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The Meadowlands Area YMCA food pantry program that serves Bergen and Hudson Counties raised than $846,000 at their annual gala last week.

In its first gala since the pandemic hit in spring 2020, the Meadowlands Area YMCA on Thursday night raised more than $800,000 for its food pantry.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (WABC) -- In another sign of how desperate families are to feed their families during the coronavirus pandemic, there were long lines Tuesday at several food giveaways across the Tri-State area. People waiting for food shows that the problem of hunger isn't going away soon enough, even as Congress works out the details of another stimulus payment that many say won't be enough, whether it's $600 or $2,000. Nina Pineda is live from one food drive in New Jersey. One such location is the Meadowlands Area YMCA, which has handed out one million meals since the pandemic b...