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Beat Bama Food Drive brings in record haul

While the winner of the annual Iron Bowl showdown still hangs in the balance, Auburn took home a different title of sorts last week after bringing in a huge haul ....

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Local food banks face tough challenges, donation shortages


Local food banks face tough challenges, donation shortages
Food Bank of East Alabama prepares for Thanksgiving; reflects on pandemic’s impact (Source: WTVM)
By Ben Stanfield | April 16, 2021 at 2:49 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 2:49 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The pandemic brought its share of uncertainty and that still looms today and with that comes a shortage in charitable contributions.
Normally the demand at food banks is greater near the holidays but now that intense need for food is a year-round thing.
Economic factors with the pandemic may be improving and job availability may be on the rise, but the demand at local food banks is as strong as ever. ....

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Watch now: Food Bank of East Alabama helps lead local pantries through pandemic


Lee County’s small businesses and nonprofit agencies were hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak in March. Local shopkeepers, churches, schools and more scrambled to figure out how to keep going with people sheltering in place, Auburn University students going home, and workers being furloughed or, in some cases, laid off from jobs.
People were forced to focus on home and family, with no credible expectation of when the pace of life – working, shopping, gathering and giving – might return to something like normal. Folks who relied on local food pantries to supplement their weekly diets, or send their kids home from school with food on the weekends, were starting to encounter empty shelves. ....

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