As demand continues to rise Port Cares is preparing for Saturday's Lions Club food drive.
The Port Colborne food bank is reporting that the number of people needing to using their service has nearly doubled since the start of the pandemic.
In the last 30 months the number of people using the food bank has jumped to just under 25-hundred (2,464) that is 75 per cent increase.
Christine Clark Lafleur, Executive Director, Port Cares, says, "The rising expense of housing, inflation and skyrocketing food costs are driving the recent wave of people needing our help and with needs up and donations down, we are worried about what's ahead over the winter and into 2023."
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This Saturday is the annual Lions Club Food Drive across Port Colborne.
Residents are asked to put donations out on your porch by 9 a.m. and the Lions will pick them up by noon.
We can't do it alone - we need your help. Please give - our annual Port Colborne Lions Food Drive is this Saturday, October 22nd - put your donations out on your porch by 9 a.m. and the Lions will pick them up by noon. Call 289-407-0106 or 905-835-8157 to volunteer. pic.twitter.com/AjLI6edxX5
— Port Cares (@PortCares) October 18, 2022