[Christian Science Monitor] 22 Nov 2007--Around the Thanksgiving table, friends and family will thank the cook for perfectly parsleyed potatoes or glorious gravy ("How did you do that"?). But for those dining on donations from a food bank, gratitude will be especially meaningful – if, that is, there's enough food.
"There simply may be no food for many families when the rest of the nation gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving and religious holidays," said Vicki Escarra last week. Ms. Escarra is president of America's Second Harvest, a national food-bank network and the country's largest domestic hunger-relief charity. The group's 200-plus food banks report "critical shortages."
High demand and low supply has become a nation-wide trend in US food banks and not just around the holidays. An increasing number of families and individuals need emergency food assistance due the rising cost of living. At the same time a decreasing number of people are donating food.
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