Local food banks have been hit hard and need is rising.
The donation process will vary from food bank to food bank. To find your local food bank, Villarreal advises visitingand entering your zip code into the food bank locator. From there, she recommends connecting with that local food bank. Typically, they’ll have a most-needed list of items of things you can donate.
Other local meal programs such as Meals on Wheels also rely on volunteers to deliver and prepare meals. “For many recipients, the trusted Meals on Wheels volunteer who shows up every day with a meal and a smile is the only person they see or speak with all day,” says Jenny Young, the vice president of communications for Meals on Wheels America.
There are some items that food banks generally don’t take as donations such as homemade items, Guerra says. Villarreal advises not donating items in glass containers as they can shatter during transportation or anything that’s opened, damaged, or unlabeled.
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