ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Soaring food prices and cuts to assistance means more families are turning to local food drives for help getting by. Looking ahead to Thanksgiving, one Bay Area organization is already working on feeding families for the holiday .

Local perspective:

"It’s unbelievable, the cost of food," said Karen Rae, who runs Positive Impact St. Pete.

Every Saturday, her team provides groceries for roughly 3,000 people. Cars line up for blocks as volunteers load food into trunks at Tangerine Plaza in South St. Pete .

But, Rae said she’s seeing more and more new faces each week.

"There are a lot of families who are first-time in line with us. They’re working-class families who simply don’t make enough to cover the basics," Rae said.

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