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Now Hiring: Hub Coordinator [Full-Time]
About the Hub Coordinator Position This position will work with the Food Rescue team and at the direction of the Senior Hub Coordinator, and will facilitate the distribution of meals, bulk food, and other items to nonprofit social service agencies, and the receipt, storage, and safe storage of prepared [...]
Staff Spotlight: Kaylee Chrisman-Williams
Get to know the people behind the mission! Each month we’ll introduce a member of our incredible, hard-working team. Meet the whole Second Helpings staff here. Name: Kaylee Chrisman-Williams Title: Hub Coordinator How long have you worked at Second Helpings? 2 1/2 years What do you like most about [...]
Looking back on 2023 at Second Helpings
As we approach the end of another year, we’re looking back on some of our top stories that defined 2023 at Second Helpings. It was a full year as we celebrated our 25th anniversary! We prepared and delivered an average of 5,000+ meals each day this year. Some of [...]
Culinary Job Training graduate reflects on program’s impact
Damon Fain Jr. first enrolled in Second Helpings’ Culinary Job Training (CJT) program in the fall of 2020 but didn’t complete the program. “I was trying to change my life, but a part of me wasn’t fully ready to commit to that change… Life made me almost give up [...]
Now Hiring: Director of Hunger Relief [Full-Time]
About the Director of Hunger Relief Position This position leads the Hunger Relief program by managing a high-volume kitchen, directing and overseeing paid kitchen staff, temporary kitchen staff, and volunteers in the preparation of nutritious meals. Oversees all Hunger Relief operations; and is responsible for the management of all [...]
Staff Spotlight: Laney Glick
Get to know the people behind the mission! Each month we’ll introduce a member of our incredible, hard-working team. Meet the whole Second Helpings staff here. Name: Laney Glick Title: Kitchen Coordinator How long have you worked at Second Helpings? Going on eight months! What do you like most [...]
October 2023 Volunteer of the Month: Julie Meyer
Julie Meyer is our newest Volunteer of the Month. She is one of our new volunteers in the hub. Our Senior Hub Coordinator Nicole told us, "From day one Julie’s passion for helping people has shined bright! She’s always eager to help and willing to learn. She’s not afraid [...]
Donor Spotlight: Connie Gigax
More than two decades is an incredible length of time to dedicate to any project or passion. That's the commitment former board and advisory member Connie Gigax invested with Second Helpings, where she was initially introduced to the project by co-founder Chef Kristen Kienker when the organization was little [...]
Donor Spotlight: Uma Kuchibhotla and Muppalla Sukumar
The year 1998 holds special significance for longtime Second Helpings volunteers and donors Uma Kuchibhotla and Muppalla Sukumar. That was the year Second Helpings was founded, and it was also the year Sukumar moved to Indianapolis to work for Eli Lilly and Company. Ten years later, in addition to her [...]
Reflecting on 25 years of vision
As we continue to celebrate our 25th anniversary, this month we’re taking a closer look at Second Helpings’ founding in 1998. We recently sat down with Kristen Kienker, one of Second Helpings’ founders to reflect on her experience during the organization’s earliest days. Chef Kristen Kienker in Second [...]