Nova Scotia’s food banks are coming up short this summer.
They say times are tough amid the high cost of living with already small budgets stretched thin. The city is also seeing a steady demand for its sleeping rough survival kits.
“People are struggling. There’s always more month than money,” says Rod Rowlands, the CEO of Beacon House Interfaith Society.
In a Facebook post on Monday the organization made a call for donations saying they’d never seen the pantry so bare.
“Our food donations coming in have slowed down considerably from where they were,” says Rowlands. “Plus, cash donations and that kind of thing as well.”
“We’re starting to feel not so much that we can’t keep our doors open, because we will find a way, but we do need help from the community,” he says.
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Rowlands adds people have already been answering the call and bringing in donations. On Thursday, the shelves were almost full …