Each year, Second Helpings prepares more than 5,000 nutritious meals each day that are distributed to more than 100 social service agencies that feed Hoosiers in need. WISH-TV is proud to partner with Second Helpings for the fifth annual Gr8 Pasta Push, June 4 – June 18, 2024. Last year, this effort provided more than 260,000 meals for our neighbors in central Indiana.

Second Helpings relies on pasta drives like the GR8 Pasta Push to bring much needed non-perishable items to Second Helpings Hunger Relief kitchen. Pasta doesn’t tend to get donated through their regular sources – the shelf life is so long that wholesalers and grocery stores don’t need to move it along as quickly. Plus, Second Helpings uses those items in large quantities – on average, Second Helpings uses about 1,500 pounds of pasta per week, so the items you collect will be put right to use feeding Indy!

Our priority item is elbow macaroni. Other small pastas like rotini, bowtie, etc., are also great ingredients for Second Helpings Hunger Relief kitchen.

GET INVOLVED BELOW!

• Financial Donations are being accepted HERE on Second Helpings website
• Create a Team of Work Colleagues or Friends and collect pasta together! Visit Second Helpings online and select “Interest Form” to get started
• Drop off pasta donations at local area partners (see below locations)
• Start your own fundraiser or fundraising team!

DOWNLOAD YOUR GR8 PASTA PUSH TOOL KIT HERE:

SECOND HELPINGS FACTS

• Every $7 donation provides a nutritious and prepared meal for a family of four
• 1 in 4 people in Marion County experience hunger
• Rescues more than 3.4 million pounds of food every year, preventing it from entering local landfills
• Turns that rescued food into more than 1 million nutritious meals for neighbors in need by providing them to more than 100 partner agencies across central Indiana
• Provides meals in seven central Indiana counties: Bartholomew, Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, and Marion
• More than 1000 people have graduated Second Helpings job training program
• Donations are tax deductible

OUR SPONSORS

Second Helpings is proud to help fight hunger by serving free meals daily to many non-profit Partner Agencies in our community. Full list here.

All donated funds through the GR8 Pasta Push will support Second Helpings’ mission and may be used to purchase pasta or help with the preparation and delivery of meals.