Des Moines, Ia- The Food Bank of Iowa distributed more food during April than ever before, with May on track for a still-larger record. Spokesman Dylan Lampe says more than one-point-eight million pounds of food was passed out to Iowans in need last month.
“The team worked very hard. We added delivery routes, almost doubling the number of routes across the 55 counties we serve,” Lampe says. “We implemented more mobile pantries and really got creative with how we were able to distribute food in a safe fashion.”
Even with the record set during April, Lampe says the demand for food is still exceptionally high because of the pandemic.
“We’re seeing our partner agencies that we deliver to continuing to order twice as much as they would before the COVID-19 crisis hit,” Lampe says. “May has been just as busy. I think the need is continuing to increase.”
Community support has been tremendous, he says, and they’re very grateful for donations of both perishable and non-perishable items.
