FOOD BANK SEES RECORD SPIKE OVER WINTER

The Viking and Holden Area Food Bank has seen a spike in usage over the winter months.

“We had record needs through December and January,” said Darren Anderson.

Anderson estimates that December of 2015 saw three times more usage than December of 2014.

January was also much higher than normal.
“February evened off a little bit,” said Anderson.

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