Providence Cristo Rey High School provides a variety of resources for their students – all of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch and receive scholarships to attend the school. Sister Kathleen Yeadon, the school’s Family Outreach Coordinator, manages many of these resources, like offering gifts at Christmas or [...]
I am so happy to present to you our April Volunteer of the Month Beth Kinn! She is an amazing part of our Hunger Relief Kitchen volunteer team, and has served over 1,100 hours - 315 shifts. Beth is always willing to go the extra mile. We are so [...]
Second Helpings' Volunteer of the Month for March 2021 is David Penoff! David has been a consistent force in the Food Rescue Department over the last two years. He has been here every Tuesday since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 rain or shine. David has [...]
CEO Jennifer Vigran speaks to Second Helpings staff and volunteers on March 18, the one-year anniversary of our grab-and-go meals, a symbol of our COVID response. When schools in Marion County closed in March last year, the impact on Second Helpings was dramatic and instantaneous. While the [...]
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 [...]
On September 16, Indy Chamber hosted the “REDi Pitch Night,” a culmination of their five-week ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, which offers business training and education to incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated individuals. Program finalists receive five minutes to pitch their business plan, then answer questions from a panel of judges. The [...]
After a five-month pause, the Culinary Job Training (CJT) program is back at Second Helpings! Suspended in mid-March due to COVID-19 precautions, the program’s team has been hard at work planning a new version of the training, which prioritizes safety while still providing students with the same level of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]