Helpline to accept new callers next year, says Food First CEO
Josh Smee, CEO of Food First NL, said the waitlist for the organization’s community helpline reached six weeks. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) A helpline which supports those in Newfoundland and Labrador struggling to put food on the table has temporarily stopped taking most new calls due to overwhelming demand — an indication, according to one researcher, that levels of food insecurity have reached new heights.
Food First N.L. has put its community food helpline on hold in order to catch up with a growing backlog before the holidays, said CEO Josh […]
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