An unemployed former marine who uses the food bank said it would be "devastating" if it closed.
The food bank has been collecting donations in Birmingham city centre on Saturday.
Chiefly among them were Deacon Bethany Thomas, Dan Thoemke, Judy Maxwell, Reagan Giffels, and the Food Bank of the Rockies.
Second, if a building is more energy efficient then the food bank saves money, year over year, on energy costs.
The Food Bank for New York City distributed 65 million pounds of food last year, including federally purchased surplus food.
The food bank Tania goes to is in the town of Ghent, in northern Belgium - the region of Flanders.
The Reverend John Edwards, who helps run the food bank, said the number of people it worked with had doubled since 2009.
Finally, a more energy efficient building can actually reduce the amount of food that spoils while sitting on the shelves at the food bank.
The Food Bank for New York City steps in and serves over 1, 000 service providers, who in turn provide meals to 1.5 million people annually.
The Trussell Trust reckons 43% of all those referred to the food bank are there because of benefit stoppage or the refusal of a crisis loan.
Flowers said demand at the food bank is higher than ever, which could be seen as evidence that things have not gotten better in this swing state.
The food bank, which is based at Wesley Hall Methodist Church in Noblett Road and is backed by the Trussell Trust, which runs a network of food banks.
"Just before Easter we seemed to hit a slump as far as people giving to the food bank and that has combined with demand going up, " he said.
He described it as "the latest stage in a political campaign by the Labour Party to use the food bank movement as a vehicle for its political attack".
Heather Hulton, who volunteers with the food bank, says the cathedral is very important in the community "but we're not good at shouting about it from the roof tops".
The food bank was established by local churches with the help of the Trussell Trust in 2011 but the funding from the churches is "just not there", Mr Hanbury said.
The experience of the food bank -- and the charities it helps -- mirror the campaign economic debate: Are things better off than they were when President Barack Obama took office in 2009?
Because I had to approach the project differently while in a wheelchair, I finalized the operation plan of working through our nonprofit arm, the Golden Rotary Foundation, to develop a relationship with the Food Bank of the Rockies.
We were able to work at the food bank and get some bags packed, and now we're doing this wonderful work for the children of our servicemen and women who are going to get to go to camp.
"So to try to get the churches and groups - and the 10 people on the food bank committee - to keep it going would be an immense task and we won't have the resources to be able to do it, " added Major Robinson.
For example, in Mexico members of the community will tell the food bank who is in need and the food bank will periodically drive a big truck out to an urban area and deliver food packages that each provide a nutritious meal for a whole family.
In Dayton, Ohio, for instance, the loss of telecoms and government jobs has translated into a 29% jump in food requests at the MidOhio Food Bank, which serves 20 counties.
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In addition to providing food for those that work in garden, HABESHA partners with organizations such as the Atlanta Community Food Bank and the MLK Senior Center to provide food from the garden to the hungry and elders in the community.
We also have many food collections for the local food bank all year long.
The Jubilee Food bank is run by the City Church in the Shirecliffe area of the city.
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Second Harvest, the largest food-bank network in the country, says that about half its 183 food-distribution centers have reported increased demand over the past year.
Together, their entry fees will contribute tens of thousands of dollars to three local non-profits the Greater Boston Food Bank, the Ellie Fund and the Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project.
The Community Food Bank of New Jersey is need of monetary donations and fuel supplies for generators.
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