![]() The location also offers critical highway access for Second Harvest’s distribution network and partner agencies. ![]() The Whitaker Park location in the heart of Winston-Salem will offer an inviting, easy-to-access location for Second Harvest’s 6,200-member strong volunteer community and open the doors for hundreds of new volunteers who are ready to be a part of the mission. The new, 139,192-square-foot Second Harvest headquarters facility and accompanying technology will address space challenges and operational inefficiencies currently facing the food bank, which in 2009 was distributing 9 million pounds of food and this last 12 months distributed 50 million pounds of food, including 7.5 million pounds of fresh produce, to address urgent needs of families facing food insecurity. “Building off of a legacy established 39 years ago at our founding under Nan Griswold, strengthened by the passionate leadership of Clyde Fitzgerald as both a three-time board chair and 10-year CEO, we are ready to create a future that will honor our past, immediately achieve greater impact, and continuously seek new opportunities to transform our work and the lives of those we serve,” said Aft. Their new headquarters and distribution center is a great fit with WPDA’s vision for a mixed-use business park on the former RJ Reynolds manufacturing campus.” “Second Harvest Food Bank is a wonderful organization with an important mission. “I am pleased to welcome Second Harvest Food Bank to Whitaker Park,” said Don Flow, chairman of the Whitaker Park Development Authority, Inc. ![]() “It is the story of our incredible partner agencies, tremendous community collaborators, amazing volunteers, inspiring donors, and the best staff of any organization in our region - and how, together, we will confront hunger and its root causes in new, more innovative, more efficient, and more impactful ways than ever before.” “The story we share today is about much more than a new structure,” said Second Harvest Chief Executive Officer Eric Aft. WINSTON-SALEM - On the cusp of its 40th year of service to the people and communities of Northwest North Carolina, Second Harvest Food Bank held a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of its future headquarters facility at Whitaker Park, in the heart of Winston-Salem. ![]()
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