DOVER, Del. --- Food for more than 2,300 people was distributed on Friday at Dover International Speedway, where the Food Bank of Delaware hosted a mobile food pantry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hundreds had lined up for the event hours ahead of its 11 a.m. start time. Chad Robinson with the Food Bank of Delaware said families that deal with food insecurity because of poverty or other factors can struggle mightily when everyday life is disrupted.

"There are thousands of Delawareans that struggle with food insecurity on a daily basis even when there's not a time of heightened awareness bike now," he said.

The event in Dover followed similar ones in Wilmington and Georgetown earlier in the week.