Finding groceries has long been a challenge for people living in 'food deserts' and COVID-19 has made this even more difficult.
To prevent this, Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who represents a portion of South LA, created an emergency senior meals program providing funds to local businesses to cook and deliver meals to homebound seniors.
Abunaw told USA TODAY they're also delivering to communities where people don't experience food insecurity but have a higher risk of getting COVID-19.of groceries which the market donates to local churches, schools and social workers to give to families in need. A similar market in St. Louis, Missouri, is also delivering groceries in a truck that cofounder Jeremy Goss bought from the post office.partnered with a church for a food and household giveaway with monetary and item donations from state officials and organizations. More than 350 families got the essential items, Goss told USA TODAY.
"Hunger in America does not look like starvation. It looks like obesity because if you don't have a grocery store where you live and you only have fast food restaurants available to you, that's where you go," he said.
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