September 23, 2024
For Immediate Release
 
Contact:
Marcus Tanner, Director of Operations, 843-689-3616
           
 
Second Helpings To Distribute More Than 60,000 Pounds of Chicken
New Grant Has Provided Nearly $100,000 for Neighbors in Need
 
Second Helpings, the food nonprofit serving Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties, will be distributing more than 60,000 pounds of chicken to local food pantries in September, October, and December to benefit our neighbors in need.
 
The distribution is made possible by a grant from S.L. Gimbel Foundation, a component fund at The Inland Empire Community Foundation. The Foundation is based in California.
 
“We’re consistently asked by food pantries for more protein, especially chicken,” said Marcus Tanner, director of operations. “This generous grant will allow us to supply many families with a healthy source of protein over the next several months. We are extremely grateful to the S.L. Gimbel Foundation for supporting our work.”
 
Tanner added that David Martin, owner of Hilton Head’s Piggly Wiggly, is assisting with the purchase of such a large amount of chicken. “We got the grant and then began investigating how to make almost $100,000 go as far as we can to purchase chicken. Mr. Martin stepped up and helped us make the purchase in packages that will be a great size for any household (2.5 pound trays of eight chicken thighs); thus ensuring that our nonprofit receives the most product for the lowest price.
 
The first chicken distribution will be on Monday, September 23 and will continue all that week to some 40 food pantries in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties.
 
Already, food pantry directors are praising this latest effort by Second Helpings to help feed the hungry. “I think this is a blessing as [our clients] always ask about meats. This will put a smile on their faces, and food in their bellies,” said one director. Another called it a “wonderful treat.”
 
Chicken is considered to be an excellent source of protein and has less saturated and trans fats than many other animal protein sources.
  
To learn more about Second Helpings and how you can get involved, go to www.secondhelpingslc.org.
 
 
About Second Helpings:
Second Helpings is a nonprofit food rescue organization striving to eliminate hunger in the South Carolina Lowcountry. We collect and distribute food which would have otherwise ended up in landfills. Our 468 volunteers delivered 3.4 million pounds of food in 2023, free of charge, to 54 agencies in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties which serve more than 10,000 people every week. Second Helpings is a United Way Agency. For more information, visit www.secondhelpingslc.org , find us on Facebook or call 843-689-3689.