Harvest Pack

05/29/2026

What better way to return to the office after a long weekend than by making a difference in the community? On May 26, 11 volunteers from Ascentek in Golden Valley, MN came together to package 3,840 nutritious vitamin-enriched cinnamon oatmeal. While the group may have been small, they made an outsized impact through incredible teamwork and efficiency. 12 full boxes will be received for distributed by Every Meal! Several volunteers commented on how refreshing it was to step away from their computer screens for a while and spend time working side-by-side on a hands-on project. Not to mention that the opportunity to jam out to the Harvest Pack playlist! Thank you, Ascentek, for creating this opportunity for meaningful work, achieved through fun while building community in the office.

05/19/2026

Rum River Elementary and their community was at it again! These incredible have done 5 meal packs over the years and the 46,.440 hearty rice pilaf meals they packed this week brought their grand total to over a QUARTER OF A MILLION meals packed over the years! So many families with food on their tables to do their efforts and helping hands. Thank you to the fun and energetic Andover Fire Department, MN who did the heavy lifting and helped the kids - who brought the fun of their own by wearing silly hats and big smiles!

This is what community looks like!

05/15/2026

Today we're celebrating the over 120 employees at Alcon in Irvine, California, who packed 23,333 hearty oatmeal breakfasts for distribution by Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. Harvest Pack was honored to be invited back to support them during their Alcon in Action volunteer week. The of Alcon not only showed up once, but signed up for multiple shifts over the course of the day. Amazing! The day was so much fun - and we couldn’t help but dance to Hall & Oates! (See what we did there?? 😉) Thank you, Alcon!



Harvest Pack

05/13/2026

This spring season has been a busy one for the Harvest Pack team as schools, community groups, and businesses across the country are packing as many meals as possible in preparation of the summer months to come. When school lets out for the summer, many children lose access to the daily breakfasts and lunches they rely on, leading to an increased risk of food insecurity to rise sharply. Read this blog by The Salvation Army USA to learn more about increased food insecurity among children during summer months and why its important to talk about.

When schools close for summer, millions of children lose access to the meals they depend on. Across the U.S., nearly 14 million children face hunger...

05/12/2026

Fridley High School’s Key Club hosted their 5th annual Harvest Pack on Friday, with support from the Columbia Heights-Fridley Kiwanis Club, and NE Kiwanis - and it was a smashing success! Along with students from the Columbia Heights High School Key Club and the Fridley Middle School Builders Club, these students and Kiwanians rocked the day away, packing up 31,580 healthy breakfast meals for our partners at Every Meal.

Key Club is the oldest and largest student-led high school service organization in the country, aiming to develop leadership, build character, and foster compassion through volunteering - and these students showed their enthusiasm for serving from the very beginning (unloading the truck by hand and getting everything ready with only minimal direction from our staff), all the way to the end when the last few leaders helped wrap the pallets and vacuum the entire room. 🥰

It’s a joy to see these leaders step up and make such an impact, and to have such fun while doing it - thanks again, Fridley Key Club!

05/11/2026

Over 140 Googlers from across the country gathered in their gorgeous Pier 57 Tribeca space for their Googler Engagement Summit. The group divided into three rooms of four lines each for a friendly competition to see who could finish their boxes first. This friendly competition led to an amazing 29,120 meals being packed and donated to NYC"s first and largest food rescue organization, City Harvest! Thank you Google for choosing Harvest Pack to engage your summit while achieving your service goals!

05/08/2026

We had a blast today at the Fridley High School Key Club Harvest Pack!!

05/08/2026

Giving back was on full display at the IICF's Georgia Harvest Pack yesterday in Kennesaw! 104 (!!) volunteers came together at Town Center at Cobb to package an incredible 19,648 (!!) nutritious meals for MUST Ministries. Organized by IICF, this event brought together volunteers from across the insurance industry, including teams from Chubb, Allianz, Epic, CNA, and RLI, all united by a shared commitment to serving their community.

Volunteers also had the opportunity to learn more about the vital work of MUST Ministries and how these meals will help feed children during the summer months, when many can no longer rely on school lunches as a dependable source of nutrition.

A special thank you to Paula Rigby with MUST for providing the event space and to Evan Kobialka for his outstanding leadership among the volunteers.

These packed more than meals - they packed hope for local families. Thank you to everyone who made this impactful day possible!

05/07/2026

The of Fidelity Investments in Smithfield, Rhode Island were at it again! Yesterday marked the SECOND Harvest Pack this year for this incredible team! In January, these caring hands and hearts packed 26,880 meals and yesterday 172 volunteers added 27,200 to that, bringing their total meals packed for local neighbors in need to 54,080. 54,080!

These hearty and heart-healthy oatmeal breakfasts will get to where they need to be through the good work of the people at Pawtucket Backpackers, Feed RI, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence. A special thank you to Catie Runyon, our Fidelity Contact for Engagement & Service and the Fidelity Facilities Team, whow were extremely helpful with all aspects of logistics. It takes a village - and this is a strong, capable, and caring one! Thank you Fidelity Investments!

05/06/2026

Thank you 3M and HandsOn Twin Cities for a fantastic day of showing up for your communities yesterday! It was a day of giving back and Harvest Pack was honored to be one of THREE onsite volunteering events, in addition to a “volunteer fair”, where different nonprofits came to share information about their organizations and missions. It was an inspiring day filled with inspiring people. Thank you to current 3M employee Tanya and former 3M employee Doug, both Harvest Pack board members, for showing up and supporting in every way, and thank you once again to our partners over at Every Meal for getting the **56,642** meals packed by 3M employees out to families across the Twin Cities to address weekend food-insecurity for local students. !