Local families feeling the food pinch
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| Free food pantries and meal programs help Rockbridge County residents make ends meets, but the organizations depend on donations to make it through the lean times, too. (Laura Sanders/ Rockbridge Report) |
September is National Hunger Awareness month, but hunger is on the minds of several Rockbridge County organizations year round. Local free food pantries are serving more people than ever, and food donations are not keeping up with demand.
Pantries seeing the economic fallout
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| Liza Haynie volunteers at the food pantry in Lexington. The Rockbridge Area Relief Association has plenty of help packing boxes of food, but more clients are putting a strain on their supply. (Laura Sanders/ Rockbridge Report) |
The Rockbridge Area Relief Association maintains the largest food pantry in the county. Its client numbers have increased threefold in the last four years. That has strained the organization’s food supply.
One organization keeps pace
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| Campus Kitchens Project has enough food and funding to keep preparing meals during the economic downturn. (Jenny Sproul/CKP) |
Washington and Lee University began delivering meals to people in need in 2006 through the Campus Kitchens Project. The University’s dining services program donates leftover food to the organization. The program also receives grants to purchase food.
Interview with Campus Kitchens Coordinator Jenny Sproul
Produced by
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journalism students.
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Prof. Brian
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Prof. Indira Somani
Editing supervisor:
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Reporting Supervisors:
Prof. Doug Cumming
Prof. Indira Somani
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