Volunteers and donations are needed across the country amid the omicron surge.
Boca Helping Hands would typically have 40 volunteers to sufficiently operate per day -- but they've been struggling to get as many as 25 volunteers to come out to help.
In Missouri, the South Missouri Food Bank has seen a dip in volunteer attendance, showing that some volunteer groups that usually arrive with about 12 to 15 people to give a helping hand are arriving with less than 10. "[We are] trying to get in temporary employees to help cover some warehouse tasks like pulling orders so that more experienced employees can run routes," Church said."Even this has been a little difficult."Some locations say they are also seeing food shortages due to supply-chain disruptions that are driving up prices and leading to a growing shortage of goods in some locations.
"We're not receiving as much [U.S. Department of Agriculture] food as we used to and so we've had to purchase food as a supplement to our donated food, which is a significant expense in our budget," said Meredith.Volunteers fill boxes at the Food Bank for the Heartland distribution warehouse in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 8, 2021.
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