Second Harvest Inland Northwest

Warehousing: second harvest has been the hub for charitable food distributions in the inland northwest for more than 50 years. Second harvest provides more than 2.9 million pounds of fresh produce, dairy products, meat, canned goods, and other food every month that helps hungry families and seniors living in 21 eastern washington and 5 north idaho counties. The food feeds a diverse group of children and adults who have been impacted by job losses, wage reductions, illnesses, disabilities, and other challenges. Second harvest leverages community contributions to pick up large truckloads of donated food. Volunteers sort and repackage bulk food donations that are distributed to 250 partner agencies/ meal programs. Second harvest, in conjunction with its partner agencies, serves 80,000 meals every day.

Tefap: the organization distributes surplus food made available by the federal government to low income and temporarily needy families in the community.

Nutrition education: the organization provides hands-on cooking classes, demonstrations, and food samples to clients to increase food literacy and healthy eating habits. The organization's training and technical assistance for partner food banks empowers them to reach more clients with nutrition education as well.