A large sector of the population hit hard by the pandemic requires more assistance than ever and nonprofit groups are working tirelessly to deliver essential help for the increasing number of seniors in need.
Commodity prices are soaring and that means higher grocery prices around the world.As many Americans resume some sense of normalcy in daily life, a large sector of the population hit hard by the pandemic requires more assistance than ever and nonprofit groups are working tirelessly to deliver essential help for the increasing number of seniors in need.
Hollander noted that Congress stepped up in the short term and delivered emergency funding to ensure seniors were not left behind during the pandemic, but said"the last amount of funding we got was a year ago in March 2021." "We went from serving about 5,000 hot meals per week to serving 30,000 frozen meals, a week," Hagler told"GMA" of the surge when the program converted to grab-and-go."It's a 600% increase so the cost of it all has just been huge. We were spending about $3 million annually on just the raw food costs and on packaging supplies for the food. And as a combination of both the increase in volume and inflation, we're serving more than 5 million meals annually.
Another large hurdle currently facing Hagler's program is that"people working from home that volunteered have returned to the office." "We've actually increased the number of clients that we were serving pre pandemic by almost 80% and it's that public support that has allowed us to do that," he said of the now 4,500 meals served daily compared to 2,500 before the pandemic."We are just now getting back to pre-pandemic levels of volunteers ... we have more meals delivered here in San Antonio, Texas, by individual volunteers than we have ever had in our 40 plus year history.
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