Demand is up at New Hampshire food banks and supplies are low this summer.
Officials say the Manchester-based New Hampshire Food Bank, which annually distributes millions of pounds of food to pantries, shelters and homes statewide, is experiencing record-low inventory.
Agency relations coordinator Connie Milville says donors tend to focus on the winter months and the holiday season, but the greatest need usually is in the summer.
She says the bank currently has just over 137,000 pounds of food in stock less than the previous record low of 260,000 pounds registered at one point last summer and way less than the 500,000 to 700,000 pounds averaged for many years before then.
Donations of canned goods, such as vegetables, fruits, chili, soups and ravioli are needed, as are dry cereal, pasta, peanut butter, diapers and baby food and juice.