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Job loss and food insecurity top the list.
Central California Food Bank Co-CEO Kym Dildine says through food distribution and their programs, the nonprofit serves roughly 280,000 people per month. She adds, We ve seen a 50% increase at all of our distributions and 25% of those clients had never sought emergency food services before.
To accommodate social distancing and contact-less distribution, the workload increased at the warehouse to pre-package items, increasing the need for volunteers.
CalFresh outreach coordinators are also on site to expedite benefits.
While the pandemic brought a new set of challenges for the nonprofit, it also meant the creation of Groceries2Go, enabling them to expand their reach.