Hey Barrie Concerned Citizens!
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Hey Barrie Concerned Citizens!
So I just wanted to let you all know that we are still looking for help with sponsoring low-income families here in #Barrie. There are actually families and children starving right now.
One of our recipients is a 50-something-year-old single mom raising her 20-year-old autistic son, working like a dog all the time. All she can afford to eat is one sandwich a day.
The horrible truth is, this is pretty normal for a lot of people working low-wage jobs - especially here in Barrie where it’s mostly low-wage jobs and is ranked the third-most expensive housing market in Canada.
Another recipient can’t even afford to buy a box of birthday cake mix so she can bake her young son a cake for his birthday.
There are thousands of families here in Barrie struggling to survive right now and the food bank is only giving them enough food to last a week - maybe - and that’s not including toilet paper either.
This month, our July meal boxes cost $41 but …