While the coronavirus pandemic is causing great economic, physical and emotional impact on people around the world, the impact on marginalized populations and those who are food insecure is unimaginable. For Food Connection, that means our primary food donors (universities, conference centers and event businesses) are following CDC guidelines and canceling meetings and events. With that, the excess food from those events that we normally collect disappears.

Times are uncertain, and much is required of us.

What is Food Connection doing?

Food Connection’s top priority is the health and safety of the families and individuals we serve, as well as our staff and volunteers. As such, we are closely monitoring the coronavirus pandemic and are actively working with our food donors and partnering recipient agencies to continue service as best as we can. 

We are beginning to see an increased food demand and decreased supply from our donor partners. We are also seeing a dramatic decrease in our volunteers. In the event that food becomes available we are working with our partners to develop low and no contact food distributions so that we can best serve our clients experiencing a food crisis.

While it is still too early to determine the full economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, Food Connection will continue to work to help people facing hunger have the food they need.

What you can do

With the recent postponement of our largest fundraiser of the year, and the full economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak unknown, financial donations are crucial to our ability to meet a need that is only expected to increase.