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Local food bank reports rise in needs
Inflation forces more to seek assistance
Statesboro Food Bank manager Jodi Brannon, left, hoists a case of water into a cart while James Harris hands off a box to volunteers from Georgia Southern as they unload donations from Walmart at the Statesboro Food Bank on Friday, Sept. 17.
In this file photo, Statesboro Food Bank manager Jodi Brannon, left, hoists a case of water into a cart while James Harris hands off a box to volunteers from Georgia Southern as they unload donations from Walmart at the Statesboro Food Bank. Inflation, high gas prices and an end to COVID relief funds have resulted in an increase at food bank lines.
Inflation, high gas prices and an end to COVID relief funds have resulted in a nationwide increase at food bank lines, and things are no different in Statesboro and Bulloch County.
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