In recent months, the Fairbanks Community Food Bank has been responding to an uptick in the need for their services.
“With the rising cost of everything, our demand is going up some,” said Anne Weaver, CEO of the non-profit.
Nonetheless, the food bank is powering through, with Weaver saying, “I think we’ll be able to meet the need. Will we be able to go above and beyond? Probably not, but you know what? That’s okay, because meeting the need? That’s what we’re here for.” According to Weaver, functioning through tough times goes all the way back to the food bank’s founding. “We were founded in a recession 40 years ago. For 40 years we’ve been collecting local surplus food, giving it out to people in need.”
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