Salvation Army short of donations for weekly food pantry

The Salvation Army has cut back from opening its food pantry every week to every other week until it can restock the shelves with enough donated food to meet demand.

“I feel that in the past couple of months, we’ve been receiving less donations,” said Capt. Belle Green.

The Tuesday pantry serves an average of 25 to 30 households a week, she said.

The two grocery stores in town, City Market and IGA, are the biggest donors to the food pantry shelves and “have been unbelievably supportive” in donating, she said. Individuals, food drives at the schools and holiday drives also are important additio...

 
 

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