“Summertime is ‘such’ a difficult time for families, because kids are out of school, and they’re at home,” Barker reasoned. “They have to feed their kids two extra meals a day, and then they have to take care of childcare, and all that adds up.”

In fact, Barker expects 200 new clients to sign on for the food shelf and other services each month this summer.

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