AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One in four people in the area face food insecurity, and Golden Harvest Food Bank is working to reduce that number.
That effort is intensifying as summer meal programs for children come to an end and the number of people in need has reached a new high.
Tiffany Matthews, hunger relief network coordinator, said the organization partnered with about 20 food pantries across 12 counties in its service area this summer, distributing more than 12,000 units of food — an increase from previous years…