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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

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

🎉 40 MILLION POUNDS RESCUED! 🎉 This week, we reached an incredible milestone: 40 million pounds of food rescued since Second Helpings Atlanta was founded! It's only fitting that this landmark rescue came from Mercedes-Benz Stadium and was delivered to our longtime partner, Crossroads Community Ministries—a reminder of what's possible when food donors, volunteers, and nonprofit partners come together to fight hunger and reduce food waste. Forty million pounds represents millions of meals, countless volunteer hours, and an unwavering commitment to ensuring good food nourishes people—not landfills. To every food donor, volunteer, partner agency, supporter, and advocate who has been part of this journey: thank you. This milestone belongs to all of us, and we're just getting started. Here's to the next 40 million pounds! 💚 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #40MillionPounds #FoodRescue #EndHunger #ReduceFoodWaste #CommunityImpact #MercedesBenzStadium #CrossRoadsCommunityMinistries

🌱🎶 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

🍆 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

🥒🫑🍆 Fresh from the farm. Straight to our community. Last week, our Field to Fork distribution delivered 37,194 pounds of fresh cucumbers, eggplant, and bell peppers to 52 partner agencies across Metro Atlanta. Because of the incredible collaboration with @retaazaco, volunteers, and nonprofit partners, thousands of families will have access to fresh, nutritious produce that might have otherwise gone to waste. Every pound rescued is a step toward a healthier community and a more sustainable food system. Thank you to everyone who helped make this distribution possible. Together, we're proving that good food belongs on tables—not in landfills. 💚 #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #FieldToFork #FoodRescue #EndHunger #ReduceFoodWaste #FreshProduce #CommunityImpact Retaaza

👻 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 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

Weekend Waste-Less Tip ❄️🥬 Did you know where you put food in your fridge can help it last longer? 🥩 Keep raw meat, poultry and seafood on the bottom shelf, sealed to prevent leaks. 🥛 Keep milk and other dairy on an inside shelf, where temperatures are more consistent. 🥫 Save the fridge door — one of the warmest spots — for condiments, sauces and other items that can handle temperature changes. 🥬 Use those crisper drawers! The right humidity can help fruits and vegetables stay fresh longer. A little fridge organization can mean more time to eat the food you bought, less money wasted and less food headed to the landfill. This weekend, give your fridge a five-minute reset! 🧡 #WasteLess #HungerActionMonth #FoodWaste #FoodStorage #FoodRescue #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

🧡 SAVE THE DATE! November 5, 2026! 🧡 We're just ONE WEEK away from Second Helpings Atlanta's Day of Giving! 🚗🥕 One day. One community. One mission: Keep food moving and feed our neighbors! And here's something worth celebrating — thanks to a generous donor, every dollar donated will be MATCHED, up to $20,000! 🎉 But you don't have to wait until November 5 to make a difference! You can start fundraising TODAY and help us build momentum toward our $25,000 goal. Whether you give, fundraise, or share our mission with friends and family, YOU can help make this day a success! 🌐 Visit www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org to learn more, start fundraising, and get involved! 📅 Mark your calendar for November 5! 🧡 Together, we keep food moving. #SHADayofGiving #SecondHelpingsAtlanta #SaveTheDate #FoodRescue #EndHunger #AtlantaGives

👻 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

🧡 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

🧡 Hunger Action Month Tip: Know Your Dates! “Best By” doesn’t mean “bad after.” Most “Best By” and “Sell By” dates are about peak quality — not food safety. Yet confusion around date labels can lead perfectly good food straight to the trash. Before you toss it, take a closer look. 👀 Check the food. Use your senses. Use good judgment. Learning the difference between “best by” and “unsafe” is one small way we can all help keep good food out of landfills — and value the food we already have. This Hunger Action Month, let’s feed people, not landfills. 🧡♻️ #HungerActionMonth #FoodRescue #FoodWaste #FeedPeopleNotLandfills #SecondHelpingsAtlanta

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

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

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