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You’re Giving Children the Fuel to Thrive

A young boy carries a large box labeled Southern Valley in a parking lot, surrounded by other boxes of produce. In the background, a truck with images of fruits, vegetables, and smiling faces is parked.

Brooklyn has always loved softball. Each year, this seventh grader eagerly waits for the days to grow longer and the sun to cast its warm glow once again upon the field, signaling her grand return to the diamond. But it became more than a game after her father passed away in 2021. Every pitch, swing, […]

Blackberry Pond Farm Thrives Thanks to the LFPA Grant

A group of seven people, including a child, stand and smile inside a greenhouse filled with lush green plants and vegetables. The structure has a transparent roof and wooden beams overhead.

Farming can lead to a volatile lifestyle. Try as you might, it is impossible to control the countless variables that factor into a successful harvest. In Blackberry Pond’s case, even after you have done everything right, life still wants to throw you a curveball. Blackberry Pond calls 27 acres of rich farmland in West Tennessee […]

Donate Food for your ONE Action

Boxes filled with assorted canned goods, including vegetables, soups, and beans, organized together, likely for donation or distribution. Some cans are wrapped in plastic, and labels are visible on many of the items.

Fighting hunger is a daunting challenge, but, at Second Harvest, we believe in the Power of One. When we come together, and each contribute oneaction that’s when we see progress. That’s the power of togetherness. That’s the Power of ONE. This week, we are encouraging you to donate food as your ONE action to fight […]

Tri Star Energy takes on the Power of One

Three people stand at a table packing boxes with bottled drinks and food items. Two women in white shirts smile as they work, while a man in a dark shirt looks on. Cardboard boxes and supplies are visible around them.

Tri Star Energy, a supporter of Power of One, knows the impact that ONE action can have in the fight against hunger. Tri Star Energy has searched for new ways that they can give back, and get the community involved ever since getting involved in the fight against hunger in 2020. Power of One has […]

Food Insecurity’s Unique Impact on the Hispanic Community

A smiling woman with three children stands in front of an open car trunk filled with groceries and supplies, posing together outside a building on a sunny day.

September 15th marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is a time to reflect on, learn about, and celebrate Hispanic culture and heritage. Nearly 380,000 Tennesseans identify as Hispanic, and, so, Tennessee heritage is deeply connected with Hispanic heritage. This Hispanic Heritage Month, Second Harvest wants to highlight the unique struggle with food insecurity […]

The Hagoods Show how the Power of ONE can Fight Hunger

A person in a blue shirt loading groceries into a large metal cart next to a curb, while another person stands nearby holding bags. There are cardboard boxes and paper bags in the cart and an orange traffic cone on the ground.

The Hagood family has fought hunger alongside Second Harvest since 2008. Our mission of fighting hunger and advancing hunger solutions resonated with their beliefs. Barbara Hagood says, “Food is a necessary and critical item for families to flourish, and sometimes people are temporarily in need of assistance. The safety net Second Harvest provides is invaluable […]

Ryan’s ONE Action Against Hunger Impacted Thousands

A smiling man in a cap and blue shirt with a red heart logo holds a cardboard box in a room with stacked boxes and people in the background.

Ryan is the Regional Purchasing Manager for Ferguson Enterprises and loves to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee with his team. Ryan started partnering with Second Harvest in 2015 through Feed the Need and Bite Hunger, two different large-scale volunteer and food drive opportunities that we host. Ever since his first food drive, […]

Ethan is Energized: How You Help Our Young Neighbors Thrive

A young boy with medium-length braided hair smiles while wearing a black hoodie zipped up to his neck, standing in front of a white brick wall with a green trim.

Ethan loves baseball. His smile widens when he trots out to take his place at third base. He also loves math, “because we use it every day,” beams the sixth-grader. But Ethan’s daily activities require loads of on-thego energy—an invaluable resource that you help provide. Ethan has enjoyed activities at the Easley Community Center for […]

Sisters Lend a Hand During Hard Times

Boxes filled with assorted canned goods, including vegetables, beans, tomatoes, soup, and fruit, with cans stacked and labeled facing different directions.

Life’s struggles happen. We all go through tough times. But when things go south all at once, it’s difficult to press on without a helping hand. After Stephanie lost her job, her husband, who suffers from a genetic heart problem, began fainting from high blood pressure and could no longer work. Fearing he’d pass out […]

Comfort Food: How you helped relieve Ada’s worry

An adult and two children pose together, smiling, in front of a large, colorful collage mural featuring photos and abstract shapes in yellow and green tones.

Ada loves her tight-knit family. She’d do anything for her husband, two teenage children, and mother-in-law, who all live together in the same Ashland City home. She sells life insurance. Her husband installs countertops. The couple have lived paycheck-to-paycheck for years, but working together, have somehow made ends meet. Until her husband got hurt. Ada’s […]