A local food pantry in Irvine, California, is seeking out a variety of “unexpected” foods from donors amid heightened demand for such supplies over the last few months.
According to volunteers at South County Outreach Food Pantry, families with children out of school for the summer are in need of sandwich ingredients, specifically peanut butter and jelly.
Additional items needed, officials said, include cooking oils, butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, and condiments. Such ingredients, the nonprofit said, are often forgotten by donors and are needed for cooking certain meals.
Volunteers load groceries into a car at the South County Outreach Food Pantry in Irvine, Calif. (Courtesy of South County Outreach Food Pantry)
Donated food at the Reform Temple of Laguna Woods. (Courtesy of South County Outreach Food Pantry)
The number of those in need has sky-rocketed following economic pressure and the heightened cost of living in the area, according to officials from the nonprofit….