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Tourist town bracing for tough offseason as COVID-19 spikes
Posted at 10:47 AM, Dec 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-24 12:47:00-05
BRANSON, Mo. â Branson, Missouri is a tourist destination for tens of thousands of families every summer. The winter months bring colder temperatures and empty amusement parks, meaning high unemployment across the community. This year, COVID-19 has made the widespread seasonal poverty even worse.
Kevin Huddleston runs the Christian Action Ministries Food Bank in Branson and helps feed thousands of families per year. He said this year, they ve handed out twice the amount of food as they did last year because so many families have been financially struggling through the pandemic.