In the series premiere, Jason introduces the Wolff Family Child Hunger Solution Center in Spokane. He talks about the origins of Second Harvest’s leading child hunger initiative, Bite2Go, in partnership with another local nonprofit, At The Core. Jason also travels to Lewis and Clark High School to meet the student leaders who share Bite2Go food supplies with their classmates, and he introduces an organization that has adopted a local school to make sure that students in need have Bite2Go food over the weekend.

In episode two, Jason explores the origins of Second Harvest’s Grocery Rescue program, the more than 15-year-old effort to rescue food from grocery stores throughout the region and connect their excess food with food pantries in their local communities. He visits the Rosauers location on Spokane’s South Hill at 29th Avenue where the program first piloted. Jason also accompanies Grocery Rescue volunteers on their delivery to Southside Food Pantry and meets with Cliff Rigsbee, president and CEO of Rosauers Supermarkets, and Nicolle Cabarello, director of Southside Food Pantry, to see the impact of donations on local hunger-relief efforts.

Jason’s Hunger Crusade heads west to Wapato, Washington, in episode four to visit our incredible partners in agriculture and investigate food insecurity throughout the Inland Northwest. We meet generous people like Mike Wilcox at Yakima Fruit and Cold Storage and Manny Imperial at Imperial’s Garden to learn about our partnerships and how Second Harvest sources a variety of nutritious food year-round from this region to help feed families in need every day.

We enter The Kitchen for this episode for the next step in our Hunger Crusade: investing in long-term health through nutrition education and hands-on cooking lessons. Classes at The Kitchen not only teach about nutrition but also helpful ways to use the food people receive from food banks or Mobile Markets.

Healthy Food. Every Person. Every Day.

Stay tuned for part two of episode five, where Jason visits a Mobile Market bus event and learns about cooking on a budget.