Serving the need: Food pantries have adapted and responded throughout COVID crisis
WARSAW â Itâs bittersweet. If you run a food pantry, you take heart from helping others. But with the arrival of the COVID-19 outbreak locally in March 2020, the number of people seeking help increased dramatically. Families. Retirees. People who suddenly found themselves jobless and struggling, amid statewide shutdowns and isolation orders. One year later, the numbers have begun to recede slightly in some areas. And the pantries have had a chance to reflect on the experience. âIt is one of those bittersweet things where you donât necessarily want to know this kind of mini...
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