To help with this critical need, Bank of America provided a $1 million grant to Feeding America That is a really really big number and we're working really hard to make certain that we can serve all of them and serve them well.ī-roll: aerial shot of cars lined up to receive food donationī-Roll: image of woman wearing face mask at safe distance from other workersī-Roll: Man wearing face mask handing out food to a childī-Roll: people loading food into trunks of cars

In fact we’ve seen those numbers increase by about 70% on average across the whole country, and of that 70 percent increase, at least 40 percent are people who didn’t ever imagine that they would need to turn to us to feed themselves and their families. Since this crisis began, we've seen those numbers increase dramatically. Text Overlay: Compared to last year, food banks report an average increase of 70% in demand for food assistanceĪn estimated 40% of the people served are new to food bank support Our network normally feeds 40 million people about 40 billion meals a year. Text overlay: Feeding America’s Network Serves over 40 million people Over 4 billion meals per year

…And our mission is to ensure that everyone in this country has enough to eat. TEXT ON SCREEN (Open Title Card): Feeding America: Serving Our Communities during CoronavirusĬlaire on screen Lower Third: Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO, Feeding Americaī-Roll: volunteers in food pantries, delivering food and warehouse of foodįeeding America is a network of 200 food banks, 60 thousand pantries, soup kitchens around the United States, and over 2 million volunteers.

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