The Willcox Food Pantry is serving more families than it has in decades, with over 300 families picking up food during Monday's weekly distribution. The pantry is bracing for an even larger surge of people seeking help, despite having the lowest food and monetary donations Director Nell Worden has seen in 20 years.

Lines for the Monday distributions already span over two blocks and volunteers expect more people to show up as SNAP benefits face uncertainty.

"We have a lot of people in this community that are on food stamps and under the poverty level. So many of them are coming through our lines because they can't afford medicine if they buy food," Worden said.

The pantry serves hundreds of people each week through their Monday distributions, equating to what Worden says is over 1,200 pe

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