FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In Community Harvest Food Bank’s over 40 years of existence, they have never noticed the amount of need in the community as they did on Saturday’s Helping Hands food distribution.
Community Harvest Food Bank or CHFB has noticed that the need has been steadily rising for the past three years due to several contributing factors, including increasing bills and stagnant wages. Engagement Manager Adam Roby said the average number of families fed at one Saturday Helping Hands used to be 600 to 700. In February, 1,940 were helped. The record-breaking number this Saturday – 2,024 families.
“Unfortunately, it’s not surprising,” Roby said. “We’ve been anticipating this, we’ve been prepping for this, and we’re prepared for this… We don’t have any reason to think that this trend won’t continue.”…