The bounty is stacked in a small back area of Foothill Unity Cente r in Pasadena: boxes of frozen turkeys, chicken or ham, heads of cabbage, yellow squash, grapes and apples, as well as cakes and pastries, enough to make any Thanksgiving table proud.

But the line of cars and people standing outside the social services nonprofit on Tuesday is just as long and considerable, 600 households on this one day, and another 600 scheduled to pick up their food packages at the center’s Monrovia branch on Wednesday. Add to that the hundred or so individuals who will come by to pick up a smaller version of the food kits, and you get what food bank officials and other nonprofits are saying this year: things are getting worse.

For Jhoana Hirasuna, executive director of Foothill Unity Center, make tha

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