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Sam’s Club has been a valued partner of Second Harvest Northland for years, helping ensure our neighbors have access to fresh, nutritious food.

This past year, Sam’s Club donated more than 320,000 pounds of fresh produce—the equivalent of more than 266,000 meals for children, families, and seniors across the Northland.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are among the foods our neighbors request most. Partnerships with retailers like Sam’s Club help make wholesome, nutritious food available throughout our 15-county region.

We’re grateful for partners like Sam’s Club whose generosity helps make healthy food access possible for thousands of Northland neighbors each year.

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In -20° weather with snow swirling outside, Hannah waits in her warm car to pick up her monthly supply of supplemental food at our Food Shelf Program in Duluth. Born and raised in Minnesota, this weather is nothing new to her. As she waits, Hannah thinks about how active her kids are and how important it is to her that she is able to provide them with healthy meals. 

“Feeding myself and my three kids with what I pick up at the Second Harvest Northland Food Shelf definitely fills a gap, because we pretty much live paycheck to paycheck,” Hannah shares. 

Ensuring our food shelf is open and available regardless of the weather is important to us, however, even for those like Hannah, who have grown up in Minnesota, sometimes the weather is unbearably cold.

In phase two of our Nourish the Northland Capital Campaign, we are excited to increase equitable and dignified food access through a grocery store style in-person shopping experience. Neighbors like Hannah will be able to pick specific items they need for a recipe and interact with volunteers while both stay warm and dry, no matter the season.