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Inflation is making it harder for many Maritime families to put food on the table and fill up the gas tank. Now, there’s another expense to worry about — back to school supplies.
Donations of supplies continue to pile up in the basement of Moncton Headstart for families in need, but how they’ll be distributed this year has changed.
The organization that helps high-risk children and their families has been distributing backpacks with learning materials directly to families for years.
But this year, they are working with the Anglophone East School District, which will give them to schools who will then distribute them to those in need.
Moncton Headstart executive director Caroline Donelle said things needed to be run differently this year because they simply didn’t have the capacity to distribute the supplies to families.
“We’re happy to support the community as best we can, but this is one of our community outreach programs that we just have to let go of,” said …
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