Alberta food banks see record demand amid inflation, rising fuel and food costs
Last month, 35,000 people needed hampers, which is a 97 per cent increase from June 2020.“Our phone lines are really busy, we’re very busy packing hampers, we’re very busy serving the 300 agencies, churches and other organizations that rely on our services.”Bencz attributes the massive spike in need to a “perfect storm” of factors, including impacts from the pandemic, inflation, rising food and fuel costs, and an influx of newcomers from Ukraine.
“We do our best to keep costs low,” she said. “We are getting less food and distributing to more food banks.”Story continues below advertisement The Leduc and District Food Bank Association is seeing an increase of 25 to 35 per cent of clients. Executive director Gert Reynar says many of those new clients have never used a food bank or needed any type of social services before.
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