An East Bay nonprofit that works to help families out of poverty said it has received record low donations from a recent food drive.
The staff at the Davis Street Community Center in San Leandro described the situation as "devastating."Workers said the food pantry is fast running out of food, and is in desperate need of donations.The center has been serving the community for more than 3 decades and workers said they've never experienced such an extreme shortage of donations.Manager Emile Awwad pointed to empty shelves as he said,"Usually at this time of the year, all these would be overloaded.
"without this place, we would go hungry. A lot of people would go hungry."The center's CEO said he doesn't know the reason behind the lack of donations, but suspected that inflation may be a reason. "We have more people coming to us for services across the board and I just think the rising cost of living across the board has impacted everyone," Johnson said there is only enough food to last two more weeks.
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