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Southeast Missouri Food Bank
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank has seen the number of people coming to food pantries and mobile food distribution sites increase as much as three times since the pandemic began. Counties in southeast Missouri have some of the highest rates of food stamp applications in the state.
In normal times, the Missouri Bootheel has the highest rates of hunger in the state.
“But when the pandemic hit, it made an already bad situation much worse,” said Lisa Church, chief advancement officer of the Southeast Missouri Food Bank.
The organization’s pantries and mobile food distribution are seeing as many as three times more people coming for food assistance.