Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Holiday Food and Fund Drive 2020

Holiday Food and Fund Drive 2020

About This Campaign

Help Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County continue to fill the gap and feed hope by providing healthy food throughout the current crisis and beyond.

100% of the funds raised during Holiday Food and Fund Drives goes to providing food to distribute at our partner agency locations.  Second Harvest Food Bank has the ability to provide 4 meals  for $1.  As part of Feeding American we have wholesale buying power. We can purchase truck loads of peanut butter at wholesale, apples for 8 cents a pound, celery at 12 cents a pound etc.  

We distribute food through our partner agencies and our programs throughout Santa Cruz County.  Since March 2020,Second Harvest has doubled the amount of food we are distributing. Our food distribution grew from 650,000 pounds per month to 1.2 million pounds per month. On average the number of Santa Cruz residents receiving food rose from 55,000 to over 100,000. 

If you need help setting up your page please contact aracele@thefoodbank.org or call 831-498-4119.

Location / Venue

  • Address:
  • 800 Ohlone Pkwy
  • Watsonville, CA 95076
  • USA
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Campaign to Support Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County distributes over 8 million pounds of food each year through 200 partner agencies and programs to children, families, vets and seniors in Santa Cruz County.  Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County is a member of Feeding America and rated 4 stars by Charity Navigator.

Fundraising Participant Personal Goal Amount Raised
Maternal Child Health
Maternal Child Health
327315
$3,273.15 of $2,500 (130%)
327315
$3,273.15
Martin and Shelly Hernandez
Martin and Shelly Hernandez
N/A
 		315419
$3,154.19
Martin Kirch
Martin Kirch
220586
$2,205.86 of $2,000 (110%)
220586
$2,205.86
Tiffany Zachmeier
Tiffany Zachmeier
204310
$2,043.1 of $2,000 (102%)
204310
$2,043.1
Finn and June Grillos
Finn and June Grillos
76715
$767.15 of $250 (306%)
76715
$767.15
Olivia Strusis Bregante
Olivia Strusis Bregante
N/A
 		68701
$687.01
Philippe Herrou
Philippe Herrou
66178
$661.78 of $650 (101%)
66178
$661.78
Terrence Willett
Terrence Willett
N/A
 		65997
$659.97
Emily Kirkland
Emily Kirkland
46762
$467.62 of $50 (935%)
46762
$467.62
Dominican Emergency Department
Dominican Emergency Department
N/A
 		40458
$404.58
Meg Venter
Meg Venter
N/A
 		39011
$390.11
Levi, Nova and Faith Emmert
Levi, Nova and Faith Emmert
36708
$367.08 of $5,000 (7%)
36708
$367.08
Katie Rowe-Kairys
Katie Rowe-Kairys
N/A
 		18366
$183.66
Alison Cromer
Alison Cromer
N/A
 		15702
$157.02
Jillian Holmberg
Jillian Holmberg
N/A
 		15702
$157.02
Patient Regitration Dominican
Patient Regitration Dominican
15702
$157.02 of $1,000 (15%)
15702
$157.02
Shuntelle Emanuel
Shuntelle Emanuel
10488
$104.88 of $500 (20%)
10488
$104.88
Nicole Rhodes
Nicole Rhodes
7881
$78.81 of $20 (394%)
7881
$78.81
Sarah Melton
Sarah Melton
N/A
 		5795
$57.95
Meera Saxena
Meera Saxena
N/A
 		5000
$50
Rachel McKay
Rachel McKay
N/A
 		2637
$26.37
Crystal Mckee
Crystal Mckee
N/A
 		500
$5
Maureen Kelly
Maureen Kelly
N/A
 		0
$0
LaVeta Lipscomb
LaVeta Lipscomb
N/A
 		0
$0
Tammy Green
Tammy Green
N/A
 		0
$0
Keith Rayburn
Keith Rayburn
N/A
 		0
$0
Kim Ragavan
Kim Ragavan
N/A
 		0
$0
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Fundraising Teams

Twin Lakes Church

Twin Lakes Church

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$501,897.07
raised
0
 Participants
UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz

Click on the blue "DONATE" button on this page to join the UCSC effort. Though many people like to give anonymously, and for very good reasons, we recommend you attach your name to your donation. Seeing that *you* donated might help someone make the choice to donate, if they know you en...

$39,947.62
raised
0
 Participants
Nordic Natural

Nordic Natural

Team Nordic Naturals is thrilled to support this great cause within our local community. We are committed to helping provide healthy meals to families in need.

$29,271.9
raised
1
 Participant
CalReleaf

CalReleaf

Raising funds to assist displaced individuals and local organizations in community relief efforts following the wildfires earlier this year.

$21,530.29
raised
0
 Participants
City of Santa Cruz

City of Santa Cruz

Help Feed Hope Virtually! The City of Santa Cruz is renewing our commitment to help serve our community this holiday season and fundraising for local families in need. Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County provides healthy food and nutrition to children, seniors, vets, and working ...

$17,308.76 raised (144%)
1
 Participant
Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital

Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$8,522.14
raised
6
 Participants
Jazzercise Santa Cruz and Aptos

Jazzercise Santa Cruz and Aptos

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, and vets in our community!

$7,976.45 raised (159%)
0
 Participants
Cabrillo College

Cabrillo College

Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community. Thanks to a generous community donor Cabrillo College received a MATCH $1 for $1 upt...

$7,332.74 raised (183%)
1
 Participant
Martinelli's

Martinelli's

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$7,195.09
raised
0
 Participants
Universal Audio

Universal Audio

Join our cash donation drive for Second Harvest Food Back of Santa Cruz County. Our goal is to provide enough cash for 20,000 meals. Just 25 cents is enough for a single meal, which goes much farther than donating traditional food items.   We’re all one big team this year, so let’s wo...

$5,697.53 raised (113%)
0
 Participants
Santa Cruz County Bank Feeds Hope

Santa Cruz County Bank Feeds Hope

Join us to help provide healthy food to our community during this critical time. Every $1 provides 4 healthy meals. Second Harvest Food Bank food distribution has doubled since March. Join us in helping provide health and nutrition to our beloved community .

$5,160.71 raised (64%)
0
 Participants
Rio Del Mar Elementary with Embedded.fm

Rio Del Mar Elementary with Embedded.fm

Share the Love. Please give this season so that all people in our community have enough food this season. Each dollar provides more than 4 meals, thanks to a generous match by Embedded.fm.

$5,074.85 raised (101%)
1
 Participant
Andrew's 3rd Annual Lemonade Stand

Andrew's 3rd Annual Lemonade Stand

My name is Andrew, I am 12 years old and this is my 3rd Annual Lemonade Stand. My lemonade stand will be held on October 24th at 850 High street from 10am – 2pm. We will have home made treats for you to buy as well as my lemonade. Every dollar we raise goes to Second Harvest. ...

$3,146.6 raised (393%)
0
 Participants
Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

The Santa Cruz COE is proud to help feed hope in 2020! 100% of the funds raised during the Holiday Food and Fund Drive go directly to food. Each dollar donated amounts to 4 fresh meals to a local resident. The Second Harvest Food Bank has 165 partner agencies and programs to distribute ...

$3,006.88 raised (75%)
0
 Participants
Threshold Heroes

Threshold Heroes

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for Children, Families, and Seniors, and Vets in our Community! Be a Hero!

$2,780.99 raised (111%)
0
 Participants
Bay Federal Credit Union

Bay Federal Credit Union

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$2,709.58 raised (27%)
1
 Participant
Seagate Technology

Seagate Technology

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$2,700.09 raised (270%)
0
 Participants
Data Distributing, LLC

Data Distributing, LLC

This is Data Distributing's 17th Holiday Food Drive. We are grateful to be able to join with Second Harvest in giving back to our community. We have supplied close to 100,000 meals and hope to add more this year. Please join Data Distributing in supporting Second Harvest's essential wor...

$2,449.14 raised (122%)
0
 Participants
Team Palo Alto

Team Palo Alto

some of us humans are doing kinda okay - some not so much - just trying to help all humans do kinda okay

$2,289.37
raised
1
 Participant
SUP Shack - Santa's Elves are SUPn For Food!

SUP Shack - Santa's Elves are SUPn For Food!

SUPn for Food!! KICK OFF THE FOOD DRIVE AT THE SUP SHACK (Santa Cruz Harbor) THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH. We are gonna put on our Santa hats and jump on a SUP or Kayak and cruise around the harbor and share the Christmas spirits here in the Santa Cruz. Rent at SUP for $30 or brin...

$2,010.92 raised (100%)
0
 Participants
Main Street Elementary School

Main Street Elementary School

Help Main Street Elementary School Feed Hope Virtually! Main Street has a long tradition of supporting our community with our Second Harvest Food Drive every year. This year we hope to continue that great tradition by participating in a virtual drive. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy...

$1,744.81 raised (430%)
0
 Participants
NKBA Northern California Chapter

NKBA Northern California Chapter

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$1,204.58 raised (60%)
0
 Participants
Soquel High School

Soquel High School

Soquel High is a community committed to helping others. Our goal is to raise at least $500 as we have 1-1 matching for up to $500. We hope you join us in this effort to care for our community.

$1,148.22 raised (229%)
0
 Participants
City of Capitola

City of Capitola

1 in 4 children and 1 in 5 adults face hunger in our community. Please join us this Holiday Season in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank. A generous donor has volunteered to match the City's donation if we reach $1,000, so let's do our best to meet that goal! Every $1 equals 4 h...

$1,075.36 raised (107%)
0
 Participants
Saint Francis High School Salesian College Preparatory

Saint Francis High School Salesian College Preparatory

As a school, we are working together to aid and unite our community during these difficult times.

$1,043.1
raised
1
 Participant
Girl Scout Troop #15015

Girl Scout Troop #15015

Girl Scout Troop #15015 of Santa Cruz is supporting Second Harvest's food drive for the 2020 holiday season. The troop really wanted to help our county residents that are struggling with finances because of COVID-19. Did you know the # of families that are food insecure has increased by...

$1,037.23 raised (207%)
0
 Participants
Aptos High School Team!

Aptos High School Team!

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$940.62 raised (18%)
1
 Participant
Therapeutic Healthcare Collective

Therapeutic Healthcare Collective

We are a family-run cannabis dispensary, in the heart of Soquel, who treat our role in the community with a sense of responsibility which includes to feed the hungry, especially during these challenging times. Help us Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Fo...

$919.45 raised (91%)
0
 Participants
Watsonville FFA

Watsonville FFA

Watsonville FFA is committed to serving our community. WHS FFA is teaming up with Second Harvest Food Bank's Holiday Food and Fund Drive to help feed those in need of food during the holiday season. Please join WHS FFA members in accomplishing our goal of raising $500 dollars to help o...

$777.48 raised (155%)
0
 Participants
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission

Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission

Hello RTCers! Help spread the holiday spirit by donating to Second Harvest Food Drive. Every $1 provides 4 meals. This year more than ever, our community needs support for some of the most basic essentials of life. Thank you for any support you can provide!

$748.22 raised (106%)
1
 Participant
Mount Madonna School

Mount Madonna School

An important MMS tradition is the Second Harvest Food Drive of Santa Cruz County, organized by our second grade class with the help of their big buddies. Like many things this year, the Food Drive is a little different. Although food donations will not be accepted, second graders are st...

$700.99
raised
0
 Participants
Santa Cruz High School

Santa Cruz High School

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$523.77 raised (34%)
1
 Participant
Eliassen Group Team Santa Cruz

Eliassen Group Team Santa Cruz

Join us in raising funds for Feeding America Food Bank Santa Cruz County!

$519.57 raised (103%)
1
 Participant
Central & Aptos/La Selva Fire Districts

Central & Aptos/La Selva Fire Districts

Central and Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection Districts are working together to help fight hunger virtually! A single dollar donation can buy 4 healthy meals for a family in need. Donations of canned/non perishable food are also being collected at each of our 7 stations, but financial dona...

$511.48 raised (5%)
1
 Participant
Stoke Squad - Bell + Giro

Stoke Squad - Bell + Giro

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join the Stoke Squad in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community. The employee that contributes th...

$377.75 raised (37%)
1
 Participant
Smith & Vandiver

Smith & Vandiver

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$352.9 raised (70%)
0
 Participants
Curves Aptos

Curves Aptos

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$282.2 raised (28%)
0
 Participants
JNB for WTKD

JNB for WTKD

Please join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County on behalf of our dojo.

$263.04 raised (105%)
0
 Participants
Nanda on Pacific

Nanda on Pacific

Help feed hope virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County.

$236.13 raised (23%)
0
 Participants
Bradley Elementary

Bradley Elementary

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$205 raised (20%)
0
 Participants
Girl Scout Troop 10000 Rocks!

Girl Scout Troop 10000 Rocks!

We are a Girl Scout Troop in Santa Cruz County. This fall we learned about the 19th amendment and talked about what changes we would make with our votes when we are old enough and we really want to help those in need. We are excited to collect food from our families and neighbors and ma...

$204.38
raised
0
 Participants
Bayside Baptist Christian Preschool

Bayside Baptist Christian Preschool

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$139.76 raised (13%)
1
 Participant
Driscoll's

Driscoll's

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our community.

$104.58
raised
0
 Participants
Pacific Shores Apartments

Pacific Shores Apartments

In this industry, we help people every day. But collectively as a community, we want to use this opportunity to help even more. This food drive is a chance to show what we can do together for the common good.

$52.44 raised (5%)
0
 Participants
NKBA Northern California Chapter

NKBA Northern California Chapter

Help Feed Hope Virtually! Join us in raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank and help feed hope to Santa Cruz County. Every $1 donated provides 4 healthy meals for children, families, seniors, and vets in our region.

$0 raised (0%)
0
 Participants
Cub Scout Pack 415

Cub Scout Pack 415

Pack 415 is hosting a food drive to gather.food to help families affected by wildfires in Santa Cruz County.

$0
raised
1
 Participant
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    Kara Willett gave a $26.37 donation to support Andrew's 3rd Annual Lemonade Stand
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    Danika Marlatt gave a $21.16 donation to support Soquel High School
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    Tory Del Favero gave a $52.44 donation to support Soquel High School
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    R Gubash gave a donation to support UC Santa Cruz
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      Nathan McCall

      Thank you for feeding hope a second time, Rick!
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    Nathan McCall gave a $52.44 donation to support UC Santa Cruz
    Dedication In Honor of: Chris Leverenz
    Donated on behalf of Chris Leverenz!
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      Nathan McCall

      Thank you for feeding hope, Chris!
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