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Elaine Peoples 68, right, gives out food donations to a woman at St. Stephen Outreach in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Friday, March 20, 2020. For more than a week, Elaine Peoples, who cooked for a now-shuttered daycare center, has been out of work. At 68, she's also at higher risk for catching the novel coronavirus. Nonetheless she's showing up 4 days a week for her volunteer shift at an increasingly crowded Brooklyn soup kitchen and food pantry. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Elaine Peoples 68, right, gives out food donations to a woman at St. Stephen Outreach in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Friday, March 20, 2020. For more than a week, Elaine Peoples, who cooked for a now-shuttered daycare center, has been out of work. At 68, she's also at higher risk for catching the novel coronavirus. Nonetheless she's showing up 4 days a week for her volunteer shift at an increasingly crowded Brooklyn soup kitchen and food pantry. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-…

March 23, 2020

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Charities face growing need in pandemic without volunteers
March 23, 2020 9:06 p.m.

Charities face growing need in pandemic without volunteers

For more than a week, Elaine Peoples, who cooked for a now-shuttered day care center, has been out of work. At 68, she's also at a higher risk for catching the new coronavirus. Nonetheless, she's showing up four days a week for her volunteer shift at an increasingly crowded Brooklyn soup kitchen and food pantry.