We were at the Stratford School's Beresford Square campus in Milpitas, where organizers conjured up an interesting way to celebrate all the donations: a cereal box domino run.
Second Harvest says they're providing food for the same number of people they did during the peak of the pandemic which was an average of 500,000 people a month, but that need has outpaced financial donations.
In the spirit of Veteran's Day, local vets competed, collecting food for their own military branches. They had one shared goal: helping the community.
"The intent when we set up our first drive through giveaway was that it would be temporary... But if history is any indication, we realize that such a severe emergency like this and a recession could take up to a decade to recover from."
"The people who are getting meals today are homebound, older adults who don't have the ability to do their own grocery shopping. They are alone on Thanksgiving Day."
Samaritan House in San Mateo started giving out food for the Thanksgiving holiday meal this week, and says the need is enormous. Workers are expecting to help twice as many people this year than they did before the pandemic.