Joe Corbi’s has donated 6,000 pizzas to the Maryland Food Bank to help it relieve a food shortage. The food bank provides food to more than 1,000 soup kitchens and shelters across the state. Its inventory of donated food is at an all-time low so far this year, the organization said.

“The condition right now — we are calling it a crisis mode, and the need has grown in the community to that as quickly as we get this food in, it’s going out the door,” Deborah Flateman, food bank CEO, said in a statement.

Erickson Retirement Communities also said Friday it donated 876 pounds of food to the food bank. The donation matches the 876 pounds nearly 150 employees at the Catonsville-based company shed off. Food will include whole wheat pasta, peanut butter, rice, canned fruits and vegetables.

Joe Corbi’s, based in Columbia, previously donated 10,000 pizzas for volunteer effort Harvest for the Hungry in March. The company sells boxes with pizza ingredients to schools, youth sports teams, churches and other groups, which then sell the pizza kits to raise money