Northeast food banks running thin
The Nipawin Salvation Army is asking the public with any extra non-perishable food items and hygienic products to donate them to their food back, as they announced its shelves have become bare.
Sheri Fengstad, community services director for the Nipawin and Tisdale Salvation Army told northeastNOW they usually put a call out for donations at this time of year.
“They generally do tend to be get down low this time of year because people are concentrating more on getting their kids back to school,” Fengstad said. “So they aren’t really thinking of donating to the food bank.”
Fengstad said the people who are in need this time of year have had to spend their money on back to school clothes and supplies.