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Seeking a helping hand: Valley food banks short on volunteers

A food bank volunteer fills boxes in Surprise. Food banks across the Valley need volunteers.

St. Mary's Food Bank

Jesse Ramirez is struggling to get through the summer.

High rent and inflation have squeezed pocketbooks of many Valley residents who need extra help keeping food in their homes, and Ramirez, who founded the Valley View Community Food Bank in Sun City during 2007, is seeing the impacts.

Some Phoenix-area food banks are seeing demand that is surpassing pandemic levels, and there is no sign of letting up.

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