West Palm Beach, Florida-You can't see it, but keeping up with the holidays and the needs of the community in this warehouse has always been a challenge.

"Our goal is just to ensure that everyone who is food insecure in Palm Beach County has access to the food they need," said Jamie Kendall, chief executive officer of the Palm Beach County Food Bank.

Without the help of the community, this will be an arduous task this year. The supply chain problems spreading across the country are felt on every shelf in the warehouse, and donations there have decreased.

"We have to buy more food than usual, which puts an extra burden on us," Kendall said. "In the past three months, we have spent more than 700,000 U.S. dollars to ensure that food comes in."

According to the Food Bank, grocery prices are rising, and stores with excess food are lowering prices to sell and make money to make ends meet instead of donating. Most importantly, just to transport goods into this warehouse, truck transportation costs have doubled. To make matters worse, suppliers and manufacturers are struggling to cope with reduced inventory and increased costs.

When food insecurity increased, all of this added up and eventually permeated this non-profit organization.

"Everyone opens the news every night, everything is related to the supply chain, and we work hard at the food bank level to ensure that everyone has food, which has caused serious damage to us and our operations," Kendall said.

Financial donations are essential to provide food for institutions and families in need this holiday season. Anyone who wants to donate should visit pbcfoodbank.org.

Or click this link to donate online.

The next face-to-face food donation will be held at Seacoast Bank, 3717 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach 33436