With millions of people out of work, food banks have seen a major surge in demand since March. But August is set to be one of the busiest months yet, and that worries food bank operators.
As unemployment remains high, families across the country have turned to food banks to make ends meet. So far, the nonprofits have been pretty good at keeping up with surging demand, but August poses one of the biggest challenges yet. Texas Public Radio's Paul Flahive says two big changes have food banks bracing.
KELLY DIRDEN: The Guard has been amazing. We will have to go back to the drawing board when we lose them and see what we're going to do with volunteers. The last four months have been really challenging, but going forward the next 30 to 50 days, it's going to be even more challenging. MARK MCKIM: It's not that I haven't been trying. I've applied to over 25 jobs, and I haven't been able to get any of them, even after interviewing for a couple and, you know, didn't get it.ERIC COOPER: Those workers are now living on 65% of what they used to make pre-COVID to keep their household afloat.
COOPER: They're going to be looking for ways to make up that shortfall. And I would foresee longer lines at our distributions.
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