The Augusta Dream Center now serves about twice as many people at its hot meals, and food pantries on both sides of the Savannah River are running short.
The Salvation Army of Aiken sees the same jump. Its leaders called the demand “astronomically high,” per WRDW. At the Augusta Dream Center, the bags of food keep getting lighter while the line of people seeking help grows longer.
“We have to get creative,” said Kellie Newman, executive director of the Augusta Dream Center. That plan is keeping food moving through the center’s doors…