St. Anne Outreach of Columbus, the largest pantry partnered with Feeding the Valley, canceled a scheduled food distribution last week, citing a shortage of food at the food bank that has left the pantry struggling to fill shelves.
There has been a significant food shortage over the past year, Kelly Tolman, director of St. Anne Outreach, told the Ledger-Enquirer.
“We serve about 600 families a month,” she said. “So, when we have a distribution, a lot of families come. They rely on us. They’re spending their gas. They’re spending their time. They’re coming to get food. We didn’t have any food to give them, so we had to make the really difficult choice to cancel a distribution.”…