Pandemic Brings a Rise in Hunger in the Bay Area

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🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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For Bay Area food banks, securing funding and supplies is increasingly difficult during the pandemic. The challenges come as the need for food assistance is rising. Long lines have become common at food banks, and Second Harvest Food Bank in Silicon Valley is seeing a 100 percent increase in the number of people calling its food connection hotline, many for the first time. As the economic impact of the virus on families and individuals grows, we’ll hear how Bay Area food banks are coping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.7	Welcome back to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. For Bay Area Food Bank, securing funding and supplies is
1:21.6	increasingly difficult during the pandemic. The challenge has come as the need for food
1:25.9	assistance is rising and long lines have become
1:28.4	common at food banks. As the economic impact of the virus on families and individuals grows,
1:34.3	we'll hear how Bay Area food banks are coping and we want to hear from you. Have you become a food bank
1:39.1	participant in recent months? Share your experience and give us a call now at 866-733-6786. That's 866-736-7-86.
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1:55.3	you may have to forum at KQED.org. First, we're joined by San Francisco resident Connie Rivera, who recently began
2:02.5	participating in a food bank. Welcome, Connie. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. Good morning to you.
2:10.6	Talk about when you first decided you needed to go to a food pantry. Well, I decided to go when I
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