Food Bank expects food insecurity to remain high in 2021
Food bank expects food insecurity to remain high By Bryant Reed | January 3, 2021 at 1:42 PM EST - Updated January 4 at 5:08 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Food insecurity has impacted millions of Americans, like nobody thought it would in 2020. People who never needed help were waiting in lines at food banks.
“In the beginning of covid-19 we were not prepared for the increase in volumes of the number of people we were seeing,” said Beth Gaglione, Director of the Wilmington Branch of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC.
Across the nation, people who had never needed help putting food on the table, had to wait in long lines for food.
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National Guard Activations in 2020 Rose Amid Crises and F-16 Crash, But Stocks Still Soar
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National Guard activations in 2020 climbed amid crises and a fatal F-16 crash that remains under investigation, but stocks keep soaring anyway after recovering from an early-year market drop.
The National Guard activations in 2020 surged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, destructive hurricanes, devastating wildfires and civil disturbances in cities across the country. However, investors still found reason to look months ahead to when the crises of 2020 might end to justify bidding up many stocks and taking them to record highs.
The National Guard’s historic homeland service is highlighted by its members logging more than 8.4 million days on active duty in their communities during fiscal year 2020 ended Sept. 30. Whether on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, aiding in hurricane recoveries, rescuing hundreds of people trapped by wildfires in the West, quelli
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Juan Maldonado arrived at the stadium in Puerto Rico s capital where COVID-19 vaccines are being administered ready to wait all night.
Over the last week, he d gone twice to the Coliseo Pedrín Zorrilla only to find endless lines. Eager to get vaccinated, the pediatric occupational therapist opted to sleep in his car with a colleague in order to ensure they d be among the first in line.
Nearby, a group of fellow health care workers also staking out spots blasted music at a makeshift dance party. He struggled to sleep, anxious about not being awake on the open road.