Second Harvest Food Bank Sees A Jump in The Number Of People In Need Of Food Assistance
More than 7 million pounds of food has been distributed this year, which equals over 6 million meals.
DULUTH, Minn. – The Second Harvest Food Bank has seen a jump in the need for food assistance across the region this year. Second Harvest officials say this year about 8% more people throughout Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin needed help feeding their families. That’s an estimated additional 13,500 people for the year. Also, 20% of the people using the…