Austin businesses work to stock the shelves

Hormel Foods donated 700 pounds worth of food.

If you're interested in donating, you can drop off food at the Salvation Army in Austin or at the Food Shelf at Little Cedar Church.

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We've been telling you about the high demand at food pantries, as many families struggle to make ends meet.

Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal is finding out how businesses in austin are joining forces to make sure there's enough food to go look live: this trailer is stocked with food.

It's one of five places in austin collecting food.

I spoke to the organizer of stock the shelves who tells me that this community is in desperate need of food donations.

If you're anything like me?

You probably have extra food sitting in your pantry that's getting close to its expiration date.

Now is the perfect time to clean those cans and boxes out?

And give it to a family in need.

That what martha vrieze (vre?zee) did.

And she's taking it a step further.

She organized a food drive in her neighborhood after hearing her local food shelf was getting empty.

"they are running short of food we need much more put back into those pantries to help out these families that are unemployed, have many kids and their kids are home from school 24/7 now."

Pantries are struggling just like the food chain is to keep up with the demand.

Their resources are stretched from serving two to three times more families a week than before the pandemic.

These volunteers managed to collected ?

Thousand pounds of food yesterday.

Which will be donated today to three food pantries in mower county.

Look live: i was told that hormel made a huge donation.

They donated 700 pounds of food.

In austin maleeha kamal kimt news three.

You can drop off donations at the salvation army in austin or