{"id":129636,"date":"2020-11-20T19:33:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/?p=129636"},"modified":"2020-11-20T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T19:33:23","slug":"growing-number-of-families-seek-help-from-elk-grove-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/blog\/growing-number-of-families-seek-help-from-elk-grove-food-bank","title":{"rendered":"Growing number of families seek help from Elk Grove Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the holidays amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, more and more people are turning to the Elk Grove Food Bank for help.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-pandemic, food security was a serious concern across the state. Today\u2019s economic strain is making matters worse.<\/p>\n<p>In Elk Grove, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/local\/elk-grove\/pandemic-causing-major-food-insecurity-in-elk-grove\/103-55d4781c-f7d2-4687-8374-e7ec102067f5\">the number of people seeking bank food services increased by 600% since the start of the pandemic in March<\/a>. That\u2019s about 1,700 more households that face hunger right now.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people come to the Elk Grove Food Bank for assistance each day.<\/p>\n<p>Food bank organizers say they\u2019ve never seen this level of community turnout for food assistance.<\/p>\n<p>For some, regular visits to the food bank means they can save hundreds of dollars on their family budget as they get back onto their feet.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the community is coming together, providing about 4,000 pounds of food that\u2019s given to people in need on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Your charitable gestures during this unprecedented time can go a long way.<\/p>\n<p>The Elk Grove Food Bank accepts financial donations, commodities for its food bank and your volunteer time.<\/p>\n<p>As an essential service, the food bank continues to operate and is following safety measure to protect staff, volunteers and the facility\u2019s visitors.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the food bank\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how you can help, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkgrovefoodbank.org\/covid-19\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the holidays amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, more and more people are turning to the Elk Grove Food Bank for help. Pre-pandemic, food security was a serious concern across the state. Today\u2019s economic strain is making matters worse. In Elk Grove, the number of people seeking bank food services increased by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,9,29,32,11],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129638,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129636\/revisions\/129638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iheartelkgrove.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}