USATODAY.com - Katrina shelves gifts to food banks

USATODAY.com - Katrina shelves gifts to food banks: "Katrina shelves gifts to food banks
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
As Hurricane Katrina donations reach near-record levels, some food banks in the USA are seeing bare shelves as they prepare for Thanksgiving and winter.
Chris Cunningham works at the Idaho Food Bank, where demand is up for Thanksgiving, but donations are expected to be less. Chris Cunningham works at the Idaho Food Bank, where demand is up for Thanksgiving, but donations are expected to be less.
By Troy Maben, AP

Food donations are down 12% in Los Angeles, 30% in New York City and more than 50% in Milwaukee and Denver, according to America's Second Harvest network, which accounts for 80% of the nation's food banks for the needy."