Demand soars for the food bank in Maple Ridge
December 12, 2022
Demand has soared for the Friends In Need Food Bank and keeping up with the demand is getting more difficult as the holiday season approaches.
Food bank manager Evan Seal said that since June there have been about 150 new families who have registered for their services.
“That takes a big bite out of our daily allotment again, because we kind of schedule people coming on certain days based on how much food we have and when those numbers go up like that it really affects us and our ability to feed people,” he noted.
And, he added, that on certain days they are running out of food to give people.
A busy day for the food bank is usually about 60-70 people in the lineup.
However, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, Seal was helping to hand out food because they did not have enough volunteers, and he said, they served 104 people.
“The line just didn’t go away,” he said. “It just kept getting longer and snaking around the corner.”
Source: Maple Ridge News
