- Increase in people seeking help from food banks due to pandemic: 55%
- Meals distributed during the pandemic as of April 2021: 6 billion+
- Percent fewer meals served by child food service programs in 2020 compared to 2019: 30%
- Food insecurity during the pandemic by race:
White: 1 in 12
Latino: 1 in 6
Black: 1 in 5
Native American: 1 in 4 - Gender most likely to experience food insecurity: female
- Number of people seeking food assistance who were past donors and food bank volunteers: approximately 4 in 10
For More Information:
Feeding America: www.feedingamerica.org
Why Hunger: www.whyhunger.org
The Greater Boston Food Bank: www.gbfb.org
