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In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo Des Moines Area Religious Council food pantry volunteer Louise Minor, left, hands a bag of food to Garry Vanderlinden, of Des Moines, Iowa, right, at a senior center in Des Moines, Iowa. Amid concerns the new coronavirus has left many people to at least temporarily lose their jobs, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambling to meet an expected surge in demand even as older volunteers have been told to stay home and calls for social distancing are complicating efforts to package and distribute food. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo Des Moines Area Religious Council food pantry volunteer Louise Minor, left, hands a bag of food to Garry Vanderlinden, of Des Moines, Iowa, right, at a senior center in Des Moines, Iowa. Amid concerns the new coronavirus has left many people to at least temporarily lose their jobs, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambling to meet an expected surge in demand even as older volunteers have been told to stay home and calls for…

March 18, 2020

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Food banks face virus dilemma: More demand, fewer volunteers
March 18, 2020 1:09 p.m.

Food banks face virus dilemma: More demand, fewer volunteers

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With the new coronavirus leaving many people at least temporarily out of work, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambling to meet an expected surge in demand, even as older volunteers have been told to stay home and calls for social distancing have complicated efforts to package and distribute food.