Puget Sound hunger issues continue to grow, calls for help increasing

Inflation is bad. The cold weather is moving in. It’s getting darker. Tough times, it seems, are everywhere you look. For the hungry, it’s even more difficult.

Food banks across the Puget Sound and the nation are having trouble keeping up with the demand.

“Food banks are reporting deep declines in donated food,” Thomas Reynolds, CEO of Northwest Harvest, said.

Northwest Harvest supports a statewide network of more than 300 food banks, meal programs, and schools in need.

“It’s really a very serious time because we have both increased number of households seeking food resources at food banks and pantries and much less food to provide,” Reynolds told KIRO

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