Food pantry use soars

Burbank resident Dave Cowan never thought he'd go to a food pantry.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

But since he was laid off in February from a job he'd held for 12 years, the former sales manager at a motion picture industry lighting company has been picking up bags of food at the Burbank Temporary Aid Center to feed himself and his 9-year-old son.

"I'm a single father," said Cowan, 39. "I have my son 24-7. I go every day and look for a job. ... But I've got to tell you, the bills keep coming and you have to eat. My son looks at me every day to provide and it gets very, very stressful."