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A tough summer for area food pantries

by on July 11th, 2011

You might expect the bounty of summer to translate into full shelves at food pantries around the region.  But the Post Star reports that that’s not the case.

Schuylerville Area Food Emergency Relief

Meanwhile, other organizations that run pantries in the North Country are worried about budget cuts coming from the state.   Check out NCPR next week for a story about how Comlinks is dealing with news that it may lose 60-percent of its funding.

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3 Comments on “A tough summer for area food pantries”

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  1. Mervel says:
    July 11, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    Comlinks? Don’t talk about them in the same thread as legit not for profits helping the poor it will only hurt the honest not for profits. We still don’t know the final results of the trial and there is probably more illegality dealing with the board yet to come.

  2. Bret4207 says:
    July 12, 2011 at 9:48 am

    Yeah, the recession is over, right. Here’s all the proof you need.

  3. PNElba says:
    July 12, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Yeah, this is exactly what we voted for. We need more of the same.

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