'People are shocked to realize that we're serving, at this point, as many people as we were at the peak of the pandemic - because it seems like the crisis is over, but the crisis is far from over for low-income people,' said Tracy Weatherby with the Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
Food insecurity in the Bay Area is back to pandemic levels and despite the higher need, the amount of volunteers is at a low.Food insecurity in the Bay Area is back to pandemic levels according to a major local food bank. Despite the higher need, the amount of volunteers is at a low.
"Most people who are getting free groceries from different organizations, those organizations are getting that food from us for free," said Tracy Weatherby, the food bank's vice president of strategy and advocacy, "So the food bank has a really central role in making sure that the community gets the food that it needs.
Though monetary donations are always needed, the food bank says one of the biggest needs right now is for volunteers."We see a slump in general in the summer, people are engaged with the end of school, they're going on vacation," Weatherby said, "But the truth is, you're going on vacation, we're not.
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