Moose Jaw Food Bank demand doubles [Video]

Moose Jaw, Sask. –

Demand has doubled over the past two years at the Moose Jaw food bank but donations have not been keeping up.

The food bank has now been forced to cut back on the amount of food each household receives.

Jason Moore, Moose Jaw Food Bank’s executive director, said that the increased cause of living seems to be causing more stress on families who don’t normally access the service.

“We are noticing more and more full time employed people accessing our food bank that didn’t access the food bank and that shouldn’t necessarily be accessing the food bank in such a wealthy country. So there’s a problem here that we need to fix,” he said.

There are 800 households that rely on the Moose Jaw Food Bank monthly, double the number from two years ago.

“I’m a family support worker with a local organization and families that we work with really …