
A food program in Concord is serving those in the Capital Region of the state.The Capital Region Food Program provides vouchers that people can use to buy items they need.They used to hand out physical boxes, but found that many people had different needs, so they switched to a voucher system.Last year, they helped more than 2,200 families and expect even more this year.”We’ve also seen over the years that food insecurity can really impact anybody. It is not tied to your economic situation, really,” said Elena Alois, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Capital Region Food Program. “And anyone could experience something that just makes it that much difficult at that point in time. “The vouchers vary in size depending on the size of the family.If you’re interested in donating, you can visit capitalregionfoodprogram.org.
A food program in Concord is serving those in the Capital Region of the state.
The Capital Region Food Program provides vouchers that people can use to buy items they need.
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They used to hand out physical boxes, but found that many people had different needs, so they switched to a voucher system.
Last year, they helped more than 2,200 families and expect even more this year.
“We’ve also seen over the years that food insecurity can really impact anybody. It is not tied to your economic situation, really,” said Elena Alois, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Capital Region Food Program. “And anyone could experience something that just makes it that much difficult at that point in time. “
The vouchers vary in size depending on the size of the family.
If you’re interested in donating, you can visit capitalregionfoodprogram.org.