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February 2020 Volunteer of the Month: Grace Colette
Goodness gracious, great days with Grace. How many days a week does this fantastic lady volunteer? Once, twice, maybe even thrice Her beautiful spirit shined its light on our organization just two short years ago, and we have been grateful for every day she has served this mission since. [...]
Looking Back on 2019
Second Helpings volunteer Leo Carnicelli accepts his award for Outstanding Youth Achievement. With more than 20,000 meals prepared and delivered through Monday and Friday each week, a LOT happens every day at Second Helpings. As the year draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment [...]
December 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Sheryl Proctor-Bloom
Second Helpings' December 2019 Volunteer of the Month has a soul full of sunshine that shines so bright. She volunteers across all three parts of our mission at least one day each week and has contributed nearly 400 hours of service in just three short years. Time sure does [...]
How healthy meals provide stability to Indy’s homeless youth
Once a week the youth served at Outreach have access to community partners who assist with obtaining identification, employment, health insurance, and more accompanied by a hearty Second Helpings meal. Since the partnership with Outreach began in 2016, Second Helpings has provided the youth served with [...]
November 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Jane Fuqua
Tis the season for giving thanks, and Second Helpings would like to express our sincerest gratitude to one of the best volunteers in all of volunteer land, November 2019 Volunteer of the Month joyful Jane Fuqua. She’s one of those ladies who makes our world just a little bit [...]
October 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Betsy Kershaw
Kershaw was introduced to Second Helpings through Wednesday volunteer John Magee. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to encounter October Volunteer of the Month Betsy Kershaw's beautiful, bright spirit are truly the lucky ones. In just six short months, Kershaw has contributed more 300 hours [...]
PHOTOS: Caito Foods Show rescue 2019
Yesterday, Second Helpings staff and volunteers had the opportunity to rescue food from the annual Caito Foods Show at Marriott Indianapolis East. Each year, Caito Foods invites its customers to check out the latest and greatest products the Central Indiana produce distributor has to offer. The company installs a [...]
September 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Ann Sharp
Meet one of the loveliest ladies in all the land— September 2019 volunteer of the month, Ann Sharp. She’s as sharp as a tack when it comes to sorting bread for our partner agencies. Since 2015, Ann has spent over 330 hours of her time towards ensuring that everyone [...]
August 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Nick Taylor
Volunteer of the Month for August 2019 is the ONE, the ONLY, Nick Taylor! Yes, yes, Nick is quite the neighborly English gent and we are incredibly fortunate that he chose to join forces with the best volunteer family in Indy. Since July 2017, he’s contributed nearly 350 hours [...]
July 2019 Volunteer of the Month: Tim Burkholder
On Mondays, he throws his creativity into the tilt skillet and on Wednesdays he hops behind the wheel to deliver those tasty meals out to the community. Every. Single. Week. The phrase should most definitely be “Tim of all trades.” For years, our volunteers from Allisonville Christian Church have [...]