b'NAVIGATING CHANGETO THE RESCUE:Fighting Hunger in South GeorgiaL ong before the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 37 million Americans face the daily agony of being hungry. This year, that number is projected to exceed 54 million people, including 18 million children. In rural communitieswhere the majority of crops that feed the world are grown people experience hunger issues at higher rates. In the U.S., approximately 2.3 million households in rural communities have food insecurities, according to Feeding America, the nations largest domestic hunger-relief organization.Second Harvest of South Georgia, part of Feeding Americas network of 200 food banks, has been on the front line of the hunger war since 1982. Working with 400 agency partners throughout 26 counties, Second Harvest of South Georgia is the regions leading hunger-relief organization. In early February, Frank Richards, CEO of Second Harvest of South Georgia, says he started monitoring COVID-19 after reports of an alarming number of deaths at a nursing home in Seattle, Washington.It was shortly after that when Johns Hopkins [University] started posting COVID numbers, he says. Thats when I knew we needed to dust off our pandemic plan and get some processes in place.WES SEWELLFeeding South Georgia: Frank Richards, CEO, Second 12 SG MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2020 Harvest of South Georgia'