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Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic and people across the state are still trying to find ways to feed their families. Different organizations are stepping up to offer assistance including St. Vincent de Paul.
It was a busy morning for volunteers working to get food into cars right outside the Amazing Grace Food Pantry in Middletown.
The community effort is being done thanks largely to the United States Department of Agriculture. The agency identifies areas where food insecurity is high. The group then purchases items from farmers to give out to those suffering.
Joining Williams was her friend, Doris Phinn.
“Truthfully it hurts. Because right now we’re all suffering,” she said.
The Rentschler Field food distribution center was set up as an emergency operation. Organizers say they thought it would only be open for a few weeks. But since March, much has happened.
“We’ve served 220,000 cars and distributed over seven and a half million pounds of food in the nine months we’ve been here at Rentschler Field, said Foodshare logistics manager Dom Piccini.
According to organizers, volunteers have donated over 16,000 hours of time at Rentschler. Operating costs are around $50,000 a month to buy food. This is subsidized by monetary donations to Foodshare.