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With less than two weeks until Christmas, food banks say they’re seeing an increase of families trying to put food on their tables.
For the Edgewood Nourish Food Bank in Pierce County the winter holidays mark the busiest time of the year.
“The one thing that broke my heart was seeing those little young families and children and imagining them leaving their home. I can’t even fathom it,” said Kate Wright the food bank’s manager.
Food banks across the country saw an increase in demand over the course of the pandemic – this one saw a second spike this year when Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
“When the war broke out, probably about a month into it suddenly, we started getting all these news customers that were refugees from the Ukraine,” Wright said.
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