Second Harvest is the regional nonprofit committed to hunger-relief. Working together with a vast network to acquire, gather, and distribute nutritious food, Second Harvest helps feed tens of thousands of people throughout Crawford, Erie, Huron, and Lorain counties.

Connecting Our Community to Healthy Food

We realize hunger is not a choice. It affects every community in the four counties we serve. Working with our network of over 130 partner charities and 10+ school districts, including food pantries, hot meal programs, emergency shelters, mobile pantries, senior food delivery and after-school programs, we are meeting people where they are. For every $1 donated, we can provide 6 meals to those in need.

Creating Pathways For All

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture that celebrates diversity and is equitable and inclusive.

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent our team members invest in their work and board members invest in their board service represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organization’s achievement as well.

We embrace and encourage our team members’ and board members’ differences, this includes, but is not limited to, age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, genetic information, and other characteristics that make our employees and board members unique.

Second Harvest’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; transfers; social and recreational programs; layoffs; terminations; work with community programs and outreach; and the ongoing development of a work environment built on the premise of gender and diversity, equity and inclusion that encourages and enforces:

• Respectful communication and cooperation between all team members and board members.
• Teamwork and team members participation, permitting the representation of all groups and employee perspectives.
• Work/life balance through flexible work schedules to accommodate employees’ varying needs.
• Board members', organizational, and team members' contributions to the communities we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for diversity.