Opinion - Oct. 8, 2009

Food banks need help, too

Area food banks have a simple purpose. They exist to help those in need through donations of food and certain basic necessities.

This year has been harder than most. It has been harder on some residents. It surely has been harder on area food banks.

Although the recession has not hit Whitman County as hard as it has hit other areas, some wage earners have lost their jobs. Some dual income households now have but one provider.

It is in such times and such circumstances that food banks are meant to provide important assistance.

The problem this year is that food banks t...