Cost of living increases demand, decreases funding for Metropolitan Ministries’ Holiday Tent program

As Florida’s cost of living crisis escalates, there are more hungry families to feed and fewer dollars to feed them.

That’s the problem Metropolitan Ministries is facing as support declines and need increases for its yearly Holiday Tents campaign.

The program served 30,000 Tampa Bay families throughout Thanksgiving and Christmas by providing holiday essentials. That could mean anything from giving away food for a Thanksgiving dinner to paying for kids’ Christmas gifts…

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