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Volunteer Jaren Sousa caries a sack of food out to a car Thursday afternoon at North Valley Food Bank. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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When businesses began closing and subsequently laying off employees due to the coronavirus pandemic, North Valley Food Bank knew it would be seeing an increase in families needing assistance. But it was also faced with an additional hurdle as the food it normally receives from grocery stores all but completely ended as shoppers cleaned out store shelves.