October 2022 ~ The Latest From Second Helpings Atlanta

Dear Friend,

I’ve spent the last few weeks in a reflection mindset. Some of that has to do with the time of year and also because I just marked three years with Second Helping Atlanta…time flies!

I won’t recap all that has occurred since September 2019, but I will call out some amazing milestones and accomplishments that have happened in the last few weeks.

We marked 500,000 meals in our Meals with Meaning partnership with HelloFresh, Pratt Industries, Atlanta City Council, and the Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs. It only took a little over a year to reach this milestone, and we’ve been able to help thousands of people in the City of Atlanta who are experiencing food insecurity.

On September 19th, Atlanta City Council honored us with a proclamation, recognizing our “dedicated, humanitarian service…and compassionate giving to the residents of Atlanta.”

And just last Friday, we were invited to participate in Chick-fil-A’s Employee Summit at Mercedes Benz Stadium. We helped create a project, inviting 3,000+ employees to contribute socks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, protein bars, dehydrated soup, and soap to be packed into kits for our unhoused neighbors to use as the temperatures turn cold. Over 18,000 items were donated AND we rescued the surplus food from the event!

Our community is amazing – volunteers, corporate and community partners, and staff. I know there will be so many more milestones to come.

Thank you for all you do for Second Helpings Atlanta and our community –