Poasted by Lisa Waddle

After 30 years of fighting hunger, America’s Second Harvest has changed its name to Feeding America. The good news is, there’s no change in the non-profit’s mission of providing groceries to food pantries, soup kitchens, and other emergency food agencies across the country. The name change is an attempt to raise awareness of the group’s primary motive: fighting hunger. Makes sense to me. I’ve long supported the hunger-relief charity, but thought the name Second Harvest made it sound like it just reused food from farms.

Given the current financial turbulence in the U.S., donating to charities is probably not top of mind right now. But as households of all economic strata face choices they probably never thought they’d have to (Pay the rent or buy groceries?), the work done by Feeding America is more pertinent now than ever. Go to FeedingAmerica.org to find out how you can get involved.