{"id":20777,"date":"2024-12-11T20:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T01:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20777"},"modified":"2024-12-12T05:42:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:42:06","slug":"second-harvest-of-the-big-bend-serves-floridas-most-food-insecure-counties","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/second-harvest-of-the-big-bend-serves-floridas-most-food-insecure-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Harvest of the Big Bend serves Florida&#8217;s most food-insecure counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20777-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/12\/secondharvest121124s.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/12\/secondharvest121124s.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/12\/secondharvest121124s.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The Big Bend is home to five of the 10 counties in Florida with the highest rates of food insecurity. And at the holidays, Second Harvest of the Big Bend is busier than ever &#8212; but they\u2019re getting a lot of help.<\/p>\n<p>Second Harvest CEO Monique Ellsworth says the food bank is \u201ca buzzing hive right now.\u201d With 16 counties to serve following an active hurricane season, there\u2019s a great deal of need and a lot for the volunteers to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that could look like coming to the food bank and helping pack boxes,&#8221; Ellsworth said. &#8220;It could be sorting food. It could be preparing for the big distributions or actually joining us at the distributions and helping us load up people\u2019s vehicles and wish them a happy holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Second Harvest estimates that in the counties it serves, 51 percent of the residents are working poor, living paycheck-to-paycheck at just above the federal poverty level and unable to afford basic living expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Ellsworth says the food bank distributes food year-round through its partner agencies &#8212; about 170 of them. And at the holidays, she says, they up the ante.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of those groups are super-charged, giving out food,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Over and above, on top of that, what Second Harvest is doing is we\u2019re doing direct distributions in community, where our staff is present and we are giving out food typically alongside volunteers from that community but it\u2019s over and above what the network of that neighborhood or that county are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fightinghunger.org\/get-involved\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fightinghunger.org\/get-involved\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20778,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Second Harvest of the Big Bend serves Florida&#039;s most food-insecure counties - 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