Second Harvest Holiday Drive

Listen in to Lightning 100 all day on December 3rd to support Second Harvest Food Bank. Second Harvest will be taking over the station, and you will have opportunities to donate to this worthy cause all day! Support hungry Middle Tennesseeans this holiday season, and you’ll have a shot to win one of several great giveaways, including first-row tickets to see John Mayer at Bridgestone Arena!

When: Tuesday, December 3rd from 6:00am to 7:00pm
Where: On Your Radio – Listen in to get involved!
Cost: As much as you’d like to donate!

ABOUT THE DONATION DRIVE

Lightning 100 will be broadcasting all day on December 3rd in support of Second Harvest Food Bank. We will be raising money for this incredible cause, working to feed local families who would otherwise go hungry this holiday season. Listen in all day for opportunities to donate. Making a donation to Second Harvest will enter you into drawings for three different pairs of concert tickets throughout the day, including first-row tickets to see John Mayer at the Bridgestone Arena! Not only are the prizes awesome, but the cause is even better, as you’ll help to bring holiday cheer to local families, a gift that is truly priceless.

HOW TO DONATE

Click here to visit the Second Harvest website to donate.   Under “What motivated your gift?”, please select radio!

Call Second Harvest at 615-627-1579

ABOUT SECOND HARVEST

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee opened its doors in 1978 with commitment from several community leaders. The purpose of the organization was to provide a central distribution center for companies, groups and individuals who wished to help provide food for hungry people in Middle Tennessee. Second Harvest’s mission is to feed hungry people and work to solve hunger issues in our community. Modeled after the first food bank established in Phoenix in the mid-1970s, Second Harvest was designed to collect food that would otherwise be wasted, inspect and sort this food, and distribute it to soup kitchens, pantries, and shelters serving the hungry. During the first year, this process resulted in a total distribution of 160,000 pounds of food to 75 member agencies.

Today, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee is one of the largest and most comprehensive of over 200 food banks and food distribution centers nationwide. During the 2012/2013 fiscal year, Second Harvest distributed 23,955,957 pounds of food to over 400 Partner Agencies providing close to 20 million meals of food to hungry children, families and seniors throughout our 46-county service area. Second Harvest’s vision of ending hunger is more important than ever. Hunger is a big problem, and we need everyone’s help to solve this issue. According to the USDA, an estimated 50.1 million Americans are at risk of hunger, and 16.7 million U.S. children under 18 are food insecure. One in four children in the state of Tennessee are food insecure, and in Middle Tennessee alone, 31 percent of the people Second Harvest serves are children.