Events

Generous Helpings presented by Kroger and its sister event Chefs’ Dinner raised over $157,000, beating last year’s total by $30,000 and making it the highest-grossing year for the event to date! Restaurants from across Nashville joined us at City Winery for a tasting showcase of some of the city’s best food. Featured restaurants included local Read More

Kroger is dedicated to making Middle Tennessee a #ZeroHungerZeroWaste community. More than 40% of food produced in the U.S. goes uneaten, yet 1 in 8 Middle and West Tennesseans don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Kroger wants to change that. Their #ZeroHungerZeroWaste initiative aims to end hunger in the communities they call Read More

Generous Helpings is quickly approaching on May 9, but before we head to City Winery for a night of tastings from Nashville’s best restaurants, we talked with Bryan Weaver, executive chef at East Nashville’s Butcher & Bee and the winner of last year’s Generous Helpings People’s Choice Award. He gave us a clue of what Read More

In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Harvest Moon raised over $268,000 to fight hunger in Middle and West Tennessee. This year, Harvest Moon was a celebration of our 40th anniversary and the last four decades of Feeding Hope in Middle and West Tennessee. Thanks to the generous support of our guests and partners, we raised Read More

Harvest Moon is November 10 and we have 4 reasons you need to celebrate 40 Years of Feeding Hope with us! Harvest Moon is just around the corner, and this year, we have even more to celebrate than usual, because it’s our 40th anniversary as an organization! Join us Saturday, November 10 at Loveless Barn Read More

Get a sneak peek of what to expect at Harvest Moon, with a recipe from The Loveless Cafe. For the second year in a row we’re throwing Harvest Moon, our biggest fundraising event, at Loveless Barn with catering from The Loveless Cafe. They’ve been kind enough to give us a sneak peek of what to Read More

Spring is always a busy time of year at the food bank, and 2018 was no exception! Whether you joined us in Nashville for Stars for Second Harvest or in Huntingdon for Shooting Hunger West, there were plenty of ways to get out in our community this spring and support our mission. Altogether, our spring Read More

Chefs Rebekah Turshen and Lisa Marie White share their versatile cookie recipes just in time for Generous Helpings. We were lucky to have Rebekah Turshen of City House and Lisa Marie White of Marsh House join us last month for Chefs’ Dinner. Now the two Generous Helpings chefs are opening up their recipe books and Read More

Before showcasing The Grilled Cheeserie at Generous Helpings, Crystal De Luna Bogan shares one of her mouthwatering recipes. Crystal De Luna Bogan shows her love and appreciation of others with food. She does this every day at her popular food truck and melt shop, The Grilled Cheeserie, and on May 10, she’ll show her compassion Read More

Now a long-time supporter of Second Harvest, the country music star shares how his childhood was affected by hunger. You don’t have to explain the importance of a food bank to John Rich. He knows. Growing up in Amarillo, Texas, his father worked three to four jobs to provide for Rich and his three siblings. Read More