When it comes to the cost of food at the supermarket, the holiday season is hitting households a lot harder this year. Long Island food banks distribute an estimated 20 million pounds of food each year.
"I have a location in Freeport that sees over 100 families a day," Rosati said. food banks distribute an estimated 20 million pounds of food from Nassau to Suffolk each year.
Nassau County is holding an End Hunger Celebration on the eve of Thanksgiving. Local pantries are collecting nonperishable food and frozen turkeys between now and then.
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