This week's guest on The Sunday Journal is Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County CEO Nicole Suydam. Nicole is a nonprofit executive with over 20 years of management and leadership experience working with local and national organizations dedicated to meeting human service needs.
VISION:
To create a future in which no one goes hungry. Ever.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County is the largest nonprofit hunger relief organization in Orange County leading the fight to end hunger for more than 301,000 men, women and children at risk of hunger in our community. Second Harvest distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of more than 200 partner agencies in locations throughout the county. Second Harvest provided enough food for a record of 21.6 million meals, feeding more than 250,000 people each month last year. Every dollar donated to Second Harvest provides enough food for three meals for the hungry.
HOW TO HELP:
- Make a tax-deductible donation. More than 90 cents of every dollar Second Harvest spends goes directly to programs and services
- Go to FeedOC.org to make a secure online donation or visit feedoc.org/give-now for more information on other ways to give.
- Donate through Second Harvet's Virtual Food Drive
-Volunteer, help sort donated food in our food distribution center
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Listen below as Kari Steele sits down with Nicole as she discusses her The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and the vision of ending hunger in Orange County.