UnitedHealthcare Distributes Food to Families in Need in Stanton

Millions of Americans live in households that are food insecure, which means that they don’t have the resources to regularly acquire nutritious, safe food. Food banks, such as Second Harvest Food Bank, are almost always in need of nonperishable food items. 1 out of 5 children in Orange County are hungry every day and 35% of those being fed by the Food Bank are children. In addition to monetary and food donations, donating your time to end hunger in your community is also important, as the Food Bank relies on volunteers.

Employees from UnitedHealthcare recently volunteered at the Second Harvest Food Bank, whose mission is to end hunger in Orange County. 26 UnitedHealthcare volunteers spent hours helping to sort, package and distribute food to 174 families in Stanton – which totals 827 people (including 215 children, 159 seniors, and 452 adults). The volunteer team helped load 6,360 pounds of food on the truck, which is roughly equivalent to 5,300 meals that were distributed to needy families in Orange County.

Second Harvest Food Bank reaches out to the community for donations, grants, fundraising, food drives, food rescue, harvesting and volunteers to help provide food, education and advocacy for the hungry. They work with partners in the community, such as UnitedHealthcare, to create innovative, sustainable ways to end hunger in Orange County. The Food Bank feeds 250,000 men, women and children each month and last year Second Harvest distributed the equivalent of more than 21.6 million meals to the hungry in Orange County.