KIDS CAFE
This is our childhood hunger initiative. SHFBM partners with agencies that already serve children at risk of hunger to help provide nutritious meals and snacks at their sites. We currently operate 33 of these sites in 9 different counties and serve thousands of children who might otherwise go hungry. Our goal is to have sites in all 19 counties within 5 years. Read More
KIDS CAFE BACKPACK PROGRAM
The Backpack Program is a component of the Kids Cafe program. In the Backpack Program, a backpack full of nutritious, ready to eat or easy to prepare foods is sent home on weekends and holidays with children attending participating Kids Cafe sites. Read More
MOBILE PANTRY
This program is designed to deliver food to rural areas of our service region where poverty rates tend to be higher. Specially equipped trucks deliver 5,000 – 10,000 pounds of food per trip. Mobile pantry deliveries occur 10 months of the year with approximately 100 pantries held annually. In fiscal year 2006, we delivered over one million pounds of food and served over 50,000 individuals through this program. Read More
SECOND HELPING
This program provides supplemental boxes of nutritious foods to homebound elderly in Cabarrus, Lancaster, Lincoln, Union (NC) and York counties on a monthly basis. SHFBM plans to expand this program into additional counties in 2007-2008. Read More
FIVE-A-DAY
This program provides calcium rich foods and nutritional information to children and seniors at risk of hunger in Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Rowan, and Union counties. Read More
HUNGER EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
One of the most important jobs of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is to educate our service region about the causes of and solutions to the problem of hunger. Read More
APPLIANCE PROGRAM
To increase the utility of our partner agencies to provide more nutritional foods, refrigerators and freezers are needed. To support this cause, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina has provided $40,000 in appliance grants to dozens of partner agencies in the past two years. Read More
AGENCY SERVICES
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina provides food and technical resources for over 600 partner agencies in a 19 county region of North and South Carolina. Read More
BRANCH NETWORK
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina distributes food from four locations. The main warehouse in Charlotte has 23,000 square feet of dry storage; 1220 square feet of refrigerator storage and 2350 square feet of freezer storage. Read More
JUNIOR CHEFS
Junior Chefs is a youth leadership development program that brings together Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina staff, partner agencies, nutrition experts, culinary professionals and other community resources to offer young would-be cooks hands-on experience. Read More
DISASTER RELIEF
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is on call to respond to national disasters by collecting food and funds for relief efforts in affected areas. Read More
As the largest hunger relief charity in the Metrolina area, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina works to end hunger. We do this by supplying a network of over 600 non-profit agencies and churches in 19 counties with food and essential grocery products.
