Who We Are
Our Vision: We envision a community where everyone has enough nourishing food and ample opportunities to thrive.
Our Mission: We address hunger today and build self-sufficiency to prevent hunger tomorrow.
What We Do
Americans throw away an enormous amount of food – an average of one pound of food each day for every man, woman and child in the country. That’s around 30% of our available food supply going directly into the trash.
At Second Helpings, we work to prevent waste across our operations. In fact, sustainability is one of our organizational principles. So, each year we rescue more than 3.6 million pounds of food. We take resources that nobody wanted and use them to fulfill the most fundamental need that people can’t live without – the need to be nourished with healthy food.
We work with our partners in the food service industry – wholesale distributors, grocers, caterers, restaurants, and others – to safely and efficiently collect surplus and perishable food that was headed for the landfill.
Five days each week, we send out refrigerated trucks and vans to rescue bread, produce, meat and much more from local donors. With extensive training in food safety and sanitation, Second Helpings drivers rescue food only that they deem to be safe and edible.
