"We serve enough food for 65,000 households every single month in Contra Costa and Solano counties. So, there are literally thousands of people who are worried about where their next meal is going to come from," explains Caitlin Sly, CEO of Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.
"I think people have the feeling that the pandemic is over somehow. But we haven't seen the need go down. And so people are really still struggling, and need food," says Sly.
"It was very surprising to me how many people, close to where I live, struggle with food insecurity. But I think it was also very surprising - at first, I thought it was just homeless people or people who are extremely poor. But it is people that have houses, people that have jobs," says Maxina Ingersol, a high school volunteer.
"It is just expensive all over. Housing is expensive. And I can see by the people coming in just how much they appreciate when you do hand out the food at the senior distributions, at the other distributions. There is a real need for it," says Charlene Clark, a volunteer.
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