Harvest Hands redistributes food to St. Thomas families [Video]

With ongoing inflation and a food crisis, one of the largest expenses facing families remains fresh food.

But in St. Thomas on Friday families in need got a break. A delivery of $35,000 of fresh food was available at no charge.

Hundreds, including St. Thomas resident Shaun, waited in a long line in the cold to take part.

“Well, a lot of items are hard to afford these days, and got to do what you gotta do to get by,” he said to a CTV News London camera.

The vast bins full of food were a welcome sight to Donna, a grandmother caring for her three grandchildren.

Donna cares for three of her grandchildren. She finds many fresh foods unaffordable. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London)“The vegetable and the meat, I mean everything is expensive. I don’t buy juice anymore. We drink water because it is very expensive.”

But at this …