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"On donating his Minneapolis speaking fee to
@2harvest
: I am an American citizen. I will be there for you in the same way that I know that you will be there for me. That’s the spirit of America."
A recap of last week's conversation w/
@chefjoseandres
:
Our friend &
@Vikings
star
@KyleRudolph82
& his family generously donated 82,000 meals to Minnesotans struggling during COVID-19. Now they're inviting the community to join them in helping raise enough money to meet their goal of 600,000 meals. Join them:
Last chance to double your impact for an entire year! Sign up to be a Monthly Giver by July 31 and the first 12 months of your recurring gift will be DOUBLED, up to $40,000.
Share the story of Second Harvest Heartland and help us provide 15,000 meals! No one is immune to hunger and our new video highlights how you can help. For every like or retweet of this post, Post Consumer Brands will donate $5 providing 15 meals. Help us reach 15,000 meals!
Many people who used to volunteer at
@2harvest
now need help with food assistance. Thank you Senator
@amyklobuchar
for visiting our Brooklyn Park facility today to talk about the coming hunger surge and ways we can ensure all of our hungry neighbors get the food they need.
The
@USDA
has approved MN’s waiver to join the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot! Soon, Minnesotans will be able to use SNAP benefits with online retailers, improving access to food assistance during these challenging times. Here's why the change is important:
As COVID-19 concerns grow, Minnesotans are eating at home and the hospitality industry is left with an abundance of food and teams with little work. We're teaming up with a group of local restaurateurs to use their quiet kitchens to feed those in need:
After a comprehensive, national search process, Second Harvest Heartland’s board of directors chose nonprofit leader and veteran changemaker Allison O’Toole as our new leader.
We are tearing up over here
@2harvest
- Getting a shoutout from
#theboss
@springsteen
about our work makes us step back and realize all the hard work from our amazing team and volunteers over the last few years.
#EndHungerTogether
Congratulations to
@2harvest
CEO
@allison_otoole
for being named the
@FoodBankNews2
CEO of the Year!
This year, Allison guided us through the hunger fight of our lives, and we're so grateful for her leadership!
Look at those veggies! Today, we sent 2 truckloads w/ 10 different vegetables (in pre-packed family boxes for safety!) to the Lower Sioux Community in Morton, MN. We normally see 200 families at our regular produce drops here, but today, 700 families are expected to show up.
The
@Timberwolves
take their game from the court to the packing room floor to help us fill every table this Thanksgiving. We are so grateful to have the Timberwolves on our hunger-fighting team!
#Timberwolves
#Hungerfighters
When
@Dawoodi_Bohras
reached out to us wanting to help the S MPLS community, we connected them directly w/ partner
@htlcmpls
& shortly after, the generous folks at Dawoodi Bohras delivered car-fulls of baby formula & diapers to the church. Thanks Dawoodi Bohras for your support!
Bruce just shouts out the front line workers at
@2harvest
and calls fighting hunger “…doing Gods work…”.
I mean, can this guy be any more of a legend👊🏻.
@springsteen
Second Harvest Heartland’s commitment to supporting our community and partners is as strong as ever. We’ve mobilized to make sure all the meals needed reach our neighbors in every community, especially those most affected by the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing.
The unsung heroes of this pandemic—the tireless warehouse workers and truck drivers, like Paul—who help us continue to get food and supplies to those who need it most, are essential to operations at
@2harvest
.
Thank you, Paul, for showing up to help us during this critical time!
Join in the fight against hunger with
@timberwolves
' guard
@jarrettc08
and
@hyvee
! Until the end of November, donate non-perishable food items at Hy-Vee stores across the Twin Cities!
"What I want people to know most is the true face of hunger...the experience of so many families that are next door to us that we don’t often think about. So we’re going to keep using our voice in this conversation and try to elevate it" -
@allison_otoole
Big night for our family at
@2harvest
for
#Dish2022
- Seth is here after volunteering all summer and I was just selected to join the amazing Second Harvest Heartland board.
😢💖Many members of our team are good ugly crying today because next year school meals will be free for all Minnesota K-12 students💖😢
🍎This makes a significant impact on food insecurity rates - we know the data and when we make investments like this we move the needle🍎
By August, it’s estimated that 1 in 8 Minnesotans won’t know where their next meal will come from. Thank you
@GovTimWalz
and
@LtGovFlanagan
for continuing to reinforce the emergency food system with an additional $12 million in funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
The amazing team at Second Harvest Heartland is unstoppable. Since we're not able to host volunteers at the moment, we're pitching in to get emergency food boxes packed and out to our hungry neighbors. We're all in this together!
Minnesotans are using the area's talent & resources to provide hunger relief in the midst of a crisis. The story of the brilliant minds & kind hearts that led to the
#MNCentralKitchen
, a collab of
@2harvest
,
@Loaves_FishesMN
,
@chowgirls
& food businesses:
It was an emotional milestone today, as 300+ of our team members & frontline staff from
@mn_kitchen
partner orgs received first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to
@MHealthFairview
. After a year of non-stop crisis response, we're even more ready for the road to recovery.
Thank you,
@GovTimWalz
and
@ThommyPetersen
, for standing with us and the entire hunger-relief network in our fight against COVID-era hunger. Now it’s time for Congress to act by investing in SNAP and passing a COVID relief package.
Second Harvest Heartland is partnering with
@DalvinCook
, running back for the
@Vikings
, on a special event later this summer! Read more about the upcoming event and Cook’s personal experience with hunger (and save the date for August 31st!)
In celebration of their "Homegating" experience with Chef
@andrewzimmern
,
@KvaroyArctic
donated 2,500 pounds of frozen salmon—one of the most high-valued and costly protein sources for food banks—to
@2harvest
!
Thank you, Kvaroy Arctic!
Thanks to the
@MNFarmersUnion
for supporting our community during these challenging times. Today, they donated 30,000 pounds of pork ribs, meeting the need for protein with farm-fresh food from Redwood Farms Meat Processors.
We are grateful to
@GovTimWalz
for working with the USDA to ensure that even as his emergency powers end, extra SNAP benefits aren't taken away from the more than half a million Minnesotans relying on the program to make ends meet.
Thank you
@UnitedHealthGrp
for joining the
#MNCentralKitchen
family—providing the cafeteria space, food service workers, and funds to help us provide much-needed meals for our neighbors experiencing hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic.
.
@BrianOake
and
@JillRiley
from
@TheCurrent
packing spuds on
#GTMD18
. Volunteers have packed nearly 30,000 meals today! There's still time to give and make a direct impact on the lives of our hungry neighbors this holiday season:
@RepDeanPhillips
was
#onthejob
with the SHH Food Rescue team today! Retail food rescue is critical to our work, providing 39.7 million pounds of food in 2021. Rep. Phillips tagged along with fleet driver David to deliver this donation to
@iocpinterfaith
in Plymouth.
And the vote was unanimous! Food shelf visits are up nearly 50% in MN, per
@HungerSolutions
, and we’re glad to see bipartisan support at
#mnleg
for getting our partners the resources they need to keep serving MN families facing food insecurity.
MN partners have stepped up for neighborhoods damaged in the past week.
@Target
donated truckloads of baby formula, diapers & toilet paper.
@BlueCrossMN
provided a financial donation to help us buy more formula &
@mn_kitchen
provided 500 hot meals to the Little Earth community.
We’re back at
#mnleg
for a hearing on
#HF213
, which provides $5 million in emergency funds for MN food shelves in recognition of the ongoing need and challenges facing hunger-relief orgs. Thanks to
@HungerSolutions
for leading the charge and to
@RepKeeler
for your support!
“This is a place where miracles happen every day.” Thank you
@SecVilsack
for visiting our facility, thanking our volunteers, and leading this hunger fight.
Today, Minnesota Governor
@GovMarkDayton
proclaimed December, 13th Rob Zeaske Day. "
@RobZeaske
's final day leading Second Harvest Heartland in December 2018 will culminate an inspiring and impactful ten-year commitment to ending hunger in Minnesota."
Thank you
@BlueCrossMN
for stepping up big time to help our hungry neighbors! While COVID-19 affects our community, Blue Cross is generously matching donations—up to $500,000. That means your gift can provide TWICE as many meals! Please donate:
Our truck drivers have delivered food in 100+ degree weather down to subzero degree temps and everything in between. Whether rain, sleet, snow or ice—our drivers are committed to getting food to out to the community. Thank you,
@2harvest
drivers!
With the help of her parents, 11-year-old Kaylee has delivered more than 2,000 pounds of food Second Harvest Heartland, showing immense thoughtfulness and empathy.
.
@allison_otoole
is talking with
@WCCO
this afternoon about the emergency food boxes we're pushing out to help shore up our hungry neighbors. Our community has come together like never before to help, and we are so grateful!
CEO
@Allison_OToole
is one of 40 Minnesotans invited to the
@WhiteHouse
to participate in their “Communities in Action: Building a Better MN” conference this week. She’ll share how COVID-era initiatives kept our neighbors fed, and the need for action to fight hunger. 1/2
We're so proud to announce our own
@allison_otoole
is a new member of
@FeedingAmerica
's Policy Engagement and Advocacy Committee. As part of the committee, she'll help spearhead advocacy strategies and strengthen our collective voice and impact on hunger issues in Congress!
Such an important conversation happening on
@MPRnews
today w
@AngelaDavisMPR
. We are working to leverage our position as a large produce customer to strengthen our ag communities of color, and are eager to learn more this morning.
Roughly 99 percent of Minnesota farmers are white, and there are only 39 Black farmers in the state. Tuesday at 11
@MPRnews
, I’ll talk with a Black farmer, a Hmong farmer and
@MNagriculture
assistant commissioner
@ACBaileyMN
about farmers of color.
Today, we're sending out more food than any other day in the history of our food bank. With requests for food assistance up three-fold—we need your help. Please donate today if you can so our team can continue to deliver and meet this unprecedented need:
Too many families are one car repair or prescription bill away from hunger, and COVID-19 & recent cuts to SNAP will make more families vulnerable. Today in the
@StarTribune
, our CEO
@allison_otoole
shares how we're keeping community members safe & fed:
Our truck drivers are on the front lines in the fight against hunger and have worked around the clock to help us get food & supplies to those who need it most. Let's give these heroes some ♥️. If you see a
@2harvest
truck, give 'em a friendly honk & wave to show your support!
Special thanks to
@athielen19
,
@MRS_T_19
and The Thielen Foundation for their $25,000 donation to support kids who are aren't able to access school meals during COVID-19 closures. With their help, we'll have the resources to respond to the increased needs in the coming weeks.
We are so very proud of
@allison_otoole
and our
@2harvest
team for receiving this recognition. Together, we faced the 2020 hunger crisis head-on and are working toward building a better 2021. Thank you to
@TCBmag
for bringing awareness to our work and hunger in our community.
This year, an additional 275,000 people in MN began living with hunger.
Help us feed our community by joining team
@2harvest
at this year's
#WalktoEndHunger
—you can join anytime, from anywhere! It's never been easier to give back:
Today we are opening the doors of our new state-of-the-art Volunteer Center where we’ll host 30,000+ members of our community each year, all coming together to end hunger! Will you help?
#VolunteerLedandFed
As of yesterday, the governor signed the bonding bill! We will receive our full request of $18 million in state bonding to renovate our new distribution center in Brooklyn Park.
Wow! Yesterday, our community raised more than $280,000 during the Thielen Foundation Minnesota COVID Relief Radiothon. THANK YOU for participating, and special thanks to The Thielen Foundation,
@KFAN1003
,
@iHeartRadio
, and
@BankWithChoice
for making the day happen!
Happy one year anniversary to
@2harvest
CEO
@allison_otoole
! In the past year, we've made great progress in distributing nutritious foods, delivering more meals and advocating for hunger. Thank you for your leadership, Allison!
Meet Juan, one of our temporary drivers that was hired to meet the increased demand of COVID-19. He’s been with us since March, and we couldn't be more grateful for his hard work and kind heart.
Thank you to
@MinnesotaPork
and
@CFANS
for your generous donation of 12,300 pounds of ground pork for local families in need! This donation was made possible by MN pig farmers, the CFANS Andrew Boss Laboratory of Meat Science, and
@2harvest
's Farm to Food Shelf grant dollars.
I love when I get to volunteer at
@2harvest
. Kids can't enjoy the summer when they don’t know where lunch is coming from, which is why I'm here to
#stepuptotheplate
& help raise 100,000 meals. Oh & beat the
@Royals
&
@HarvestersORG
too. Donate @ . -
@TC_00
.
@Securian
's mission is to help families build secure tomorrows, and they’re living their purpose by donating $250,000 to help fund our COVID-19 emergency response. Thank you to our friends at Securian Financial for their generous support during this unprecedented time.
Shelf-stable milk? Yes, please! We're thrilled to partner w/
@KempsCows
&
@cubfoods
on the “Giving Cow Project”—a hunger awareness campaign in which Kemps is generously donating nearly 500,000 containers of shelf-stable milk to food shelves across MN, WI, IA & IL!
Special shoutout to our
@2harvest
Volunteer Experience Ambassadors for helping host
@GovTimWalz
and
@MNagriculture
Commissioner
@ThommyPetersen
today! These emergency food boxes packed during the volunteer shift will be heading out into the community soon.
Not all heroes wear capes! Bill Brummer, who works in shipping and receiving at
@2harvest
, has been a hunger-fighting hero behind the scenes as our food bank team works around the clock.
Thank you, Bill, for going above and beyond to help us during this critical time!
Thanks to your donations, over $100,000 has been provided to our neighbors in need. That's equal to 300,000 meals. You can still donate to
@2harvest
at .
Last chance to join the Home Teams vs Hunger campaign! Bid on MN sports team's autographed memorabilia & VIP sports experiences to help provide much-needed meals to 6
@FeedingAmerica
food banks across the state. Get those bid & donations in TODAY!
#OneMN
We're honored to have
@the_sioux_chef
join the
@mn_kitchen
family! As hunger surges in South MPLS and surrounding Twin Cities neighborhoods, the 400 meals per day that their kitchen will be delivering to the community is more important than ever.
#MNCentralKitchen
Welcome to the
#MNCentralKitchen
family,
@the_sioux_chef
!
The 2,000 meals/week that'll be produced at The Sioux Chef's kitchen are more important than ever for the South MPLS community. Special thanks to
@Medtronic
for the funding to make our newest kitchen partnership possible.
@2harvest
is concerned about staying safe and reducing our exposure to illness. But for some of our neighbors, a lack of resources means they can’t afford to stock up on food. Missing work = missing meals. Here's our COVID-19 plan & how you can help:
Do you use the
@cariboucoffee
perks app? When you redeem 140 points on the app, Caribou will donate $5 to 2harvest! An easy-peasy opportunity you can take advantage of through Dec 31.
TONIGHT! At 6pm, head on over to the
@KwikTrip
Facebook page for a live concert by local friend and country music artist
@Chris_Hawkey
. Donations made between 6-6:30pm will go directly to
@2harvest
and will be matched by
@olddutch
, up to $5,0000! Please join us.
🎙🎶TOMORROW!! 6PM 🤘🏻
@Chris_Hawkey
takes over the
@KwikTrip
FaceBook page for another evening of entertainment!
FREE Show! Donations welcome.
Shout out to our generous sponsors
@olddutch
,
@JonnyPops
&
@TysonFoods
who will be matching donations, up to $5k each!❤️👇🏼
Thank you
@schwans
for presenting Second Harvest Heartland with $25,000 which will provide 75,000 meals to our community from a wonderful Super Bowl 2018 promotion!
Thanks to our partners at the Cargill Foundation for donating $1 million and their corporate cafeteria to
#MNCentralKitchen
that will help our partners prepare, package and distribute up to 10,000 individual and family-style takeout meals per day to hungry Minnesotans.
Second Harvest Heartland is in the final bonding bill! As of last night, both the House and Senate voted yes for our full request of $18 million in state bonding to buy and renovate our new distribution center in Brooklyn Park.
#mnleg