Crisis Ministries soup kitchen reduces hours
Crisis Ministries, worried about the potential for a financially strained 2009, has decided to close its soup kitchen on Fridays at least through January.
The change was made to reduce costs in case this year's economy results in a budget crunch, communications director Leigh Danley said. The move affects the soup kitchen, which typically serves 200 people a day, or about 30 percent more than in 2007. Services for shelter guests will not be affected, she said.
The decision to serve the public six days a week instead of seven has some members of the community worried. A man staying at the shelter, who did not give his name, told The Post and Courier that the soup kitchen was the only reliable source of food for many of the people who come there.
Sister Pat Keating, who runs the Neighborhood House on the East Side, a soup kitchen sponsored by Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services, said it was already difficult to manage the increase in people needing food without an influx of even more seeking help.
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