Second Helpings Atlanta (SHA) received a $20,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, which drives global corporate citizenship and philanthropic programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS). The grant will be used to offset costs to run SHA’s front-line food rescue operations as well as technology enhancements.

SHA’s mission is to reduce hunger and food waste in metro Atlanta by rescuing healthy, surplus food and delivering it free of charge to its more than 50 Partner Agencies who feed the hungry. SHA’s volunteers use their personal vehicles to rescue large volumes of fresh, perishable and frozen prepared food and deliver it to Partner Agencies that serve a broad range of men, women, and children, including battered women, veterans, homeless, at risk LGBTQ youth, at-risk children, and individuals with alcohol and/or substance abuse problems. 

All food rescued by SHA is donated, which enables Partner Agencies to redirect money they previously spent on groceries to provide additional core services - without having to raise more funds.

“We are very grateful to The UPS Foundation for this generous donation that helps us to continue to ‘drive out hunger, one mile at the time,’” noted Sheri Labovitz, president of Second Helpings Atlanta. “Together, we make a true difference: SHA is on track to exceed our 2018 performance of rescuing 1.64 million pounds of food, enough to provide almost 1.37 million healthy meals to the clients of our Partner Agencies.”

“The UPS Foundation is honored to support Second Helpings Atlanta’s efforts to fight hunger and food waste in an effective and efficient way,” said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion officer at UPS. “Our goal is to fund powerful programs that make a lasting difference to the global community.”