Rural America is especially hard-hit, as demand across the country nearly doubles while many food pantries have been forced to close
The coronavirus pandemic that has already cost more than 22,000 American lives is also causing many to go hungry. Thousands have been forced to wait for hours in long lines at food banks across the country.It's a time of unprecedented demand everywhere, but the need may be most critical in rural America, reports correspondent Janet Shamlian. That is where pantries are closing because food is scarce and also volunteers who staff them are worried about their own health.
The couple who are trading off who gets a meal relies on disability payments, food stamps, and a pantry that closed in March because it could no longer get food."There isn't one that we can go to," Furlong replied. Bob Chandler, who has run the Kirbyville Christian Outreach pantry for more than 30 years, has never seen demand like this."No, it's double, everything we're doing," he said."It's double, double, double. Just about every week, it doubles from one time to another."
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