December 1: Local food banks report nearly 800 new individuals will have accessed their services in 2020
- Publication
- Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario), 1 Dec 2020
Description
- Creator
- Lindsay Advocate
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- The Kawartha Lakes Food Source reported serving an additional 758 new individuals so far in 2020 in addition to the 1717 existing clients using 10 food banks across the city.
COVID-19 only compounded the extreme challenges already
faced by low-income community members and their ability to afford necessities as a result of insufficient social assistance programs, unaffordable housing, precarious employment, and systemic racism and inequality. - Publisher
- Roderick Benns
- Place of Publication
- Lindsay, ON
- Date of Original
- 1 Dec 2020
- Date Of Event
- 1 Dec 2020
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Boyd, Amelia ; Kirby, Heather, Executive Director
- Corporate Name(s)
- Lindsay Community Food Market ; Feed Ontario
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- Contact
- Kawartha Lakes Public LibraryEmail:lindsaylibrary@kawarthalakeslibrary.ca
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