Some food banks and pantries are still reeling from last week’s snowy weather, which resulted in some families not receiving weekly or monthly groceries.
“Unfortunately, I had to close down due to the weather on Tuesday and last Friday,” said Jural Toby, the founder and CEO of Harvest of Blessing Food and Clothing Pantry.
Last week’s winter weather made it difficult for some people to access food at their local banks and pantries.
“There were volunteers that couldn’t necessarily get in because of the weather, there were families that come to get food that couldn’t get here,” Gordon said.
Luckily, most families didn’t go hungry.
“We tried to let people know in advance when we made the decision [that] we were going to close on Friday so that we could get a lot of people in on Thursday and prepare people to be on the schedule for Monday,” Gordon said.
Catholic Harvest was also able to …