SHEM faces higher demand for food with less money

Sean C. Morgan

It’s an hour after Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has closed on Wednesday.

Director Rebecca McClaskey is working at her desk then talking about what SHEM is facing these days when someone knocks at the door.

She cannot resist opening the door and finding what has become all too common, a man without work but with a family to feed on Thanksgiving.

“I can’t turn anybody away,” McClaskey says.

She ushers the man…

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