The folks at Harvest Hope in Florence say they've got proof people are still struggling to make ends meet.
The group, who helps people in need, says it's received lots of food donations, but they still don't have enough to go around.
The need is so great, these organizers say, that just in the last year, their services have increased by 44 percent.
And unfortunately, they say, that means demand is greater than supply.
"For Harvest Hope, the Pee Dee area represents about a 15 percent unemployment rate. That's a lot of people out of work ... a lot of people doing what they can to make ends meet," said Skot Garrick with the Harvest Hope.
On Wednesday, dozens of people lined up outside the Bethel AME Church in Darlington waiting for emergency food.
"I'm unemployed, and I need all the help I can get," said Barbara Holmes who was in that line and has been unemployed for three years.
At the Harvest Hope office in Florence, Reverend Wilhelimena Bryant of Lake City loaded her truck with food to help members of her church.
"They're saying that they can not make it. They don't have food . They don't have jobs," Bryant said.
Employees at Prime Rate Premium of Florence wanted to do something to help, so they donated money to Harvest Hope to buy 6,000 pounds of food.
"Poverty strikes everyone so for our company to partner in something like this, I think it's a great honor," Prime Rate Premium employees said.
They gave away boxes of canned goods, bread, lettuce, cheese and juices to 100 families, and Barbara Holmes is thankful.
"It is a blessing ... blessing all the time," Holmes said.
Officials at Harvest Hope say 6,000 pounds is a lot of food, but they say it's not enough to meet their demands, and they say they're always in need of donations.
In 2009, the Pee Dee branch of Harvest Hope distributed 4.5 million pounds of food.
