On any given weekday, the line at the Weld Food Bank will stretch well out of the parking lot onto H Street. On the busiest days, the line may even back up to the FedEx shipping center, nearly a half mile north of the food bank.

A line of that magnitude was unfathomable to food bank staff and volunteers before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even a few years ago, it was quite the surprise when the line left the parking lot.

“The line to the street used to be a couple times a year, and when that happened, it was panic,” Director of Marketing and Communications Weston Edmunds said. “Now it’s every time I drive in.”

This year, through the Emergency Food Program and the Senior Feeding Program — the two programs that operate out of the warehouse at 1108 H St. in Greeley — the food bank is serving an

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