![]() ![]() So the families that had been going to the grocery store are now coming back here,” she said. “Some of them had some saved up, or a little saved up, and it’s all gone now. Explore Local food pantries worry about unintended consequences of new state law One of the contributing factors, from speaking to clients, is the discontinuation of COVID emergency SNAP benefits in February, Matson said. The rest of the year typically increases in demand through the holidays, before slowing back down in the early months. January through May usually marks the slow season of the year, Matson said, as kids come home for the summer and aren’t getting lunches at school. This year, we started off with 1,100 in January.” “At the end of last year we were doing 1,100 families,” she said. FISH served 858 families in May 2022 and a year later that number increased by more than 50%, with about 1,400 families served, and approximately 176,000 pounds of food distributed. ![]()
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