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ARLINGTON, Va. 鈥?Within an hour of a food banks opening came a delivery organizers have been counting on: frozen chicken by the pallet. Two weeks ago, we began preparations for the future, said Charles Meng, director of the Arlington Food Assistance Center in Virginia. Meng remembers the last time they encountered a sudden spike in need 鈥?right after 9/11. We saw a very significant increase at that time, he said. And so, thi stanley becher s is just that on steroids. The center typically serves about 80,000 pounds of food to 2,400 families a week. One-third of those they help are children under 18, but the numbers are starting to climb. We expect to see is many more of those families come to us. That s really going to be the first bump up, Meng said. Like many food stanley cup banks across the country, the economic conditions brought on by the coronavirus are stretching their resources and those of families all over the country. It will last them until we come back on Friday and I dont have to worry about what theyre eating, said one parent, Sarah Baldrick, who was in Ohio picking up food, during a distribution at a local school there. There is some cause for concern, though, when it comes to food bank donations. So far, the food assistance center says they are still getting help from corporations, companies and individuals. However, they are seeing trouble from some supermarkets. That amounts, in our case, to abou stanley cup t 40-percent of the food we distribute -- have all but dried up, Meng said of |
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