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Volunteer Relations with Second Harvest Inland Northwest

02.08.2024 in Volunteer Relations

Volunteers are more than likely critical to your project’s functionality. Respecting volunteers and knowing each of their strengths and weaknesses saves time and frustration. Know your needs. Make sure you know how many volunteers are needed, what will be expected of them, and how long…

Visibility with Second Harvest Inland Northwest

02.08.2024 in Visibility

Create a PowerPoint presentation: Presenting your project to organizations using visuals aids is engaging, professional, and enjoyable for both the presenter and their audience.  Utilize social media, blogs, social networking sites: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even Craigslist are great resources. This Bootstrapping Your Social Media Engagement slideshow gives some great ideas on how to increase…

History with Second Harvest Inland Northwest

02.07.2024 in History

Second Harvest distributes more than 2 million pounds of donated food each month to help people in need in its service region – the Inland Northwest. Partnerships with more than 250 neighborhood food banks and meal centers make it possible for Second Harvest to feed 50,000 people each…

Home Fruit Tree with Second Harvest Inland Northwest

02.07.2024 in Fruit Tree Harvest

Under the gleaning project umbrella, Second Harvest has implemented a fruit tree registry geared towards salvaging fruit from residential and orchard trees. Homeowners ideally maintain and harvest their own fruit when possible. Second Harvest supplies the education (workshops), as well as picking boxes and transportation on harvest…

Donor Relations with Second Harvest Inland Northwest

01.07.2024 in Donor Relations

Second Harvest’s Food Sourcing/Development Team meets frequently to discuss and measure strategies in building relationships with its donors. A creative, soft approach (friendly; not overbearing) has proven advantageous in their line of success. Being sensitive to donors’ time and schedule are critical for the sustainability…

Starting (PAR)! Plant a Row for the Hungry with Second Harvest

06.04.2020 in Plant a Row/ Starts

The Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR) program encourages community members to dedicate a row (or more) of fruit, vegetables and/or herbs in their garden to help feed those in need. PAR was spearheaded by Jeff Lowenfels, a garden writer for the Anchorage Daily News and former Garden Writers Association (GWA) president. The idea was implemented as a national program by the GWA soon after..