I've been reporting a story on ad hoc, grassroots, mutual aid groups getting food to people who need it right now & aren't getting it from food banks — it is an incredible, essential service right now, chances are high there's a group in your area doing this quiet work every day
This is not to detract in any way from food banks who've had the infrastructure in place—& been doing the work—for years. But food banks are overwhelmed. People are falling through the cracks. These community fridges, mutual aid groups, & senior meal deliveries are finding them
If you're able: donate to your local bank. Then google your neighborhood, your city, your county, and "mutual aid," "COVID aid," "community fridge." You will find something, and you will find a very easy way to Venmo / PayPal / donate.
Participating in mutual aid feels revelatory. It feels like resistance to all the shitty postures capitalism forces us to assume. I really cannot recommend it enough.
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