an online app to... Read More

Charitable bequests make an enormous difference to an organization like Second Harvest Food Bank. Cecelia Medley was a compassionate member of our New Orleans community. Throughout her life, she was involved with her church, volunteered as a pharmacist with the St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy, and was a long-time donor to Second Harvest. She... Read More

A message from Second Harvest President & CEO Natalie Jayroe:  When people think of Second Harvest, many people think of the countless boxes of donated food that we provide to soup kitchens, pantries, schools and shelters across the state. Indeed, in the last year, our staff and volunteers provided 34 million meals to these vital... Read More

Following the government shutdown this year, we received this very special note:  Dear Second Harvest, On behalf of the Coast Guard Spouses’ Club of Greater New Orleans, local Coast Guard service members, and their families, I would like to sincerely thank you for your assistance during the recent government shutdown. Our active duty members and... Read More

Eighty-six year-old Doris Williams receives groceries from Second Harvest’s mobile pantry truck once a month at Little Zion Baptist Church in New Orleans. “It truly is a blessing, and I thank God and everyone who makes this food possible,” she told us. Since Ms. Williams retired from her job as a telephone operator in 1992,... Read More

Five years ago, True Vine Ministries became a partner of Second Harvest, distributing food and help to the community of Scott, just west of Lafayette. “I saw how the need was for low-income families, and especially for the elderly,” said church pantry Director Judy Francis. By partnering with Second Harvest, Judy and her team created... Read More