Tampa Bay nonprofits help prevent hunger in a year like no other Responding to the pandemic meant giving out a record number of meals for Tampa Bayâs needy families. And nonprofit groups warn there is still no end in sight to the economic toll. Â Â Feeding Tampa Bay volunteers (Left to right) Jessica Mallory, 17, Marianny Moreta, 17, and Ivanna Ferreras, 18, help load cars with food on the University of South Florida Tampa campus Monday. One year into the pandemic , the nonprofit is still stretched trying to meet the need of hungry Tampa Bay families. It recently held its 300th mega pantry, where lines for boxes of groceries still stretch around the block. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times ]