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- So we're requesting

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from the California National Guard troops

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to help us break down
all the food that we have

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and package it, and be
able to get the food out

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to the 220 distribution sites to feed

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the low income families of our county.

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Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

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has the territory of Sacramento County,

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And right now, we're in
partnership with 220 agencies

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feeding about 150,000 people a month,

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distributing about 2.5 million
pounds of food per month.

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Right now, because of the COVID-19,

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we've had an increase in need,
and what we're trying to do

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is build the capacity of the network

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to try to get them food
as quickly as possible.

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The California National
Guard's gonna help us

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ramp up those operations
so people that need food

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will be able to get 'em.

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- Today we're so excited

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that the California
National Guard has come out

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to basically put together boxes

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for our Food for Seniors program.

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Sacramento Food Band & Family Services

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has just under 90 employees,

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and we have a volunteer
force of over 10,000 people

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in our community that come and help us

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break bulks, or they
help us repack grains,

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so the California National Guard

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is doing that for us today, as well.

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They help us bag produce,

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they help us put our Food
for Seniors boxes together.

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Because of the shelter-in-place,

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yes, we have had a lot of cancellations

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due to the requirements
of social distancing,

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so we're super grateful to
the California National Guard.

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We're really excited to have them here,

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and we're just very thankful.

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- We have folks who have lost there jobs

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that have never relied
on a food bank before,

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so we're really cognizant about preparing

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for the next month and
packing as much food as we can

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and getting it out to the community.

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We're so blessed to have
this many soldiers come out

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and help us feed needy families
during this difficult time.

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Right now the guard is
helping us really stage

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and prepare for our bigger
distributions coming up.