Uh, you know, both because of the pandemic and so many people who are laid off their jobs for a load or permanently losing their jobs.

The Michael Flood who runs this Los Angeles food bank.

This is a Thanksgiving like no other covert 19 and the joblessness it has caused a forcing families to look for help in unprecedented numbers.

For this Thanksgiving, we purchased seven truckloads of turkeys for distribution, compared to three last year.

Food insecurity is affecting millions of households across the United States.

Times have been tough from a Z o Leary's family, but they've still been trying to give help as much as they have to seek it.

We've been getting some grab and go food supplies from schools.

Um, just thio help to be able to kind of feed our kids, too.

But then there's some leftovers that we also share with our neighbors and with teachers who are in need, Um, s So we've been doing that and whatever that we can make.

Oh, bake.

We've been donating those food to Los Angeles resident, their trees.

Fernandez says things haven't been easy, but she still finds much to be thankful for.

I'm grateful for everything, but particularly because we're healthy.

Unfortunately, we will be alone because we can't be with our families.

According to feeding America.

Prior to the pandemic, about 35 million Americans lived in food insecure households.

That number could hit 50 million by the end of the year.