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Pantries Revamp Operations to Feed Residents as Less Federal Food Boxes Are Sent to Orange County
Feb. 5, 2021
Volunteers with the Sikh Center of Orange County Food Pantry at one of their Saturday distributions held last year. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC
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$1.5 billion worth of food is being given out all across the U.S., courtesy of the federal government, but local food distribution leaders say Orange County residents will receive very little of that aid.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture food program, started last year, was once hailed as “a shot in the arm” by local food banks and pantry leaders in their efforts to make sure families hit hard by the pandemic didn’t have to worry where their next meal would come from.