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NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MONTH, MOBILE MARKET AND MORE – MARCH 5
NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MONTH
Second Harvest is excited to celebrate its wonderful agricultural partners during National Agriculture Month this March! We’re so grateful to the local farmers and growers who donate their crops to help ensure everyone in our region has the food they need to stay healthy. Thanks to these committed partners, almost half the food Second Harvest provides is fresh produce. Northwest Agricultural Consultants – Soil and Plant Lab of Kennewick is proudly sponsoring National Agriculture Month this year at Second Harvest’s Pasco hunger solution center. To read more about National Agriculture Month and Second Harvest’s agricultural partners, click here.
MOBILE MARKET
Second Harvest continues to update its Mobile Market calendar with details about upcoming free food distributions across the Inland Northwest. To view the calendar, click here. Please note: Second Harvest will host another mass distribution (750 families) at the Spokane County Fairgrounds today, March 5, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., or as supplies last.
FOOD BANK OR FOOD PANTRY?
Outside of the food bank world, the terms food bank and food pantry are often used interchangeably, but there is a difference! In short, food banks are nonprofits that store and distribute millions of pounds of food to local food pantries and meal centers. Food pantries receive food from food banks, along with other community donations, to distribute to people facing hunger in their neighborhoods. Second Harvest is a food bank, and it distributes food to 250 food pantries and meal sites across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. To learn more about the difference between food banks and food pantries, click here. To find a food pantry near you, click here.
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Food Safety First: – April 19
In January and March, AIB International conducted audits of our facilities – the Pasco Distribution Center, the Spokane Distribution Center and the Wolff Family Child Hunger Solution Center. As has been the case for more than a decade, we received scores of 930 or higher, out of a possible 1000. Anything above 900 is considered exemplary.
While receiving high scores from AIB is important, we are equally proud of the fact that any day of the year, our team is always working to keep our buildings clean and our food supply safe. This speaks to the strong food safety culture we have here at Second Harvest.
A celebration of our volunteers – April 12
Volunteering doesn’t have to be a one-time thing and the individuals who volunteer at Second Harvest in Spokane and Pasco have proven that in many ways. Even though April is nationally recognized as Volunteer Month, our gratitude for your service is year-round. In the last couple of years, the Volunteer Center in Spokane has gone through various changes and adjustments to keep up with the increase in food demand, prompted first by COVID in 2020 and then by inflation. Even with the changes, our volunteer support has stayed and become even stronger. Our community is filled with mission-driven individuals to help us feed, nourish and build the community around us.
In The Kitchen: Food Waste Prevention Week – April 5
Earth Month is the perfect opportunity to reflect on our habits and how they impact the planet. We might think about how often we drive and take advantage of the nicer weather to bike to work, or maybe even grab some friends and family and find a river cleanup event for Earth Day. But did you know that you can make an impact without even leaving your house? In fact, reflecting on our cooking and grocery shopping habits has the potential to have a greater and long-lasting impact on our environment.
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