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Losing ground against hunger in NC: 20% less food donated, 68% more need


Losing ground against hunger in NC: 20% less food donated, 68% more need
North Carolina food assistance programs struggle under economic stress of coronavirus pandemic.
Sharing House Pantry Assistant Sam Munson, at left, and Communications Specialist Laura Denon prepped food boxes for distribution at the facility on December 15, 2020. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press
By Dan DeWitt , Carolina Public Press
January 12, 2021
This story was originally published by Carolina Public Press.
The line of idling cars snaked down the driveway of the Sharing House food pantry and around the block in the Western North Carolina city of Brevard.
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, Sharing House typically passed out about 80 food boxes during its weekly drive-thru distributions. On this day in December, masked volunteers passed out more than 160 boxes in less than an hour, forcing workers to break open cartons of onions, apples, bananas and eggs to assemble contain ....

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