In the News ... "Food banks, pantries manage to keep up with need amid COVID-19"

SAST Photo by Colin Murphey

• "This is entirely different from anything we've ever done before"

By Colin Murphey, Reporter/Photographer
• San Angelo Standard Times

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - As families and individuals struggle to make ends meet amid layoffs, furloughs and business closures in the era of coronavirus, the need for inexpensive food has risen to levels local resources have never had to meet.

And while stores are struggling to keep up with the demand for grocery products amidst unprecedented need, so are local food banks and pantries. According to information from the Concho Valley Regional Food Bank, which serves 13 counties in West Texas, requests for assistance in some of their programs have tripled since the coronavirus began to impact the local economy ...

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