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🎃🚗 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

👻 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

🌎 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

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Atlanta Pride Weekend! 🏳️‍⚧️ At Second Helpings Atlanta, we believe everyone deserves to feel welcomed, valued, and supported — at our warehouse, on a rescue route, at our partner agencies, and throughout our community. This weekend, we’re proud to celebrate Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ community and all of the volunteers, donors, partners, and neighbors who make our city stronger, more colorful, and more connected. 🧡🌈 There’s room for everyone in our food rescue community. Happy Pride, Atlanta! 🏳️‍🌈 #AtlantaPride #PrideAtlanta #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #AtlantaNonprofit #PrideWeekend #LoveIsLove

🚗 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

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

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

The countdown is on. 🧡 Tuesday is Hunger Action Day, and we’re asking one simple question: How will YOU take action? 🚗 Claim a food rescue route 🥕 Keep good food from going to waste 🤝 Connect us with a potential food donor 💚 Make a donation 📣 Tell someone about Second Helpings Atlanta Big or small, every action matters. And when thousands of individual actions come together, we can rescue more food, feed more neighbors, and waste less. September 29 is Hunger Action Day. Let’s show up, Atlanta. 💪 #HungerActionDay #HungerActionMonth #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #FightHunger

Before you make another grocery run, shop your fridge first! Pick one night a week to make Leftover Night — finish what’s already there, get creative with odds and ends, and keep perfectly good food from going to waste. Can’t finish it this week? Freeze it for another day. ❄️ Food rescue can start right in your own kitchen. One simple habit can save money, reduce food waste, and make a real impact. 💚 What’s waiting in your fridge to be rescued this weekend? #HungerActionMonth #FoodWaste #LeftoverNight #FoodRescue #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #SaveFood

Thankful Thursday 🧡 Today, we’re grateful for the people who make food rescue possible — our volunteers. Every route you claim. Every box you load. Every mile you drive. It all adds up to good food reaching our neighbors instead of going to waste. And with just 5 days until Hunger Action Day, we have one more goal we’d love your help reaching: ZERO open routes on September 29. 🚗 To every volunteer who has driven a route this month: THANK YOU. You are the reason the food gets where it’s needed. Haven’t driven yet? There’s still time to help us close the gap. Open the Food Rescue Hero app and grab a route. 💚 Let’s get to ZERO together! #ThankfulThursday #HungerActionMonth #HungerActionDay #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #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

🍆 18,000 pounds of eggplant. 🥒 20,000 pounds of cucumbers. 🚚 49 nonprofit agencies served. That’s what a Field to Fork morning looks like at Second Helpings Atlanta! A huge thank you to our friends at IHG for jumping in, doing the heavy lifting, and helping us get 38,000 pounds of fresh Georgia produce out into our community. 💚 From the farm → to our volunteers → to 49 partner agencies → to tables across metro Atlanta. This is food rescue in action. #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FieldToFork #FoodRescue #IHG #VolunteerAtlanta #FoodRescueInAction #AtlantaNonprofits

Hunger Action Day is September 29, and we have one big goal: ZERO open routes. 🚗💚 Every route filled between now and then means good food gets rescued and delivered to our neighbors instead of going to waste. If you can give just 90 minutes or less this week, this is the week to do it. Already a Food Rescue Hero? Open the app and claim a route. New to Second Helpings Atlanta? Sign up to become a volunteer driver and join us on the road to zero! Let’s fill those routes, Atlanta. 💪 #RouteMonday #HungerActionMonth #HungerActionDay #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #ZeroOpenRoutes

Sunday Reflection 🧡 Sometimes making a difference starts with one small decision. One food rescue route. One donation. One introduction. One shared post that helps someone new discover our mission. With just 10 days until Hunger Action Day, there’s still plenty of time to turn awareness into action. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we see every day what happens when individual actions come together: good food is rescued, nonprofit partners have more resources, and more of our neighbors have food on the table. You don’t have to do everything. Just do something. What will your something be? 🧡🚗 #HungerActionMonth #HungerActionDay #SundayReflection #FoodRescue #VolunteerAtlanta #TakeAction #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

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

Thankful Thursday 🧡🚗 Look at these Food Rescue Heroes! 🧡 Halfway through Hunger Action Month, we’re feeling especially grateful for the people who make food rescue happen every single day. Our volunteers give their time, their miles and a little room in their cars to make sure good food gets from our food donors to nonprofit partners serving our neighbors across metro Atlanta. Every pickup matters. Every delivery matters. Every volunteer matters. And September isn’t over yet! Grab a route, share our mission, or make a gift as we keep the momentum going toward Hunger Action Day on September 29. To everyone helping us Drive Out Hunger, One Mile at a Time — thank you. 🧡 #ThankfulThursday #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescueHero #VolunteerAtlanta #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

Sunday Shoutout 🧡 | Solidarity Sandy Springs Food rescue doesn’t end when the food is picked up — it ends when that food reaches our neighbors. This week, we’re giving a shoutout to our friends at Solidarity Sandy Springs, one of the incredible partner agencies helping turn rescued food into meals, groceries and support for families in our community. SHA may help rescue the food, but our agency partners are the ones making sure it gets into the hands of people who need it. We couldn’t do this work without them. Thank you, Solidarity Sandy Springs, for being part of the food rescue journey! 🧡🚗🥕 #SundayShoutout #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescue #CommunityPartners #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

🧡 Food rescue takes work. And today, we’re celebrating the people who make it happen. Every pound of food we rescue has people behind it, food donors who set it aside, volunteers who load their cars and drive the miles, partner agencies who unload and distribute it, and the team working behind the scenes to connect it all. This Labor Day, as we kick off Hunger Action Month, we’re especially grateful for the many hands that keep good food moving through our community and onto the tables of our neighbors. Because fighting hunger takes all of us. Happy Labor Day from Second Helpings Atlanta. 🧡 #LaborDay #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescue #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FightHunger

🧡 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

🌱🎶 What a night! Last Friday, the Second Helpings Atlanta team had the opportunity to table at the Jack Johnson concert — and even got to meet Jack himself! 💚 We’re especially grateful to be part of a concert experience that puts sustainability front and center. Through his All At Once campaign, Jack Johnson has long championed sustainable local food systems, reducing waste and taking action to protect our planet. At Second Helpings Atlanta, we believe food rescue is environmental action, too. Every pound of nutritious food we rescue keeps good food out of landfills while helping feed our neighbors. Thank you, Jack Johnson, for creating space to connect music, community and sustainability — and for having us! We loved sharing the mission of Second Helpings Atlanta with concertgoers. 💚 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FoodRescue #FoodWaste #Sustainability #JackJohnson #AllAtOnce #FeedAtlanta

A huge congratulations to Carol, our Volunteer of the Month! Carol reached an incredible milestone by completing her 100th food rescue this past month! That level of dedication represents countless meals delivered to our partner agencies and thousands of pounds of food kept out of landfills. Thank you, Carol, for your commitment to our mission and for being such an amazing member of the Second Helpings Atlanta volunteer family. We appreciate everything you do!

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

🔥 Grand Tasting Alpharetta is back! And we are the official food rescue partner. Thursday, Aug 27 | The Hotel at Avalon VIP: 6pm | GA: 7pm. Join us for unlimited tastings from 25+ top restaurants, craft cocktails, wine & beer, local chefs, and live music from Bogey and the Viceroy. Tickets sell out every year — grab yours 👉 https://us.list-manage.com/5Q7yN3V1uIf?e=900b5b9083&c2id=8821352fdde45c3c837b9124b309c11c #GrandTastingAlpharetta #TasteOfAtlanta

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