Food Security

 

Bobbie Kenney, our speaker last week, holds up the book she uses to keep track of Meals on Wheels volunteers as part of her job for the Saratoga County Department of Aging and Youth Services. She is a Malta resident, and volunteers with the Malta Ridge Fire Department and the Ballston Spa Elks.

The Meals on Wheels go out from eight sites across the county from Monday to Friday, with most of Malta's deliveries coming from Milton. There is always a need for volunteer drivers, she said, especially as there is an annual loss of about 15 at this time of year, as snowbirds move south. 

Her talk led to discussion about the growing needs of poor people in our area, especially because of the political deadlock in Washington which led to temporary suspension of SNAP benefits from Nov. 1. Town Supervisor Cynthia Young said demand is rising at the food pantry in the Community Center, and members pledged to support it with immediate donations of gift cards and in a food drive starting Nov. 6.