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As Need Grows, Local Food Banks Welcoming Needy

IN TIME OF CORONAVIRUS As Need Grows, Local Food Banks Welcoming Needy By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – In an average shopping trip, Laura Eggleston, Milford Food Pantry director, might buy 1,100 pounds of food to serve their 39 households. On Monday, April 13, she placed an order for 4,300 pounds. “In these last two weeks, we’ve served 56 families,” she said. “That’s 193 individuals.” As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, food banks across the county are seeing “a…
April 15, 2020
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Food Banks Expect Onslaught, Worry About Food Shortages

CORONAVIRUS EDITION Food Banks Expect Onslaught, Worry About Food Shortages Oneonta’s Lord’s Table Serving Only Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the kids home and many workers facing temporary layoffs as Coronavirus quarantines shutter businesses and send workforces home, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton Levitt, Coordinator, Hunger Coalition, is anticipating a higher demand on food pantries and feeding ministries. “So many people are one disaster away from food insecurity,” she said. “A lot of people are losing…
March 18, 2020

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