According to reports, lines at food banks are lengthening as increasingly more people in the United States seek charitable donations to help their families survive the ongoing economic crisis.

Inflation right now is at a 40-year high, and gas prices are higher than they have ever been. This is hitting even the middle class – what remains of it, anyway – hard as working families struggle to put food on the table.

Many food banks do not have enough food to go around, however. Some relief was seen after the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic ended, however the bounce-back was not nearly enough to handle the onslaught of struggling families looking for food, cash and other assistance.

"It's really impossible to get by now without some help," says Tomasina John, who recently visited the St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix – her first-ever visit to a food bank. "The prices are way too high."