Social service providers that rely on volunteers are having to scale back operations, just as more Americans are coming to them for help.
Julio Alonso, executive director and CEO of the Hoosier Hills Food Bank in Bloomington, Ind., says students from nearby Indiana University usually help pack and distribute food, but they’ve been sent home because of the pandemic.
“In addition to those student groups, a lot of businesses come on a regular basis and volunteer for us as groups, and that has pretty much gone out the window,” Alonso said.
He added that even if such groups were available, they can’t have too many people working together safely in their warehouse…
To read the entire article from NPR, click https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/03/826262316/coronavirus-drives-away-volunteers-just-as-theyre-needed-most
