The Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee is a nonprofit organization that feeds the hungry via 500 partners in an eighteen county service area. The organization currently has seven different feeding programs that provides 1.1 million meals a month. In Anderson County, there are 47 agencies, churches and schools who feed the hungry directly with the food they receive from Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. Last year the organization provided 980,000 meals to the needy of Anderson County through their partners.
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee is proud to be a part of the Anderson County Chamber! Their Executive Director, Elaine Streno, was honored to be chosen to participate in the 2018 Leadership Anderson County Class and was able to network with many leaders from schools and businesses who contribute to the success of Anderson County. Second Harvest now has one of their staff members, Lorena Hubbard, who regularly attends Anderson County Chamber events and represents Second Harvest to fellow county members.