Camden Emergency Food Provider Seeing Huge Increases In Demand

By Wakisha Bailey and Rory Hardenstine, CBS Philadelphia

December 5, 2023

CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS) -- Food insecurity is on the rise across the United States and in the Philadelphia area, with many having to choose between buying food, paying rent and other bills. Cathedral Kitchen in Camden, New Jersey, is the largest emergency food provider in South Jersey, and they are seeing more families come their way as they struggle to put food on the table.

The organization serves more than 100,000 people per year, and every year, donations and volunteers are needed.

Cathedral Kitchen executive director Carrie Kitchen-Santiago told CBS News Philadelphia that "all of our costs have gone up."

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