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Volunteers fill bags of food at The Five Loaves and Two Fish food pantry in Griffin.

Volunteers fill bags of food at The Five Loaves and Two Fish food pantry in Griffin.

GRIFFIN — The Five Loaves and Two Fish food pantry is the recipient of a $5,000 grant given by the Atlanta Community Food Bank to help food pantries in 21 Georgia counties to buy critical equipment for food storage and distribution.

The grant made it possible for the Spalding County food pantry to buy three new freezers and a refrigerator, which will allow the pantry to accept more perishable food items for distribution, Steve Trawick, executive director of Five Loaves and Two Fish, said Wednesday.

“We were also able to purchase heavy duty plastic bags with handles so our clients that walk or bike to the pantry can carry more food instead of having to leave some items behind because they can’t carry all of the items we provide,” Trawick said.

The grants come at a particularly important time as the ACFB and its network of partner food pantries continue to see an elevated need for food assistance, ACFB public relations manager Katie Marvel said Monday.

“We couldn’t fulfill our mission without our nonprofit partner agencies,” said Kyle Waide, president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Nearly one in eight Georgians and one in seven children are estimated to be food insecure in the ACFB’s service area, ACFB data showed.

“On the heels of the pandemic, inflation, rising rents and other cost of living increases continue to present challenges to families and individuals already struggling to put enough food on their tables,” Marvel said.

The 90 food pantries receiving grants include faith-based organizations, community food pantries, shelters for those experiencing homelessness, veteran support organizations, mobile food pantries and community kitchens.

“Our partners are invaluable in our work to get desperately needed food to the roughly 715,000 Georgia neighbors who need assistance, and these grants will help increase their capacity to help,” Waide said.

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