Foodlink Hosts Pop-Up Food Pantry

Yesterday, Foodlink hosted a pop-up food pantry at the Rochester Public Market. The elimination of emergency benefits for SNAP has created an increased demand for local food banks.

Elisha VanNorman, Rural Programs Coordinator at Foodlink, stated: “It’s definitely going to help those families and people that have been impacted by those SNAP benefit cuts, I mean, there have been people that have lost 30% , I mean some are seeing anywhere from $90 to $300 a month that they’re losing. So, it’s definitely going to help them, and just food costs being high, I think honestly most of us are feeling it a little bit even when we go to the grocery store. Just kinda help alleviate that a little bit, I think is huge and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Source: 13 WHAM