Employees from Harrah's New Orleans have been volunteering at Second Harvest's food bank warehouse since 2011, sorting and processing donated food and holding fundraising events. To date, their efforts have helped provide over 124,000 meals through sorting over 149,000 pounds of food, filling over 1,000 volunteer hours. Their dunk tank fundraiser raised $3,100 for Second Harvest to supply 7,750 additional meals to the community. Second Harvest distributes over 24 million pounds of food annually, equivalent to 20 million meals, to help the one in six Louisiana households facing hunger.

1. A Labor of Love for
Harrah’s New Orleans
Employees Reaching Out

2. On November 13, 2013, volunteers from Harrah’s New
Orleans came together at Second Harvest’s warehouse
to sort cans and packages of food…

3. It’s a labor of love we have undertaken several times a
month since 2011. Once, we even sorted potatoes, salvaging
the good ones and tossing the smelly, bad ones!

4. 149,895 pounds of
food or 124,912 meals, and filled 341 volunteer shifts
providing 997 hours of service.
To date, we have have helped to process

5. And we don’t just sort food…we hold food
drives at work to help replenish Second
Harvest’s supplies…

6. Last summer, we got creative and held a Dunk Tank
fundraiser at a meeting for marketing colleagues from all
over the country.

7. The Dunk Tank raised $3,100, enabling
Second Harvest to supply 7,750 meals in our
community.

8. 1 out of every 6
households in
Louisiana is at risk of
hunger.

9. Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater
New Orleans and Acadiana is leading
the fight against hunger in south
Louisiana through food
distribution, education, advocacy and
disaster response.

10. Second Harvest Food Bank distributes
24 million pounds of food and other
grocery items to 263,000 individuals every
year. That’s the equivalent of 20 million
meals to food insecure individuals and
families.

11. For every $1 0 donated, Second
Harvest Food Bank can provide 28
meals to families and individuals in
need across south Louisiana.
94% of each dollar donated directly
feeds the hungry.