Emergency Fall Food Drive in Effect
South Hills Interfaith Ministries desperately needs help restocking the shelves of its food pantry.
South Hills Interfaith Ministries is currently running an emergency fall food drive to help restock its seriously-depleted food pantry shelves. The human services nonprofit based in Bethel Park did not receive the amount of food donations it normally does in the summer. "We found ourselves scrambling for food," said Kate Snyder, community relations manager. Snyder does not know if the summer food shortage was caused by South Hills residents having a particularly busy summer, or if residents are feeling the economic pinch. Either way, it's causing a major problem for SHIM as the number of families enrolled to use the food pantry keeps increasing. "Suburban poverty is a growing problem and we're trying to keep up with increasing demand," …
