Scott Swanson
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries is busier than ever, but SHEM is lacking volunteers, leaders of the organization said last week in a presentation to the Sweet Home Rotary Club.
Cindy Rice, who manages SHEM’s food pantry but has long served as the organization’s de facto leader and spokesperson, said the number of homeless clients has surged and the “client volume is increasing” all around.
“It’s just incredibly hard for me to see,” she…