One local church is stepping up to answer their community's call for help to keep their residents happy and healthy in the face of food insecurity.
In Gloucester County alone, approximately 8,000 residents face food insecurity - 3,000 of them being children.
"Our food pantry here at St. Peters Community is so vital right now because there is just such a great food insecurity in our community, and we are really seeing that by people coming to churches and asking for help," said Rev. M. Mantelle Bradley. "So we created this food pantry to make a real difference in our community and all the surrounding communities around us here in this area.
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