Best of: Illinois food banks gearing up for 2023 holiday season
Eastern Illinois Foodbank Facebook page
The Eastern Illinois Food Bank and similar agencies are gearing up for the holiday season. We are seeing the highest rates since the years of the Great Recession. According to the US Department of Agriculture, more than 44 million Americans live in what are called “food-insecure households” that includes more than 13-million children.
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Amanda Borden
VP of Development, Eastern Illinois Foodbank
A version of this conversation was first broadcast November 7, 2023.