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East End Food Pantries Brace For Increasing Demand

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Deanna Tikkanen packs bags for pick up at the Springs Food Pantry on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

Deanna Tikkanen packs bags for pick up at the Springs Food Pantry on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

Linda Maconochie, Holly Wheaton and Deanna Tikkanen pack and distribute bags of food at the Springs Food Panrty on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

Linda Maconochie, Holly Wheaton and Deanna Tikkanen pack and distribute bags of food at the Springs Food Panrty on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

Bags of food ready to be distributed at the Springs Food Pantry on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

Bags of food ready to be distributed at the Springs Food Pantry on Wednesday, March 18. DANA SHAW

authorStephen J. Kotz on Mar 23, 2020
The East End’s many food pantries, which provide a vital source of nutrition for the elderly, the underemployed, and the poor during even the best of times, are finding themselves... more

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