WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at Wilmington has already been experiencing months of increased demand.
“I’d say this comes very close to COVID or past major disasters,” said Director of Community Outreach Emily Kraft. “We have seen just an increase in need based on folks losing jobs, folks losing immigration status, and just losing access to a lot of the resources that were previously available to them that don’t exist anymore.”
Now, the federal government shutdown could make the situation worse…