Campbell community briefs for the week of Dec. 4
Second Harvest fundraiser
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley has launched its largest holiday fundraising campaign ever with the goal of raising $30 million by January. The fundraiser is intended to help cover increased expenses and to sustain emergency response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is now providing food assistance to an average of 500,000 people every month—twice as many people as it served pre-pandemic. The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program is due to sunset in December; Second Harvest was receiving an average of 38,000 boxes of pre-boxed food a week through the program, but in November the USDA decreased shipments to 11,000 boxes a week.
To support the fundraising campaign, donate online at shfb.org or call 866-234-3663.
The pandemic has also forced Second Harvest to change the way it accepts food donations during the holiday season. This year the food bank is not accepting community food donations or distributing food collection barrels into the community. Instead, the public is encouraged to make a financial donation; individuals and groups can host a host a virtual food drive. Organizers can set a goal, create their own personalized fundraising page with images and videos and then ask their community to donate. For more information visit on hosting a virtual food drive, visit shfb.org/ffd.
Anyone who needs food should call Second Harvest’s multilingual Food Connection hotline at 800-984-3663, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or visit shfb.org. Staff members speak English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Tagalog. Three-way interpretation is available for other languages.