We have partnered with our friends at NUVO for another one of their wildly popular Indy Food & Drink Weeks, offering Indy residents a discount on delicious food at some of their favorite, local restaurants. This time we’re celebrating burgers! Indy Burger Week presented by Red Gold Tomatoes is a week-long celebration of [...]
The Hoosier Welshman! If you’ve ever volunteered on a Tuesday, chances are you’ve had the pleasure of conversing with Stephen about one interesting thing or another. He’s quite the character and this Carol Adams Award winner has dedicated over 1,030 hours of his time since 2013 to spreading the [...]
On an ordinary day twenty years ago a group of visionaries and volunteers came together to do something extraordinary – take excess food that might have gone to waste and use it to feed people in need. Their task for the day – prepare a meal for 60 people [...]
If you haven’t already met the newest member of our Hunger Relief Kitchen staff, then you’re missing out! Ashleigh joined the Second Helpings team as a Kitchen Assistant in November, and we are very excited to have her as part of our family. You’re not going to believe us [...]
Kirk Williams and Second Helpings Director of Food Rescue Jon Meinert share a smile on the dock after a recent morning of food rescue. We all know that Food Rescue can be a pretty intense volunteer gig, so when someone commits an entire day each week to [...]
We have partnered with our friends at NUVO for another one of their wildly popular Indy Food & Drink Weeks, offering Indy residents a discount on delicious food at some of their favorite, local restaurants. This time we’re celebrating tenderloin! Indy Tenderloin Week is a week-long celebration of the beloved Hoosier tenderloin. NUVO [...]
Julie Yeater, our February 2018 Volunteer of the Month, has been a true gift to Second Helpings. In December 2015, Julie had returned to the United States after five years spent working in Austria and was looking for an organization where she could volunteer knowing her efforts would make [...]
Anyone who is familiar with Second Helpings’ Culinary Job Training program knows how special graduation days can be. After seven, intense weeks, the students have much to celebrate. After inspiring remarks from commencement speaker Shannon Williams of Indianapolis Recorder, awards from the culinary instructors, the distribution of of toques [...]
Why only enjoy tacos on Tuesday when you can enjoy them for an entire week? Get half off tacos for seven glorious days during Indy Taco Week! Indy Taco Week is a week-long celebration of tacos. NUVO invited local restaurants and chefs who craft central Indiana’s most mouthwatering tacos to join [...]
These two go together like peanut butter and jelly, like bread and butter, like salt and pepper, like… well, I could go on! Logan and Jess can be found helping out in the Hunger Relief kitchen every Thursday evening, prepping food, making dinner for the other volunteers or leading [...]