Earlier this month, Second Helpings delivered the 15,000,000th meal of our 22-year mission to #FeedIndy. Based on previous years’ operations and initial predictions for 2020, Second Helpings reached this milestone nearly a year earlier than originally expected. This quickened pace to produce more meals is in response to the [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced nearly every aspect of Second Helpings’ operations from the changing food supply to the growing need for meals. This health crisis also changed our volunteer workforce. Many people chose to restrict their ventures outside the home, due to higher risk factors or other challenges. [...]
As we’ve stopped over recent days to mourn the appalling death of George Floyd and too many others, to listen, and to question the institutional injustices against people of color, we are reminded that the inequities in our society are pervasive. Food insecurity, the lack of access to enough [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives over the last several months. In many ways, the food sector is one of the hardest-hit corners of our economy. Empty grocery store shelves, closed restaurants, and canceled events are signs that even as cities begin to open [...]
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 [...]
Second Helpings is honored to serve as the nonprofit beneficiary of the American Dairy Association Indiana’s 30th annual Ice Cream Social event on Monument Circle on Friday, July 19th! For a small $3 donation, you will receive not one, not two, but possibly THREE hearty scoops of Edy’s Vanilla [...]
Campers at Jameson Camp share a laugh over a meal provided by Second Helpings. Do you remember long summer days with friends? Maybe at a camp or in a park? Lemonade? Watermelon? Special foods are always a part of summer. Like you, youth who receive Second Helpings [...]