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Nze cites as an example of her organization's work a food pantry which provides 250 to 300 families monthly with a two or three day basic supply of food.
The pantry, located at 11 Inman Street, is only one of nine food pantries in Cambridge. It operates using donations, food drives, food contributions from the Boston Food Bank. It is also supplemented by programs such as Food For Free, which provides the pantries with fresh produce and bread from...
But, in addition to pantries, there are 35 programs in total under the umbrella of the $43,000 lump sum the city has doled out. So if the money is divided evenly among the programs, the food pantry network may only reap $1000 from the allotment, according to Bergman.
Growing unemployment and layoffs coupled with a shrinking job market has increased the number of people the pantry has served in the past few months, according to volunteers at the pantry.
Most food pantry clients have no jobs to return to and only have the choice of living off welfare checks of accepting employment that pay less than welfare.