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How do you distribute 90,000 pounds of food when the pope gets in your way?

With travel restrictions in effect starting at midnight around Catholic University—where Pope Francis is scheduled to give a mass before 25,000 people tomorrow—many of the businesses in the area are just shutting down for the day. But the Capital Area Food Bank has the equivalent of 75,000 meals to distribute, and locking the doors would have far more serious consequences than lost productivity.

“There are almost 700,000 people that are at risk of hunger in our region,” said spokesman Dylan Menguy. “We’re responding to the need that’s out there—Pope Francis would want that.” Still, the food bank is located less than 2 miles from the epicenter of the popepocalypse.

It took a lot of maneuvering and planning, but they eventually figured it out. Nearly the entire fleet will be staged from the building of a community partner, Shabach! Resource and Empowerment Center, located in Prince George’s County. From there, the trucks will deliver food to hunger-relief organizations in the area—rather than being stuck in the traffic headed to hear the pope speak about social justice. The food bank itself will remain open too, though it might be more difficult to get there with so many road closures.

“Many other organizations that rely so heavily on fleets of vehicles are shutting down for Wednesday,” said Menguy. “But since we are a community response to hunger, it is part of our mission to keep food flowing.” Even when the pope is coming. Especially when the pope is coming.