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A busy summer precedes a busy fall for Food Bank

Credit: KGUN, Tucson, AZ
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A busy summer precedes a busy fall for Food Bank
A busy summer precedes a busy fall for Food Bank
Community Food Bank of S. Arizona endures busier than usual summer

WHAT WERE NORMAL CHALLENGESFOR THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK --ARE MUCH DIFFERENT BECAUSE OFTHE PANDEMIC.

NINE ON YOURSIDE'S ROGELIO MARES REPORTS-- HOW THEY PLAN TO KEEPPEOPLE FED -- HEADING INTO ANEW SEASON -- WITH THE SAMELINGERING OBSTACLES: COVID-19AND HUNGER.THERE'S A REASON WHY..

SOT FORUS, WE ARE SO GLAD TO SEE THESUMMER WRAP UP.

03SEC THEY'REGLAD TO SEE THE SUMMER END.SOT FOR OUR STAFF, FORVOLUNTEERS, FOR THE NATIONALGUARD THAT ARE WORKINGALONGSIDE US.

04SEC THOSE WERETHE FOLKS WHO SOLDIEREDTHROUGH TUCSON SUMMER HEAT --TO HAND OUT FOOD TO HUNDREDSIF NOT THOUSANDS ON THE DAILY.SOT THAT WAS A REAL TEST FORUS.

02SEC BECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC, THE COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONACHANGED IT'S DISTRUBUTION SITETO THE KINO SPORTS COMPLEX.NORMA CABLE, A P-R SPECIALISTFOR THE FOOD BANK, SAYS SUMMERWAS USUALLY A COOL DOWN PERIODFOR DEMAND.

SOT WE DID NOTREALLY SEE THAT THIS SUMMER,WE SAW AND WE CONTINUE TO SEELONG LINES OF PEOPLE STARTINGEARLY IN THE MORNING.

09SEC 3A-M ON SAME DAYS, CABLE SAYS.SOT WE CAN SERVE A THOUSAND OR12- HUNDRED FAMILIES IN AMORNING.

04SEC AS BUSY AS THISSUMMER WAS, THE FOOD BANK SAYSSUPPLY IS GOOD...FOR NOW.

SOTWE DO HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OFFOOD.

WE ARE NOT, CURRENTLY,IN A DANGER OF...RUNNING OUTANYTIME SOON.

09SEC CABLE SAYSHEADING INTO FALL THE FOODBANK USUALLY SEES A RISE INDEMAND SINCE SCHOOL SUPPLIESCAN CUT INTO A FAMILIESBUDGET.

SOT RIGHT NOW WITHSCHOOL BEING THE WAY IT IS ANDWITH THE WORLD BEING THE WAYIT IS WE JUST ARE NOT QUITE INTHAT SAME SITUATION.

WE DOKNOW THAT DEMAND IS UP AND WEDO KNOW THAT WE DO NEED TO BECONSISTENT IN TERMS OFSUPPLYING THE AMOUNT OF FOODTHAT WE CAN TO FAMILIES INNEED.

15SEC REGARDLESS, SHESAYS, THE PANDEMIC HAS PRETTYASSURED A STEADY DEMAND FORFOOD.

SOT WE ARE SEEING PEOPLETHAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFOREWHO ARE REACHING OUT TORECEIVE EMERGENCY FOOD FOR THEFIRST TIME.

06SEC THANKFULLYFOR THEM, TUCSON AND SOUTHERNARIZONA WAS GENEROUS DURING ASUMMER THAT TESTED IT'SSUPPLY.

SOT PEOPLE WHO DONATEDTHEIR STIMULUS CHECK WHENRECEIVED IT RECOGNIZING THATTHEY DIDN'T REALLY THAT EXTRAFUND AND SENDING IT INTO US.09SEC TO DONATE NOW OR AHEADOF THE FALL, FOLLOW THE LINKSON OUR WEBSITE, KGUN9-DOT-COM.ROGELIO MARES, KGUN9 ON YOURSIDE.MANY ARE HITTING THE ROAD --

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