Twin Cities food shelves brace for ‘hungriest summer ever’
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Cynthia Moore visits Keystone Community Services’ Midway Food Shelf in St. Paul on June 28, 2022. “They usually have way more than this but everyone’s kinda hurting right now.” Moore said. Shelves are emptier than they have been in the past as food shelves across the metro are seeing an increase in people needing assistance and CEO of Second Harvest Heartland predicts this will be the “hungriest summer ever.”
Keith Olson stocks milk at Keystone Community Services’ Midway Food Shelf in St. Paul on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Olson, who volunteers every Tuesday at Keystone and takes on many tasks as there are fewer volunteers than usual, said “people still need help, so we’re still here.”