Corporate volunteers back out of service work amid coronavirus concerns

As people across the state take part in social distancing some organizations are seeing adverse effects.

PEOPLE ACROSS MARYLAND AND TCOUNTRY ARE TAKING PART ISOCIAL DISTANCING.

WHILE IT'SMEANT TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OFTHE CORONAVIUS IT ALSO HAS ADOWNSIDE.

THE MARYLAND FOODBANK IS SEEING A LARGE DROPVOLUNTEERS AS PEOPLE SELFISOLATE.

WMAR 2 NEW'S DAVEDETLING TAKES A LOOK AT HOWTHE FOOD BANK PLANS TO OPERATWITH LESS HEL29:3━29:45 We're inside theMaryland Food Bank warehouseand it is business as usual.However, the organization hasseen a drop in the number ofvolunteers with thecoronavirus outbreak and thatmeans they have to rethinktheir game plan.

YOU'VE SEENTHE LOGO AND KNOW IT'SMISSION.

AT THE MARYLAND FOODBANK━ THE GOAL IS TO EHUNGER IN OUR STATE.

1━45"Makeup, hair care products."VOLUNTEERS LIKE JOHN HEJL ARERESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SUREBOXES FILLED WITH FOOD ANDOTHER NECESSITIES GET TO WHERETHEY'RE NEEDED MOST.

TODAY WEFOUND HIM PACKING HEALTH ANDBEAUTY BOXES.

HE'S A REGULAAT THE WAREHOUSE... 13:3━38"Two days a week.

Mondays andFridays and then I bring in acrew from my Church's megroup." THIS WEEKEND HE'LL BEBACK.

HE'S PICKING UADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER HOURSAFTER A NUMBER OF CORPORATEVOLUNTEERS CANCELED BECAUSE OFCORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.

MANY ARETAKING PART IN SOCIDISTANCING.

19:0━17 "That'sone of the biggest challengeswe're facing right now.

Asthis coronavirus continues toraise more and more volunteersare canceling their volunteershifts and so that's causingproblems much of our abilityto package much needed food toget out into the communitieas quickly as we can."MARYLAND FOOD BANK PRESIDENTAND CEO CARMEN DEL GUERCIO}SAYS NO FOOD SHIPMENTS HAVEBEEN DELAYED━ BUT THORGANIZATION IS CHANGING WORKFLOW.

STAFF MEMBERS METDISCUSS HOW TO MINIMIZECONTACT WITH HIGH RISK CLIENTS━ MEANING SOME DROP OFFS TOFACILITIES WITH AN OLDERPOPULATION━ WILL DOUBLE UPON DELIVERIES.

THE FOOD BANKSAYS THIS IS A FLUISITUATION.

18:17 "It's allhands on deck.

This has beentop of mind for a lot of folksand we have really started topivot as an organization tomake sure we're there forfolks for their everyday needsas well as being in the bestposition to address this needgoing forward." AS FORVOLUNTEERS WHO DO SHOW UP...THE FOOD BANK IS FOLLOWING ALC━ ━C RECOMENDATIONS.

THATMEANS GLOVES━ SANITIZING━ AND MONITORING GROUP SIZE.JOHN HAJL SAYS HE FEELS SAFEAND WILL BE BACK THIS WEEKENDPACKING BOXES FOR THOSE INEED.

13:5━14:00 "I'm free onSaturday so I said, well, I'just jump in and help out."3━4━32:57 As for the needfor volunteers, the food banksays it's looking to tap intoall those college students nowon extended break.

If you'relooking to volunteer we have alink on our website.

InBaltimore County, DaDetling, WMAR 2 News.IT'S THE FIRST WEEK S