High prices, reduced benefits: Local food bank sees need up, donations down

High prices, reduced benefits: Local food bank sees need up, donations down

The 12,000-square foot warehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is buzzing on a Monday afternoon, with staff and volunteers at Manna Food Center packing food boxes as cars pull up to distribute donations at local schools. In the center of it all is Jackie DeCarlo, CEO of Manna, who says hunger isn’t just a holiday issue; it’s a year-round problem, and it’s been getting worse. The need for food assistance, she told WTOP, has grown since the spring, w…