Editorial: Double dollars: Local foundation again plans to match food bank donations
In this holiday season like no other, the peninsula community is being challenged to fund its food banks. Many businesses have been closed or slowed by covid, their employees laid off or working fewer hours. Even if covid hadnât happened, this winter would be difficult because of the delayed crab season and ongoing razor clam closure due to domoic toxin. Jessieâs Ilwaco Fish Company alone ordinarily provides dozens of jobs, but isnât likely to under its new owner until 2021. All this bad news sends families to food banks in search of nutritional help. As it did last year, a loc...
Source: chinookobserver.com