The nonprofit plans to renovate its headquarters that sits inside a 100-year old factory into a state-of-the-art food distribution center to deliver food to more people.
reporter: these benefits kept 4.2 million people out of poverty and reduced child poverty by 14% according to the urban institute. but this month marks the end for those expanded benefits because of a provision in last year s omnibus spending bill. the scary part for the next month, how are we going to live, what s going to happen what are the sort of decisions you re going to have to make to keep feeding your kids either pay a bill or pay or go buy some groceries that s that s where you re at yes reporter: jessica s not alone. food banks across the country are preparing for a rise in food insecurity we have people calling our organization every day looking for more food resources. reporter: george matysik is the executive director of share food program, one of the largest food banks in philadelphia he says they ve already seen a 70% increase in demand over the last year as food prices have skyrocketed. for organizations like ours that means having to work round
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) December 02, 2021 Office observes #GivingTuesday with local effort to combat rising food insecurity; invites others to