Letter: Food pantry workers must be made eligible for coronavirus vaccine
to the editor
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FILE. Letter writer says, We urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration to keep food pantry workers and the people they serve safe by giving them essential worker status that would allow them to get vaccinated sooner rather than later when it might be too late. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
There are many people, some of whom might be our neighbors, friends or even family members, who are struggling with food insecurity. At Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, we serve 300 to 500 households, some 700 to 1,000 people each month, providing food to those who have none or to those who are seriously lacking enough food to get through the week. Part of our service area falls within a designated food desert. We know that, without our food pantry, many community members would go undernourished.