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🧡 Every Dollar Counts. Every Gift Makes a Difference. What does your donation to Second Helpings Atlanta really do? 🚗 It helps keep our volunteer drivers on the road. 🥒 It helps rescue fresh produce and surplus food. 🧡 It helps get that food to nonprofit partners feeding our neighbors across metro Atlanta. And right now, your generosity can go TWICE as far! Thanks to a generous donor, every dollar donated to our November 5 Day of Giving will be MATCHED, up to $20,000! 💰 $25 becomes $50. 💰 $100 becomes $200. 💰 $250 becomes $500. No gift is too small to make a difference. 🌐 Visit secondhelpingsatlanta.org to give today or start your own fundraising page! We keep food moving. And you help make it possible. 🧡 #SHADayofGiving #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #EveryDollarCounts #FoodRescue #AtlantaGives

👻🎃 NO TRICKS, JUST FOOD RESCUES! 🚗🥕 This Halloween, we're keeping something out of the graveyard… perfectly edible food! 🕸️ Thanks to our incredible volunteer drivers, surplus food is rescued from local businesses and delivered to nonprofit partner agencies across metro Atlanta, helping feed our neighbors instead of landfills! 🧡 And the treats don't stop today! We're just 5 days away from Second Helpings Atlanta's Day of Giving on November 5! Every mile counts. Every dollar counts. And thanks to a generous donor, every gift will be MATCHED up to $20,000! 🎃 Visit secondhelpingsatlanta.org to get involved and help us keep food moving! Happy Halloween from all of us at Second Helpings Atlanta! 👻 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #SHADayofGiving #FoodRescue #Halloween #WeKeepFoodMoving #EndHunger

🚗🧡 The countdown is on! Are you ready to join the drive? Second Helpings Atlanta's Day of Giving is November 5, but you don't have to wait until then to make a difference! 🎉 Fundraising pages are OPEN NOW! Start your own fundraising page, invite friends and family to support our mission, or make a donation today. Every gift helps us rescue surplus food and deliver it to nonprofit partner agencies feeding our neighbors across metro Atlanta. 💰 And here's the exciting part: Every dollar donated will be MATCHED, up to $20,000! Whether you raise $25, $250, or $1,000, you're helping us reach our $25,000 goal. Every dollar counts, and every gift makes a difference! 🧡 Ready to join the drive? Visit secondhelpingsatlanta.org to start fundraising or make your gift today! We keep food moving. Together. #SHADayofGiving #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #JoinTheDrive #FoodRescue #AtlantaGives #WeKeepFoodMoving

🚗🧡 We Keep Food Moving. And YOU Make It Possible! Every day across metro Atlanta, our volunteer drivers fill their vehicles with perfectly good food that might otherwise go to waste. From grocery stores and restaurants to our nonprofit partners serving neighbors in need, every rescue route makes a difference. 🚗 Our volunteers give their time and vehicles. 🥕 Our food donors share their surplus food. 🧡 Our nonprofit partners get that food into the hands of neighbors who need it. 💚 YOU help make it all possible through your generosity and support! It's a community effort, and every route, every pound, and every person plays a part. Want to be part of the movement? Volunteer, donate, or help spread the word! 🔗 www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org Together, We Keep Food Moving! 🚚🧡 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #WeKeepFoodMoving #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FoodNotWaste #Atlanta

👻 Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters? Not this time! 🚚🧡 When you've got surplus food, Second Helpings Atlanta is the team to call! Last week, we welcomed THREE truckloads of food from US Foods as part of an exciting NEW partnership! And look what we accomplished together: 🚚 3 truckloads of rescued food 🥕 41,000 pounds of food saved from going to waste 🧡 11 nonprofit organizations received food to help feed our neighbors across metro Atlanta! That's a whole lot of food moving in the right direction! A HUGE thank you to US Foods for partnering with us and to our incredible team and nonprofit partners who helped get all that food where it needed to go. We're excited about this new relationship and hope it's the beginning of many more truckloads to come! Good food belongs on plates, not in landfills. And we know just who to call! 👻🚚 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #USFoods #FoodRescue #WeKeepFoodMoving #FoodNotWaste #Atlanta #CommunityPartnerships

🎃🚗 Hunger Haunts Us... But You Can Help Scare It Away! 👻 This Halloween season, the scariest thing isn't ghosts or goblins. It's knowing that our neighbors are facing hunger while perfectly good food goes to waste. But here's the treat: YOU can help change that! 🧡 Join our food rescue crew! In just 90 minutes or less, you can pick up surplus food from a local grocery store, restaurant, or food donor and deliver it to a nonprofit partner helping feed our neighbors. 🦇 No tricks, just treats for our community! 🚗 Use your own vehicle. ⏰ Give an hour or two of your time. 🧡 Make a difference right here in Atlanta. Don't let hunger haunt our neighbors. Sign up for a food rescue route this week! 🔗 www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #HungerHauntsUs #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #HalloweenForGood #WeKeepFoodMoving

🚗🧡 Got room in your car? We've got food to rescue! This is what a successful food rescue looks like! A vehicle packed with perfectly good food that might otherwise go to waste, now on its way to help feed our neighbors. You don't need a truck or a special vehicle to make a difference. Just a little time, some room in your car, and a willingness to help! Our volunteer drivers pick up surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, and other food donors and deliver it directly to nonprofit partners serving our community. 🥕 Your car. Your time. A whole lot of impact. Ready to fill your vehicle with purpose? Join our food rescue team! 🔗 secondhelpingsatlanta.org #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #WeKeepFoodMoving #FoodNotWaste

👻 Scary Stat Tuesday 🎃 1 in 7 of our neighbors in metro Atlanta faces food insecurity. That's someone in your classroom, your break room, or a home right down the street. The scariest part? Hunger doesn't wear a costume. It's often hiding in plain sight. 🧡 At Second Helpings Atlanta, we're working to change that by rescuing surplus food and getting it to the nonprofit partners feeding our neighbors. This Halloween season, let's make hunger a little less scary. 🚗 Volunteer. 🧡 Donate. 📣 Spread the word. #ScaryStatTuesday #HungerAwareness #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #EndHunger #Atlanta

👻 Got a case of the Mondays? We’ve got something scarier: OPEN ROUTES. 🎃 Monday is the day we need our food rescue heroes the most. Grab your keys, claim a route, and help rescue surplus food before it disappears into the wrong place. 🚗🥕🧡 Most routes take 90 minutes or less, and you’ll help move food from a local donor directly to a nonprofit partner serving our neighbors. Don’t ghost us this Monday. 👻 Claim a route! #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #RouteMonday #VolunteerAtlanta #FoodRescue #KeepFoodMoving #Halloween

🧡 What if a couple of hours of your week could help keep food moving to neighbors across Atlanta? That’s what our volunteers do. They pick up surplus food. They fill their cars. They load boxes. They move fresh produce. And they deliver it to nonprofit partners that make sure it reaches people who can use it. No special skills required. Just a little time and a willingness to help. As you look at the week ahead, make room for a rescue route. 🚗🥕📦 Volunteer. Move food. Feed your neighbors. Download the Second Helpings Atlanta App today! #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #VolunteerAtlanta #FoodRescue #KeepFoodMoving #AtlantaVolunteers #SundayInspiration

🌎 World Food Day There is enough food in the world. The challenge is making sure it reaches the people who need it. That’s something we think about every day at Second Helpings Atlanta. Across our community, surplus food is available at grocery stores, restaurants, farms, businesses, and events. At the same time, our neighbors are facing hunger. Food rescue helps connect the two. Our volunteers, food donors, nonprofit partners, and supporters form a network that keeps food moving instead of letting it go to waste. This World Food Day, we’re reminded that addressing hunger isn’t only about producing more food. It’s also about valuing the food we already have and making sure more of it reaches a plate. 🌱🥕🧡 Less food wasted. More neighbors fed. #WorldFoodDay #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #FoodSecurity #FoodWaste #KeepFoodMoving #AtlantaNonprofit

👻 Hunger is haunting communities around the world. The numbers are scary: hundreds of millions of people experience hunger, and billions cannot afford a healthy diet. But hunger isn’t just a global issue. It’s happening in our own communities, too. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we believe food that can feed people shouldn’t go to waste. Every day, we rescue surplus food and keep it moving to nonprofit partners serving neighbors across metro Atlanta. 🧡 This Halloween, help us make hunger the thing that disappears. 🚗 Drive a rescue route. 🥕 Connect us with a food donor. 🧡 Make a gift. 📣 Share our mission. Together, we can drive out hunger — one rescue at a time. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #HungerIsHaunting #FoodRescue #KeepFoodMoving #Halloween #AtlantaNonprofit

🚗 This Route Needs a Driver! Looking for a simple way to make food rescue part of your weekly routine? We’re looking for a volunteer to adopt this Tuesday route and help us keep food moving every week: 📍 Pick up: Aldi Buckhead 🧡 Deliver to: Suthers Center for Christian Outreach 📅 Every Tuesday ⏰ 9:30 AM pickup One regular route. One dependable volunteer. And week after week, surplus food gets where it’s needed instead of going to waste. Can you make this your Tuesday route? Claim it in the Second Helpings Atlanta app! 🚗🧡 Not available Tuesdays? Share this post — your share might help us find the perfect driver and look for other routes that may fit your schedule. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #KeepFoodMoving #AtlantaVolunteers #Buckhead

👻 Hunger can be scary. But YOU can help drive it away! 🎃 This Halloween season, there’s no trick here — just an easy way to make a real difference for our neighbors. Grab your keys, claim a food rescue route, and spend a little time moving surplus food from a local food donor to a nonprofit partner serving our community. 🚗🧡 A rescue route can take just 60–90 minutes, but the impact goes much further. 🎃 No tricks. Just treats for our community. Claim a route today! #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #HungerCanBeScary #Halloween #AtlantaVolunteers

👻 Hunger can be haunting — but together, we can do something about it. 🎃 Every day, our volunteers rescue surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, events, and other food donors and deliver it to nonprofit partners serving our neighbors across metro Atlanta. This Halloween season, help us make sure food that can feed people finds its way to a plate instead of going to waste. 🧡 🚗 Claim a rescue route 🥕 Help us rescue more food 🧡 Support Second Helpings Atlanta Because the scariest thing about hunger is how many of our neighbors experience it. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #HungerIsScary #Halloween #AtlantaNonprofit #VolunteerAtlanta

Feature Friday 🍁 October is National Farm to School Month — and a great reminder of the value of fresh, locally grown food. This fall, seasonal produce like squash, apples, and greens can find a second destination instead of going to waste. Through our food rescue network and Field to Fork, surplus food moves from farms, grocery partners, and other food donors to nonprofit organizations serving neighbors across metro Atlanta. 🥬 Less food wasted. 🚚 More food moving. 🧡 More fresh produce reaching our neighbors. That’s food rescue in action. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #FieldToFork #NationalFarmToSchoolMonth #FoodWaste #AtlantaNonprofit

Hunger is closer than you think. 🧡 Behind these numbers are children, families, seniors, and neighbors trying to make ends meet — including people right here in metro Atlanta. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we believe food that can feed people shouldn’t go to waste. Every day, our volunteers rescue surplus food and deliver it to nonprofit partners serving our community. You can be part of the solution. 🚗 Claim a route. Rescue food. Feed neighbors. #HungerActionMonth #HungerActionDay #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #HungerAction #VolunteerAtlanta

Today is Hunger Action Day. 🧡 Hunger is a big challenge, but taking action doesn’t have to be. At Second Helpings Atlanta, action happens every day when a volunteer gets behind the wheel, a business donates surplus food, a partner agency gets food into the hands of our neighbors, or someone makes a gift to keep our food rescue network moving. Today, choose your action: 🚗 Drive a rescue route 💚 Make a donation 🥕 Connect us with a food donor 📣 Share our mission with someone new One action becomes another. And together, those actions mean more food rescued and more neighbors fed. How will you take action today? #HungerActionDay #HungerActionMonth #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FightHunger

1 in 7 people in metro Atlanta faces food insecurity. At the same time, food that could feed our neighbors goes to waste every day. That’s where food rescue comes in. 🚗🥕 Second Helpings Atlanta connects surplus food with nonprofit partners serving communities across metro Atlanta — and together, we’ve rescued and delivered more than 40 million pounds. But the need continues. Every rescued pound represents an opportunity: keep food out of the waste stream and get it to someone who can use it. This Hunger Action Month, help us keep the wheels turning. Volunteer. Donate. Connect us with food donors. Share our mission. 🧡 #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescue #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodInsecurity #Atlanta #VolunteerAtlanta

Hunger Action Month is about turning awareness into action. 🧡 Behind these numbers are our neighbors — families, children, seniors and individuals who deserve reliable access to nutritious food. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we believe good food should feed people, not landfills. Every day, our volunteers rescue surplus food and deliver it to nonprofit partners serving communities across metro Atlanta. And there are so many ways to be part of it: 🚗 Drive a food rescue route 🥕 Volunteer at a Field to Fork distribution 🤝 Connect us with a potential food donor 💚 Make a donation to fuel our work However you choose to help, your action matters. This Hunger Action Month, help us rescue more food and feed more neighbors. #HungerActionMonth #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FightHunger #AtlantaNonprofits

You don’t have to do everything to make a difference. Maybe you have 90 minutes to drive a food rescue route. Maybe your company has surplus food to donate. Maybe you can make a gift, introduce us to a potential partner, start a fundraiser, or simply share our mission with someone who doesn’t know about food rescue yet. There’s a place for everyone in the fight against hunger and food waste. This Hunger Action Month, choose the action that fits your time, your resources and your life. Small actions, multiplied across our community, can make a BIG difference. What will yours be? 🧡 #HungerActionMonth #FeatureFriday #TakeAction #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FightHunger #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

Stat Tuesday 📊🧡 1 in 5 children in the United States lives in a food-insecure household. That’s more than 14 million children. Behind that statistic are kids in classrooms, on playgrounds, riding school buses and sitting down at dinner tables in communities across the country. Hunger Action Month is about turning awareness into action. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we do that by rescuing healthy, surplus food and getting it to nonprofit partners serving our neighbors. Because good food should feed people, not landfills. 🧡 #HungerActionMonth #ChildHunger #FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

Route Check-In 🚗🧡 We’re halfway through Hunger Action Month, and we have one big goal for the rest of September: ZERO open routes. 🎯 Every route filled connects surplus food from a local food donor with one of our nonprofit partner agencies — and it usually takes about 90 minutes to make that connection happen. If you’ve been thinking about trying a food rescue, this is your sign! Training is provided, routes are flexible, and you choose what works for your schedule. Already a Food Rescue Hero? Check the app and grab an open route. New to SHA? Sign up and we’ll help you get started. Help us finish September with zero open routes! 🚗🥕🧡 #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescueHero #VolunteerAtlanta #FoodRescue #ZeroOpenRoutes #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

Hunger doesn’t solve itself — it takes all of us. Across our community, too many of our neighbors are struggling to put enough food on the table. At the same time, perfectly good food is still going to waste. That’s where we can make a difference. This Hunger Action Month, take action with Second Helpings Atlanta: 🍎 Connect us with a business that has surplus food 🚗 Volunteer to drive a food rescue route 🧡 Make a gift to help keep food moving to our neighbors There isn’t just one way to fight hunger. Find the way that works for you and take action. #HungerActionMonth #TakeAction #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FightHunger #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

🧡 Hunger Action Month is about more than awareness. It’s about action. Every day, good food is available that can nourish our neighbors instead of going to waste. And every day, our community helps us make that connection. Whether you introduce us to a business with surplus food, get behind the wheel for a food rescue route, or make a gift to keep our vans moving — you have a role in rescuing food and fighting hunger in Atlanta. There’s no one way to take action. Find yours. 🧡 #HungerActionMonth #TakeAction #FoodRescue #FightHunger #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #Atlanta

🚗🧡 We need YOU this Labor Day weekend! Food rescue doesn’t take a holiday — and we have routes that need volunteer drivers! 🥕 Pick up surplus food 🚗 Drive it to a nonprofit partner 🧡 Help feed our Atlanta neighbors Already a volunteer? Open the Food Rescue Hero app and grab an available route! New to Second Helpings Atlanta? We’d LOVE to have you! Download the app and be sure to follow the instructions in your welcome email to complete the onboarding process before taking your first route. A little time. A few miles. A BIG impact. Help us drive out hunger, one mile at a time. #HungerActionMonth #LaborDayWeekend #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #DriveOutHunger

From game days to grocery aisles, food rescue happens everywhere. 🚐🥕 Our food rescue routes take us to all kinds of places, grocery stores, restaurants, food distributors, farms, event venues, and stadiums, to make sure good food gets where it’s needed most. Here is our van at Mercedes HQ, where Second Helpings Atlanta has been the official food rescue partner since the stadium opened. From Falcons games and Atlanta United matches to concerts and special events, our team helps rescue surplus food year-round and get it to our nonprofit partners across Atlanta. And every rescue is part of something bigger: feeding our neighbors while keeping good food out of landfills. 💚 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #FeedAtlanta #MercedesBenzStadium #FoodWaste #RescueFood #NeighborsFeedingNeighbors

Food rescue is more than moving food from one place to another. It’s neighbors feeding neighbors. ❤️ Every day, Second Helpings Atlanta rescues good, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and gets it into the hands of our nonprofit partners—where it becomes meals for people across our community. And behind every rescue is a volunteer. 🚗💚 Our volunteer drivers pick up surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, farms, and other food donors and deliver it to the organizations that need it most. They’re the connection between food that could be wasted and a neighbor who needs a meal. Food rescue is powered by volunteers. Food rescue feeds Atlanta. Want to help? Volunteer with Second Helpings Atlanta and be part of the journey from surplus to supper. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #FeedAtlanta #FoodWaste #VolunteerAtlanta #NeighborsFeedingNeighbors

🍎 July 2026 Impact Report 495,649 lbs of surplus food rescued 413,040 meals made possible 903 routes • 107 partners • 204 volunteer drivers YTD: 3.3M lbs rescued = 2.7M meals 🙌 Thank you to everyone who made this happen. Want to help? Drop a comment 👇 #FoodRescue #FightingFoodWaste #CommunityImpact

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