Sister Jose Women's Center and Interfaith Community Service's food bank have both been seeing more people use their services because of inflation.
Sister Jose Women’s Center is a lifeline for Connors, who has been homeless for the past few months.However, behind that smile, she has a mix of emotions like anxiety and depression.“I couldn’t afford much food. I didn’t have a vehicle. I couldn’t afford a vehicle. I had to rely on the bus to go to and from where I needed to go,” Connors said.“It’s very hard. Very very hard. My son and I were very close,” Connors said.
The founder of Sister Jose Women’s Center, Jean Fedigan, said 42 women can sleep at the shelter overnight. She said since about late last year to early this year, they’ve been getting full because of inflation and are having to turn away a couple of women each day.However, it’s not just places like shelters that are feeling the impact of inflation. It’s also places like food banks.
Tom McKinney, the CEO of Interfaith Community Service’s food bank said they have 50 percent more people coming to the food bank than last year. He said they serve at least 150 people in 3 hours and said because of inflation, they’re spending more on products than last year.He said the products that have gone up in price the most are meat products like chicken.As for donations, he said the need is 2 to 3 times greater than the donations they are getting right now.Connors said it’s these kinds of services that are giving people in her same situation some hope.Andrew Christiansen is a reporter for KGUN 9.
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