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June 2018 Volunteer of the Month: Rise Rusher
Meet radiant Rise! She’s that lovely lady you see at least three times a week doing just about anything and everything that needs to be done here at Second Helpings. She began volunteering during the 2016 holiday season and in just a year and half has provided over 300 [...]
Scout Night at the Symphony: The Music of Star Wars
Join us on Friday, June 15th, for the opening night of Kroger Symphony on the Prairie for a celebration of the beloved Star Wars franchise, featuring music from legendary composer John Williams performed by Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts in uniform who bring a 16 oz. package [...]
Indy Burger Week: June 25 – July 1, 2018
We have partnered with our friends at NUVO for another one of their wildly popular Indy Food & Drink Weeks, offering Indy residents a discount on delicious food at some of their favorite, local restaurants. This time we’re celebrating burgers! Indy Burger Week presented by Red Gold Tomatoes is a week-long celebration of [...]
May 2018 Volunteer of the Month: Stephen Taylor
The Hoosier Welshman! If you’ve ever volunteered on a Tuesday, chances are you’ve had the pleasure of conversing with Stephen about one interesting thing or another. He’s quite the character and this Carol Adams Award winner has dedicated over 1,030 hours of his time since 2013 to spreading the [...]
Celebrating 20 years of service
On an ordinary day twenty years ago a group of visionaries and volunteers came together to do something extraordinary – take excess food that might have gone to waste and use it to feed people in need. Their task for the day – prepare a meal for 60 people [...]
Meet Kitchen Assistant: Ashleigh Porter
If you haven’t already met the newest member of our Hunger Relief Kitchen staff, then you’re missing out! Ashleigh joined the Second Helpings team as a Kitchen Assistant in November, and we are very excited to have her as part of our family. You’re not going to believe us [...]
April 2018 Volunteer of the Month: Kirk Williams
Kirk Williams and Second Helpings Director of Food Rescue Jon Meinert share a smile on the dock after a recent morning of food rescue. We all know that Food Rescue can be a pretty intense volunteer gig, so when someone commits an entire day each week to [...]
Indy Tenderloin Week: April 23-29, 2018
We have partnered with our friends at NUVO for another one of their wildly popular Indy Food & Drink Weeks, offering Indy residents a discount on delicious food at some of their favorite, local restaurants. This time we’re celebrating tenderloin! Indy Tenderloin Week is a week-long celebration of the beloved Hoosier tenderloin. NUVO [...]
February 2018 Volunteer of the Month: Julie Yeater
Julie Yeater, our February 2018 Volunteer of the Month, has been a true gift to Second Helpings. In December 2015, Julie had returned to the United States after five years spent working in Austria and was looking for an organization where she could volunteer knowing her efforts would make [...]
A Culinary Job Training engagement
Anyone who is familiar with Second Helpings’ Culinary Job Training program knows how special graduation days can be. After seven, intense weeks, the students have much to celebrate. After inspiring remarks from commencement speaker Shannon Williams of Indianapolis Recorder, awards from the culinary instructors, the distribution of of toques [...]