Programs

America’s Second Harvest of South Georgia, Inc.
2009 Programs


Food Bank Program - Providing cases of donated food to nonprofit agencies and food banks in Georgia. We annually distribute over 8 million pounds of food each year.  This program provides food to over 366 member programs in ten counties.  Local agencies access food by providing a shared maintenance fee up to .19 cents per pound to cover transportation and handling of products.  All food is free to agencies and must be given to end users at no cost.

Reclaim Program - Cleans and repackages damaged grocery items. We annually save over 2 Million pounds of food from going into local landfills. The food is used to feed the needy in Georgia.

Kids Café - Provides meals to children through after school feeding programs.  We feed 1300 plus children each night at our Kids Cafe programs in 8 counties.

Agency Services - Helps other charity organizations set up shelters, soup kitchens, and emergency pantries.

Rescue Valdosta - Rescues food from restaurants, deli's, bakeries, and produce marts. This food is recycled into our Kids Cafe and Soup Kitchen programs.

Educational Programs - Providing children's groups educational material to help eliminate the cycle of hunger in South Georgia.

Meals on Wheels – America’s Second Harvest of South Georgia, Inc. has partnered with First Presbyterian Church to provide hot meals to seniors each day.   

Manna Program - Provides food to low income neighborhood.  We provide over 2 million pounds of food to low income areas each year.

Teachers Harvest - Provides free school supplies to teachers in local school systems.  This program works with local companies to collect excess and used office supplies to help local teachers

Second Harvest of South Georgia is a certified member of the Feeding America Network.  Second Harvest is a state of Georgia certified solicitation agency and an IRS 501 (C) (3) organization.