Where there’s a constant need
BY STU MERRY
BHG News
What if you went to the McLean Family Resource Center expecting to receive food items, only to find that the shelves were bare?
Though it hasn't gotten to that point, it's come perilously close.
In April, the food pantry served 10 families consisting of 49 individuals. More than 1,800 lbs. of food was handed out. About half the resource center's food pantry budget went out the door.
On average, the food pantry serves six to nine families a month.
Stacey Pfliiger, direct service coordinator for the resource center, doesn't think the need will subside. "With summer, there's always transient population. We will get more calls as our population swells," she said.
The need is real. And, it is constant. That's why Pfliiger is asking for donations to the food pantry not only now, but throughout the year.
