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Help your local food pantry: Second Harvest Food Bank [Video]

One in five children are food insecure in the Triad. Second Harvest Food Bank helps kids, families and seniors from Boone to Burlington.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — What’s for dinner? Soup is on in Winston-Salem! Second Harvest Food Bank is hosting its biggest fundraiser of the year, Empty Bowls.

This drive-thru event includes a bag of homemade soup and two homemade pottery bowls created by Sawtooth Visual Arts students. About 1,200 people signed up to buy the soup and bowls. They get fed and they help others to be fed as well.

There’s been a big increase in folks who need food help. Compared to March of 2022, requests for food assistance are up 42% in our area which stretches from Boone to Burlington. 

According to Second Harvest, more than 50,000 residents received help from the Second Harvest network last month alone, as first-time customers of the food bank resources. The network includes more than …

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Remarks by José Andrés at WCK's Celebration of Life Service at Washington National Cathedral [Video]

Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served hundreds of millions nourishing meals around the world. __Follow WCK:Website: https://wck.org/Instagram: https://instagram.com/wckitchenTwitter: https://twitter.com/WCKitchenFacebook: https://facebook.com/worldcentralkitchenTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wckitchen

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WCK Celebration of Life at Washington National Cathedral [Video]

World Central Kitchen held an interfaith Celebration of Life to honor our heroes killed in Gaza. The memorial service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 25. The memorial service honored Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha of Palestine, John Chapman of Britain, Jacob Flickinger of the U.S. and Canada, Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom of Australia, James Henderson of Britain, James Kirby of Britain, and Damian Soból of Poland.__Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises, while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served hundreds of millions nourishing meals around the world. __Follow WCK:Website: https://wck.org/Instagram: https://instagram.com/wckitchenTwitter: https://twitter.com/WCKitchenFacebook: https://facebook.com/worldcentralkitchenTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wckitchen