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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. ....
The funds will allow Sharing Excess to expand its footprint to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and make key hires in sourcing, fundraising, and technology development. ....
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 ....