Stories

01 Jul

Cereal

Food Pantry • Food Programs

Help kids have healthy breakfasts by donating low-sugar, whole grain cereals to add to our pantry shelves!

15 Jun

Why I volunteer

Volunteers • Food Pantry • Food Programs • Client Stories

"As a kid, there was a stretch where I remember watching cartoons on Saturday mornings hungry in our trailer in Charleston, Illinois. Now I ‪#‎volunteer‬ on Saturday mornings so local kids can have breakfast before their cartoons. ‪#‎giveback‬ ‪#‎keeppurposeconstant‬ " - MOM Volunteer

03 May

International Table Top Day's Food Drive

Businesses • Organizations and Groups • Donors • Food Drives

Each year for International TableTop Day, I'm Board Games and Family Fun in Middleton hosts a day of game playing, and enters people who bring donations into fun game-centered giveaways throughout the day.

04 May

Congratulations to this year's Community Volunteer Awards winners!

Volunteers • Food Programs • Clothing Center • Thanksgiving Baskets

The United Way of Dane County Community Volunteer Awards takes the opportunity to highlight the enormous benefits volunteers bring to our community. Leading by example, the nominees and award recipients encourage everyone to engage in their community through volunteerism.

01 May

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Client Stories • Seniors Program • Churches • Organizations and Groups • Volunteers

A client says thank you to the Seniors Program volunteers for beautifying her garden.

06 Mar

Children.

MOM News • Donors • Housing Assistance • Client Stories

Hunger and the threat of homelessness affect all aspects of a child’s life. Research demonstrates that adverse experiences early in life can have lifelong, negative consequences for physical and mental health and well-being.

24 Apr

Decorating Food Barrels

Food Programs • Food Pantry • Food Drives • Donors • Volunteers • Organizations and Groups • Youth and Families

Second graders from Cub Scout Pack 240 decorated food drive barrels after taking a tour of the Food Pantry as well as collecting donations for the pantry.

01 Jun

TDS believes no child should go to bed hungry

Businesses • Donors • Food Programs • Food Pantry

Each year TDS supports six food pantries in Dane Co. in addition to Second Harvest because the employees feel strongly that no family or child should go to bed hungry.

16 May

Mead & Hunt's Canstruction® Madison "voyage"

Events • Canstruction • Food Programs

Kary Beck, volunteer and member of team Mead & Hunt, tells us how their award-winner participation in Canstruction® Madison impacted her and her coworkers in her blog post, "Making a difference in our community, one can at a time." This year's theme was "sCANning the Galaxy". Mead & Hunt built the Starship Enterprise (from Star Trek) out of cans of food.