Food & CommunityThursday, November 5
Second Harvest breaks ground on a 200,000-square-foot campus near Nashville's airport
The Daily Hendersonville team
If you give time or food to pantries around Middle Tennessee, this one's for you. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee broke ground Oct. 27 on a 200,000-square-foot campus at 1301 Donelson Pike. It replaces the 10-acre MetroCenter site the food bank has used for 25 years.
The need is big. Second Harvest serves a 46-county region where nearly 500,000 people lack reliable access to food, and it provided 43 million meals last year against a need of almost 91 million. WTVF says the new site will nearly double its cold storage. Volunteer hours are expected to grow from about 84,500 last year to more than 125,000 a year.
Second Harvest provided 43 million meals against a need of almost 91 million
Source: The Tennessean
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Meals provided last year | 43 million |
| Meals needed | 91 million |
- Neighbor Market pantry: nearly 2,000 square feet
- Culinary Center: 5,700 square feet
- Volunteer center: more than 15,000 square feet
- Timeline: construction starts in December, opening early 2028 (The Tennessean)
Second Harvest expects 125,000-plus volunteer hours a year at its new campus
- 200,000
- square feet for the new campus
- 20+
- nonprofit partners at the Neighbor Care Center
- 125,000+
- volunteer hours expected each year
- 45%
- more people seeking food help over four years
Sources: Williamson Source, The Tennessean