Food pantries affected by Coronavirus treat
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Impacts of the coronavirus .
That includes the thousands of hoosiers who rely on weekly trips to food pantries for their daily meals.
As courtney crown reports, because of the spreading coronavirus, an indianapolis food pantry is making slight changes to the way it distributes food to its customers.
The gleaners food bank of indiana helps our community's most vulnerable put food on the table.
Joe slater, gleaners ceo and cfo there are a lot of senior citizens.
Could be folks with compromised health conditions.
This is the group concerning health officials most as it relates to the coronavirus.
Dr. kris box/indiana state health commissioner those who are 60 and older and have other underlying chronic conditions.
So, i think we should all be thinking if we are ill, we should stay home.
The fallout from the virus can put a strain on people.
Joe slater, gleaners ceo and cfo we fully expect in the next two to four weeks, the demand for our services will increase.
26:52 as the economy gets a little rocky, people might lose h gleaners anticipates an increase in need for their services, they also could use more volunteers.
Especially if the ones who regularly do that, call out sick.
Joe slater, gleaners ceo and cfo if you're healthy, warehouse is clean, the whole place is clean.
Starting tomorrow -- gleaners is making slight changes to the way people pick up food.
The five- thousand families they serve monthly won't walk into the on-site pantry.
Joe slater, gleaners ceo and cfo typically this room would be full on a day of a distribution.
Then, starting tomorrow, we're modifying our distribution to be a drive through.
People will still receive a box of food for the week..
With fresh produce and meat... they just won't leave their vehicles.
We're bringing in new food by the truck load every day.
So, our inventories are very strong, we're really well positioned to help in this type of situation.
Just like your 401-k... gleaners is experiencing the impact of a shaky stockmarket.
They've reportedly lost 700-thousand dollars from their endowment fund in the last couple of weeks.
That's a decent hit when one dollar equals five meals for the community.
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