you see the brussel sprouts there. 125 million pounds a year go to families in need in san mathey mateo county. to talk to us about it we have the ceo of second harvest, thank you for joining us, what is the need like? what do you see? >> reporter: we are seeing a record level of need. that is because for so many of our neighbors they are really feeling the pinch of the high cost of living here combined with all of the price increases and some of the pandemic-era benefits have gone away. this is a particularly challenging holiday season. >> reporter: now, giving tuesday. i know you guys had a match, how is that going and how is ng going to meet that great need? >> well, we are thrilled we met our goal of $1 million. it will be triple matched as that was $3 million which is the equivalent of enough food for six million meals, however, we have to raise $30 million this holiday season. that is just the start for us. we are so grateful to have people's support. most people think we get a lot of government funding but actually, two thirds of our funding comes from individuals, 90% from the private