Food for Thought: Second Harvest Food Bank's tours can inspire action

September is Hunger Action Month – a time dedicated to raising awareness about food insecurity with the hope of inspiring action. This year, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is inviting the community into the warehouse for an in-person, behind-the-scenes look at its facilities and efforts to help the one in seven Central Floridians who don’t know where their next meal will come from on any given day. 

On Wednesday, September 14, “Food for Thought” tour participants will get an inside look at the food bank’s active warehouse and distribution center, seeing first-hand how Second Harvest distributes enough food for a quarter of a million meals daily. Attendees will also learn about the different programs the nonprofit maintains to help feed those experiencing food insecurity across Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole, Volusia, and Brevard counties. Anyone interested in the September 14 tour must register by Wednesday, September 7.

Lunch will be offered to tour participants.

To register for a “Food for Thought” tour, visit www.FeedHopeNow.Org/Tour. 

WHEN: September 14, 2022

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida

411 Mercy Drive

Orlando, Fla. 32805

REGISTER:  To register, visit the event page. The deadline to register is September 7. For more information about Second Harvest, visit the food bank’s website.

COST: Free

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is a member of Feeding America – the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. SHFBCF secures and distributes food and grocery products to more than 500 local nonprofit feeding partners throughout Central Florida. In the past year, with the help of food and financial donors, volunteers, and a caring, committed community, the food bank has distributed enough food for 97 million meals to partner programs such as food pantries, soup kitchens, women’s shelters, senior centers, daycare centers, and Kids Cafes. In addition, Second Harvest’s 16-week culinary program teaches foodservice-based technical, life, and employability skills to economically hard-pressed adults at no cost to them. Second Harvest is distributing enough food for a quarter of a million meals every day to the six-county service area. To learn more about SHFBCF, visit www.FeedHopeNow.org.