N.C. food bank addressing ‘increased need’ during federal shutdown

RALEIGH, N.C. — Weeks into a federal shutdown, furloughed federal workers are starting to feel the pinch.

Many missed their first paycheck last Friday, and this week some of them showed up to North Carolina food banks looking for help.

Boxes of produce are flying out of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in Raleigh as volunteers load up trucks and prepare pallets of goods for a growing number of North Carolinians…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS