Second Harvest of the Big Bend

Even with the government reopening, it’s not known when SNAP funds will start flowing again. Local groups are trying to help, including some micro pantries.

Second Harvest of the Big Bend and the Tallahassee Urban League are stepping up even more due to cuts to the low-income food program known as SNAP.

Second Harvest of the Big Bend and WTXL-TV joined forces to host a mass food distribution on November 1st.

'What we are doing with food lockers' is being studied by other communities

The League's new president becomes the 1st African American in the local organization's 65 year history.

"We’ve not seen temperatures like this in a long time”

In the 16 counties the food bank serves, over half of the residents are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Envision Credit Union's "Envision No Hunger" campaign matched any community contribution up to $30,000 over a 5-year period.

The plastic buckets containing hurricane preparedness supplies were donated by a Tallahassee business consulting firm.

"They’re just troupers." The food bank hasn’t missed a beat in responding to last month’s tornadoes, despite having to lay off 20 employees in March.