As inflation soars, things like food prices and rent are impacting more than just individuals. MegBakerTV visited a food pantry in New Jersey dealing with the side effects of both.
-- As inflation soars, things like food prices and rent are impacting more than just individuals.Rahway Food for Friends says the need for help tripled since the start of the pandemic, and so has the cost to run the food pantry."You just can't afford it no more. The paychecks that everyone's bringing home and the rent increases and taxes, people just can't do it," he said.
Candace Ashe is the CEO. She says more than 900 people are served weekly, and another 200 families get hot meals on the weekends. "We've noticed the cost of food climbing, and we've noticed cost of gas climbing, of course, but rents have gone up extremely high and they'll continue to rise in New Jersey because there is no rent control, so we have a lot of clients coming in because they are getting displaced," she said.John Craggan, a 78-year-old veteran on a fixed income, says he relies on the donations from the pantry.
"Basic things like eggs and, you know, produce, very important. Those are the things that are necessary and that's what the high prices are," he said."It helps me a great deal. What I don't use or if I have from the last month's pick-up, I provide with my neighbor because she is also a senior citizen," she said.The food pantry requests monetary donations, which allows them to buy more through their partners, like the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.
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