LIKELY AS THE GENERAL PLIC UBTO NEED HELP FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES. AS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER KATELYN SYKES SHOWS US, THAT’S WHERE THE GREARTE PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK AND ITS PARTNERS COME IN. KATELYN: I WANT YOU TO TE AAK LOOK AT THIS LINE OF CARS THAT STRETCHES DOWN THIS ALLY. -- THIS ALLEY. THESE CARS ARE HERE FOR A ODFO DRIVE THAT IS BEING PUT ON BY THE VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. ALL OF THESE DONATIONS ARE GOING TO HELP VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES IN NEED. AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I’VE TALKED TO THAT HELP VETERANS IN THIS AREA SAY THE NEED IS GREAT. BETWEEN OXES OF DRY GOODS, PRODUCE AND FROZEN MEA, TSHELP, IN THE FORM OF FOOD, IS HERE FOR VETERANS IN NEED. >> THERE ALWAYS, "THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS." KATELYN: THE VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, ALONG WITH THE GREARTE PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, HOLD THIS PARTICULAR FOOD DISTRIBUTION THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. THIS MONTH, GIVING OUT25 1 SHARES OF FOOD. >> THE NEED HERE IN PITTSBURGH PAST -- HAS KIND OF DROPPEDFF O A LITTLE BIT SINCE LAST YEAR. ORIGINALLY, WE WERE DOING LIKE 250 SHARES AT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, B NUTOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE DOWN ABOUT HALF THAT NUMBER. KATELYN: BUT AT VETERANS PCELA OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, THEY SAW THE EDNE SKYROCKET IN 2020, >> WE WERE SEEING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 100, 125 PEOPLE A WE.EK IT WAS INSANE. KATELYN: ULTIMATELY, HELPING 8500 VETERANS AND FAMILIES ADDRESS FOOD INSECURY.IT >> I REMEMBER WATCHING THE NEWS AND EISENG THE LINES FROM THE AIRPORT DURING THE START OF THE NDPAEMIC. WELL, AT VETANERS PLACE, TTHA LINE WAS THE SAME. KATELYN: ALSO, PARTNERING WITH THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FO BK.OD BETWEEN A DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD SHARE TO WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A LITTLE GROCERY STORE IN THE BUIDLI.NG >> THIS IS KIND OF EGGS AND MILK AND BUTTER. KATELYN: LETTING THEM PICKUT O THE FRESH AND CANNED GOODS THEY WANT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROB HAMILTON SAID THESE OPTIONS ARE LIFE CHANGING FOR THE VETERANS WHO DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WOULD COME FROM. AND THE PANDEMIC REALLY INSHED A LIGHT ON JUST HOW BIG FOOD INSECURITY AMONG VETERANS RELY IS. >> WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COME THAT WOULD JUST COMPLETELY BREAK DOWN, AND NOT KNOWINHOG W TO REALLYES RPOND. ALL WE DID WAS THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM, AND MA SKEURE THAT WE WERE THE HELPING HAND WHEN THEY NEEDED IT THE MOST. KELLY: AND GIFTS TO THE GRTEEAR PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, HELP MAKE SURE THOUSANDS OF LOCAVEL TERANS HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD THEY NEED. ANDREW SO WE’RE ASKING YOU TO : GIVE TAYOD TO DONATE, TEXT 4