Island House: Preparing Gourmet Meals from Rescued Food
Meal preparation is an important skill for all adults, including those who participate in outpatient services at Island House in Bluffton. The facility is operated by Mental Health America for six to eight Medicaid-eligible clients. Island House was actually started...
Second Helpings Buys Healthy Food for Beaufort Agencies
Big food distribution in Beaufort! Wednesday, July 27, was a great day for Second Helpings when we were able to buy and distribute 5,000 pounds of fresh produce and protein for more than a half-dozen food pantries, soup kitchens, churches and family programs in...
Second Helpings Appeals to Community to Help Fill the Food Gap
Second Helpings, a nonprofit food rescue organization serving Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper counties, reports that the need for food has increased in 2022, as the highest rate of inflation in 40 years has significantly impacted lower-income families. At the same...
Our Share the Bounty 2022 Virtual Fundraising Event
Second Helpings needs your help to provide food for the soup kitchens, food pantries, churches, and family programs we serve! Shortages mean food rescue is down, while high inflation has increased the number of people needing help. This year’s Share the Bounty event...
Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island: Helping Families After Hours
Each day, more than 250 children walk, skip, or dance through the doors of the beautiful Boys & Girls Club campus on the north end of Hilton Head Island. For over thirty years, the Club has served local children ages 6-18 with outstanding educational and...
New Life Deliverance Temple Addresses Hunger – Everywhere They Find It
Saundra and Michael Smith never saw it coming: the impact they would have on their community. Five years ago, the New Life Deliverance Temple on St. Helena Island decided to start a ministry to distribute food. “We were two naïve little rabbits back then,” Saundra...
Allen Chapel AME Church Food Pantry Keeps It All in the Family
You could say that Jerome Goode joined the family business when he was recruited to start the food pantry at the Allen Chapel AME Church in Beaufort. That’s because his brother, Luther Goode, had already been a Second Helpings food rescue volunteer for a decade by...
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen Serves an Ever-Expanding Community
A typical Monday at the Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen (BCSK) is a whirlwind of activity. Volunteers arrive at 7 am to prepare 400 hot meals. Soon, three Second Helpings trucks arrive from Bluffton and Hilton Head, bringing produce, breads and meat. They are met by...
Second Helpings Recognizes Volunteers of the Year
Second Helpings, a nonprofit food rescue organization serving Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper counties, recognized five key volunteers at appreciation events in May. Volunteer of the Year honors were presented from our Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head truck crews,...
It Started from the Trunk of a Car: St. Stephen’s Outreach Food Bank Serves the Hungry
In 2000, Elvira Shuler and her daughter, Helen (pictured, with Second Helpings Executive Director Marcus Tanner), began offering food to the hungry from the trunk of Elvira’s car in Ridgeland. What would become the St. Stephen’s Outreach Food Bank soon transitioned to...
