i am shawn brooks director at the sf marin food bank and i want to express my appreciation for your leadership on the issue and the supporters of the food security task force for highlighting the opportunities that lay before us. although i support all of the recommendations i would like to speak on the need for a city wide home gresh grocery delivery program. we serve over 30,000s a week and the majority of the pantry participants are older adults and whom receive ssi and ineligible for benefits. many are frail and disabled and struggle to attend food pant reese regularly. when the burden is too great they stop coming and some don't even try to show up so with the projected aging supervisor mar you talked about if san francisco's population coupled with rising costs the numbers meeting but unable to access food assistance will continue to grow without a concerted effort to expand services so we believe that recruiting community volunteers to deliver healthy groceries and social connection is the lowest cost and effective way to maintain health of this vulnerable population and continue living

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