Loaves & Fishes Reports Record Breaking July, Serving Half A Million Meals To Minnesotans In Need

From CBS Minnesota:

August 13, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A local nonprofit is celebrating a record-breaking July after serving over half a million meals to Minnesotans in need.

Loaves & Fishes on Wednesday reported serving over 505,000 meals last month — the highest number ever served in a monthly span since the meal program began in 1982.

In all of 2018, Loaves & Fishes served 1,360,720 meals, with 126,134 meals counted in July of 2019. Officials say the dramatic increase can be seen across all of their work, including community meal sites, HUB partners and street outreach.

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