“We’re serving more people now than we did during the pandemic,” said Karen Ponza, director of communications for Greater Cleveland Food Bank.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – As federal pandemic relief measures have phased out in recent months, thousands more Northeast Ohioans living on the edge of poverty have flocked to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s bimonthly distribution events -- willing to wait in sometimes miles-long lines, idling in their cars, in anticipation of a box of food to make it through the month.
“A lot of people want to say the pandemic is behind us, but it’s going to take some of these families more than a decade to even recover, and inflation is just crushing them,” Hamler-Fugitt said. “The pandemic era benefits are gone at a time when modest incomes aren’t sufficient to cover the rapidly rising costs of everyday things people need to live.”
“Food prices are so extremely high that it doesn’t matter what we do. It’s still not enough,” said Aqila Johnson of Cleveland Heights, who was receiving food “They love it and are so grateful,” Boyette said at Thursday’s distribution. “They only keep what they need and give away the rest to others. Sometimes they’ll tell me to take some for my family so I end up taking it to my kids’ school to help the other little kids who may not have enough, so it’s the gift that keeps on giving.”
“This isn’t just an urban problem, and it’s not a rural or suburban problem – it’s a statewide problem,” Hamler-Fugitt said. “Every community is being impacted.”
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