Hay River, N.W.T., soup kitchen struggles with increase in demand – CBC

With more visitors and less funding, the Hay River soup kitchen itself is hitting hard times

Nov 23, 2016

Laura Rose flits from station to station – muffins being made here, Jell-O there, egg sandwiches at a table in a corner – dispensing instructions and joking with the volunteers who affectionately refer to her as “mom.”

“I don’t think that’s going to make 10 egg sandwiches,” she tells a nine-months pregnant woman with rows of bread spread out in front of her.

“We’ll get some more boiling.”

Demand is high. Last winter the soup kitchen fed about 40 or 50 people every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Today, it may serve as many as 70.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hay-river-nwt-soup-kitchen-demand-1.3864013