Year-round, food banks will see a high volume of people who are food insecure, which is heightened in the summer with kids out of school.
The Food Bank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore said they’ve nearly been cleaned out due to the need of families here in Hampton Roads.
“Summertime is always interesting at food banks our shelves are always much more bare than they are during the holiday season so we kind of are out of almost everything,” said Mallory Reckling with the food bank.
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Foodbank sees dramatic increase in food insecurity on southside of Hampton Roads
Reckling says the number of hungry people living here has climbed.
“Food insecurity has reached a record high in the last couple of years,” said Reckling. “Everybody thought the COVID-19 pandemic was the height of it, but it’s right now.
The food bank says it serves an estimated population of over 1 in 10 neighbors who are food insecure.