Agency offers aid, hope to needy

During this time of uncertainty, shut down and job loss, “The Catholic Spirit” took time to revisit the Catholic Charities food pantry that opened in Phillipsburg five years ago this month.

According to Brooke Renkens, Catholic Charities Service Area Director for Hunterdon and Warren Counties, the food pantry on South Main Street was anticipating an increase in numbers but that did not happen. “We tried to analyze why there hasn’t been a huge increase, and we think it is because most of our clientele receive NJ SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program],” she said.

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