Plus a retired teacher looks back, Breezy Point gets a new leader, a scavenger hunt kicks off in downtown Crosby, another top official in Mille Lacs County resigns and the food shelf in Pine River gets a facelift.
Only Hackensack sees huge increase
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Travis Grimler & Nancy Vogt | Staff Writers | 3:00 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
Pine River Area Food Shelf Coordinator Joanna Perry stands next to the protein selection at the food shelf Tuesday morning, March 2.Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
While 2020 was tumultuous for much of the world, locally an abundance of groups worked to keep people fed and, as a result, some food shelves saw fewer people requesting their services.
Area food shelf directors attribute that to more federal money available to people, COVID-19 relief checks distributed in 2020 and popup pantries occurring in the area.
“We were always ready. We just expected this great big turnout so we were always ready. But it just never happened,” said Doris Mezzenga, Crosslake Food Shelf director.